To be quite honest, this sums it up for me:
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We explained to our daughter that she was sick.
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And you were damn fucking right. She has a problem. Your brother's reaction to her outburst, and to you later telling your dad about it shows that he is cowed and submissive, a typical reaction, in my experience, to an abusive partner. And unfortunately, there isn't very much you can do to intervene. He - and only he - can pick himself up and get himself out of this situation he's in. And he's not going to appreciate you trying to pry him away from her.
You did nothing wrong in telling your parents about the situation... and frankly, I find the suggestion that they want nothing to do with their son's possible problems a bit distasteful. He might be all grown up and married and so on, but he's still their son.
A sad, sad situation, to be certain, but there's not much you can do, so stop beating yourself up.