For the past year, I've been having to play on my PS4 in my mother's room. She's forced me to keep everything in there. My PS4, my PC, TV, etc. I'm only allowed to play on weekends which is whatever but I'd like to have a TV in my room. I'm sick and tired of having to play on her schedule. I don't want her in there just staring at me playing with some friends, it's so awkward. I can't even say much because she's always sleeping! I'm the only one who uses the TV in that room. I've asked to take it. My dad agreed saying that he doesn't care but my mom started yelling at me. I'm not stupid, it's not like I'm going to be playing during school days. I actually care about my grades. I just want to play my games peacefully by myself. Is that so wrong? She lets me keep my phone and MacBook in my room. What's the difference? How do I convince her to let me take the TV into my room. (I even offered to buy my own and she screamed at me)

My Mom is making me go to the beach for Thanksgiving with her away from the rest of the family. I am so upset and it makes me feel different. She is mad at her family and doesn't want to see them so she is punishing me. They will be away at Christmas now that my grandparents have died so if she just wanted to go to the beach we could go then. However, she is going when the family gets together so we don't have to see them. I am now different then my cousins and it really hurts. They will all be having fun and I will be with Mom and her gossip friends talking bad about the whole family. It hurts me so much and my Mom won't do anything about it. What do I do? I am 15 so can't have a say.

And does this mean she dislikes the real me since it embarrasses her?

My mom is forcing me to go therapy because they're convinced it will help me get over my "anger issues." My dad is on my side, but my mom thinks that because another kid at school jumped me from behind and started wailing on me I have anger problems for punching back and actually beating him. My mom does not understand, however, that I AM starting to have an anger problem BECAUSE of the therapy. To date, I've missed 4 football practices, 3 meetings of the Explorer Post with the local Fire Dept, I've had to retract multiple invitations to friends to hang out, and I am beyond pissed that I have had to miss so much **** to go to therapy that I don't need. My dad and I simply cannot convince her that she's seeing a problem where it doesn't exist. What can I do? I said "Parents" instead of my mom because my grandparents are in on it too

I am their father. Do you think my plan is good? Why or why not? I want my kids(17/18) to get a taste of the real world completely on their own. I have had them both home schooled for 8 years. I have never taught either how to drive, I have never bought either a bike. They both refuse to go look for work because neither want to walk the 15 miles(little over 5 hours) it takes to get to town twice a day. There aren't side walks and we live off a highway, they refuse to walk in the middle of the street. We live in the South the bus is 30 miles from us. So, next year I plan on kicking them out with nothing and them not knowing how to drive, and them not having funds. Is my plan good?

Hello. I'm a highschool student, and I honestly DON'T know how much I can take. It's pretty much my home life, nothing much to do with school (besides the added stress of honor classes). My family is absolutely awful. They mock me constantly, I'm always the butt of my father's cruel jokes and sarcasm, and my mother ends every day passed out drunk by 6 PM. She's had an alcohol problem for about five years, as long as I can remember really; she says terrible things when she gets drunk, tells me how worthless I am, all kinds of things. Sometimes she even comes home from work drunk; I can tell when she's had even a sip at this point. My father also excessively drinks, and the house always smells of beer. It's disgusting. I'm honestly thinking about suicide; they constantly antagonize me, attack me for my opinions, and yell at me for doing the smallest things; like yesterday, I gasped and said "no way!" (Did not yell it, either) whilst playing a video game, and had to hand in all of my money and lose my computer for two days (simply because my drunk father was moody because of a bad day at work.) I'm not even exaggerating; my house is constantly filled with fighting, my dad responds sarcastically to everything I say, and things are getting bad again. Every day I plan out how I'm going to kill myself. I'm starting to SH again, and I don't eat nearly as much as usual. I just don't know what to do. I'm really going to kill myself. Please help, I can't deal with my family/ alcohol.

sorry this is so long. little back story: my family is very close with each other. every single week we all gather at my grandma's house for dinner. all of my aunts, uncles, and cousins are there. that is also how everybody in the family celebrate their birthday, by having a big family dinner. next week, I'm turning 18. my mom is forcing me to have a family party. I really don't wanna do that, especially since we already do something like that every week. I'd rather go out somewhere for the day, like San Francisco (we live two hours away), or at least a nice restaurant with my parents. I've talked to my mom about this multiple times, I asked politely and explained why I don't want a party. but she is so stubborn and will not change her mind. she just laughs at the idea, and sometimes even gets mad and calls me antisocial (which I'm not). idk why she cares so much about this. how can I convince her?

Hi guys I'm 19 I will be 20 in October. I took a year off of school after I graduated in 2016. I have 4 little brothers and was living with them and my single mom until she got a new boyfriend and she convinced him to kick me out months ago. I now live with my grandparents who I pay 200$ a month too and I only make 600$ a month while taking two college courses right now. I'm lost with myself right now, when I was young my mother never let me play with my friends or go out because it was dangerous so growing up I had social problems. She kinda just kicked me out expecting me to know how to be a man when my own dad left me and my brothers when I was 8. I've been stressing myself out and think about committing suicide all the time because it feels as if I was set up for failure. My dad is deadbeat & mom kicked me out for here boyfriend. I've been applying myself to get new jobs over and over and over but it's getting more difficult by the day. I saved up money for a car and it broke down less then a month.... I have a best friend who is joining the Air Force and he is a year younger then me. I don't wanna join the Air Force because im desperate I want to join because I feel it's the last thing that can help me change my mindset & help me pay for school & also develope more as man I have nothing here in PHX AZ for me. I want to travel the world and not get stuck here in this city. I feel like the Air Force would also help with that. What should I expect and should I do it ?

Me and my girlfriend are seniors in high school, but she still calls her Father "daddy" which I find really creepy. She doesn't call me daddy when we ****, which is fine, cuz that would be kind of creepy too, but it's just so annoying that she says that to her dad all the time. I'd never say it to her, but Doesn't anyone else agree about how immature or creepy that sounds? And I know that in the south people call their parents Mommy and Daddy even when they're grown up, but we live in Arizona, people don't really do that here.

For the most part my parents and I have a decent (ish) relationship, however my relationship with my sister is horrible and has been for as long as I can remember, however for the last year or so it's been even worse. She thinks she's entitled to do anything she wants and is constantly rude not only to me but also to our parents. You can ask her a simple question such as how was your day? And she'll instantly jump to being rude. I've tried to let it go and just be nice to her but I just can't. Thing is, my parents never do anything about her attitude, just a bunch of empty threats, which leads her to get even worse. I can be sitting in my room minding my own buisiness and she'll come in to take my stuff without asking, yell at me, and often kick me for no reason. I have extreme feelings of anger and hatred towards her, much more than the usual oh I hate my siblings type of thing. It's to the point where I can barely stand to be in the same room as her because I know it will soon end up in verbal abuse. I really want to find a way to get along with her as it's really hard to live like this and makes me miserable. Please can anyone give me tips on how I can deal with this anger/hatred towards her or on how to fix our relationship

i'm in 10th grade and im taking 1 Ap. my mom talks on the phone with my classmates' moms and they are always comparing and bragging about how their son is taking 4 ap classes. i'm going to take the ap classes eventually, just not this year.

He's literally on his phone. All. The. Time. If we go to out eat my phone is face down, and i dont even look at it. He literally texts, and texts, and texts. He's also addicted to like dating apps. Pof,tinder,kik,okcupid,meetme, HE EVEN POSTED ON CRAIGSLIST WHILE HE HAD A GIRLFRIEND. I wanted to show him my drawing of pennywise, and he was on his phone and looked up for less than a second. Says "yeah cool" and goes back to what he was doing and gets on the phone. Then he has the audacity to ask me what did i wanna do tonight. I said nothing. Why would i wanna hang out with him if all he does is text random women whn his daughter wants to talk amd hangout, and laugh. This was literally less than 5 minutes ago. Im tired of it.

She's a dancer and she dances with most girls who are 18. She's been asking for a long time to get her ear pierced for a second hole. I kept telling her no and toget them pierced you just need someone 18 or older to sign permission and her and two older girls went and they signed for her and she got her ears pierced. I was so upset for one because I told her no and two she didn't even tell me until I saw it. I'm only her brother so what should I do? Should I disclipline her? How should I disclipline her?

I'm 16 years old, and recently my paycheck has been cut due to the amount of hours I had to cut down for school. Especially with the hurricane coming through my next paycheck is about to be $80-$100 at the most since I don't have any personal, vacation, or sick days. When my mom asked me how much I would get paid I told her. And she proceeds to tell me she needs $50 out of that money. I have a savings account and I'm trying to put money into it because this is my last year of high school, and depending on where I end up going I'm going to need some money. I make sure to at least take $50-$100 from each paycheck and deposit it onto my savings account. My mom says she already has paid for me back, but she hasn't. Since my mom is under disability due to an accident she had, she really doesn't make a lot of money, same with my dad, but he has a job, but he doesn't make a lot. My mom and dad are married, but their relationship isn't strong and my dad doesn't really give her money, so my sister and I end up having to give money to my mom. Even before I had a job one time my dad didn't pay the rent and I had to take money from my savings to help pay for the rent for that month. I even had to pay for other bills and things for the house when I didn't have a job. Now that I have a job I pay for gas, I pay for some of the debts my mom has gotten such as tickets and her credit card. I also pay for the trash Service. I also make sure to not ask for too much money and to pay for my own wants since I have a job. My mom's credit isn't good same with savings due to some of the things my dad has done. But she still lets him use the card and he never pays any of the money back. I'm the one who has to pay the money on the card and I even had her card increase the amount of credit she obtained. Every time I tell her I'm short on money or I only have a little she tries to guilt trip me like "oh you don't like sharing" or "oh I do this for you", and etc. I always try to pay off my mom's credit thing as much as possible, but I'm just a little upset that my dad doesn't do more to pay off some of the expenses. I feel like if you can't afford it you shouldn't be obtaining it. Or if you can't afford it now, at least do minimum payments. Do you think I'm being selfish? It's not like I use my money for unnecessary things. I will also have been using my own money for state testing, senior photos, school clubs, college applications, and etc. My mom is trying to get off but many people don't hire her due to the issues with her hand. I have no problem paying for things, but if I don't have a lot of money that's the issue. For instance, during the summer I got paid way more, and it wasn't a problem. I also want to let you guys know that I am a minor. So she can see my bank activity and take money from my account as well. Same with my savings. I am not an adult.

And I slammed my door and screamed leave me the hell alone. He flipped out and told me I was a disrespectful brat and blah blah blah. And he took my phone away and took my door away. No I don't pay my phone or bill and didn't buy my phone he pays for it but it's still my phone. And my parents aren't in the picture that's why I live with him. He never said when he's going to give it back. (I'm on the house computer) BUT WAS HE WRONG TO DO THIS? IS THIS ABUSE BECAUSE I NEED A PHONE.??

She can't seem to start harping on how fat everyone is even though she is the heavy one. Or how much I need to do something about my mustache. Several family members don't want her coming to my house for thanksgiving because she will not shut up. I have told to stop but she keeps going. It really enrages me when she needles my 8 year old twin daughter's from my son's previous marriage and tells them no cookies for them.They are skinny as rails! She also called their mother and the girls fat to her face and she is concerned the girls might be retarded, which caused a war. I don't want the kids thinking they are fat or stupid.They are on the honor roll. Any suggestions I won't go out with them anymore because she insults complete strangers and then She cries her head off when they mad at her. I told my son that and he is like you now what hell she is gonna put me through if she is not invited? I am like why are you with her , then ? Crickets.

Does being on your period really cause one to uncontrollably bully others? My step-mother gives her whatever she demands.

For example she won't come see them for family events if her brother or her son are there. My grandfather can't leave his house to any of his kids fearing she (this aunt) will start a fight over it (an uncle he fears also). She went contrary to everything she was taught and turned on her son for not being exceptional like her other two kids are. She refuses to come to Christmas in their final years and she even boycotted her Dad's 80th birthday because her son was going to be there. She lies by embellishing facts and then whines that others are lying. She is a destructive person. How do we stop her from this?

So it's my 14th bday tomorrow, and im in the car with my dad. Basically, my grandma just phoned up saying she's with my 2 aunts and uncle and they're all gonna speak to me and say happy bday. So I freaked out because I'm feeling sooooo awkward because i literally HATE any birthday fuss and attention and my grandma knows that fine well. So I hung up the phone and told my dad to say it lost signal.. but now I feel really bad and idk what to say to them!!!

I'm 14, and she's always mad at me even when I haven't done anything wrong. It's always been like this, and I'm just really tired and sad because of it. I've thought of suicide several times.

Yes, that's right. He steals from his own son. Whenever I'm not home, he searches my room for objects or money to steal. Then he picks it up for his own or sells them. No I'm not "suspicious" to him. It's PROVEN that he steals! My new-bought socks ended up in his car trunk last year and I found my own Hard drive in his workplace's drawer about 3 years ago. Please don't tell me to say this to my mother, she is totally useless. She says: "Ok he steals from you now what should I do?" And please don't tell me to tell this fact to his brothers, because all of his brothers are also thieves!!! Please help me to end this shenanigans, any help would be appreciated. I've hit the rock bottom so hard right now. Thanks.

So my sister is getting married today. She s actually marrying the most lazy man I have ever met. But in his mind his super cool. In my family when there is a big event I usually pitch in with money a lot since I have a better paying job than my siblings but this time I don t really want to since my sister is always bragging about all the money this loser makes. But I am helping her with any manual labor like cooking and yesterday night we started to decorate well it turns out she berly has anything to decorate with and now I feel bad because I still didn t offer to buy anything. Am I being petty? Or should I go to the store right now and try to make her happy no matter what since it doesn t cost me a lot? And forgot to mention this guy yesterday wouldn t get off his *** to help us with anything and was only on his phone that pissed me off even more.

She's got a party with her friends one of them is really hot I don't care about her age plus I've caught a flirty vibe from her. I'm 18 btw but should I go or not I'd really just go cause of her friend

one time my brother Said no to me using is bus ticket for my first day at college an important day for me I had to ask my sis . My mum said nothing mum yesterday I said no to buying him gloves for him as he needed them for work my mum was telling my dad later on . My sis that time of the month it's cool I complain about pain oh wow . Why does my mum do this to me . I feel like she sees me as a person who can take her of her self and also maybe as competition

I heard some weird stories about them such as brother married his sister, father raped his daughter, mother aborted baby and fed it to dogs, mother disciplined son with taser and the list goes on

My mom won't let me stay over at my boyfriends with the baby, or him here. He wants to have some night with the baby, but i don't want to leave her.. My mom said the only way she will let me live with him or even stay there for one night, i HAVE TO get married for him. Do i have a choice where i can stay? I don't want to live there, but i'm saying some days he can come here at nights, and some days i can go there. she won't allow it and really encourages us to get married. I just want to know my rights as a mom. maybe not about this specific subject but in general too..

They do this all the time, I offered to cook tea and did so just before a TV program was coming on that we were going to watch, while I was cooking they played music via YouTube on the TV (which they know really pisses me off due to previous experiences but I was ok with it just until I was done cooking and we can watch the show). So I finish cooking tea and I politely ask to watch the show now and they go "just hang on". So 1 hour later what do you know still music. Dad says OK one more and then TV and I say great, containing my disamusement. They know I m hating it, its so so loud, and I continue to politely request TV after each song. 8 songs later im getting out of the shower and go down, they are still doing it and refuse to put the TV onto what we were going to watch well over an hour ago. I state "you guys are being a bit inconsiderate" and they have a go at me, swearing and such. I CANT WIN! Im in my room pissed writing this up and you are probably gonna say "oh its ur parents u hav to put up wit it" but I would much appreciate some actual advice. Thanks

So I m a 14 year old girl, only child and I started highschool a few weeks ago. I definitely want to mature and be more independent since I plan to moveout the state for college. The problem is, my mom is too overprotective and sometimes controlling. For example, If I ask her to go out somewhere with my friends , she wants to see who i m with, or she wants to meet them. On my first day of high school I was at the bus stop waiting (never rode the bus before so it was my first time) and she was standing outside my house watching over me whilst all the other kids were by themselves (they all kept staring at my mom), which was embarrassing especially since i m the new kid on the street. I m never allowed to stay over at any of my friend s house because my mom thinks it s very unsafe and doesn t trust that I ll be okay. It s very upsetting how i can t do what other kids do & that i m stuck inside my house all day with nothing to do. I ve tried telling my mom a dozen times if she could stop being so overprotective and let me breathe but rather listening & trying to understand, she thinks i m crazy that i think she s the reason why "i cant live my life" and thinks someone else is putting these ideas onto my head. I often cry how she doesn t really try to understand every time I tell her about my feelings and it honestly gets me depressed sometimes. We don t have a good relationship either. Were constantly arguing about small things & we lack communication. Any advice would help!

If a stranger asks me what age they are, I could most likely answer it correctly, it's like a number just appears in my mind and I say it. My dads grandpa was a psychic and my dad suffers from this too, not my older siblings though. What is going on?

so i live in a family with a mom, a dad and a brother and sister. my dad has work about two hours away from our home so he stays in apartments that my mother owns all week until he comes back for the weekends. my mother homeschoolled me and my siblings and we never had any neighbors with kids, so we only had each other pretty much. the thing is my dad wanted my mom to stay with him for at least a day during the week, so she'd be gone for 2-3 days during the week for convenience. my sister is 5 years older than me, and my brother 10, so they were basically my parents and i loved them a lot because they were the only people i could talk to. another thing, my dad has anger issues and threatens us and yells when he is home- even hitting my mom a few times and my brother. this is only about 3 days out of the week though, so we lived. because my mom was gone for so long, she'd teach us like crazy when she was here and yell when we'd get anything wrong, so we didn't like her either- plus we all wanted to go to a real school and have actual friends, but she's really christian and forces her beliefs on us. this was fine though, my brother gave me games and we would go on walks together, and we'd watch tv with my sister.

last yr over xmas my dad and i were in the car with my brother, my brother was driving, we were coming home from dinner, he was merging onto the interstate, he can be a crazy driver, he was driving too fast, i told him he needed to slow down, he got confrontational and yelled at me. I was so mad, when we got home i almost wanted to smack him in the face hard, i overheard dad telling him that he needs to apologize to me,there are things he does that I don't like, and it shows. A selfish, entitled prick. He thinks the world owes him something, he knows everything, he's never wrong, and people should accommodate his BS. When I get a place of my own I'm not letting him stay there to visit me. My brother continues to drive fast like a maniac when he moved out of state, he ran into a construction cone, it broke his side mirror, its a brand new car he bought for himself and now he's paying the price. He got what he deserved. I believe in karma, what comes around goes around, but he always blames someone else. When he does/says something wrong, he feels that he's NEVER wrong. He doesn't take accountability for his own life and decisions. We never see eye to eye, we have different opinions we never agree upon, its all about him. When we get into politics it turns into an argument. He thinks he has a good argument, but he doesn't have anything to back up his argument, and wants something to argue about for the sake of arguing.

Whenever I like someone and they like me back..and I am horny I get this rush in my stomach which causes me to get deep butterflies in my chest..is this bad?

Usually when my mom cooks dinner, most of the time she seems to cook it in an unhealthy way. Like when she cooks hamburger, she doesn't dumb out the grease and she adds extra butter (more than necessary) and some sugar into our corn when she makes it on the stove. She usually would add extra sugar to make things more sweet because that's how she likes it, but my dad and I can't talk her out of doing it. I know she does this stuff sometimes, but idk how often she actually does it. She doesn't always tell us what she does. I feel like she either doesn't get it or she can't stop doing it. I feel like the only solution is that I make dinner more often than I already am. I also talk about eating healthier but she complains that it costs money to do it (we are a low income family and I'm trying to find work atm.) Does anyone know how to convince her to change how she cooks? I really want to be more healthy but I feel like my only solution is to cook everything myself but my mom needs to understand this too. Believe me people, I know how lucky I am to have a mother that makes dinner for me! I just need help with talking with her. That's all I ask. Thank you! Thank you Anonymous! I'm actually an adult and we do have weight problems in our family. My mom is actually almost diabetic and she's made some changes to what she drinks and I'm happy for her, but it would help my dad and I if she changed those small things on how she cooks. I totally understand what you are saying and I'm very happy to learn that and will definitely keep it in mind!

I am a 24 year old female and i have always had daddy issues. My father never gave me attention growing up. He is a narcissist. Hasnt wished me a happy birthday in 9 years and doesnt even feel bad about it. Always wanted to be a daddys girl but i just cant stand him. Heck i dont even trust him. I guess u could say ive always wished someone else was my father. I have tried to work things out with him and its just a fail. I am very content with my life and ive been in a serious 3 year relationship with my bf. But honestly i just feel empty. Like i want a father figure so bad that i can't stand it. Its something that has always been missing in my life. I just dont know how to stop this empty feeling?

My mom is a Jehovah's Witness and I was too. But when I wanted to date a guy my freshman year of high school who was not a Jehovah's Witness, my life at home became hell. My mom would constantly watch every move I would make. Make up crazy stories as to how I was sneaking around behind her back or accused me of being into drugs or pregnant when I had never even thought of the stuff she accused me of. She would yell and scream at me calling me a whore and a slut. Telling me this guy would leave me because why would he love someone like me, and even tried to convince me that he did cheat on me. It got so bad I felt suicial at one point and told her and she got mad because she thought I was going around telling people that she was a bad mom. I eventually went to see a therapist and my mom made me stop seeing her even though it was helping and didn't explain why. I later overheard her telling my aunt that she didn't like how the therapist was making me believe I was a good person. I am now with my boyfriend and no longer a Jehovah's Witness. Because of this me and my mom never speak because she doesn't want anything to do with me. But it hurts me that she does this and I miss her a lot. Because of this my boyfriend thinks I'm lying about how the relationship with my mom was but I'm not. And I know it doesn't make sense so I really want to know why do I miss her? I'm a lot happier now that I've moved out but it still hurts and I'm confused as to why

I'm thinking about starting a family. this would help me a lot.

I feeling really sad that I will never experience being a parent

So my mom has a 2015 Toyota Highlander (medium size) that is in great condition and she is the original owner. I (I'm 16) have a 2003 Toyota Sequoia (which is a HUGE car), and we are the original owners of it. My mom wants to sell her car and buy a used Toyota 4-Runner (it's practically the same thing as the Sequoia), because she wants a bigger car. I want to sell my car because I want a smaller car. So, I proposed the idea that we just trade cars, because we basically want each other's car. She said that was absolutely ridiculous and screamed at me for a good 10 minutes. What also is weird, is that my mom ALWAYS tells me that I cannot sell my car because "you can never trust someone else's used car." That is so contradicting. So basically, I get yelled at for trying to save my mom money and time, and to please the both of us. What would be a good thing to say to her, without making her mad? ***I do not need people saying "just be grateful for what you have." I AM grateful, and I am fine driving my car, but I just don't understand why it is such a big deal to not switch cars. (My brother also has a 4-Runner, so it would look really weird that we all three practically have the same car)

I leave to see my distant relatives soon and want them to be included in the reveal since I hardly see them. However I want my mom and Dad to be involved too. Any ideas of how I can reveal to my both families at the same time? I thought about revealing on Facebook live with my relatives so my parents can see but them just watching doesn't feel very special. Please help if you have any ideas. I'm open to all ideas! Thank you!!

Alright so my mom married a man who is verbally abusive to both me and my mother. Me and my step-father fight all the time. When we fight I go to my grandma s house 20 mins away. Now My mom who is being manipulated by this man, and doesn t see that he is bad for her, wants to move to another state. Is there any way I can stay in the same state, and not go with them? Note: I am 17 y.o. and my mother is my legal guardian.

About five years ago my dad started dating my stepmom. She was really cool at first but as soon as she moved in with her kids, I can't stand her or them. The youngest kid is a 7 year old boy and he's really annoying, but he doesn't bother me as much as his brother. His brother just turned 12 and is so rotten, spoiled, loud and narcissistic that I can't even stand to be around him. My stepmom doesn't see any issue with him and treats him like a prince. Everythig they do drives me completely insane, and I can't talk to my dad about it because I've tried before and he does not understand. They're making it so I can't even feel at home in my own house. There's no way to get away, seeing as I share a room with my sister and there are no other places to be alone, and I'm not old enough to drive yet. I don't want to have to go over there at all but my dad doesn't see that as an option. My mom doesn't want me there either but she's not being very supportive of the whole situation. I've tried talking to my counselor about it but she hasn't been much help either. At this point I've started hating it at my dads house so much that I get depressed just thinking about going back over there. Any suggestions on how to cope with this/ get away from them would be really appreciated.

Listen, this isn't a case of some bratty teen trying to be rebellious. My grandmother is a genuinely bad person. She abused and continues to abuse my mother, who I love with all my heart, without acknowledging or apologizing for it in the slightest. She's also always completely ignored me in favor of my nephew, her great grandchild. She smiles in everyone's faces and swears she's a true Christian, but she's evil and those rude acts are only reserved for my mother and I, for some reason. She's 70. I want to really give her a reason to hate me. Hopefully, not things that will be blatant like breaking some vase in front of her, because everyone would turn on me and I happen to like my sisters and nephew. She's the only problem. Thank you.

She loves her but dislikes her. A motto my mother has for lots of our family. Anonymous---My Mom LOVES to criticize how people decorate their houses.

My grandmother died and I didn't cry at the moment. I think she never loved me, my brother and my mom (her daughter). She did however loved her other daughter (my aunt) and her children. I said this because my grandma never cared for me, and my brother when my mother needed her help. Not even for a few minutes. She however always used to take care of her other daughter's 3 children. Anyways when she died, I didn't cry, but I was feeling anxious inside. The next day at the funeral. My cousin said to me that I had no feelings because I didn't cry. I don't like crying in front of people. I had cried when I was alone. That same cousin who was crying exaggerating in front of people didn't shed a tear after they left. She also went partying with her friends 3 days after her funeral.

My parents' marriage has become bad in recent years. My dad is a lot older than my mum and has always been very controlling. At 53 my mum no longer wishes to be controlled and is very unhappy but she simply won't do anything about it (apart from talk to me incessantly about every unfair thing my dad does). The last thing I want is for my mum to feel alone and unable to express herself, but she simply doesn't listen. I suggested she speak to her friends/sister for advice - she won't. I suggested she goes to therapy - she won't. She won't confront my dad about anything either. She's an incredibly kind and selfless woman (with impeccable patience) who deserves to be treated with respect, but she has some odd issues. She has a physical aversion to speaking her mind, she literally can only tell people what they want to hear. She also has this strange ethos of thinking that if you're unhappy you should just 'ride it out and suffer in silence' - advice that I have never ever followed (hypocritical I know but come on). Lastly, if she hears something she doesn't like, she just pretends the conversation never happened, like a weird form of denial. She's also been drinking a bottle of wine most nights which she never used to do. Is there any way I can help my mum? Are there any behavioural experts on here who can help me understand her better? Thank you.

I love my mum and all, but she has this one major problem that I had enough of. She keeps. Like I mean CONSTANTELY peckers me about my weight, my skin and my studies. I am fat, and I have horrible eczma, and because of that, I didn't really have time to study, however, I worked hard enough to get into one of the highest schools. And I know all this, and I have accepted it and told her that I have, but she says "why don't you do something about it then?" i do do things about it, but its just the way i am. my doc said that bc of my genes losing weight might be harder. However she just never knows when to stop. It's hurting me, a lot. This makes me so self conscience i have harmed myself. This happens. EVERY. NIGHT. This is a nightmare. Please HELP ME.

She is a nut job

We don't do much with my Mom's side since she died. I tried to run into someone this week so they'd remember me and invite me but I couldn't be obvious or I'd seem like I was stalking. I didn't run into anyone and tomorrow I am depressed and alone. I found out about the event from someone's facebook post but have been told over the years NOT to say "hey, can I come" unless invited so I want to abide by that. All my cousins get to see each other so much more then I get to see them since their parents are alive. I am a 2nd rate relative I feel like. My Dad has them over Thanksgiving weekend and they have us to the reunion in July. Otherwise we don't get to see that side of the family and I have no 1st cousins on my Dad's side.

I was listening to my ipod so I couldn't hear him