My brother just assaulted me. Idk what to do right now.

Besides hitting me, he bit my arm pretty bad. Fortunately I was wearing long sleeves otherwise his teeth would've punctured my skin worse than it already has. We're in a small town 30 mins away from home because I had to cart him around to interviews, and whatever else at his beck and call. Had an argument that he kept egging on getting incredibly personal about, and I threatened to drop him off unless he shuts his mouth, especially since I'm out here doing him a favor. Then he snapped. Some lady almost called 911 but asked me first. I told her no, of course because my parents wouldn't take kindly to me getting him arrested. Idk what to do he's acting like nothing happened and he wants to carry on to go hang out with his friend around here. I just want to go home, pack my shit and leave for good.

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Luckylu · 61-69, F

I’m sorry you are living with this. You need to stop carrying the weight of everyone else, especially family. It is one thing if they were your children or were mentally or physically challenged and something all together different if they are not. Though they are family, they are not your responsibility. First responsibility is to yourself. Find a safe place to live. Find a way to provide for yourself so you can live apart from them. Put a plan in place and work towards it. Your brother acting the way he did was disrespectful, hurtful and damaging. It shows how little respect he has for himself as well. You not taking action, like dumping his ass on the street and leaving him there to find his own way, is tantamount to you showing him that he can do whatever he wants and you will do nothing to stop him. Do you want him to treat you as such? If no, then what are you going to do to show him that his actions are unacceptable? Only you can decide what you are willing to put up with and what you are not. If you do not have the means to live somewhere else, then you need to find a way to make where you are living, safe for you. That may mean pressing charges of assault on a family member. If you can’t do that, then find somewhere else to live and don’t tell them where because I have a feeling they would just follow you.

RedGrizzly · 26-30, F

@Luckylu true. I've left his ass on the side of the road before and I got grief for it. But when I threatened to do it again, he knew I wasn't b.s.ing and took it into his own hands. I'm not going to be an abused servant to my brother, so after today I'm forming a game plan to get out of here.