Ever since I was little my brother has been emotionally manipulative and generally abusive towards me. My parents are lovely people and would help me in anyway, except in this situation.
Just to give you some examples last year I was staying at my parents- (them and my brother live in a different town to me) and he called them asking why I was with them and saying I had no right to be with them. This of course really upset me but when I try to explain how upset I am to my parents the just don't want to hear it. This week he messaged me and told me he had rang both of my grandparents and that I was "exiled" from my family, called me the C word and text my husband and told him to leave me. I haven't sent anything back and I have blocked his number so I can't receive anything else.
To be honest I have no real desire to have a relationship with my brother, as all it does is upset me but it hurts that my parents seem to think that I should except his behaviour. They have told me I am "ruining" family events because I don't want to attend when he is around. I understand they might feel struck in the middle but surely sometimes there is a right and a wrong? It's hard to have a good relationship with them when I feel like they are forcing me to spend time with someone who is really not very nice to me. I think he is possibly a bit jealous of me and wants to have my parents to himself and to be honest I am starting to feel like I should just let him.