Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Okay, I hope I managed to sum this up well. I made an account just to post this... here we go.

My (only) brother [20M] recently moved out of my family's house (which now only consists of me, my mother, and my father) for good because he is going to automotive school and has his own apartment now. Last week, he called me [15F] and I didn't pick up.

I didn't pick up because I *do not* like him. At all. Throughout my entire childhood, he was a massive prick and basically harassed me non-stop to the point I had clinical depression at about age 8. Our relationship has gotten sort of better, but it really can't undo the years of abuse he put me through. I'm in therapy working through it now, so I think "traumatic" is a good adjective to describe what happened.

It's more amicable now and not abusive but I'm still not comfortable around him. I basically have 0 plans to speak to him unless he physically comes over, in which I don't really have a choice. But otherwise, I don't want to. My parents are aware of what a shitshow our relationship is; my mother in particular seems dead-set on having us be all buddy-buddy again, but I refuse. [We'll get more into detail about that.]

The first time he called and I didn't pick up, my father told me he called. I said I knew, and just made up some lie of "I'll get back to him at some point." My mother also confronted me about it and said that we **had** to have a relationship at some point. I said the same thing I said to my dad.

Naturally, I never called back. He tried calling again two days ago, and I didn't pick up again. Last night my dad said I should get back to him, but nothing more. My mother, however, confronted me again and said that I ***NEEDED*** to call him back and repair our relationship but I refused and said that I'm not speaking to him. She chewed me out and said I was acting like a bitch, and didn't really let me defend myself before she stormed off.

So I guess that's my question. *Am* I acting like a bitch [asshole], or am I justified here?

**TDLR: Am I being an asshole because I don't want to speak to my brother, who has a track record of being an asshole?**