My brother the sociopath (TLDR at the bottom) - A thread for Kaladin

[Scarlet ObsessioN]

I have one wild thing that happened to me recently that could spice up the board.

I will pre-face this with a question, do any of you have a sibling that has completely gone off the rails? Estranged from the family?

About 10 years ago now my brother was living in an apartment my Dad was paying for, not working and doing drugs/chewing/drinking (the works). We haven't ever confirmed this but we believe he got spooked because he was stealing drugs and items from people and burning bridges and people were looking for him. He always felt like my parents favored my older sibling and tried poisoning me with the woe is me shit. He went to my Dad and said he wanted to be the next Brad Pitt, living in KC, move to California and be a movie star. So my Dad being a good Dad and tired of his shit said put your money where your mouth is, bought him a train ticket to LA and off he went. One of my other brothers (I am the youngest of 5, socio brother is #4) tried to send him off on good terms by buying him dinner but we didn't even make it to the restaurant before he burned his final bridge with me.


We didn't expect great things for him in Cali but he of course out did himself and within 4 months he got caught breaking into a womans apartment (to steal food he says) he had a pocket knife on him and got hit with breaking and entering with a deadly weapon - felony. Link to LA Times article where he was living on Skid Row https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...usg=AOvVaw0MElymJblLWx1pnzurNFIS&opi=89978449.

So once he is in prison my parents of course are still helping and sending a little money. He is writing us letters and saying he's changed and asking for us to forgive him and all that shit. I never fully trusted him because he tried to fuck me up too many times. However, he is a damn good liar and had my parents fooled again. He eventually gets out for good behavior a little early and is in a halfway house essentially. A few months later he meets a girl and tells us he wants to come home and see the fam for Christmas.

Christmas rolls around and he arrives with his girl who is of course pregnant. They tell us they are moving back to KC to be closer to home and get married.

He asks us to be in his wedding, and we reluctantly agree. After the wedding we are all convinced for a few months to a year that he is actually getting his shit together. He's working multiple jobs and his wife hasn't said anything to us that would alarm us. That is until he plans a birthday party for himself and he wants Mom, me and my oldest brother to go a Chiefs game with him.

At the game he immediately starts drinking which none of us expected and or wanted. Then he's hopping from tailgate to tailgate picking up more drinks. All of us are extremely uneasy and don't want to be around him at all at this point. Once in the game he goes off by himself drinking more and walking around the stadium. Then as I am in the concourse getting a drink he sees me and confides in me that he hates his wife, wants a divorce and only loves his son.

This is essentially the last time I see him for two years. A lot of bad shit went down between the family and him and his wife in the meantime. I got married and he wasn't in the wedding and I didn't tell him I was having a kid.

After all that said I went out for food and drinks with a couple buddies for the NFL draft in April. I threw out 3 places but we chose a different place my buddy was swearing by, Sickies Garage. Well I show up ready to watch the draft and who else but my brother is our waiter??? Luckily the experience wasn't awful but it was the most uncomfortable dinner I have ever had. I of course haven't seen or talked to him since.

Next summer my parents will be paying for his ex-wife and son's trip to Mexico for family vacation. Which is absolutely wild to me that we got to this point but here we are....


TLDR - my brother is a sociopath that burned bridges and estranged from the family for years only to come back with a baby and a wife and then get estranged again and she is now a part of the family and goes on vacation with us.

 

[greybeardedchild]

Is this your way of telling us the @the insider is your bastard nephew

 

[Tsakoi]

So,

I have had plenty of family drama. My upbringing is one that wouldn't be described as stable. My mom died giving birth to me and my dad wasn't in the picture at all. I was raised by my aunt and uncle. They were famers who lived in a secluded area a long way from anything important. I worked on that farm for my entire early life although I had an agreement that once I reached and certain age and the farm was more technologically efficient I could leave to pursue something more exciting. Days were hot and nights were boring. Until one day some of our newly purchased farm equipment was malfunctioning and I was tasked with rectifying the situation. I wasn't far from home but I did drift into an area where the locals didn't appreciate my presence. Luckily before anything terrible could happen this old man comes by to get me out of that jam with the locals. Turns out this old guy knew my uncle and .....my dad. I spent some time talking with him and decided to head back home only to discover that my aunt and uncle had been murdered, while I was gone, by the government. Having no reason to stay and every reason to leave I went with the old man, who turns out to be a wizard BTW, to the closest port city looking for a ticket out of town. See the old man had been contacted by this politician's daughter and she asked him to help her deliver some information to a group of friends she was unable to directly contact herself. She was also in trouble with the government. So we hit a few bars in the port town looking for a ride on somebody's ship. We drink, we try to mingle and we end up in a bar fight in which the old man wins hands down. We do end up finding a ship to hop on and away we go. In talking with the old man he starts recruiting me to his religion and showing some of it's tenants. Turns out there is some MMA involved along with a warrior monk philosophy tinged with some sort of voodoo which I don't understand right away.


You guys are probably bored so I'll just leave it there for now.

 

[Dawgsauce]

So,

I have had plenty of family drama. My upbringing is one that wouldn't be described as stable. My mom died giving birth to me and my dad wasn't in the picture at all. I was raised by my aunt and uncle. They were famers who lived in a secluded area a long way from anything important. I worked on that farm for my entire early life although I had an agreement that once I reached and certain age and the farm was more technologically efficient I could leave to pursue something more exciting. Days were hot and nights were boring. Until one day some of our newly purchased farm equipment was malfunctioning and I was tasked with rectifying the situation. I wasn't far from home but I did drift into an area where the locals didn't appreciate my presence. Luckily before anything terrible could happen this old man comes by to get me out of that jam with the locals. Turns out this old guy knew my uncle and .....my dad. I spent some time talking with him and decided to head back home only to discover that my aunt and uncle had been murdered, while I was gone, by the government. Having no reason to stay and every reason to leave I went with the old man, who turns out to be a wizard BTW, to the closest port city looking for a ticket out of town. See the old man had been contacted by this politician's daughter and she asked him to help her deliver some information to a group of friends she was unable to directly contact herself. She was also in trouble with the government. So we hit a few bars in the port town looking for a ride on somebody's ship. We drink, we try to mingle and we end up in a bar fight in which the old man wins hands down. We do end up finding a ship to hop on and away we go. In talking with the old man he starts recruiting me to his religion and showing some of it's tenants. Turns out there is some MMA involved along with a warrior monk philosophy tinged with some sort of voodoo which I don't understand right away.


You guys are probably bored so I'll just leave it there for now.

What country did all this happen in?

 

[Kaladin]

So,

I have had plenty of family drama. My upbringing is one that wouldn't be described as stable. My mom died giving birth to me and my dad wasn't in the picture at all. I was raised by my aunt and uncle. They were famers who lived in a secluded area a long way from anything important. I worked on that farm for my entire early life although I had an agreement that once I reached and certain age and the farm was more technologically efficient I could leave to pursue something more exciting. Days were hot and nights were boring. Until one day some of our newly purchased farm equipment was malfunctioning and I was tasked with rectifying the situation. I wasn't far from home but I did drift into an area where the locals didn't appreciate my presence. Luckily before anything terrible could happen this old man comes by to get me out of that jam with the locals. Turns out this old guy knew my uncle and .....my dad. I spent some time talking with him and decided to head back home only to discover that my aunt and uncle had been murdered, while I was gone, by the government. Having no reason to stay and every reason to leave I went with the old man, who turns out to be a wizard BTW, to the closest port city looking for a ticket out of town. See the old man had been contacted by this politician's daughter and she asked him to help her deliver some information to a group of friends she was unable to directly contact herself. She was also in trouble with the government. So we hit a few bars in the port town looking for a ride on somebody's ship. We drink, we try to mingle and we end up in a bar fight in which the old man wins hands down. We do end up finding a ship to hop on and away we go. In talking with the old man he starts recruiting me to his religion and showing some of it's tenants. Turns out there is some MMA involved along with a warrior monk philosophy tinged with some sort of voodoo which I don't understand right away.


You guys are probably bored so I'll just leave it there for now.

i don't get it, how did you find out that he was a wizard

 

[Kaladin]

I have one wild thing that happened to me recently that could spice up the board.

I will pre-face this with a question, do any of you have a sibling that has completely gone off the rails? Estranged from the family?

About 10 years ago now my brother was living in an apartment my Dad was paying for, not working and doing drugs/chewing/drinking (the works). We haven't ever confirmed this but we believe he got spooked because he was stealing drugs and items from people and burning bridges and people were looking for him. He always felt like my parents favored my older sibling and tried poisoning me with the woe is me shit. He went to my Dad and said he wanted to be the next Brad Pitt, living in KC, move to California and be a movie star. So my Dad being a good Dad and tired of his shit said put your money where your mouth is, bought him a train ticket to LA and off he went. One of my other brothers (I am the youngest of 5, socio brother is #4) tried to send him off on good terms by buying him dinner but we didn't even make it to the restaurant before he burned his final bridge with me.


We didn't expect great things for him in Cali but he of course out did himself and within 4 months he got caught breaking into a womans apartment (to steal food he says) he had a pocket knife on him and got hit with breaking and entering with a deadly weapon - felony. Link to LA Times article where he was living on Skid Row https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwju0pnlxc6OAxVm_8kDHUi4Mw8QFnoECBoQAQ&url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-homeless-street-vendors-20160706-snap-story.html&usg=AOvVaw0MElymJblLWx1pnzurNFIS&opi=89978449.

So once he is in prison my parents of course are still helping and sending a little money. He is writing us letters and saying he's changed and asking for us to forgive him and all that shit. I never fully trusted him because he tried to fuck me up too many times. However, he is a damn good liar and had my parents fooled again. He eventually gets out for good behavior a little early and is in a halfway house essentially. A few months later he meets a girl and tells us he wants to come home and see the fam for Christmas.

Christmas rolls around and he arrives with his girl who is of course pregnant. They tell us they are moving back to KC to be closer to home and get married.

He asks us to be in his wedding, and we reluctantly agree. After the wedding we are all convinced for a few months to a year that he is actually getting his shit together. He's working multiple jobs and his wife hasn't said anything to us that would alarm us. That is until he plans a birthday party for himself and he wants Mom, me and my oldest brother to go a Chiefs game with him.

At the game he immediately starts drinking which none of us expected and or wanted. Then he's hopping from tailgate to tailgate picking up more drinks. All of us are extremely uneasy and don't want to be around him at all at this point. Once in the game he goes off by himself drinking more and walking around the stadium. Then as I am in the concourse getting a drink he sees me and confides in me that he hates his wife, wants a divorce and only loves his son.

This is essentially the last time I see him for two years. A lot of bad shit went down between the family and him and his wife in the meantime. I got married and he wasn't in the wedding and I didn't tell him I was having a kid.

After all that said I went out for food and drinks with a couple buddies for the NFL draft in April. I threw out 3 places but we chose a different place my buddy was swearing by, Sickies Garage. Well I show up ready to watch the draft and who else but my brother is our waiter??? Luckily the experience wasn't awful but it was the most uncomfortable dinner I have ever had. I of course haven't seen or talked to him since.

Next summer my parents will be paying for his ex-wife and son's trip to Mexico for family vacation. Which is absolutely wild to me that we got to this point but here we are....


TLDR - my brother is a sociopath that burned bridges and estranged from the family for years only to come back with a baby and a wife and then get estranged again and she is now a part of the family and goes on vacation with us.

i have a pretty similar story involving my brother but without the drugs or any issues

he moved to cali from nebraska for a girl and then they broke up and then he dated a pornstar for a little while and then he met a girl and they got married and had a baby

 

[Kaladin]

i have an uncle that left nebraska after high school and never came back to visit except for a time or two. i'm assuming it was because he came out as gay and my grandpa didn't like that. and then he died in las vegas of aids. i think i met him one time over christmas and thats it.

 

[V-Doub]

I have one wild thing that happened to me recently that could spice up the board.

I will pre-face this with a question, do any of you have a sibling that has completely gone off the rails? Estranged from the family?

About 10 years ago now my brother was living in an apartment my Dad was paying for, not working and doing drugs/chewing/drinking (the works). We haven't ever confirmed this but we believe he got spooked because he was stealing drugs and items from people and burning bridges and people were looking for him. He always felt like my parents favored my older sibling and tried poisoning me with the woe is me shit. He went to my Dad and said he wanted to be the next Brad Pitt, living in KC, move to California and be a movie star. So my Dad being a good Dad and tired of his shit said put your money where your mouth is, bought him a train ticket to LA and off he went. One of my other brothers (I am the youngest of 5, socio brother is #4) tried to send him off on good terms by buying him dinner but we didn't even make it to the restaurant before he burned his final bridge with me.


We didn't expect great things for him in Cali but he of course out did himself and within 4 months he got caught breaking into a womans apartment (to steal food he says) he had a pocket knife on him and got hit with breaking and entering with a deadly weapon - felony. Link to LA Times article where he was living on Skid Row https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwju0pnlxc6OAxVm_8kDHUi4Mw8QFnoECBoQAQ&url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-homeless-street-vendors-20160706-snap-story.html&usg=AOvVaw0MElymJblLWx1pnzurNFIS&opi=89978449.

So once he is in prison my parents of course are still helping and sending a little money. He is writing us letters and saying he's changed and asking for us to forgive him and all that shit. I never fully trusted him because he tried to fuck me up too many times. However, he is a damn good liar and had my parents fooled again. He eventually gets out for good behavior a little early and is in a halfway house essentially. A few months later he meets a girl and tells us he wants to come home and see the fam for Christmas.

Christmas rolls around and he arrives with his girl who is of course pregnant. They tell us they are moving back to KC to be closer to home and get married.

He asks us to be in his wedding, and we reluctantly agree. After the wedding we are all convinced for a few months to a year that he is actually getting his shit together. He's working multiple jobs and his wife hasn't said anything to us that would alarm us. That is until he plans a birthday party for himself and he wants Mom, me and my oldest brother to go a Chiefs game with him.

At the game he immediately starts drinking which none of us expected and or wanted. Then he's hopping from tailgate to tailgate picking up more drinks. All of us are extremely uneasy and don't want to be around him at all at this point. Once in the game he goes off by himself drinking more and walking around the stadium. Then as I am in the concourse getting a drink he sees me and confides in me that he hates his wife, wants a divorce and only loves his son.

This is essentially the last time I see him for two years. A lot of bad shit went down between the family and him and his wife in the meantime. I got married and he wasn't in the wedding and I didn't tell him I was having a kid.

After all that said I went out for food and drinks with a couple buddies for the NFL draft in April. I threw out 3 places but we chose a different place my buddy was swearing by, Sickies Garage. Well I show up ready to watch the draft and who else but my brother is our waiter??? Luckily the experience wasn't awful but it was the most uncomfortable dinner I have ever had. I of course haven't seen or talked to him since.

Next summer my parents will be paying for his ex-wife and son's trip to Mexico for family vacation. Which is absolutely wild to me that we got to this point but here we are....


TLDR - my brother is a sociopath that burned bridges and estranged from the family for years only to come back with a baby and a wife and then get estranged again and she is now a part of the family and goes on vacation with us.

My younger sister f’n crazy and I unfortunately don’t talk to her much. But she has a good job, family and I’m not aware of any criminal behavior 🤣 She’s just a super far left progressive with acute terminal TDS.

 

[Scarlet ObsessioN]

i have a pretty similar story involving my brother but without the drugs or any issues

he moved to cali from nebraska for a girl and then they broke up and then he dated a pornstar for a little while and then he met a girl and they got married and had a baby

Damn..

I guess he had a decent rebound eh?

Does the family still speak to him? Ours is essentially done with my brother but I have a feeling he will come crawling back before long.

 

[Kaladin]

My younger sister f’n crazy and I unfortunately don’t talk to her much. But she a good job, family and I’m not aware of any criminal behavior 🤣 She’s just a super far left progressive with acute terminal TDS.

Ya best to keep a distance from her

 

[Tyneb23]

Unfortunately I have a brother who is an alcoholic and has gone off the rails. I feel you

 

[Jim14510]

I have a crazy extended family. A few have been in jail attempted murder, theft, drugs, etc. An aunt that tried to get married to my cousin (sisters son) before a sibling called and told the court or whoever they were related.

No problems with my immediate family though.

 

[V-Doub]

Ya best to keep a distance from her

She has Joy Reid level TDS. It’s disturbing how much space Trump occupies in her life. I could never imagine letting someone I dislike dictate my thoughts and actions on a daily basis. Her whole family has stage 4 TDS. Everyone in her sphere of influence must agree with her or she will make you fucking miserable.

 

[V-Doub]

I have a crazy extended family. A few have been in jail attempted murder, theft, drugs, etc. An aunt that tried to get married to my cousin (sisters son) before a sibling called and told the court or whoever they were related.

No problems with my immediate family though.

By the way Jim. I keep forgetting to ask how you’ve been? Partially because I suck, but mostly because I don’t really give a shit. 😀 JK You still getting out and doing some fishing?

 

[Jim14510]

By the way Jim. I keep forgetting to ask how you’ve been? Partially because I suck, but mostly because I don’t really give a shit. 😀 JK You still getting out and doing some fishing?

I've been good. Done a bit of fishing but kind of sucked this year so far. I think I'm cursed.

 

[V-Doub]

I've been good. Done a bit of fishing but kind of sucked this year so far. I think I'm cursed.

I’m going Wednesday morning, Anglers club outside of Fremont. But this is only the 4th or 5th time I’ve gotten out. Too busy at work, too fucking tired when I’m not at work.

Jesus fuck, I sound old…

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

So,

I have had plenty of family drama. My upbringing is one that wouldn't be described as stable. My mom died giving birth to me and my dad wasn't in the picture at all. I was raised by my aunt and uncle. They were famers who lived in a secluded area a long way from anything important. I worked on that farm for my entire early life although I had an agreement that once I reached and certain age and the farm was more technologically efficient I could leave to pursue something more exciting. Days were hot and nights were boring. Until one day some of our newly purchased farm equipment was malfunctioning and I was tasked with rectifying the situation. I wasn't far from home but I did drift into an area where the locals didn't appreciate my presence. Luckily before anything terrible could happen this old man comes by to get me out of that jam with the locals. Turns out this old guy knew my uncle and .....my dad. I spent some time talking with him and decided to head back home only to discover that my aunt and uncle had been murdered, while I was gone, by the government. Having no reason to stay and every reason to leave I went with the old man, who turns out to be a wizard BTW, to the closest port city looking for a ticket out of town. See the old man had been contacted by this politician's daughter and she asked him to help her deliver some information to a group of friends she was unable to directly contact herself. She was also in trouble with the government. So we hit a few bars in the port town looking for a ride on somebody's ship. We drink, we try to mingle and we end up in a bar fight in which the old man wins hands down. We do end up finding a ship to hop on and away we go. In talking with the old man he starts recruiting me to his religion and showing some of it's tenants. Turns out there is some MMA involved along with a warrior monk philosophy tinged with some sort of voodoo which I don't understand right away.


You guys are probably bored so I'll just leave it there for now.

Did you do any Tatooing to commemorate this?

 

[doublewing]

Sorry to hear about your brother OP, that sucks. Some people just never get it together and become beacons for drama and negative vibes. I'm happy that my own immediate family is free of that. I've never had to lend anyone money, bail anyone out of jail, or go to someone's court hearing.

I do have a crazy uncle that went off the rails into conspiracy theories, hateful propaganda and creates a lot of drama. My parents keep in touch with him but we don't spend holidays or other gatherings with him. I miss the old version of him but don't need to deal with Uncle 2.0 because this guy's a deranged dickhead.

One of the best lessons in life is to shed yourself of negative people. Give them time to get right and support them but cut them off if they're not interested in doing so.

 

[RedSavage]

So,

I have had plenty of family drama. My upbringing is one that wouldn't be described as stable. My mom died giving birth to me and my dad wasn't in the picture at all. I was raised by my aunt and uncle. They were famers who lived in a secluded area a long way from anything important. I worked on that farm for my entire early life although I had an agreement that once I reached and certain age and the farm was more technologically efficient I could leave to pursue something more exciting. Days were hot and nights were boring. Until one day some of our newly purchased farm equipment was malfunctioning and I was tasked with rectifying the situation. I wasn't far from home but I did drift into an area where the locals didn't appreciate my presence. Luckily before anything terrible could happen this old man comes by to get me out of that jam with the locals. Turns out this old guy knew my uncle and .....my dad. I spent some time talking with him and decided to head back home only to discover that my aunt and uncle had been murdered, while I was gone, by the government. Having no reason to stay and every reason to leave I went with the old man, who turns out to be a wizard BTW, to the closest port city looking for a ticket out of town. See the old man had been contacted by this politician's daughter and she asked him to help her deliver some information to a group of friends she was unable to directly contact herself. She was also in trouble with the government. So we hit a few bars in the port town looking for a ride on somebody's ship. We drink, we try to mingle and we end up in a bar fight in which the old man wins hands down. We do end up finding a ship to hop on and away we go. In talking with the old man he starts recruiting me to his religion and showing some of it's tenants. Turns out there is some MMA involved along with a warrior monk philosophy tinged with some sort of voodoo which I don't understand right away.


You guys are probably bored so I'll just leave it there for now.

 

[Huskersballz]

Your parents need to stop enabling him.

I’m pretty lucky my family doesn’t have much drama although my siblings have all gone pretty far lib is the only thing.