"He has always been whiny and entitled, but now he likes to yell, expecting silence in return. We live in a small house. What if I flipped out every time he disturbed my sleep? It's half my house! I'm disabled and retired and living on Social Security benefits. My wife refuses to back me up and tell her brother he doesn't get to disrespect me."
"As half-owner of that house, you are entitled to live in it without being berated by a deadbeat. Talk to an attorney. Learn your rights as a spouse in California. If the house were sold and you received your half of its value, your life might be brighter than it is now. Of course, the alternative is that you and your wife tell your brother-in-law to find another roost to rule."
A long-term married woman describes a decade-long cohabitation by her wife's brother who is loud, entitled, and verbally abusive, disrupting her sleep and daily life. The woman is disabled, retired, and living on Social Security benefits, and her wife refuses to enforce boundaries or back her up. The advice offered urges the spouse to learn legal rights as a half-owner in California, consult an attorney, and consider selling the house to claim her half or require the brother-in-law to leave. A separate letter recounts a lifelong friend severing ties over politics and a painful accusation tied to a parent's suicide, causing deep hurt and a request for guidance.
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