So my husband’s brother has always been, for lack of a better word, pure trouble. So yesterday while I was at work he evidently showed up at my house with a case or three of beer and began binge drinking with my husband. The things is… my husband is a recovering alcoholic.
Anyway, one thing led to another and somehow my brother-in-law got a hold of some spray paint and began trashing the house. He spray painted the walls, the windows, the upstairs shower, my daughter’s car, and eventually began spray painting the nursery.
As if this wasn’t bad enough, during his drunken spray-painting rampage he ended up accidentally getting some spray-paint on my four-month-old son as he slept in his crib. He painted a significant portion of the back of my son’s neck and head.
Fortunately, the pediatrician said that my son is fine and won’t suffer any ill-effects. You wouldn’t even believe the story I had to come up with to explain the situation to the doctor. Despite the fact that my son is going to be fine, this is obviously not an acceptable situation.
I’d like nothing more than to press charges against my husband’s brother but my husband is doing his best to talk me out it. At the very least he should be banned from ever coming to our home again, right? My husband insists that I’m totally overreacting. How should I handle this situation?
