my brother is 46 and is like a time bomb.
He is outwardly charming, very good looking and has a good professional job with a nationally known company.
He is unable to sustain a relationship with a woman for longer than about two years though he has no problem whatever in attracting them.
The other side of him is horrible, he has the most dreadful temper and is extremely emotionally abusive. Most of the abuse is directed at my mum and dad and me. Our parents are in their late 60s and lovely, they are supportive and loving, bright intelligent and kind, they don’t deserve to be the butt of his rages.
He was late, by over an hour for a coffee with friends last weekend and although my parents and my DH and I met and had a good chat they couldn’t wait any longer. He was over an hour late.
Of course, when my brother arrived, we met on the street and thought nothing of it, but he was shouting and yelling and cursing, mostly at my parents. My mum and I went quietly back to her car, my dad looked worried and his girl friend looked utterly shocked and terrified.
The abuse was awful.
He screamed at his girl friend to ‘get in the car’ twice, I felt sorry for her.
Later that day the GF texted my younger brother’s wife tasking for help but on no account to let my other brother know. My younger brother did ring, but it was difficult for him to steer the conversation in the right direction without dropping the GF in it.
No one has heard from them since then.
This behaviour is not untypical, but it comes in fits and starts, it appears to have started again and I want to do something , if only for my parents who get the brunt of this.
What can I do?