Right now we are not on speaking terms. I've known her for almost 20 years, and she is the most amazing woman. She's good looking, has a great job (has always made more money than him), and is nice and polite to everyone. If she had a fault, I guess it was strangely indulging my loser of a brother.
He's always in between jobs, doesn't really take care of himself, and doesn't really socialize much. Now, in a way I do feel sorry for him because he's always suffered from depression/anxiety and had some early career setbacks that weren't his fault, but that he has never had the will to get up from.
Despite this and for some reason, my former SIL always supported him and loved him. I know she even gave up having children because he didn't want them.
So this idiot went overseas and found himself a gf half his age, and thus asked his wife for a divorce. I know she was heartbroken. To top it off, despite being a loser he's almost financially secure because they saved a lot of money during the marriage (no kids, frugal lifestyle, her income) and he gets half. And I think he's getting alimony as well.
The divorce has been finalized, and it's been a while since I spoke to my brother. Most of my family did support him under the idea that blood is thicker than water, but I haven't been on board. I know it's kind of tearing the family apart right now because it's basically Michael-Fredo at this point. I refuse to be in the same room as him. At this point, I know I do need to mend fences because it is my brother. But I (and my wife) had/have a good relationship with our former SIL and it's just really awkward.
Any suggestions on how to move forward?
tl;dr: Loser older brother divorced his terrific wife (who my wife and I were close with), no longer on speaking terms with him. Not sure how to mend fences.
Submitted June 18, 2019 at 02:12PM by YSP82 http://bit.ly/2Y6LdGs
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