A friend of mine (she is in her 40s) had a huge argument today with her 50 year old brother. I don't know what led to the argument, what she said, what he said etc. Both siblings are separated from their respective spouses.
During the course of the argument, she opened all windows in the apartment and loudly expressed her opinion of her brother's various failures, including his multiple marriages.
The brother is very sensitive to this issue and hates to cut a sorry figure in front of his friends, neighbours and relatives. The brother threw a footwear at his sister. The sister dialled 100, told the police there was a domestic violence issue.
The police came home, made enquiries. How does one address a domestic violence issue of this kind between siblings?
They enquired of the elderly father. The father was mum and refused to say anything to the police.
The police counseled everyone and left.
Now the questions:
- What kind of a man throws footwear at a lady, that too his own sister?
- What recourse did the sister have when her own brother attacked her? Maybe her parents were of no use in restraining the sibling.
- How come the brother was so insensitive that he couldn't restrain his temper at his younger sister who was going through emotional trauma herself?
As a passing note, I want to mention that the act of throwing anything including footwear at someone is an issue legally. One has cause to complain.
But can anyone go to the police and complain that someone opened the windows and talked loudly?
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