Shunned from brother

LegacyUser

Me and my younger brother (we are both adults with a few years difference) used to get on well.

Over the past year he has become very distant with me. Gone out the window is communication from him. He doesn't talk to me anymore. It's been months since he talked to me. I tried many times to talk to him like
Hello
How was your day
Did you have a good day
You're off for he week, do you have any plans
How was your night (if he was out the night before)
Paying him a compliment if he looks well

Things like that. Never too much questions in one go because I know how irritating that can be. Any time there is an attempt to speak or talk to him it's been met with a grunt or a mumble, if that.
He doesn't extend anything to me - he doesn't ask me anything. It's as if he doesn't care or want to know me anymore or care to see what's happening in my life.

I've tried with him and to date I let it all slide with him without pulling him up on his bullcrap moods.

I don't understand why he is like this. I can't think of a row or an argument that we had for him to turn on me and not speak to me.

This has been going on for some months now. A new thing with him is having a girlfriend. It's almost as if he is consumed with her and has cast me aside. I don't expect him to sit with me or whatever or I understand he has his own life. There's nothing from him to me but what I feel is contempt. He hardly introduced me to his girlfriend. It was only done on chance because they happened to walk into the room I was in. Even with this, he's been 'off' with me before she came on the scene.

Where do I go from here on in with him? I don't know if I want to talk to him again, I've been blanked so many times. I don't want to give him another opportunity to do it again.

Wesser

What ages are you guys?
Do you live together?

It could be a teenage phase or it could be work related stress or it could be depression.

I think you need to provide more information.

freshpopcorn

Wesser wrote: »

What ages are you guys?
Do you live together?

It could be a teenage phase or it could be work related stress or it could be depression.

I think you need to provide more information.

Yes, it's very hard to know.
Anything could be up here from depression, to being busy, taken up with girlfriend, tired of questions, tired of listening to you, etc.

Neyite

Stating the obvious here but have you asked him if you've done anything to offend him?