Carolyn Hax: Family members fail to close ranks against bully

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Carolyn Hax: Family members fail to close ranks against bully

Dear Carolyn: At family gatherings, my brother’s wife puts my brother down with negative comments, says indirect, hurtful comments to her son’s girlfriend, and is, in general, denigrating to other relatives. My mother has started to speak up when my brother’s wife says something negative about my brother, which appears to have brought on comments from my brother’s wife about how difficult my mother is and how she should go to a nursing home because of her age. (Both of these comments about my mother are utterly wrong.)Read full article >>    

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