Relatives are just people. If your brother causes you more pain than not then feel free to write him off. Don't let society tell you what role to fit into, if you're this uncomfortable and angry it's not worth it. Sharing his DNA doesn't make him special. What benefit are you going to receive by forgiving or accepting your brother? Balance that with how much pain he's likely to cause you. That's not being selfish, it's just being reasonable.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
So often we find ourselves expecting the future to be just like the past. We blind ourselves to the fact that the future hasn't happened yet. And WE have something to say about how it goes. But mostly we steer the car of our lives by looking in the rear-view mirror.
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Certainly it's true that the future hasn't happened yet, but what else can we use to predict the likely outcomes if not our past experiences? Life is too short to waste on nasty people, give them a couple of chances and then move on.