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Originally Posted by healingme4me
That sounds utterly awkward. 
I would imagine that you'd need a gameplan of some sort?
First and foremost civility. But from there, what are your expectations of what could or might not happen? Would there be intense emotions from either of you? Do you have an 'escape plan'? Is your brother sensitive to the changed dynamics? Will you have other relatives that you can gravitate to? Other friends to be a distracting force? |
Unfortunately for me I’m finding being civil hard. He sent me a text yesterday asking “Are you happy”. Just that. And he’s been invited to something else already from a group chat and already said he’s going so I’ve ended up being frustrated and texting him back saying I’m annoyed and why has he asked me this. I think he thinks that life will just go on and for me I’m feeling very emotional and awkward about it. I’m hoping that he will understand boundaries in that I don’t want to talk to him. I’m the one who broke it off with him so you’d think it would be easier for me.
I think what you brought up has been helpful. There won’t be other family members as my brother is also in my friendship group so it’s just our friends.
It’s not a simple break up because of how we will still be in each other’s lives.
I’m not going to not go to my brothers event because he’s my family and I don’t feel I should feel I can’t, but I may not go to some other things depending on what they are.
What I want is to ignore him but that will be hard to do.