my father and brother (14 yrs old) havn't spoken for 6 months because of a tiny little argument.. and because they're both being stubborn, this has affected my whole life, myother younger brother (10 yrs old) is afraid of our family falling apart and my mother is turning into a monster, screaming, being mean and irritated all the time, she never used to be that wya before this. I've tried talking, several times. Tried getting out of the house, but since my dad's mad all the time, he won't let me go out a lot.
What do I do? Just leave it alone?
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Families? chrissabelle37 answered Monday January 29 2007, 3:35 pm: Hey. You definitely have to do something. You're right about the fact that it may hurt your family in the long run and things have to get better between your dad and brother. Things are always easier in letters (especially telling your feelings), in my opinion, so I would write each of them (your dad and brother) a long letter describing how you feel. If they won't let you get a word in, in person, than this will probably work a lot better. Just explain how much this is hurting your family and that you and your little brother are stuck in the middle. Explain how hurt you are. Talk about how much this is stressing poor mom out and she's yelling at you guys all the time. Explain that they have to make up over the argument because if anything happened to either of them (GF) they would feel so guilty since you know they both love eachother so much. I really hope this helped and good luck! =) [ chrissabelle37's advice column | Ask chrissabelle37 A Question ]
runawayxlove answered Monday January 29 2007, 3:25 pm: hey, since you`ve tried talking to them and they wont listen theres nothing much that you can do. next time your allowed to go out, go to a family counciling(sp?)place. you can even take your little brother with you if you want. explain to them your problem and how you cant get the rest of your family out of the house to talk to him, or even talk to them yourself. the place should be able to tell you what to do to try to make things better. [ runawayxlove's advice column | Ask runawayxlove A Question ]
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