fatdog57

i have nobody i can rant too so if you read this dont take it personal,my brother who i have avoided for the last 30 years contacts me today and wants to be part of life ,the same person who for as long as i can remember has gone out of his way to destroy any thing that can be veiwed as good or joyfull in my life,when i was13 he put a knife in my ribs,when i was 15 he took everthing i had recieved for chistmas,the day after christmas and ignited it in the back yard ,in high school already saddled with teen angst he assaulted a young lady who had the nerve to talk to me ,needless to say it was hard to make friends after this i left home at 16 and avoided my insane brother from then on,except for family get togethers where everybody tries to get along before my mother died the last thanksgiving we could all get together , the police where called before someone got hurt and every one went their separate ways,at my mothers funeral he wanted to fight my father a70 year old man,these are just a few examples of what i am dealing with ,so he calls [my father gave him my number ,thinking that some how we could be friends] and he say`s we should forget about a life time of hate and disrespect. is it me, am i the asshole ?