Family Drama Continues

Alright so many of you know I've had a lot of drama involving my brother in recent months, well the saga continues...

For the last several months my brother had been living in an apartment with my recently-divorced uncle. The apartment was small and crappy and above a dive, hole-in-the-wall bar, but it meant that brother didn't have to live with my parents and my uncle had a roof over his head as well. OK, fine.

I should also mention that my uncle was recently-divorced because he is a raging alcoholic and pain killer addict. So, yeah. Alcoholic rents apartment above a bar. Nice.

Now, I also need to tell you that my brother has a dog - a pug. And, that he's got a new girlfriend that he's spending an awful lot of time with...

Apparently on Thursday night, the dog shit in my uncle's bed and when my brother got home, my uncle started yelling (rightfully so); however, he was loaded and got physical with my brother (which is not ok). So, my brother locked himself in his room and called my dad.

My dad came and moved my brother back in with my parents.

So now, there is a lot of family drama around all of these events.

First, my uncle cannot afford to live in the apartment by himself and now has to find a new place to live or a new roommate. My grandmother hands-down says he is NOT moving in with them. My uncle and my brother are not speaking to each other, which put a little rift into my cousin's birthday party on Saturday.

Now, this also means more stress for my mom, because my brother and his dog are now living with her again. The dog sheds and barks a lot, and my mom is a total neat freak. And it's already driving her nuts (again). My brother's new girlfriend is also a source of tension, as she is a little rough around the edges and has a three year old little girl, named Maddie. None of us are big fans, and actually really oppose the relationship, but he is already heads-in with it, and sees her like every single day.

The other big problem is that he's talking about buying a house with this girl, whom he has known for all of two months, which is just ridiculous for so many reasons. Primary reason #1 is that he owes my parents $15,000!!!! They paid off his credit card debt that the bitch left him with and paid for his DUI mess. He cannot afford a house. And then of course there is the issue of the committment a house requires... But anyhow, this is all causing great stress for my mom, which of course is what I hear about.

Now, all of this wouldn't be so bad if you could have a rational conversation with my brother about all of these things, but of course you can't, because he just freaks out and gets hyper-defensive.

So - drama continues.

And you know what kills me? It all started with that stupid psycho bitch!!!