Just wish I didn't care about this and it sounds so ridiculas and childish as i write.

The situation is a bit complicated, but in a nutshell, my mother is very very controlling and dotes on my younger brother and still treats us as if we were children, so if my younger brother has any issues with me, he complains to her and she then gives me a really really hard time (in her eyes he is ALWAYS right).

The strange thing about this sinario is that I'm married and don't live with my mother and my brother is almost 40! (not married and living at home). My mother dotes on him, says its fine that he doesn't have a job (he's only worked around 2 years in his whole life).

My younger brother is the jealous type and goes out of his way to cause trouble in the family. I could really do with some advice as this situation sometimes really gets me down