Huge blow-out yesterday among my family of origin, from morning till near midnight. There are six of us siblings and one is a sociopath, always was, has stolen ~$75,000 of my parent's money over the years through forged checks and other means (they never prosecuted ). And that doesn't count the houses, cars, and other stuff they gave him. Now they have very little money left.

I and another sibling discovered that "Jerry" is surreptitiously trying to get power of attorney over them. I'm the only one who has it and I would never be so foolish as to extend it to Jerry so he can plunder what's left. Nor have I taken or ever asked for cars or houses or money from them.

Jerry of course lied, denied, deflected, played victim, tried hard to confuse the issue and everyone and succeeded with one sibling who's lived overseas since she was 18, and with my mother. Poor Jerry, they said, he's already got so much stress and says he'd never want Power of Attorney. He counts on people to be quiet, and if challenged, this is what happens.

Jerry has also stolen a lot from me over the years, still tries to get over, and hearing the word No has sent him into rages where he contacts all the people we know and makes up stories about me. He can also be violent, or in retaliation, cross lines that none of the rest of us siblings would. He's done the same to the others, except for the one overseas. It really sucks having someone like him for a sibling. If it was possible, I would never have to see him again. I borrowed a sleeping pill from another sibling to get some sleep because even though I was exhausted at day's end I couldn't sleep.