Dear Abby: My brother expects too much after my dog nipped his son

jhon

Greetings, Abby

My dog reacted by snapping at my 8-year-old nephew after he landed on him by accident, puncturing his arm slightly. We took the dog away right away and expressed our regret to my nephew, who was overcome with remorse as he knew he was to blame. I assured my nephew it was all right because it was an accident.

My brother hasn’t replied to any of our daily Facebook postings or texts, my sister and I discovered weeks later. He is fine when we meet him in person. He makes jokes and even intends to hire a storage container from us for the belongings of our grandparents. However, he disregards our text messages after that.

We informed our mother that dad had been ignoring us for a while. He told her he was really upset at the whole family for not teaching our dog to not respond when he is struck. My brother’s deliberate misbehavior now seems worse to me than the accident. What are your thoughts? SIS IN SEARCH OF HARMONY

DEAR SIS:

Your nephew’s incident was an accident. Your sibling is acting in a childish and passive-aggressive manner. You should stop messaging him and leaving comments on his Facebook postings for a bit, in my opinion. For a long time. Do you not?

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