I am from Indiana and I just moved to Florida months ago. I did not want to move and my parents did not have a reason to move. I have switched schools 2 times now and I am overall just don t trying. I feel depressed and don t want to go out, or talk to anybody. I have a friend and some family that I can live with in Indiana which would be perfect but my parents refuse to let me go there. They said they want nothing to do with me but they won t let me leave. What are my options because I refuse to stay here and deal with it. Am I live about a 4 hour walk from the airport, or a 25 minute drive

Ok I don't want to say my age but I'm old enough to sit in the front seat. But my sisters won't let me. When I tell my parents they just say that it'll be ok. And they do nothing. PLEASE HELP.

Im 15 years old. Im struggling with my parents lately. I still have the level of freedom as my 11 year old brother. If i ever want to do anything, I have to ask them. If i dont, they get angry. But then when I do ask, they get angry at me for asking. For example today i was planning on doing something with a friend. I was told I could only hangout with my friend if all my chores and homework for the weekend were done. I did it all and then asked my dad if i could go. he said he didnt want anything to do with making plans and told me to ask my mom. When i asked her, she gave me more stuff to do that originally was not something i needed to do. I do that. I come in from doing work to find that she left to go for a walk. Its almost as if every time i try to have some freedom, they avoid any conversation. Ive tried talking to them about it and they get angry. Generally they are nice people but this is very frusturating when all of my friends go to football games and out to play baseball and stuff when I have to struggle to even have a ful conversation with my parents about any plans. Its not just like this for my friends. If i have my girlfriend over, we arent allowed any time alone at all. Even if we are sitting in the living room watching a movie, there is always someone else there. We arent religious so i dont see any way that could influence it. I have tried talking to them multiple times to help them realize. Please help me. Thank you.

I am a liberal democrat, but my parents are as far right as you can possibly get. For a while they wouldn't stop pushing their political beliefs on me, but they have finally toned down... on most everything. The one subject however, can't seem to be pushed away from our relationship, and that subject is abortion. My parents and I are Christian, only I am more accepting of other beliefs as they are clearly not. They believe that everyone who does not believe as they do should go to hell, etc. Today all I wanted to do was watch a show with my mom but instead ended up in a yelling and fighting 2 hour feud on my beliefs about abortion. My mom forced me to look up Bible verses about it and even though they weren't specific, she continued to say that the websites were 'liberal', even though they were totally Christian sites, and also kept on saying that both the sites and I, were twisting the meaning of the verses around. The whole time all I wanted to do is agree to disagree, but she says this matter is too important to do so with. First of all, I'm not sure what to believe, but with her constantly yelling at me to believe the way she does, it definitely makes me want to stick to my beliefs and stay pro-choice, like I was to begin with. Secondly, I just need to know how to stop this constant bickering. Please help, any friendly advice to give?

OK so, I've been wanting a dog for as long as I remembered but my parents would never let me have one. I saved up over $200 to get started. (My deal was I pay for supplies and they pay the adoption fee) I made a Tri-fold presentation, showed them about 2 youtube videos demonstrating the benefits and drawbacks, presented a powerpoint, wrote out a contract that they could hold me to, designed a designated sleeping, eating, and bathroom area, gave them a parents manual, made me an owners manual, did over 3 months worth of research, earned strait A's since kindergarten, and I've made it to all accelerated classes since the 3rd grade. (I'm currently almost 13) And still a no. I really don't know what else I can do, I think I'm capable, my sisters think I'm capable, even my Dad said I was capable in the middle of the presentation but my mom still says no. She never really gives a strait answer on why not and I try not to question her reasoning. The only reason she said strait forward was, I can't have a dog because my older sister has one. (But my sister won't allow me to be near him, she gets mad if I try to pet him or call his name) I really need advice!

So I'm 25 today and my dad is supposedly having a cookout for me and my brother who's birthday is tomorrow also. He's going to be 19. Lol. But I'm stuck at home with no car or anything to do at all. My kids are with their grandmother at the zoo having a good time. My husband took the truck to work since his car is in the shop getting painted. He also forgot my birthday and hasn't called me since he left. He's g err tying out at 8pm from work and I'm going to be here all day without nothing to do. I've called my friend but none of them answer. All my house is clean and I've taken a walk to Walgreens and back. There are no other stores and I don't have money only like $5 and some cents. I don't even think I'm going to go out to my dad house. I've asked my sister to pick me up but since the car seats are in the truck, I won't be able to go with her. I am so bored and no one has called or texted also, it's my cousin's baby's baptism and she bribed everyone to go to her party. So I'm just bored. Any ideas? What can I do on this particular daybeaidea watch movies? I do that all the time with my kids.

Like, if I try to start a nice conversation she always says something mean about me. For example, I mention this book I'm reading and she says "you don't read enough." I mention this test I have tomorrow, she starts talking about how this girl she knows got a 2350 on her SAT and I didn't. I ask if we're going somewhere, she says "we would have but you don't look decent so no" (I had just woken up and was in pajamas and she didn't tell me we had plans and to change or anything and was acting like everything was my fault). She does this a lot and I'm afraid to talk to her anymore because I feel like she will just be nasty to me... I try to be nice but I just want to cry and punch the wall... what do I do Also, if I tell her she could just talk nicely to me, she goes on and on about how I never listen or about how that would not work (even though it would).

Sarah and Andrew are half-siblings, same dad but different mom. Sarah has a brother from a different dad, but the same mom who gave birth to her. Andrew is not related to the mom or dad, but would he be related to their son, Sarah's brother? If s,o what would the term be?

Hi, i'm majoring in Computer Science. At first i was excited about it bc i imagined something completely different ( like digital animation ) i was eager to start and had too many expectations. Then when I started I realized that math is definitely not my thing and I hate programming. I've been talking to my dad and he supports me to switch to either Graphic/Industrial Design or Digital Animation, he even enrolled me in drawing/painting classes so i can improve. The problem is my mom, when i told her she went crazy about how i wouldn't make enough money to live and that i wouldn't even find a job. She also doesn't want me to study that bc my cousin did and she and my aunt have a competition about which one of us would make more money and stuff, she also cares to much about what people will say when i go from "computer genious" to "starving artist". I get she's worried about me but i don´t want to be miserable studying something i don't like lately i feel frustrated and depressed and she says i have to finish no matter what, and that if i don't she'll never talk to me and that she'll leave our house and that i'm a huge dissapointment. She's a nice person she's always been there for me, i love her and i know she loves me, i want to make her proud not by living her dreams but by living my dreams. What can i do? i don't really want to do this without her support. And she keeps pulling the God card and i don't know what to do.

me and my bro are really close and it's just us and my dad. We all walk around nude because we don't care about that kind of stuff. We mastrubate together too, but one day at night my bro wanted to sleep with me cuz he's scared of thunderstorms. I woke up in the middle of the night and his dick was in my a$$!! What should I do??

So my dad and I got into an argument about me using my phone to text my friends and about using instagram. I still don't even know what I did wrong to start the argument and when I ask him, he won't answer me. He apparently found my iPad that I bought last year using money from babysitting my neighbors under my bed and he just got mad and damaged it to the point where it was rendered useless. This happened last week and at the time, I did not know where my iPad was and haven't used it for one month. What should I do about this? Also, he still expects me to love him. How do you expect someone to love you when you took their belongings that they paid for and broke them?

So I have a great family who loves and cares for me. I am also Christian. But I just feel sad and depressed all the time. I had to move schools last year and my friends at my old school don't even talk to me now. I am a Christian but deep down I feel like I am or have to be something else. I don't want to keep going to school because I am bored. It's a good school and all, but I just am depressed. I want to travel the country and the world. I want to run away but have a moral conviction to not do it, and I am afraid my parents will say we can go somewhere in the summer only. What can I do? I'm miserable. Help

I go to one of the best high schools in the nation. I get 95 average, and I have been on top of sports (cross country) and academics. However, they are so opposed to gaming that they will not let me touch any at all. I just want to lead a normal life and play once in a while, watch twitch, etc. when i have finished my homework after a stressful day. I have been forced to play some in secret, but i feel bad and when i get caught, my parents lecture me about how i should be doing some more trigonometry or learning something, after a very tiring day! All of my friends don't have this issue, as their parents are laid back and lets them on once in a while. I don't know how to confront them with this issue. I have tried talking, but my dad usually goes rage mode and ignores everything, whilst my mom would listen but then forget and deny it a while later. I so far have gone without games for 4 months, and in a stressful environment like my high school I don't know how long I will last. Any advice?

Hi I am a lost single mother of a 20 year old son and he is my only child. Growing up his father and I had a bad divorce,I feel like such a bad mother because I feel i pushed him way to hard in high school to be what I wanted him to be, not what he wanted to do. I just wanted him to have the oppurtunities for college that I didn't have growing up. He only ever showed interest in surfing and being a welder as a career,but I shot the idea down because I just thought he could do so much better. I made him go to a big university where he called home everyday saying how ge hated it and that was not what he wanted to do with his life but finished the semester, but I knew he wasn't happy but I still tried to make him do what he didnt want, my biggest regret. He called me one day and told me he was leaving to do what he wanted to say goodbyeI didn't hear from him for 6 months. I was so scared and worried for him. I cried at night worrying about where he was or what he was doing. I got a call one morning randomly. It was him. He explained how he went on a surf trip with his friends down to Mexico.He left school and his whole world behind and decided to stay in a small beach town while his friends went back home. I hear from him eery couple of months but he says he has no intentions of ever coming back as he has a good job and can surf everyday and loves his life. I feel like such a failure of a mother and I haven't seen him in two years What do I do about him?

I live in an apartment on the third floor. My windows don t open and my mother ALWAYS falls asleep on the couch next to the balcony and the door. I want to take her car and drive with my friends to Houston (I live in Conroe) for Warped Tour which is in the summer still many months away. I m looking for tips. thank you. (I know this is terrible. I m breaking a law for underage driving AND my parents will murder me for sneaking out so don t tell me.) (My friend and I have been wanting to go to warped tour forever. The bands playing there have helped us through some horrible times in life and there is just no way around it. Her grandma and my parents will not let us go so we are planning on sneaking out.)

I don't know why, but every time wear my black yoga pants in public i get ridiculed. one family with young children even told me "ew we can see your penis", and "get your balls away from my children". Doesn't make sense. help?

im really annoyed. my older brother just recently got this stupid game called mario maker that he is absolutley FREAKING OBSEESED WITH AND NOW HE HAS MY LITTLE BROTHER HOOKED TO IT!!! its so annoying this morning my little brother wanted to see my speakers cuz theyre the type that squirts rainbow water and i wanted to show them to him but then my older brother has to start up the fudging game and my little brother runs down, and just now i asked him if he wanted to see them and he began screaming and crying when i took the gamepad away!!!! its so annoying!!! he said "i dont want to see it its stupid i wanna play" which really hurt my feelings and i tried to get him off but then he scratched me and told me to shut up. then my parents were like "do ur fudging homeworlk first" and ITS NOT FAIR!!! I HATE MY OLDER BROTHER FOR DOING THIS!!! NO ONE IS FUN ANYMORE, I WANT A SISTERR FOR GOD DARN ONCE BUT THRY CNT HAVE CHILDREN AGAIN AND IM SO MAD D; >:C PLZ HELP

I have 3 sisters the eldest is twenty the second eldest is 18 and the 2 youngest is 14 ..... I absolutely love my 18 year old sister she s so nice to me ... I hate the other two the act happy family s they absolutely adore each other ! I hate them i share rooms with a 14 year old that is horrible to me ! She through me stuff out they take my stuff call me names hit me shout at me they are horrible ! I don t think I can t take this anymore my parents ovvourse believed them two the whole time !! They think they are perfect ! I feel like giving up I cry ad least ..... Well every day in the morning day evening and night they always have to insult me ! If I look at them they curse call me every name that they can think off !!! 😭😭💭

I am 14 she is 27 and she always wedgies me how can I get her back I m stronger and taller than her what techniques can I use on her. And how can I trick her so that I can do the wedgie in her (she always wears thongs.) thanks

I'm a 34 year old man whom at the moment lives with parents. I help my parents out a good deal. And they do so likewise. But, anytime one volunteers me into doing anything without asking, God forbid I not do it. Because, if I do, they are so quick to start the guilt trip. One of their favorite lines is "after all we do for you". They tend to forget that I help financially and all the other things I do for them. It's been this way my whole life. A recent example is my dad volunteering me to help wash his truck. It's just a compact regular cab. It only takes maybe 30 minutes to wash. When I didn't respond, he said "well, see if I ever help you with anything again!" They seem to also forget how negative they are towards me most of the time. I hardly have any privacy. They're always so into my personal life. I can't go anywhere or do anything without getting the two dozen questions. They claim I have an attitude problem when I don't give them an answer to their questions, or I get upset with them for being that way. It seems I'm always made out to be the bad guy for questioning them about how they are towards me.

Recently I found out that my 17yr old daughter has been acting out in some rather risky behaviors. I feel like I am questioning myself about everything concerning this, her consequences, the reasons behind her doing this, and being scared she will continue down this path. While I understand she is at a age of curiosity and exploration, she truly is putting herself in harms way, taking explicit photos and posting them to her friends, getting more involved with drugs. I know many teenagers act out with drugs and alcohol because they want to fit in and seem cool, however most the time she is using pills, (etc.) she is alone. That really scares me. Does anyone have any ideas or input on how I should handle this?

I'm 13 years old and I have been playing since I was 7 years old on and off, until my dad decided to sign me up at a tennis club. This is my 3rd season here, and I have been through regular skills, advanced skills, and I skipped competitive play and I was promoted to tournament prep. My dad is always working and so is my mom so I only play once a week, on Saturdays. The coach is always yelling at me because my parents didn't sign me up to be in any other classes/clubs. Except for my personal coach in Summber which I didn't tell them about. When he yells at me I don't say anything I keep a straigt face and say okay and yes. This is really hard for me because I know how hard my dad works to make money for my lessons, and I have already quit piano which he spent like 2 thousand dollars on. I know I can be good because I was the best in my classes from Regular Skills-Advanced skills but now I feel like I'm completely on the bottom of the food chain since I'm in tournament prep. My forehand and backhand are good.. so I thought but it hasn't devoloped correctly because I don't have any other classes besides once a week. It makes me feel really bad because all of my friends quit to do other stuff, so I'm stuck with a bunch of random amazing players and I'm that one kid who keeps getting yelled at. Please help me it makes me want to cry sometimes, but I know i have to be tough.

Hello I am a lost single mother of a 20 year old son. I haven't seen him in about 2 years. Me and his father had a rough divorce when he was very you g and for some weird reason it shaped my son into being a peaceful, relaxed person. He only got in trouble in high school once for smoking weed, which I was concerned about because I thought it would lead to other stuff but he never let that happen. I feel like such a bad mom because all through his high school days I pushed him so hard and tried to force him into doing stuff I wanted him to do, not what he wanted, and I feel he always resented me for that. He had good grades and I kinda made him go to a big university that he didn't want to go to but I just wanted him to have the oppurtunites that I never had because I struggle on a day to day basis. He only ever showed interest in surfing and traveling, and told me he was going to become a welder for a career because thats what he wanted to do. I feel so bad about this but I shot that idea down, what a big mistake. He called everydayhome from college telling me how he hated the college scnene and life and wanted to get away, I guilted him into finishing the semester

Parents and siblings are forcing me to being what my 27-year-old brother was by bossing, scolding and blaming me for everything around the home while my dad tries to make me violent and abusive by bullying me non-stop everyday in the hopes I would become violent and abusive towards everyone. They have been doing this after my parents took my teen siblings and violent 27-year-old macho brother to some event that makes males feminine or metrosexual. I'm actually a self-conscious, non-violent, introverted male. But they are forcing me to being something I'm not after they became feminine.. It's a foolish idea what they're doing to me. I feel very frustrated.

I asked for pizza delivery but my mom said no cuz shes cooking something. Stupid roasted potatoes and chicken (mine is fake) and cauliflower cheese and carrots. Who wants to eat that on a Saturday??! It should be pizza. And my mom is like uhhh u had pizza this afternoon when I went out with my dad. so what?!?! And she talking crap about how she can't keep eating junk food cuz she breastfeeding. I don't wanna hear about her nasty boobs!! They could just buy it for me. I said that and she start yelling at me like a psycho, saying your having brownies and ice cream laterrrrrrrr! what's that got to do with pizza? Why does she do this? I don't want her food

So I'm a 14 yr old boy and I have a 3 year old girl cousin. And I am having dirty thoughts about her, like I get a ***** from thinking about her vagina and touching it. I need help, please! What do I do, and no mean comments or else I will report you

So, my family and I usually go out to dinner or lunch about 2 times a year. I have been planning for months and we decided that last Saturday we were all going to go out to dinner, but then at the last minute the lady who was going to stay with my brother cancelled and we had to reschedule. We decided to go today, but my sister, who thinks she's better than everyone else threw a tantrum, and fell off her chair. She claimed that I pushed her, even though I was on the other side of the room and now my parents are pissed at me. My dad also works the whole week, and we only see him on Saturdays and Sundays. Now my parents refuse to take us out to lunch even though we have been planning for months. It's one of the only times I get to spend time with my dad. What should I do?!?

So I have some extended family over at our house from the Tennesee. When I was talking about my friend from Memphis, my aunt immediately said "What color is he?" I am not sure how to deal with this issue.

My dad and step mom are crazy. They really treat me like I'm 12. I can't have my boyfriend of 2 years over past 10. We have been leaving and liveing our lives at night becuse of it. We leave at 9 and don't get back till after 12. My dad said that we need to talk but I know hes just going to tell me to leave. I can barely walk because of an ankel injury and have no job or place to go. I don't know what to do. Please anything will help.

my step mom got mad at me because i wore shorts and a tank top around the house and when my dad came home she told him i need to go and started a whole fit with it. (i have a pretty big butt so it makes shorts look shorter on me) so she called me a whore. im 15 and i don t have a mom anymore but i like with my grandpa and grandma (from my dads side) and nobody in my family likes my step mom (including me), obviously my dad likes her.. i don t know what to do? i really don t like her (i have more reasons) does she have the right to do this?

so i live with my family member in her house. I dont have my own room because i dont like the room that was offered. I sleep on the couch in the living room every night along with another family member of mine. On birthdays nobody in my family can really afford to go out to birthday dinners. On christmas we dont get a lot, but we do get things. My mom has been taking care of me and my family member by her self for about 3 years. I know she tries the best she can. She doesn't get me everything, because like any other 1 parent she has bills and things to pay. She can't get me everything but I think she gets me enough. When I look at other peoples lives and how they can afford to get everything they want and how they live and then I look at how I live, I get really upset. I dont wanna feel this way but I feel like I can't do anything about the situation I'm in. Only one of my friends can really relate, because her mom can't afford to get her everything . But her dad buys her shoes and she has a lot. Anyway, she can never go with me and my friends because her mom doesn't always have the money, because she doesn't work. I just wanna not feel the way I do. I know people have it a lot worse but I think my problem is comparing my life to other people. I really just need advice on how to not feel like that. Im not in highschool. And in every other grade whatever you wear or how your hair is, that all matters.

A few months ago, my boyfriend (17M) and I (18F) were applying for colleges in KY, where we currently lived, and discussing moving out and living together. His parents were unexpectedly fired from where they were working, and quickly made plans to move to PA and live with the grandparents. The boyfriend and I decided to move out, since he's turning 18 in October. Of course, his mother threw a fit and refused to let him. Because of insecurity issues, he told me I could come with his family until he turned 18, or stay in KY and we would have to break up. I wasn't ready to let go, I realize now that this was a mistake, and decided to put off college for the semester and go with him and his family. Now, we're about to hit October, and I've started to get college acceptance letters for Spring 2016. To my surprise, I was accepted to a good college in TX, where my family lives. I was excited until my boyfriends mother discovered this. She submitted applications for me and him to go to a community college about 15 minutes away from where we live now. This has led to several arguments between my boyfriend and me, he's starting to say he wants to stay here, even though I'm miserable living with his family. His grandparents are mean, his sister hates me, his cousins are weird, and his mother can manipulate him into anything. TLDR: What should I do? Try to convince him to move to TX where my family lives? Go back to KY where neither parents live? Or stay in PA with his parents?

My little brother, 10, lives with his dad. Our mom died in May. Our mom wasn't a good one. She was verbally abusive and she's irrelevant now. His dad lives around 45 minutes away from us. He is living in an awful house. The air quality is so bad it's hard to breathe. The carpet is soaked in dog urine, there is dog poop everywhere, and his dog has a huge open sore on her back. His dad was recently in the hospital because he had a blocked artery in his neck (his health is terrible). The doctor said that there is a chance his body could give out any minute. He's already seen one parent hooked up to life support, he shouldn't have to see another dead. He is only eating junk food. I don't mean chips and dip and whatnot, I mean a strict diet of cake, cookies, and mac&cheese. His brother, Paul (35) still lives there. His hygiene is so bad his teeth have rotted and his hair falls out. He constantly has druggies over. We have called DHS and they have done nothing. They said that "Since he isn't in immediate danger, there is nothing we can do." Some family members want to get a lawyer and sue for custody, but some just don't want to put the effort out. I would love to take him, but i am underage and i live with my dad (not related to him) . He has had no discipline whatsoever, and my dad and I are the only ones who seem to know how to handle him and the family has agreed to let us have custody if he gives him up. How can we get custody? or have him taken away? Thank you for reading. My dad is up to taking him. He would love to have him, and we know the cost.

I have no license so can't drive so that means no job. My mom has one car that's gone basically all day everyday because my brother but my mom don't say nothing. My brother always used the car with out asking so basically we never will know when its gone. My mom doesn't care she seems to care about him more than me so I just think reling on her for anything is useless and dropping out for GED is going to help her focus for my future.

I let my mother in law borrow my car so she can take her son to school since her car wouldn't start. I was just going to be asleep since worked all night and she would bring back my car to my home. It wasn't until the next time I got in my car I saw the back seats were covered in torn up napkins and the floor was soaked wet and she tried to do a quick dry and out the mats over it. It's been a hot day and the wetness made the car smell weird. She never told me. My wife said im over reacting. "Who cares she says". I'm very upset, least she could have done was let me know and she didn't even do that and left a mess. Now the carpet floor is stained too. I feel like it's disrespectful. Your opinion?

I did some really bad things there is no doubt. For example, my worst beating came when I was deliberately smashed the windshield of my mother's car with baseballs and pictures of her ex-husband (my former step-father). Yet, the beatings, while rare, being back bad memories as awful as my behavior was. The worst memory is when I stole my mother's wedding ring and justifiably I got beaten (she was still married then).

We are turning 17 and she almost have everything like iphone ipad laptop and lots of clothes I have no idea what to buy plz help people i am her brother

He was drinking all night and he is randomly cursing though I guess he is mad about some sports results they are showing on the ESPN news.

I m 15 years old, and I ve been smoking hookah for a year now , and I ve got caught smoking it by my parents and got in to huge trouble because I ve never opened up to them about it but to be honest I wasn t ready to tell them because of their reaction and they haven t trusted me going any where but now it s all fine. I still smoke hookah and I feel bad for not telling my parents and I don t want them to be disappointed. My mom had a talk with my older sister about it and she said it s all normal and it s just being a teenager and should able to trust me. I want my parents to know what I m doing and convince them. But I don t know how, I m scared of telling them and getting in trouble all over again. Any advice?

They will do whatever they can to make me miserable

All he does is eat sleep go to work and watch tv, what should i do?

Hi, my name is Bill and I'm a 16 year old high school boy. I've always love to draw and I want it to become a hobby of mine where I can spend countless hours doing something I love but I can't say that I am a good artist as I lack so many knowledge about art. Because of this, I confronted my father and asked him to send me to an art school for me so I can further flourish this skill. He was fine with it at first and he found an art school that teaches short courses every Saturdays and Sundays. He told me about it and I was very happy to be hear it but then he asked me "What are you planning on doing when you finish this school?" and I told him that I will be having it as a hobby for the rest of my life. He then asked me another question that almost made me broke down. He said "Will having this 'hobby' of yours earn you any money?" Now, I know he is just worried that I might turn this into some career that would earn me little money. I told him that I won't be getting a job as an artist and that I would doing it because I simply love doing it. My father has always been a kind man to me and to the rest of the family members so he's just worried about my future. I had told him before that maybe I would be an animator in the future and I guess that really made him worried. Of course it was only a maybe because I know how hard it is to actually earn money being an artist so him being worried about me isn't unusual. He is now waiting for my decision.

So, the father of my child has been extremely rude to me. I told him that I didn't want him in the room when I get my next sonogram and he said that I have no choice. My question is, do I have a choice? Because I really don't want him back there. It makes me feel uncomfortable even being around him.

My mother has smoked since she was in her late teens. When she was pregnant with me and then my twin brothers she smoked. Thankfully the three of us are healthy. As an adult when I asked her why she did such a thing. I think she was lying when she said her doctor said so long as she was being monitored it was fine. My mom is in her 60's, were the risks not known yet? Her smoking has gotten worse. Ever since menopause its gotten progressively worse. She went from a few a day to chain smoking to deal with the anxiety and mood swings of menopause. She refused to speak to her doctor about help for her problem. Now its like her symptoms didn't stop. She smokes before she leaves the house even after finishing one, light up once she's out of the house. If she goes to the store she'll have one if a hand is free or wait until she gets home. During anxiety episodes or when she has mood swings she will smoke pack after pack until she's throwing up from coughing so hard which upsets our dad. I went with her for an appointment and her doctor told her she needs to quit or cut down because she's at risk for Emphysema. I wanted to smack her when she lit a cig the moment she left the building. One of my brothers has resigned to the thought of losing her early in our adult years and that we should accept it because while our mother will sit crying worrying over Emphysema and her heart health "She's not worried enough to control herself or get help." But I don't want to just give up. We've tried the nagging approach and telling her we're afraid of how this will kill her using the word kill. Her reaction is either tied between a annoyed "Leave me alone" to an angry threatening tone of that sentence. The oldest of my brothers complained about the threat of the smoke to our health and me and him pretending to cough. It ended with the same tied reaction with her telling us to "knock off the dramatics."

My legal name is Matthew Dylan Wiles ( I go by Dylan ) and I have only met my biological father one time, whose name is also Matthew Wiles since I was two. I never talk to him even though he will send me a birthday card on my birthday and on chirstmas every year. He has told me he "loves" me... But I do not love him. If he loves me so much he should atleast ATTEMPT to talk to me. I sometimes get messages from his mother on facebook checking up on me. Anyways, lets get straight to the point. I do not want his lastname anymore. It just reminds me of him and his family, which doesn't even try to talk to me. I also need to tell you that I am only twelve, which is important to know to answer my question. Can I take my mother maiden name? My mother is getting a divorce from my step-father very soon, so she still has his last name and I think she is going to keep it, for whatever reason. But can I just go ahead and take my mother's maiden name? Even though we don't live in the same city as my mother's side of the family we talk to our grandparents a lot, the rest, not so much. I haven't talked to my mother about this yet, because I want to know if it is even possible for me to even change my last name... Thank you so much for your time, Dylan.

I'm honestly wanting to here someone's else's opinion because I can't really talk about this with anyone without causing me significant career isues .I should let you know some background info I'm in the the process of getting out of the army which is stressful enough since I've been in I've developed narcolepsy,spinal damage to my l4 and l5 and have to have surgery every six months for the rest of my life so I'm not in agonizing pain, hypertension and asthma . don't misunderstand I've refused a medboard six times I have a sense of honoring my contract. Unfortunately i realize I can't do it anymore for the past year I've been at home I work from 0600 to 1900 having not eating breakfast or lunch except for dinner I get that every couple days or when I'm starving I'll eat am MRE. My wife came up poor ( considering I'm an immigrant technically initoally illegal not really as poor as I was when I was a kid I killed snakes to put protein in my ramen) either way I'll make sure no matter what ill make my daughter have a better life. She grew up with a suicidal mother who did heroine who pretty much screwed her psyche up, I love her and I want to take care of my family (I'm catholic) but I feel like I make her too depressed I've always been good with money I honestly only buy ciggerates and energy drinks(cuz of the narcolepsy) but every day she tells me that I'm a horrible person cuz I won't buy her weed and that I'm selfish I barely eat to pay off the dept to take care of

My son has been watching YouTube a lot recently and now he keeps talking about The Reptilian Brotherhood ? Is this some sort of internet cult that I should be aware of? is it dangerous and should I take his computer away. At the dinner table he keeps making hissing noises and talking about a translator. Have they brainwashed my son? Please help

She is getting dementia I think. She thinks the neighbors are always coming into her house and moving things. We have camera so we know the neighbors are not coming in. Anyway, she doesn t want to move, but she becoming incapable of living alone. What can you do in that situation?

Ok this is a very weird question, but I really miss my home country, I live about 7 hours away (by plane). I want to go there for the winter holiday, but my parents say that the flights cost a little much, and the main problem here is that in my country during the winter it usually snows, so anyways the main problem is that they say that "for the past 2 years it hasn't snowed alot, mostly rained." So they think that its not gonna snow, but you never know, it could rain or it could snow. What can I do? I cry every day because I miss it soooo much and I cannot wait A YEAR to go back. Thanks for your help.

I'm an adult myself with a 2 year old and the house is mine or so she says. Since my father passed away my mom has had several boyfriend and the most recent one I can't stand. None of us (my sister and I) like him at all. She moved him in after only knowing him a very VERY short time (about a week) and tonight I could hear them going at it as if they were right on front of me, yet I was on the other side of the house. I became extremely upset and figured I'd make my point by slamming the front door so hard my sister almost couldn't open it back up. I understand that my mother has a sex life but I definitely don't need to hear it!

Ok, so, I'm 15 an my older siblings always say that I "don't care about anything" which isn't true, because I do. There are just certain things that I just simply don't have an opinion about (even day to day things). So for example if they ask me something then I'll be like "idk...I don't really care" then they get sooo annoyed. Lol. Idk why. I mean I don't always say that but they just don't like when I do. I just simply don't care sometimes? So, is this normal? Does anyone else feel like this?

A few days before Christmas 2014, my younger brother, my older sister and I were bored in the living room just listening to anime and show/movie songs-like Dragon Ball Z and Fairy Tail and Avatar:The Last Airbender and The Hunger Games and How To Train Your Dragon and Big Hero 6. So my older sister, Jasmine, was saying some **** to me while she was on her headphones listening to music on her phone. So I got up from my seat and went to "attack" her. I got up and used my one hand to stomach claw/tickle her belly and she was laughing and kicking me and I started punching her. But my brother said "no roughing". So was this counted as play-battling between me and Jasmine??

So my dad has told if my room wasn t clean he d take my Xbox or something. Well he took it and I got it back after I crowned my room and asked. Now he took it again and I haven t been home to clean my room because of school and sports. I really want it back because I have a day all to myself coming up and want to get some quality game minutes. Any ideas how to get it back?

I feel like I've always gotten the short end of the stick. Nothing I do impresses my parents. The oldest has already done it so it was important first time round. I do it, it doesn't matter. My younger brother does it, it's important once again because it's the last time it will be done. My brothers always get so many more privileges than I do. They're always 10x more important and what they want to do usually goes. I feel like sometime my family just uses me. I guess the biggest issue lately is that I'm graduating this year. But my older brother was held back two years. That means that we're in the same grade. I know it sounds selfish, but this is my year to shine. Not his. He had two different years he could have done it, but instead he got himself held back. I just want to be noticed for something. My older brother is a huge, huge jerk anyway. I in no way want to be associated with him. He treats everyone poorly and gets away with it too. I just want to be able to stand out there at least once in my life. But my brother is taking it over. My entire life, I would do things, but then my brothers, (more specifically the younger one) would come along and do it too and they would get get the admiration for it. Even if I did it better. I'm tired of being treated poorly just because of birth order. I didn't ask to be the middle child. My parents never accept me for who I am, but they always will accept my brothers. I'm really shy and I always get put down for it. When I was younger I would always get put down for being shy. For being who I am. They would never accept me for me. My mom used to point out my flaws all the time. For example I have lip hair like any normal person. But she would always point it out and make me feel like crap because of it. Then she would be all like, "Oh, well you shouldn't shave it and you shouldn't pluck or wax because it will all grow back." But the only other option is laser which is super expensive. My family won't take me to the doctor half the time because it's going to be expensive. We have insurance and everything, they just won't take me for things. I've had major knee problems in the past but my mom won't take me because they'll probably want to do x-rays. I sprained my ankle before and same reason why I couldn't go to the doctor. I thought I had BV at one point and she didn't want to take me to the doctor. She just googled home remedies. But when it comes to anyone else in the family if they have a problem they go to the doctor. I've dealt with year round allergies for 9 years. But I have to just get over the counter meds for it. They never really work. My brother was having some problem and my mom and him were out of town. She drove an hour back just to take him to the doctor, but way before they got there he was 100% fine. But they won't take me to the doctor no way no how. I could be dying and they wouldn't care.

He was talking to this girl a few months back and said nothing happen it was just phone conversations. To me it seemed more... y else hide ur phone, lower volume, leave phone in truck? Delete # off caller ID. The conversations lasted for like 3 months but weren't daily. He said convo's would stop! Today I find out he talks to her like a close friend which he totally denied even happen laughed about it. Is Cheating a strong word? I'm I over reacting to not argue but to put a distance between us Same house different room distance that is. I'm really upset and he won't even talk to me without getting mad like HIS the one being done wrong

So all throughout my lifetime I've had two great friends, one is Matt (14 my age) and the other is his brother Devon (15), I hang out with them a lot but today something really terrible happened.. and I don't know what to do. So, I was at their house and I was going to the bathroom but I was on my phone not paying attention and i walked past it so I finished texting and turned around and went in the bathroom but as I was closing the door their dad stopped it and said what are you doing and I said going to the bathroom and he said no you're not and blah blah he told me to move the door and on the ground was one of his wife's bras and he thinks i was trying to steal it blah blah yelling and screaming (I didn't even know the bra was there) he kicks me out and later on as I'm walking home I've been texting Devon asking what the hell was going on and his dad calls me saying never to talk to matt or devon, don't go near them or his house, and he's gonna tell their mom so i can't hang out with them during their week (Split custody) and now Matt and Devon hate me because they think I was actually trying to steal from them but I actually had no idea what was going on.. please give me some advice on what the hell to do.. BTW He claims to have pictures of the bra hanging on the door prior to this whole thing and that laundry was happening, AND he claims he saw me go into the bathroom with it, which of course I didn't.