Skipping the intro because I don't want this to be too long, I have an older brother who is 21. To describe him, he leaves food, dirty clothes, and trash everywhere he goes, he's honestly stupid and does poorly in college and just school education in general, he can't hold a job, he thinks he's a big fucking deal and walks all over everyone, and he works out a lot, so he thinks he's huge. He actually is pretty muscular mainly because he takes steroids.
Out of all of this, the one thing I can't ignore is that he verbally abuses our mother to the point where I think they are about to reach physical confrontation. My father never seems to end the fighting because he just doesn’t want to deal with the headache. I’m about to reach my breaking point, what should I do? The reason I don’t beat the fucking shit out of him is because I don’t know if it will make the situation better or worse.
Should I just fight him next time they fight? Should I seek therapy for my whole god damn family? Should I do nothing? Help me out here please.
If you fight him you could cause a major rift in the family. You will be seen as the aggressor and even though your actions were noble, you will be ostracized. I can already see your mother saying "sure we had problems but beating him up isn't the answer. what is wrong with you?"
Stay neutral and do nothing, bide your time until you can move out and can leave after the incident.
>>17468337
I could always take that route, to just ignore it and move out but family means a lot to me. I don't want to see my mother hurt and my brother even has some moments where he seems like a good guy but then he bounces back to being an angry douche.
God forbid something actually happens between my mother and brother, I would feel awful knowing I could have done something.
>>17468372
Do you live with your parents? I need to know the situation. Like does your brother go to college and visit the family during the summer?