Brother in law about to ruin his life

My BIL and I are pretty close, because him and my husband are best friends. Last year, his wife left him and the divorce was very ugly. I supported her leaving him because their relationship was toxic, but that didn’t mean they were bad people individually. Then my husband and I ended up being collateral damage in the divorce, and neither of them talk to us. His mom told us that BIL has been really going through it, and moved in this girl he met two weeks prior, and her new born baby, into his house, which he kept in the divorce. Then she was doing drugs, and he was raising the baby, so he kicked her out and then their sister (my sister in law) ended up involving CYS. Then the next week, he started dating tho girls cousin, and now they have been together 1 month and he’s selling his house and rehoming his pets to move in with her… this woman he has known for ONE MONTH. And everyone knows the relationship will not work, and he’s going to put himself in a really bad situation, but I don’t know how to get him to see this… also he and my husband have made up and they’ve been spending no time together, and I pointed out that he doesn’t even ever talk about who his girlfriend is/what she’s like, he only ever talks about what she has and what he’ll have going with her.

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Nothing you can do. You can have your husband try and talk to him but that will probably just push him away.

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Idk man. Not your monkey not your circus. Ever since I gave birth to my son, I no longer have room in my life for other people's life problems. My door is always open for those who want/need it. But keeping the peace in my own home and headspace is my main priority.

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