Re: is there any space for reconciliation here?
The family is secondary here…what’s the point in mediating between them? …the WIFE herself does not care about this marriage…she has made that crystal clear for quite a while. You can’t force or persuade someone to care about a marriage if the “care” isn’t there already. It sounds like the wife and the wife’s family has already accepted the end of this marriage.
The OPs family has made multiple attempts to try to save this “marriage” and each time…they’ve been treated disrespectfully. For them to continue to beg the gir’s family (and yes, at this point, it seems like they’re begging the girl’s family) to save this “marriage” just makes them look bad.
OP’s family should be grateful that all this drama went on right now…and thank Allah that a child isn’t in the picture. The brother is still young…he needs to end this, deal with the emotional turmoil this has caused him…and THEN focus on finding a wife who actually wants to stay married to him.