Asking Eric: I want to respect my brother’s boundaries, but they seem unreasonable to me

R. Eric Thomas provides advice regarding a conflict where a person seeks to respect their brother's boundaries despite finding them unreasonable. The situation has escalated to the brother cutting off all contact. The individual values family highly, believing that familial bonds should not be easily severed. They are currently questioning if pushing back against these established boundaries is proving their brother's point, while struggling to reconcile their personal values with the current state of estrangement.