Hi guys, my name is Lisa and I'm 12 . My parents got me a phone, and many of my friends also have one. Now, my parents got me a Moto G and the problem is..I don't really like it :(. Now b4 u start calling me selfish and not appreciative, it's just that for a long time I have been wishing for an Apple device, and instead I got this..But I am so glad that I got a phone now!! But, my birthday is coming up, and normally I just get a small present and a small party every year and distribute treats to my class..which ends up as $130 for us...The thing is, more than anything, I just wanna have a Iphone whose generation is current or 1 year before the current one. Now after looking up how much they cost I realized there was no way I was gonna make them pay that much for a phone. But...I do really want it..So I figured, instead of having a small present every year, with a small party (small as in it's just my family and my cousins), and distributing treats (I'm going to middle school in a few months so I'm not gonna do this anymore since I dont have ONE class now, but 7 classes), I could just skip having a party and a gift for 2 or 3 years, and stay with my Moto G, and then I could get an Iphone that I want. It's sort of like I'm just saving up to get one big gift, instead of small things that I don't really want. Should I do this? Plz help me make a decision! I'm okay with waiting a few and just managing with my moto g I guess..if it means I'll get an iPhone!

I lost my dad 3 days ago due to lung cancer and my family & I watched him die so we could comfort him to make sure he wasn't alone. Before he passed, my mom told him to give us a signal to show that he's okay and he did. In my parents room there are two ceiling lights connected to one light switch, one of the lights has been dead for a few months and my dad never changed it. The day after he passed my mom went in her room and turned the light on and both lights worked, that day it was just me, my brother, and my mom home. No one touched it so we knew it was my dad. I felt so happy cause I know he's home with us again. I just want to communicate with him when there are days where I just miss him a lot and want to feel his presence or something. I'm only 14 so this really affects me at my age.

My father in law came over unannounced yesterday while I was in the backyard without any clothes on. I don't know how long he stood there watching, but he didn't say anything until I noticed him. I didn't have anything to cover up with, so I tried to play it cool. Then he said he saw me playing with myself, and he wanted to join me as long as I keep it quiet!!! I'm angry and grossed out. I asked him to leave and thankfully he did.

My older brother, thats 5 years older, taller, and bigger than me beats me up. Not that "nice brother beating up" but smashing your head down, kicking you in the stomach and punching you till you have bruises on the floor crying. I've tried to tell my parents, but they just think I'm exagerating. My parents are at work most of the day so I can't keep near them, and my brother is their favorite so they'll just side with him. Funny thing today, my damn dad saw my brother beatin me up cause i went in his room, and he did nothing! After he was done beatin me, my dad just yelled at me screaming why'd I go in his room -not in a concerned way, just screaming it. I don't know what to do, I'm honestly afraid of my brother

my parents wont let me eat in my room cause if i make a mess they will have to clean it up. well i live with my dad and my mom lives far away so and just my dad since it is hard being a single dad. I told him i wont make a mess but he doesnt believe me. how can i convince him that i can eat in my room without making a mess or having him cleanign it all up?

everytime i see them they sneak in little insults like im saying jeremy lin has more potential and had a late start and my mom says o at least jeremy lin went to harvard and got good grades look at you. my sister says that im about to go to college and I should go live in the dorms and i say , well im a couple years behind, and my mom says no more than a couple 5! and my sister says no! 6 years behind! i just wanna say **** you both you ******* losers. my sister got 120k for college and i got 10k AND kicked out of the house 3 times for "wasting resources/money" "not having the right attitude", i am constantly being put down while my mom and sister are rolling in money and resources. all which my dad earned. when my parents got divorced my sister never visited once she just disappeared AND got into huge credit card debt and she get bailed out by my mom. i ask for 10k for college and im not worth it im too lazy

My parents were so neglectful. They were abusive. I remember being in the 2nd or 1st grade going to Disneyland. I wore camoflauge shorts. She saw my shorts on the way to school and started saying "**** YOU!!!!!!!!! **** YOU!!!!!!!!" Because I guess that camo whorts weren't allowed at Disneyland. I hate her so very much. I think she thinks its funny and she thinks she can get away with it because she is the "mom" and she has this idea that mothers can do what they want when they want. Anyways, she would be that way for a lot of things. Explosive and really scary. All the things that would require nothing but gentle explanations were replaced with monstrous screaming and very ugly disturbing episodes. Every time she would get in a fight with my grandma she would take it out on me after she got off of the phone. I still live at home and I shouldn't be here. I am too old to be here. I am 26 years old. She has been so evil towards me my whole life. I literally tried to go on a vacation with my parents and my brother and his wife. She began literally hitting me in the arm like a psychotic woman, because "He was having fun with the milk". I was seriously doing NOTHING. She asked me to grab something for her and I did. I am seriously in an extremely angry and hateful mood when I wake up every day. I am in just such shock and disbelief. I live with crazy people. I know I need to go to school to get out. I am trying but it is very hard for me to concentrate. Please help me.

I already asked a question about my twin sister Ivy and I nit talking to each other but this is like a part two because it's gotten more difficult. So, I followed one of the answers I got and had a talk with Ivy and I told I'm sorry for anything I did and then she slapped me! And, told me I was a liar! Then, in school her and her friends called me a little **** which really hurt my feelings I have no idea why :( I wanna cry and tell my parents I want to run away But I never run away from my problems I just am stressed out. I met some New friends and am hanging out with them but I still share a room with IVy and she always gives me dirty looks and I can't deal with her anymore I never resort to violence but I just wanna slap her and tell her to get a hold of herself and tell what's wrong!I just am too curios and hurt.

My parents used to be a very loving couple. I started out in a happy home with parents that kissed and hugged. When I started high school I noticed a slight change in the way they acted around each other. I figured they were just arguing because although a loving couple they still argued. This wasn't like any argument I'd been used too months past of limited talking and distance between them. Soon it got to the point where I would come home from school and walk in to a screaming fight. Afterwards my mom would always end up crying on the couch. It's been like that for 2 years now. A week ago things started getting weird again, but a good weird. My dad sat down at the table and held my mom's hand. It's been like touch and go since then till today. I was watching TV and in the kitchen I heard my dad say "I love you Jennifer" she didn't say anything back but maybe it's a step in the right direction? I don't want to get happy just to have everything return back to the way it was. I don't know what made them this way but it obviously takes a lot of fixing. They've been married 25 years it breaks me to see them not care. Help?

My parents had me out of wedlock and when I turned 2 years old my biological father left me and my mom for another women that was pregnant at the time... Now that I m 15 years old my aunt Olivia found me through Facebook and since then I ve met my biological father, my aunts and grandparents and my (half) siblings. I m used to having only 2 brothers even though they re technically my half brothers I don t call them my half brothers I call them my brothers. Now that I ve found out I have another brother(he s 14) and 2 sisters (one is 12 and another is 6 months old) I really want them to see me as their sister. I travelled to see my grandparents in Mexico and my brother is also here and so far we ve talked a little not a lot because it s still awkward but how can I gain his trust? If anyone that s been through this please tell me your story it would help a lot! Thank you!(:

Ok, to everyone reading this I know it sounds a little weird but hear me out. See my grandma a few years back adopted 2 kids named Zakari and Zabrina(yep thats how their nanes are spelled). They are the same age as me and are really nice. I have absolutely no problem with them but do I have to call them my aunt and uncle? I mean seriously, they are both 13 years old and one of them is shorter than me! At one point we went to the same school and I only survived people laughing at me because we called each other cousins. So people do I really have too? I'd appreciate more than one answer

I haven't seen my two cousins in ten years due to family problems so we've been cut off. Now, my family suddenly going to a wedding and I've been told they're going to be there. Last time I saw them, I was about three and my grandma says they don't remember me, but I remember them. Now I suddenly am going to be introduced and I'm nervious. My mom tells me to relax, but I can't because I can't stop thinking about it. How do I handle this? I'm usually a really shy person... P.S. I also have to meet many more relatives that I don't know...

I don't like lying to my family but I promised my mother I would "let them die happy". My dad's side knows but my mom's doesn't. I haven't directly lied but still I maneuver around the truth so I might as well. But when I was young and mentioned it, my grandmother cried for hours so I imagine it would hurt her and the others. But they say a lot of bad things about atheists in front of me and it hurts me really bad. Should I tell them?

So I'm 18 and getting ready to go to college next month. But because of financial reasons I'm living at home during college. But anyways, my parents have never really gotten along and more recently they had such a bad argument that they just finally decided to divorce each other. I know that it's best that they not be together but my dad told us that we have a week an a half to get out. I've never seen my parents have such a bad argument and I even got involved in it. My mom and I are both unemployed and have nothing. My mom is trying to find a place to live and a job but because of her last job it's really difficult for her to do that. All I want to do is help her. And to make things worse it's not just her and I it's me her and my 13 year old brother. Our family isn't the most supportive people especially of how things ended with my moms last job and I don't know if they will let all 3 of us stay with them and I know my sister would but she doesn't have any space for us to stay with her. Everyone keeps telling me to not get involved and do what I need to do but we have nothing no money nothing. And I have no idea what to do all I want to do is help. I just don't know what to do anymore I'm so stressed and don't know how to deal with all of this.

I am 15 years old, a sophmore in high school, I play 3 sports and have a lot of hobbies outside of sports. I also get good grades and take all AP and advanced classes. I do things wrong like all teenagers, but I know I am a very good person. My parents are very caring and loving, but my mom is always finding the littlest things to get angry about and then she yells at me and I end up being punished. A lot of the times she thinks she remembers something or hears something that I say or do(which I did not do or say) and she will bring it up at random times and yell at me. My dad of course sides with my mom even though sometimes I can tell that he knows my mom is being ridiculous. They will also find something I did months ago and punish me because of it. Yesterday I woke up later than usual and was tired, my mom automatically assumes that I was up in the middle of the night playing video games, which I was not. They are constantly yelling me about all the things I do wrong and call me immature, selfish and disrespectful. I love my parents and I realize that I would not be the person I am today without them, but I need them to understand that I am a good kid, and I am tired of being punished and yelled at for the littlest things and even things I did not do. What should I do??? Sorry for the essay I just wrote...

So I have a small story my parents separated when I was 6 years old and I have not seen my biological father in years until later on in life. I moved out from my home county since I was rather poor into a more developed one. My stepdad changed my life he has been always there for me showed me the right path in life to take. Helped me with everything even university not to mention he bought me a car and always supported me. My biological father was a drunk abuse man who would sleep with others and beat my mom he sometimes calls me once a year and only talks about money and how much I make this pisses me off...... I have a good relationship with his mom and dad my grandparents little do they know I hate my biologic father but they still try to push mine and his relationship like nothing happened. I like a happy life with my stepdad who I call dad btw and my mom so should I still continue to play this role play game and consider my biologic father dad or simply tell everyone that I don't like him and consider him as a dad. Also what do you think of this is it OK to call a step dad dad?

So I just moved into my first apartment with my fiance'. I'm 21, super close to my family and they have been a huge help while we get on our feet. But I have never really gone anywhere or done anything, but my man has lived in NC before. He as family there and it's super nice. For a while I have debated on moving there, and he is all for whatever I want. Even though I am close to my family, they don't know how to butt out and let me do my own thing, involving anything. I just want my freedom and space. Just don't want to hurt them by moving or freak out when I'm with out.. So, should I stay and never know, or go and at least find out what I could be missing? Or did I just answer my own question...

My dad texted me this morning and said "if you brother calls, tell him that his friend _____ died this morning." and he means call from jail.. My dad isn't that good at speaking English, and my brother doesn't know Spanish. So he wants me to tell him. Plus my dad and brother don't get along. And my mom is in Mexico now visiting her dying mom, and she would probably faint trying to tell him. So its up to me and I don't know how to start the conversation off when he calls.. They were best friends since they were born, they're both 23 and they're pretty much like brothers. My brother doesn't get out for two years and I would hate for him to suffer. So, any adivce? I'm 17

My mother who is severely bipolar spends too much money...to the tune of maxing out credit cards and spending every penny of her monthly allowance. Our family has a home on the lake in a remote part of the country. I wanted to keep it in the family but I fear if anything ever happens to my father the first thing she will do is sell it and burn the cash on random mall purchases....is there anyway to protect my family? I hope you dont think it is greed on my part I just want to keep something nice from my childhood that my siblings and I can share in the future with our family.

My younger sister is very prone to crying at the smallest things. One time I told her she was too sensitive and she burst into tears. Another time she saw a dead snake and cried and grabbed my arm while yelling that she was scared. It's good to be a little sensitive but sometimes she gets on my nerves. She is nine years old an normally very mature for her age. Is this level of sensitivity normal for this age?

So, lets just start by saying that I don't even work. The one that makes the money in my household is my hubby. Three of my siblings are married. Three of them are broke and only one is in good condition to help like me. The one that can help is my brother but he keeps brief contact with my parents. One of my siblings lives with my parents. She always says that it should be me and my brother paying their bills. My parents are the kind of people that think they're kids are obligated to help them. So, I had just purchased my mom $500 dollar prescription glasses. Than I gave them $150 for their registration renewal. So, now their van won't pass the test and their charging $650 to fix it. So, my mom calls saying oh yeah we need $650 and I don't know how to get it. So I just stood quiet on the phone and I felt used for a second then I felt obligated. I didn't say ok I'll give it to you like I always do. So we ended the conversation with her saying the lord will provide. I don't know what to do. It all started by me telling them that my hubby got promoted and was gonna be making 15k a month. My hubby is the sweetest person ever he really doesn't care and loves helping out my parents. He spoils me an lets me spend whatever I want. The problem is I'm upset cause I feel like my parents are taking advantage of what I told them. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to say no and when I do I feel bad specially when it comes to my parents.

I know I am coming to yahoo answers for help but no one else will give me advice. I owe my mom 600 dollars and after that I am free to go...my friemd offered to get a place together....but thatd leave my mom to struggle...my stepdad had two surgeries done on him and my brother and sister work just like I do but my sister is moving out soon and my moms only source of income is through my brother and us...my mom can't work because she is missing a disk in her spine....idk what to do...

not that I care, but just curious, lmao!!!!!

Today my brother physically abused me. He kneed me really hard,punched me,flicked me. He even threatened to do it more if I didn't "say nice things to him" and I did because I was scared. Then every day he verbally abuses me and I'm really scared. I tell my mom and dad but they don't really do anything about it. How am I supposed to make him stop?

I'm pretty laid back for a teen. I very rarely talk back or argue with my parents. Generally when this does happen I'm the one who apologizes. My mom is also generally pretty cool, but today we were arguing, over something stupid. I was being a difficult teenager she was getting annoyed, and all of a sudden she was like, "It'll be a cold day in hell when I do something nice for you again!" She hadn't done anything particularly nice for me today(but yes as my mother she does a lot of nice things for me). Anyway this is like the second time I've herd that in one week! I ignored it the first time she said it but was genuinely hurt the second time. I didn't say anything to her after that. I just went to my room because I didn't know what else to say. I've NEVER told my parents I hate them because I don't (I've never been upset enough to say something like that), so I went downstairs and tried to talk to her. I basically told her that saying that to me was uncalled for and she laughed in this really condescending way, like what I had to say didn't matter. At least that's what it felt like. So I said that saying that to me, was like me telling her that I hated her. I went back to my room. I probably would have apologized for my behavior if she hadn't laughed at me.Now I'm just really hurt, ya know. So here's my question: Should I be the one apologizing or should she?

When I was 16(now 21) I was over at my dads house for a few days. I slept at my grandmothers house which was right in front of ours because my dad only had one room. One night (and I swear this is why I believe in the higher power I know something is up there) I was having the weirdest dream. I am a heavy sleeper! My bf had told me many times I don't hear anything. I sleep at stage four or something like that-anyway..I woke up from my dream. I sat up right away! I opened my eyes and I see my older low life of my "cousin" (who had no home because his parents didn't want him and was living with my grandparents) right at the edge of the bed! He was on his knees and right away crouched down! Terrified because he did drugs before I stood quite and I waited for him to leave! Till this day I don't know what he was doing! I was sleeping in my shirt and underwear because I was so tired from school I just knocked out and didn't change all the way:/ which I really ******* regret but sleep got to me..I saw he had left his cell phone at the edge of the bed and he was trying to come back and get it. Till this day I don't know what happened, I was shaking to grab his phone and look through it so I left it and I just ran. I didn't touch myself because I was scared I was going to find something different down there :( My dad is the only one that believes me. I an shocked that my grandparents would not believe ME!My mother even knows and she still talks to him! They all know but act ok!

I am a 14 years old and my father is a pharmacien and he always takes me to the job with him, but I dislike this job and afraid that I work in his pharmacy when I grow up and have no other job that I like, and I am afraid to tell him that I dislike this work so he would never be proud of me, so what to do? :/ How do I leave this work??

My hubbys uncle has always been in love with me and it's not a secret. My hubby & his uncle have fought about it. Im close with his uncle, who is very attractive but I really love my hubby who is equally attractive, they can pass as twins i would never ever cheat on him, Btw im 29, hubby is 31 uncle is 39. Hubby & i want kids but havn't been able to get preg we have been together since I was 16. One very drunk stupid night the 3 of use were drinking and joking around uncle said he never tasted a girl b4 ( ya right total man whore, )he said he just uses girls for his own pleasure. My hubby kept giving us shots & said you can taste my wife. Im totally against it but hubby says trust me it's ok im here & starts kissing me. Uncle goes down & hubby is giving more shooters to me even though I don't want more. next thing I remember is uncle & hubby & I having 3 some & hubby saying it's ok to *** in her. Alot of the night i don't remember. sorry for the long story but it turns out that hubby thought he could get us drunk have sex i get preg(From uncle) and no one would remember what happened. He was drunk and doesn't know why he thought it was a great idea at the time we have all done dumb things when drunk that seems smart at the time, next day he apologizes and said he will never drink again, and get help for his stupidity. Now i might be preg. What do I do? Keep it don't keep it. Uncle always wanted kids but.... so confused, nervous. What if its hubbys? What if it isn't

My mom said she is going to humiliate me because I wanted to become a pro singer so I made a video of me masterbating she has it and made it her ringtone and has made a video of me doing the it with ahrbrush with that song this my sh*t what do I do

So I made a video of me masterbating but then deleted it and somehow it got on my mums phone earlier today when I got out e shower I heard myself moaning and I noticed she had the video and I guess made it her ringtone cause she said if I wanna become a professional singer and she said she is gonna teach me humility what do I do

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150720093917AA0Niwm Here's my previous question so feel free to read it. Soooo long story short my mother just wasn't liss to go on holiday for the weekend because she is just really tired and wants to relax at home. I'm happy that there's no problems going on but my father is still taking my brother and I for the weekend which I really appreciate but I hate doing these type of things without my whole family.............I'm really gonna miss my mom:( but don't get me wrong I'de miss my dad too if my mom's and dad's roles were reversed. I'm 15(boy) and a bunch of my friends just find it normal to go on vacation with only one of there parent's but I'm not comfortable with it. I asked my mom a few times if she would come with but she just wants to relax(and she is not upset) but I felt like I was selfish after a while so I stopped asking. It's embarrassing but I feel like I wanna cry when I think about my mom not coming with because I will really miss her:( My question is : how can I get over this feeling and just enjoy myself because I know it's normal??

My son is engaged to a woman who has a substantial criminal past...bad checks stolen credit cards, fugitive, breaking and entering, theft and the list goes on. He has constantly complained about her and the things she is doing now to myself and to his ex-wife. Threw her out once and took her back. They have been together for 9 months. I only responded that he should really take into consideration all of her past before making any decisions. I have come to dislike this woman a lot because of the things he told me. Now I find he is engaged to her from a post he made on facebook. She then tried to friend me which I chose to ignore.. Mind you these two are not children...40 and 42. She also has very large fines and resitutions to pay which she has made no attempt to do. I have relayed to my son that I did not care to hear anymore drama about their relationship and thay are not to come to us for any financial reasons. I also told him that they will be happy and I will support his decision but I do not have to agree that it is a good one. His choices are just that his choices.Now he refuses t have any contact with me because I will not accept her in our lives and will not friend her on facebook. I told him as an adult he has the right to chose who will sit at his table as do I. It hurts me as his mother to be treated this way but I have already accepted this. If our relationship as son and mom depends on whether I be her friend on facebook, then I guess it is what it is!

I'm an 18 year old guy , and I've disliked my father for quite a while. He's a good person; met all our familes financial needs, but he has his flaws like everyone else. I have tried to grow fond of him, but I always end up resenting him. The main reason I can't see eye to eye with him is he is very close minded. The only right way is HIS way. His close mindedness plays a role in him generally not being a very likeable person, he doesn't have many friends. He's also a bit racist and has a big ego. The other main problem I have with him is his negativity. He has a negative outlook on EVERYTHING. He never taught me any life lessons that a man should teach his son, I've so far learned most things the hard way. The one thing he has taught me is how NOT to be a good father. He also loves to save money(nothing wrong with that) but does it to the point of it being unreasonable. I want to pay him back money when im older to repay the financial support he provided me growing up and then cut all ties with him. What recently pushed me over the edge was I was in a small argument with my mom over something minuscule, and out of nowhere my dad butts in asking what the problem is. My mom explains and he starts yelling that I need an asswooping and this and that. NO ONE WAS EVEN TALKING TO HIM. The good thing is I am moving away for college in a month and I'll finally have some breathing room. Sorry for the rant, should cut him off in the future or stay in touch?

I have been fighting a lot with my mother, almost 3 times a day, every day, for the past year, its really making me depressed, she told me to get out, she said i can't take anything with me, I.e, valuables, at 16 i can legally move into my own place with my mothers permission. i'm 16 in two weeks, i have a lot of planning to do, i really want to move into my own place, i have over 100k that i can get access to in cash, i made an app and website that ran ads, and got a lot of traffic daily. My question is, how would i go about moving to another country and get set up? i know there's a lot to consider education and job wise, i still make money from the app and website, some stored in paypal, my mother doesn't know about this, its best she doesn't. I live in the united kingdom, and want to move to either germany, netherlands, spain, france, one of my cousins friends owns a tech start-up in Amsterdam, he said it wouldn't be a problem getting me a job there. i've been thinking about this for a long time, i'm aware of everything.

Treat him just as if he is my kid. Support him no matter what he does. Is this true?

I am a 25 year old guy. I rarely call my mon because when I do most of the time I end up arguing with her. But I can't seem to have a normal conversation about things with her. She usually starts about how was my day. When she asks me I usually end up telling her how was my day. And if she finds something to criticize me about she will. And I can't possibly give her all the details and a lot of the time she ends up to weird conclusions. Like if I tell her that I am going in a club, she thinks that I will go and have sex with someone and get a disease. But I am a 25 year old guy, I went through a lot of things and survived, why does she need to criticize me about something so trivial. Or if I am at work and if I don't tell everything is okay, she jumps to conclusions and she thinks I am about to get fired. But I shouldn't be forced to explain everything to her like I have some sort of obligation. And it's tiresome. Or she sends me articles about genius people or smart people and she tries to make me like those people which I only tolerated because she is my mother and she raised me. But I hate it when she does this to me and forces me to be someone I do not like. And when I try to explain to her, she blows a fuse. She gets so angry so fast and starts telling me how I am an ingrateful kid, how I disrespect my parents, that I have all sorts of problems and that's why few people like me. And things like this. I am thinking maybe one of us has some problems.

My mom is so sweet and deserves the world.. But of course, we cant afford much. She has never been on any vacations in her life, and it makes her sad. She was raised by her mom after escaping the Vietnam war to come to America. Her life was difficult growing up in a bad area. Shes tried so hard to raise her four kids, and I wish I could repay her somehow. I'm fifteen, and she married my somewhat wealthy dad.. But they divorced years ago. Anyways, how can I earn money to do something for her? Please keep in mind that although she is amazing and always loves when I tell her of my appreciation for her, I want to get her something a typical woman would like- jewelry, or something... Thanks so much for the help :))) <3

I alrady persuaded my mom to give me a sister but my dad disagreed but every day I beg him to say yes to give me a sister I even prayed god but he's foolish anser is its too expencive haveing another child . But I rilly want a sister ill give up anything for her help me to tell my dad to give me a sister

Growing up was tough. My parents didn't love each other. Father was absusive in many ways. Mother was too weak to leave. Then got 4 kids. All of us unplanned. Mother was working while father was being lazy. Then he absusive towards us kids. He went to jail. Mother went to jail for failing to protect us(she KNEW what was going on)but got out on bail. Me and sibs were in foster care. was able to live with her wen become 18(me & siblings wanted that. Court was iffy about it but then decided to be ok with it). Before we moved in with her, she mentioned she got a gf. I learned to be okay with it(I didn't want any stranger to be in our lives cuz we been through A LOT). Not trying to be rude but I hate that her gf is kinda control the family. She's trying to be the "father" and I hate it. She doesn't understand me or siblings at all so she just assume a lot of stuff about us(not in a good way). Mother isn't parenting on her own. She's basically going with wat her gf says. And the gf does NOT have any kids her own. I know the best decision is to move(I have a job but I don't have the money yet) but wat can I do NOW? I'm not trying to be ungrateful. If you were in my shoes you would understand. My siblings feel the same way about her gf. We hate that she's trying to be the "father". Smh they aren't even married! It's like mom is always on her gf side and not on ours :( she's not being a mother her own way.

So im meeting my brother for the first time and im scared to meet him. My dad told me about him and i know he has an afro and buff up. What should i say to him and give him. He is in his 30s and im 13 lol.

There was a news story the other day about an oncologist that owned several oncology clinics. He exploited his patients, betraying his oath and their trust by subjecting them to unneeded radiation and chemotherapy to bilk insurance companies and receive kickbacks from testing and radiology labs. Some of these people didn't even have cancer and he knew it. Some of these people died from the chemotherapy. He was turned in by one of the doctors working for him and sentenced to 45 years in jail. What makes people so selfish and greedy to the point they can watch others get sick, lose their hair and teeth and die and not care. It was not only him but others in his clinic that looked the other way and laboratories that paid the kickback money. He could have been highly successful just being a good honest doctor. What is it within a person that makes them this way?

I have a serious rare disorder. When I was 2 months old, doctors told my dad to hand me over to an orphanage. But my dad kept me and went to 100s of doctors and sacrificed his life dreams for me. He left literally EVERYTHING, even his job to take care of my health and make me successful. We were so close that anyone who met my dad didn't ask him how is he, they asked how is your son. He used to always talk to people about me and never about himself. He used to wear torn clothes in order to save money and buy me an expensive toy that I wanted so bad. Till I was 13 years old, I loved him so much that I'd cry if he left me alone for more than 15 minutes in an empty room or if he came home from office half an hour late. I could not imagine living life without my dad, and neither could he. He had a strong belief that I'd never go away from him and support him in his old age. However, as I turned 16, I started liking the idea of independence. I worked hard and succeeded a lot. Whenever I tell my dad that its not practical to always live together, he gets angry. After 3 years of him living in disbelief and then accepting that I WILL leave him, he now only utters a few words a day. He mostly only yells at me and talks to me in an irritated way. It hurts:- I still love my dad like I used to. But he doesn't. He says, "You are not my son like you were when you were 12 years old, you changed..". Can't we have a strong relationship even though I'm leaving him for college? How? I'm 18 now and leaving home for college in 2 weeks. I don't want to leave home with a bad relationship with my father. How do I make my dad accept the fact that I'm an adult, no longer his baby? He seems stuck on the nostalgic ideas of my 12 years old self. When I was young, he used to say "You are MY baby". Now, he says "You are a lot like your mother". He doesn't like my mother at all.

My parents are driving me crazy. I'm stressed out and I feel like my parents never listen to me or maybe they do but they just don't care... I'm a middle child and I understand that since I am the middle child everything is gonna be harder like for example I'm going to be sharing a room with my little sis for a long time. I tried telling my parents that I need my own space now since I'm 15 and I've been sharing my room my whole life. They told me they were looking for a bigger house but I knew they weren't because I heard them say they were going to stay at my current home. My sister is 18 about to turn 19 and I feel like she's never going to move out. Another thing is that I was talking to my dad about joining crossfit and he told me that I'm not capable of doing that. I got mad and called him something mean because he started saying that I'm too weak for that. He got mad and screamed at me and told me that I couldn't even lift a 20 pound weight (which I can but he doesn't know because he's never home) I excersice everyday and I'm currently in my JV volleyball team. They don't understand that I want to have a succesful life and I want to explore things like crossfit. I really stress out over the fact that they don't even understand little things like having my own room.

I'm 15 years old and I need to make money to buy my dad a new tractor. PLEASE help.. What can I do? (I can't get a job so this will be really hard)

I know it isn't exclusively older folk who are like obsessed with coffee but it is most of them. Most people have maybe a cup or two in the mornings but some older people drink it all day. My great uncle who's in a nursing home now drinks 5 cups a day...he used to drink 12-15 a day. I need an explanation.

I'm in med school, and I hate to say this but my mom brags about me and I think it annoys my younger brothers and sisters.

I lost my date of birth documents, and when I asked my mum and she could only gave me some Health Forms which was filled for me in 2003. Here are the information on the card: Surname: Asare First Name: Emmanuel Birth Date (or age): 11 YRS Date Form Filled: 6 - 2 - 03 Today's date is 23 - 7 - 15.... So likely what might be my year and month of birth? I have attached my picture, too. Thank you very much! She could only give (not gave).......

so 3 of my cousins look down at me because of my reckless behavior for doing without thinking, we have these freak arguments like almost every time about me posting stuff on Instagram, its getting tiring and i feel that i shouldn t visit them anymore. My cousins have a very bad history with other cousins, like the time when Christmas was almost ruined because of arguments over an iphone, it had to take my dad to get them back together. Now i feel that its happening to me and that my cousins will just block me on Instagram because they are all tired of fixing my mistakes with my life, how can i resolve this?

I'm 21 years old, I live with my dad (my mom recently got diagnosed with cancer and is out of country for chemo). I have a therapist and a few months ago he asked me how I'm handling the absence of my mother. I told him it was relieving because I have one less person to answer to, less expectations to live up to etc. My mom owns the company where I work and all my life has been the pushing factor behind everything I do. Anyway About 3 years ago my parents found my weed and bong and made a big deal of it because they believed it was holding me back in life... Before that when I was a teenager they actively fought my gaming habits for the same reason. Anyway I quit games and because they got so involved with the marijuana I quit that too. Went sober for almost a year then some old friends introduced me to cocaine & molly & harder drugs. I'm a smart guy so I know I can't make these things a habit. I take a molly or do some coke maybe once every other month because my friends throw big parties and I always get invited. I'm more of a introvert nerd but I spent a couple years involved with the wrong crowd so I'm still in that popularity/party circle, if you understand. Anyway... I came home yesterday and found a good bit of money in my sock drawer I must have forgotten about. Because I didn't wanna keep that in my wallet I went to put it in this drawer that's under my bed (it's a hidden drawer where I used to stash all my drugs, condoms, bank cards, money...) I immediately notice my empty condom wrappers are gone and empty old druggie bags. Someone has obviously been in this drawer. I do have a housekeeper who has been with us for 20 years and tries to play like a second mother to me. I'm not sure if it is her who may have somewhat rightfully so went through my drawer because it is her job to go through my ****... or my dad. In his case he would just be looking through my room to see what I'm hiding. He was the one who found my bong 3 years ago... My point is I'm almost 22 years old and if I wanted to do drugs then I have every right to do drugs. If I want to cut myself every night then I have every right to cut myself every night. If I want to do things not quite accepted by society but not putting anyone else in danger then I believe I have every right to do this because it is my life. I don't mind so much that they found old drug bags but if I had strange fetishes or something and had weird sex toys or something like that... Can you imagine how that would feel to have your parents or anyone you know find your sex toys? It's so unnecessarily intrusive..

My dad and me talk a lot and everything I say turns into a debate about how it's stupid and I'm wrong and he is right. Like for instances I just was talking about how we talk diffrent in diffrenet states and my dad got all fired up over it beavuse I said our state and texas where the worst at making up our words practically yelling about how that's stupid whoever wrote the article I read it from was stupid. I'm just so sick of it I just wanted to share something and he has to turn it in to a debate. How can I avoid this talking to him ? Why dose he do this I mean I know he has a temper and a loud mouth (he is all italian ) and so do I but I wasn't trying to start anything sometimes I just want to talk without debating about something I only read and wanted to share. I'm a 16 year old girl btw so it's not like I can just quit talking to my dad

It seems like they are on the verge of divorce. My mum is angry all the time, and dad tries to solve everything. Now he's had enough, and went out on fresh air. Mum cries in the room...should I comfort her? What would I say to her?

Me and my step mom don't get along. She knows I don't care for her which she tries her best to make every small problem with me a big deal by running to my dad just for some BS argument to start all because of her. So now me and her get into an argument that had me going off on her. Towards the end of the argument I had let my dad and her know that I'll be out of the house soon meaning that I was moving out soon. About a week and a half later I was told to pay rent. Knowing we don't get along she basically was the person who thought about me paying rent while my dad said that they both were "in the talks of it." Mind you I'm dealing with my dad always taking her side. My two brothers can vouch for me. I feel as if she does her best to keep me mad. Now about a week after being told to pay rent all of a sudden I come home to my step mom rearranging everything in my big room into the small room next door without giving me any notice the day of or the day before. As of right now I'm already planned to move out in September which they knew I was going to move out sometime soon. So I'm thinking is there a reason for me to give them rent if it's July 23rd as of now and September is around the corner. Rent is August 1st. Now I work part time and have full time classes paying expenses as well plus gas money from school/work/to wherever with no car, but cabs or the city bus. I just want to here thoughts. I bring in about $3 to 400.

To start with, I live with my dad and stepmom. Both who are very old and barely do anything. But when I went to visit my mom for the summer I had more fun for the 2 1/2 months I was there than the year and a half I've lived with my dad. I would much rather live with my mom, but she lives in Utah while my dad lives in Texas. I don't want to leave my dad alone in Texas, but I also don't want to live a sad boring life in Texas when I could live a more exciting life in Utah. I just don't know what to do anymore, my heart is torn.

My sister & I aren't talking to each other & I refuse to because she is a very spoiled & selfish person. I'm 21 & she's 19. When I would come home after shopping on some days, I would try on the clothes & see if they fit right & decide to return/keep them. But because my sister & I share a room, I guess she saw the type of clothing style I bought & now tries to copy it. I even saw her trying to buy the exact same clothes I bought on the computer. She always hated the store I shopped at & now is inlove with it. It just REALLY annoys me. I also like eating healthy & I remember when I would make something healthy, she wouldn't like it because apparently it was too healthy & doesn't taste good. Now when I make my own breakfast still, she pretends she's getting something frm the refrigerator & sees what exact ingredients I'm using. When I'm done eating, she then makes it because she's fat & I'm not so she's trying to lose weight. It just really irritates me. I would wake up at 9 but now I wake up at 7 to make breakfast & guess who also decided to wake up at that time. I would also exercise early in the morning & now she does that & I have to wait till she's done using the treadmill so that I can use it sometimes. Then she watches the same exercise videos I do & does them. I just remind myself that she can't run for a long time like I can since I can run up to 30 mins & it makes me feel a little better. It puts me in a bad mood knowing she copies me. Please help me ! ):

I'm 19 years old and still live with my mom for the moment. Even though I'm an adult, I still get treated like a kid. My mom says that I have to be home by 12.There were a couple times I was late. One of the times I was at my boyfriends house and we overslept and I told her that but she was still pissed. I don't understand why at my age I need a curfew as long as I be home safely and let her know where I'm going but she wants things to go her way. She still think she can control my life. She is always trying to criticize me on what I'm doing wrong in the relationship which is why I don't like asking her for advice. I have no privacy because she is always snooping through my text messages and confronting me about whatever I said. She told me I can't have sex at my boyfriend's house. I'm like "That is HIS house so you have absolutely no say so in that. If his dad doesn't have a problem with it then you shouldn't either" And it's not like I'm just going around having sex with strangers. It's with my future husband and someone with I love, admire, and care about. I'm not hurting anybody. She needs to understand that but every time I try to talk and reason with her she gives me the cold shoulder and gets even more pissed off. Any advice anyone..... And my brother is 26 and stays with us as well but she never gets at him for coming home late when he goes out for drinks.

I'm 26 and live with my dad. My dad and my sister do not approve of me moving in with my boyfriend because we are not married, we are going to next year. They have tried to convince we not to and they had some vaild points and I really appreciate them looking our for me but I want to do what makes me happy. If I go for what they want I'm only going to do it to please them.

We have 3 kids, and im a stay at home mom, he works and comes home wore out all the time.. he dont Realize How hard my job is to take Care Of 3 kids 24/7 7days a week by My self.. is hard and it wears me out.. i even take care of him when he gets home.. i cook, Clean, and take care of the kids, i even make every ones plates and serve it to them when its time to eat.. when i go some were i always thank of them be for my self even.. like when i go shopping im always thanking of things they like and put my self out.. it seems like im more worried about him then i am my self.. i dont no if its cause i am A frayed Of loosing him or what but, why cant he show me some Respect.. yea i no hes wore out but why cant he help a little.. like A couple examples, when i cook he nows it Aggravates me When i have one kid Crying at my feet another setting there trying to get in the way and the other trying to help, knowing he just sets there and I know he can hear everything going on and dont want to help.. and another example, I always have to ask him more than once To take out the trash Change a diaper Or to even take him for a minute so i can have a minute brake.. The kids come to me when they want something need something or Anything they never want to go to him and he sets right there and sees how much i work and he dont even want to get up and help.. what do i do?? I could right my life story just so i could see what best for me but im running out of characters lol... thanks

I know I am adult and 22 years old. But this is what happened. I was going to ask my dad if one of my best friends can stay over because he is having a really tough time at his house, he is 23 years old turning 24 and his mom is being unfair to him making him help out at their family restaurant and grounds him still for hanging out with friends cause she thinks when he should be at her restaurant 24/7. His dad is not in his life. My best friend brought his mother $47 roses and she threw them out. He takes her clothes and washes them at the Laundromat. He does everything. His father is not in his life. He wanted to get away for a while so I thought I would ask my dad (mind you his mom kicked up his rent to full rent and is now kicking him out in 2 months). My dad wouldn t let me finish after I asked him if a friend could stay over saying "absolutely not, no". Then I asked why my sisters get to bring friends over and my dad says "they are still kids". My sister is 16 turning 17 next year and my other sister is 19. I don t find it fair, my dad calls it my house too and even gave me a key. Is my dad being fair? Plus nobody is home from 7am-5pm inside, ever. sorry I repeated myself about his father. And also he told me his mother spat in his face a few days ago. I feel bad for my best friend yet I can't help him because my dad won't let me finish talking. I can't take him to my mothers because we have a dog (Chihuahua) that would bark 24/7 if he sees someone he doesn't know and my dad's house would of been perfect because its mainly empty I understand what you guys are saying. My dad also knows my best friend and drove him home from school a couple of times and I would of been in the house with my friend and stuff, my friend was only going to stay for a week or less if my dad said yes and would of brought his own food and stuff. But I understand. Not sure how he would feel about getting an apartment with me, but I just got a job its only for the summer but I might be able to save money and get one and I will let him stay