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Subject: Dylans brother? Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:23 pm
We haven't heard anything about Dylans brother and if he misses Dylan or not? Do you think those two shared secrets before the massacre that Sue doesn't even know about to this day? My point is do you all think his brother is holding back secrets that their mom should know? I can probably imagine Dylans brother promising him to keep this or that secret between us and never tell anyone. Would his brother really put their mom through that though knowing how much she misses Dylan? Would he keep Dylans secrets even to the grave?
To be honest I don't think Dylan and Byron had a very good relationship. Dylan even said it himself in his division records. Saying something along the lines of his brother wasn't really in his life and that it wasn't a problem. So I doubt there were any long lost secrets that Dylan had entrusted to Byron.
Although I'm sure he does miss who he thought his baby brother to be. Also I doubt Byron will ever talk about Columbine or his brother. Sue even said in her book that Tom and Byron wanted to be pretty much left out of it.
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To be honest I don't think Dylan and Byron had a very good relationship. Dylan even said it himself in his division records. Saying something along the lines of his brother wasn't really in his life and that it wasn't a problem.
Dylan also accused his brother of acting like a bully towards him on TBT.
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To be honest I don't think Dylan and Byron had a very good relationship. Dylan even said it himself in his division records. Saying something along the lines of his brother wasn't really in his life and that it wasn't a problem.
Dylan also accused his brother of acting like a bully towards him on TBT.
True. Dylan didn't seem to have much love for his older brother.
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To be honest I don't think Dylan and Byron had a very good relationship. Dylan even said it himself in his division records. Saying something along the lines of his brother wasn't really in his life and that it wasn't a problem.
Dylan also accused his brother of acting like a bully towards him on TBT.
True. Dylan didn't seem to have much love for his older brother.
I think the stories of when Byron and Dylan were older were a lot of Dylan keeping up appearances.
I imagine Byron probably has gone through a lot since that day. He probably has a lot of regrets when it comes to his little brother.
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Subject: Re: Dylans brother? Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:45 am
As others have said, in the Basement Tapes Dylan basically said that Byron and his friends treated him like crap.
When Byron was interviewed by police on 4/20, he told them that he and Dylan were not very close since he had moved out in July of 1997. The last time he had seen Dylan was on their father's birthday which I believe was a few weeks before (don't quote me). It's not likely he knew anything at all about what Dylan was thinking or planning.
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Subject: Re: Dylans brother? Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:32 am
thelmar wrote:
As others have said, in the Basement Tapes Dylan basically said that Byron and his friends treated him like crap.
When Byron was interviewed by police on 4/20, he told them that he and Dylan were not very close since he had moved out in July of 1997. The last time he had seen Dylan was on their father's birthday which I believe was a few weeks before (don't quote me). It's not likely he knew anything at all about what Dylan was thinking or planning.
You are right. I think it might’ve been Sue’s birthday not Tom’s but it was very close to the massacre. And Byron had said that Dylan was completely normal they rode in the same car together and Tom and Sue rode in another
It doesn’t surprise me too much but it’s kind of heartbreaking because I get the feeling that Sue thought Byron and Dylan and Tom and Dylan were very very close. And yet Dylan doesn’t seem to
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It doesn’t surprise me too much but it’s kind of heartbreaking because I get the feeling that Sue thought Byron and Dylan and Tom and Dylan were very very close. And yet Dylan doesn’t seem to
Very true. Tom considered Dylan his best friend, and Dylan couldn't even muster a "Bye Dad" on the basement tapes. While poor Sue thought her family was almost perfect relationship wise.
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It doesn’t surprise me too much but it’s kind of heartbreaking because I get the feeling that Sue thought Byron and Dylan and Tom and Dylan were very very close. And yet Dylan doesn’t seem to
Very true. Tom considered Dylan his best friend, and Dylan couldn't even muster a "Bye Dad" on the basement tapes. While poor Sue thought her family was almost perfect relationship wise.
yea just like Tom saying that he thought Dylan sounded upset the morning of 4/20 and that he would talk to him when he got home. I think Tom loved him very much but I think Dylan saw him as an adversary especially as he got older. I also think Tom had a lot of expectations about Dylan and he didn't feel he could live up to them.
There was an interesting article I read about Tom and Dylan's relationship a while back.
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There was an interesting article I read about Tom and Dylan's relationship a while back.
If you can remember the source or have a link please post it.
I will PM you, and find a way to share it on the board.
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It doesn’t surprise me too much but it’s kind of heartbreaking because I get the feeling that Sue thought Byron and Dylan and Tom and Dylan were very very close. And yet Dylan doesn’t seem to
Very true. Tom considered Dylan his best friend, and Dylan couldn't even muster a "Bye Dad" on the basement tapes. While poor Sue thought her family was almost perfect relationship wise.
It's weird to think the only person who really knew how Dylan really felt was Eric.
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It doesn’t surprise me too much but it’s kind of heartbreaking because I get the feeling that Sue thought Byron and Dylan and Tom and Dylan were very very close. And yet Dylan doesn’t seem to
Very true. Tom considered Dylan his best friend, and Dylan couldn't even muster a "Bye Dad" on the basement tapes. While poor Sue thought her family was almost perfect relationship wise.
It's weird to think the only person who really knew how Dylan really felt was Eric.
Agreed. The person who came the closest to "knowing" the real Dylan was Eric. But to be honest Dylan probably didn't even know what was going on in his own head.
Subject: Dylans brother? 
Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:23 pm
just like Tom saying that he thought Dylan sounded upset the morning of 4/20 and that he would talk to him when he got home. I think Tom loved him very much but I think Dylan saw him as an adversary especially as he got older. I also think Tom had a lot of expectations about Dylan and he didn't feel he could live up to them. 