It's hard to be my brother's keeper.

My older brother is going through a divorce. After ten years of marriage, she seems to have become one flat assed bitch. Right now my brother is staying with me, sleeping on my couch while he puts a few pay checks together and is able to rent his own place. Should be in a couple more weeks. It's totally cool him staying with me, but I do wish he would make a better effort in getting laid. From our talks, he's still bummed about his impending divorce even though he realizes that his life is starting to get better. He is a good guy with plenty of friends but he won't take advantage of his new found freedom to date. I tell him, dude you know some really awesome single women. You need to get out there and mingle. He'll take a woman out, tell me he had a great time, but then he won't follow up with her. I worry that when he moves to his own place in a couple of weeks he'll just hide away from women. Maybe I worry too much? Is he acting normal? Has he become damaged goods? Is it too soon to start another relationship for him? Yeah, it is his life, but I just can't stand by and watch him build a wall around himself. Maybe because it's so unlike him.

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  • noid

    He's not even divorced yet! Give him time.

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  • Avant-Garde

    He's going through a divorce for CHRIST's sake! He hasn't healed yet. To steer him towards women and sex before he had the chance to heal, isn't a good thing. I know you care about him but, you to chill out. If he never marries again and stays celibate for the rest of his life, that's okay. It will be his business. You can worry about him but, it won't be your place to interfere.

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  • charli.m

    Some people actually become emotionally involved in relationships?

    I guess that's a difficult concept to wrap your caveman brain around.

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  • mystery7

    Give him time, let him make his own decision about it.

    A divorce or long term relationship breakup can be an incredibly difficult and stressful thing to get through.

    So much so, that for quite a while that person may not even seriously think about the idea of dating or having sex with new women. It could be the last thing on his mind esp if the divorce was not amicable and if he has lost assets in the divorce process.

    It takes time to heal and be ready and the amount of time is different for everyone.

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  • RoseIsabella

    Settle down.

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  • I know what you mean unless he sets
    forth to make a change in his life
    it will never happen.

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