Understood, Andy. I appreciate that assessment.
Hardly, Mike. I don't like anything about this situation and if I'm just being super wrong in this, or if someone would deal with it differently, I trust the BARF post whore collective to tell me that. Your opinion is not what others think and that's fine. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said anything and I could have just ranted and vented at some different friends but anyone I call friend wouldn't do that either. Everyone that is close enough to me to hear anything really personal knows they can check me because I expect nothing less.
I have nothing to gain by people just telling me what they think I want to hear.
I'm not gonna try to have a match of whose brother is worse. I don't hate him. Hate is a strong word I would only use for a small number of people I can count on one hand and have a few fingers left over.
But given what you said, I'll level with you. A call between the 3 of us, at best, could be reasonable to even start. I can be convinced into listening and trying... on a phone call. But jumping right back into us being in the same room together? No.