Kindly advice. My brother ahs been married for 6 years and has a daughter. We didn't take any dowry and despite our protests his wife's family gifted a bed and almirah, which my brother and his wife have been using since the beginning. We even gave the gold that was given to my mother and me in the marriage to his wife as we have always believed in not accepting a single dime from the girl's family. He and his family have always lived with my parents and because of feuds between my mother and his wife, they were even allocated a separate kitchen in the same house. Since the last 5 months or so, his wife started a job where she worked long hours ( from 9 am to 8 pm) and she herself revealed that her boss confided to her about the alleged 'loose' character of other female employees in the organisation. My brother advised to keep the relation with him professional and not indulge in such talks. She started taking lifts home from him and my brother caught her texting personal messages to her boss at night. They had very loud fights in which my parents always intervened and tried to counsel them both.
Things have turned worse now and she has been staying at her mother's with her daughter since the last one month. My brother still carried on meeting his daughter there and picking and dropping his wife from her mother's home to her office. Last weekend, on my advice he met a marriage counsellor and was advised to bring her along. She refused to accompany him and abused him for neglecting her and his daughter for his parents! The marriage counsellor has advised my brother to file a divorce case as he thinks that she will never compromise and is just used to arm twisting my brother. We wish to avoid the divorce situation. He also advised that she might file a case of dowry against him and my parents. Although our conduct in this regard has been blemishless, but we are scaredof the consequences of his marriage break-down and the false dowry accusations.
Please advise our course of action.
