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My brother and his wife is spreading rumours about me? Its driving me demented I'm also pregnant

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Question - (8 October 2016) 4 Answers - (Newest, 17 October 2016)
A female Ireland age 26-29, anonymous writes:

I'm 21 , married and moved in with my mother about 12 months ago after our rent rose sky high. We are living with my mother as we were saving for a wedding and a deposit for a home. My wedding is over with and we have our deposit with the house almost saved for. I am also almost 5 months pregnant, my dad died before we moved in however he and my mother invited us to stay before he died to give us some help in prep of the wedding and house. My brother is 17 years older than me he is 38 and his wife are both causing me a great deal of stress. When my Dad died and we moved in my brother became aggressive with me for moving in, he shouted at me the day after I buried my father saying the house is his to f off and move away that the entire place is his . He even tells people like my sister in London that he has no problem if she wants to stay in HIS HOUSE AKA MY MOTHERS ! However it is my mothers she pays the rent. This drives my sisters crazy and hurts my mother. For some reason my brother claims it is his acting as if my mother does not exist. My bother has a 6 bedroom house 2 cars and lives very comfortably. Me and my husband have slept in a single bed this past year in order to get married and save for a rented home because we were not earning a huge pile. My brother now has started telling family neighbours and anyone he can disgusting lies that I live off my mother that we bully her and that we wont move out of the house. Infact these rumours even started when my father as laying in his death bed . All of which is un true. He bullies my mother and she is afraid of him. I asked her one day mom why wont you tell him to stop telling you how to paint the house or tell him to stop building walls around the house that you dont want or changing the house? I then said are you scared of him or what?! She replied I am and I can't do nothing about it. Even last week we fixed up my dads grave taking the dead flowers off, my brother cornered my mother in the church that night and said you never told me you were clearing up the grave, you tell me nothing! My mother is so afraid of him it kills me. She does not want me to move out, but we are for the sake of our baby as the stress is cause me pains in the stomach high blood pressure and heart palpitations. My two sisters have tried to clear my name with many people but its getting so out of hand and I don't know how to deal with it. When go to stand up for myself his wife screams at me then my brother uses suicide to get out of it, he says im going to hang myself! Then my mother lets him off over and over. My sisters have told him I am pregnant that i dont need this stress and that i will lose the baby if it keeps up and his wife said if I am pregnant then f me ! Its like they just don't care, they see me as a threat with the home even though i have explained we are living here to save for a home. The lies are so wrong that I cry so much because I notice cousins etc wont even look at me. My brother is clearly sick and mentally ill because he has done this to my other sisters years ago. It clear he is greedy and his wife. He says there is a will made and the house is his, wthe house is a council house so went my sister sid you cant hand over a council house he has changed the wording to the tendancy is his. I ask my mother and she tells me that she does not know whats on my fathers will because all she was told was to sign a piece of paper! Sometimes I wonder is there a will? Maybe there isnt , and thats why he is possessive with the house as he didnt expect my father to die. He has never bothered with my parents for the past 15 years, he only came around the day before my dad died. Now he calls intimidating me with chainsaws, blocking the driveway with blocks etc. I dont give a crap about the house but the rumours of me he is putting out are upsetting me so bad! I work hard with my own business and look after my mother so much , especially the past year after Dad died she has told this to family that he poisoned against me. My sister even cries at what he has done to me, what do I do? When i try to sort it he says im sucidal making it out I am a monster stressing and upsetting him when it is clearly the other way around. The way his wife told me to f myself if I am pregnant also hurt me as i felt they were bringing the unborn baby into it. My mother will let him walk all over her , me and my to sisters have told her not to let him tell you what to do but its no good the fear is there. What advice would you give me ? My brother does not feel like one, he is basically a middle aged man bullying me a 21 year old!! The rumours kill me because he knows I am shy and wont have courage to tell people the truth he plays on it, and I cant take what he is doing much longer.He tells the lies sneaky to people so i have no idea who he has told and what. What do you think is up with him? Is it greed jealously or sibling rivalry to another level? His wife is as bad! Is this normal???

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A female reader, deirdre Ireland +, writes (17 October 2016):

What does your husband have to say about all this? Has he spoken to your brother during this? If the council own the house, it belongs to nobody. Once the tenant dies, the council can decide whether family members can become the new tenant or not. This often depends on whether the people are over accommodated eg: 1 adult in a 3 bedroom house, or whether they need a home of that size.

You are young to be married and starting your own family, but at the same time you need to make decisions that are in your babys best interests. Does your husband work? Forget about your brother and concentrate on working and providing for the baby

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A female reader, aunt honesty Ireland +, writes (10 October 2016):

aunt honesty agony auntIf the house belongs to the council then it is not your brothers house or your mothers. The best thing you can do at this stage is talk to the guards. Tell them what your brother is doing, get a lawyer and sue him for slander. He is ruining your life. He is a bully and that is that. His wife is no better.

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A female reader, anonymous, writes (9 October 2016):

I do not know how your laws are but yes get yourself to a lawyer. Record and document all this crap

He is putting you thru. Then sue him for harassment and slander.Then you and your mom baby and husband can have the council house go to your brother...he wants it right? You will now own his house...his cars..and his money because what is is doing is wrong and you can get money damages get a lawyer now.

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A female reader, anonymous, writes (8 October 2016):

Firstly I think it's good that you are going to move out of your Mum's place with all the accompanying stress and find somewhere else to live as it's important to look after your own health and that of your unborn child. That is paramount.

Whatever the reason (greed perhaps?) your brother sounds like a bully and he obviously likes to intimidate and get his own way. I live in the UK and I see you are in Ireland so I'm not familiar with your laws. However, you should contact the council/housing assn to check what I'm saying, but I'd suggest that your mum's house isn't owned by her, your brother or indeed was ever your father's: in fact it's owned by the council/H.E. Your mother can live there as her name is (presumably) be on the tenancy. I don't think she can just pass it on the your brother as he doesn't live there but were he to move in he may be able to inherit the tenancy after she dies.

If your father made a will then you mother should be aware of that as she was his next of kin. That said it wouldn't have included the house if it wasn't theirs. Do you have a family solicitor you could contact to check things out? It's foolish of your mother to sign anything she isn't sure about.

You need to distance yourself from your brother for the time being as this is effecting you health. Unfortunately there's nothing you can do about him spreading rumours about you but ignore it. The people that know you will know it's not true and if other people believe it then that's because they want to, and they aren't your friend.

Your mother is also being bullied by your brother but it is up to her to stand up to him or, if she is afraid of him, to seek to help of the police. She could also contact a domestic abuse helpline for information.

So contact the council or housing assn then contact your solicitor. If you arm yourself with the facts you are going to feel much, much better.

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