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Old 06-26-2006, 10:58 AM   #26 (permalink)
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I have one brother who is 2 1/2 years younger than me. He lives in Signal Mt., TN in my grandmother's house now that she's in an assisted living facility. We haven't actually spoken in about 2 years when he threatened me and my wife over the phone for perceived slights. He then hung up and threatened my best friend and his wife and child. Recently there's been some easing of tensions with the birth of my son and Chris becoming an uncle for the first time. He sent a note apologizing for his behavior and we responded with a note of acceptance along with some pictures of Max. The ball's in his court if he wants to keep the lines of communication open, but I've made it very clear to him through my parents that he'll never spend a night under my roof although he's welcome to visit for the day.

I suppose that I could say that I didn't have him thrown in jail for assault, but those fights didn't happen until we both graduated from high school (I was a distance runner in college and he played 2 seasons of DI football in a major program as an offensive guard before getting kicked out of school - we're proportionally built to our sports). I made sure to include him in all the stuff that my friends and I did in elementary and middle school even though he was younger.
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