<font color="purple">By all my brothers, i mean my biological brother and three step brothers. Here is my little analysis, based off of what I've observed:

Step Brother A (step mom's side) :
He is a 19 year old who has dropped out of college, no longer works and has a relationship with a 15 year old. I really worried about step brother A because if someone tells the authorities about the things that happen between him and his girlfriend that he will go to jail (if you catch my drift) That's just the tip of the iceberg, he is so unstable, it's really hard to describe. Even though his girlfriend is controlling and manipulative...and downright abusive, he still stays with her (and I really don't know why either, he has tried to break up with her on several occations- but they've always failed)

Step Brother B (step mother's side) :
I don't know to much about step brother B, except that he's really laid back and...has a borderline kleptomaniac tendancies. I think alot of kids go through a straling phase (I know I did at least) but this continued until he was an adult...and you still don't know if he keeps doing it. Infact, there is a good suspicion that is DOES still steal things like money from realatives. Did I mention that he's the older brother of step brother A?)

Step Brother C (step dad's side) :
By far THE most screwy person that I know in real life period- brother or not. A drug user, a conspiracey theorist, irrsponsible, and so manipulative that he iteraly can drive families apart. That's not all though, he also has a history of abusing his girlfriends, anger issues, and over all just a violent guy when he get's angry. (he got into a fight with one of his previous roomates and BROKE HIS NOSE with one fell swoop) he really is a sick guy ...mentaly, and needs some help. Apparenly, he's married now, but my step dad doesn't want him back in his/our lives, so I havn't seen him in about 2 years.

My biological brother? I guess he's just a case all his own. I have the haunch though that the whole "one minute he's nice and the next moment he's trying to beat you up" is just an older brother thing, I'll tell you about him later in some other posts if I have the time.

...and I'm the one going to therapy.</font>

[Rhapsody]

Sounds as though more than one of you guys were effected by some thing or some one in your childhood...... T might be needed?

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Rhapsody said:
Sounds as though more than one of you guys were effected by some thing or some one in your childhood...... T might be needed?

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> <font color="purple">Well, my biological brother, as well as step brother's A and B don't seem to be too interested in getting a T. Although Step brother C has been to a psych ward before- I don't think he has ever recieved proper help- or is even taking any medication (I know for a fact that he and my step dad are both bi-polar, but my step dad always makes sure to take the meds when he needs them, and discusses his problems rather then just lashing out.) I can't say what happened to my stepbrothers during their childhood- because it's not like I grew up with them or anything. I just know family wise that Step brother's A and B grew up and had their parents divorce- because their father became a drug addict (and I'm assuming at least verbaly abusive towards my now step-mom) and that Step Brother C was raised by my step dad's ex wife.

As for me and my brother? Here is a breif synopsis of our life:
(based on my age, not his, he is about 1.5 years older then me)
1-5: lived with mom and dad, at 5 they seperated
6-7: lived with mom, she moved around alot, highlights include: first meeting my future stepdad (5/6), living with said furture stepdad and his kids (6/7) and a verbaly abusive babysitter (also 6) and my step brother cracking his head open while we were running away from a "rabid" dog.(6/7)
7-13: We lived with dad because he was "more stable", as in: he only lived in one place. We both had a few friends- but the vast majority of kids hated us for no paticular reason.
14-present: we live were we do now (which is were our grandparents used to live) socialy our life is alot better- but my brother is failing almost every one of his classes (I'm trying but am starting to fall apart).</font>

[Rhapsody]

((( HUGS ))) - I am Sorry that Childhood is no longer as Safe as it should be for the little ones.

[splitimage]

You can't worry about your brothers even if they do need help. You need to concentrate on you. You've already dealt with a lot in your life, which shows you're strong, but it's ok to need a little help too.

--splitimage

<font color="purple">Well, I do care, if not because I do, but also because they affect my life either directly or indirectly.

Oh, and apparently Step brother C and his Girlfriend/Wife are going to have a baby. I feel kind of sorry for the kid, even if having a kid may change them for the better, "he has inherrited crazy from both sides". I just can't picture them as responsible parents unless they've changed dramaticly in the past two years.

I would LOVE to see their kid sometime though, my step dad said that "Yeah, I would like to see my grandchild too, but the ball is in their court. They need some healing time, there was alot of strife when they left." I wonder if I'll ever see them again because we have had ZERO contact with them for years. I can't stand the disconnection from them...even if they were such a negative influence on our lives. I just want to call them, say hi, and see how they're doing.</font>

so whats stopping you from doing that?

<font color="purple">Well, I'm sure most of my realatives would be unhappy if I called him. As well as the fact that I just don't like calling people very much. I feel like I'm the only person who wants anything to do with them. </font>