After he and his wife split up, I let him stay with me so he could save money, sort things out, and receive some emotional support.
He is a middle-aged man living with a sister who treats him exactly the way he wants to be treated — like a child. It sounds like such a good and comfortable situation for him that of course he doesn’t want to leave!
I suggest that in order to save your relationship with your brother, it is time for you to ever-so-certainly, calmly and kindly show him the door. Consider this gentle shove a declaration that it’s time for him to start his next chapter, and that he is ready. Instead of praising her weight loss and her independence, YOU suggested that she might be having an affair!Many readers did not like my answer to this question. To recap: “Mystified” reported that his wife had recently lost a lot of weight, that the intimacy in their marriage had changed, that she had become more independent, and that he believed his wife was “going through the motions” in their marriage.
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