Oh brother!

My brother may be making a big mistake.

I love him to death, but sometimes I just want to beat him to death. He's divorced with two kids, and shortly after his divorce he began seeing this girl he met in Nicaragua. Can anyone smell a rebound relationship? Anyway, he began going down there monthly to see her, each time coming home telling me how great she is.

Fast forward to this past weekend.

I get a phonecall on Saturday from Managua. "Mike, can you get (insert girlfriend's name here) a ticket to come up to NY on Thursday?" Since I was in the car, I told him to email me the details, which he did. But he didn't include the date of her return. So I asked him when was she going back, and he said she wasn't.

*DANGER WILL ROBINSON....DANGER!!*

Apparently, he's sponsoring a visa for her to come here and live. When asked why he would do such a thing, he said her parents were trying to get her one but that it was taking too long. I asked him what the rush was, and he said he just wanted to get her here ASAP. I then inquired as to what she would be doing while she was here, and he said she was going to go to school.

Do you see where I'm going with all of this?

He said he was footing the bill. I laughed and said "WHY?" To which he started to give me a lame argument paralleling my relationship with Nick. It wasn't working.

I know my family is going to shit themselves when they see this chick for the first time. All I know is, Thanksgiving is going to be mighty interesting, that's for damned sure! AND, as the oldest brother it will be my duty and honor to take this chippie aside and give her the "if you take advantage of my brother and hurt him...." speech.