I am currently doing jiu-jitsu, (yellow belt) so I have been doing it for about 3 years. But the thing is, my parents won't let me stop. I practice 6 days a week for 2 hour. If I could, I would've stopped long ago. My parents keep making up sucky excuses to keep me in it, like, "you need to learn self defense!" Or "you need to exersize more!" If I miss one day my parents would be screaming at me, and they would take my phone and laptop away for the rest of the week. The only reason I no longer want to be in it is because of my parents as well. If I lose a match, my parents will scream at me and make me practice with them for an extra hour. If my coach puts me against someone weaker than me, my parents will say "he doesn't think you're strong enough to go with other people." It gets really annoying after a while. I have already tried to quit, but whenever I do, my parents answer is always no, nothing else but no. If you know anyway I can convince my parents to let me quit, please tell me, I'd appreciate it a lot!

While I was at school today, my dad went into my room and took my tv and switched it out with the one we have downstairs cause he likes mine more or something stupid. The tv he put in my room is bigger and doesn't fit properly. While he was getting the tv he messed up all the stuff in the surrounding area in my room. I've always been very particular about where things are and when I saw what he did to my room, I started crying and I haven't stopped even though it's been an hour. My dad is always insensitive to how I feel and the fact that he did this makes me feel really awful. I can't go in my room cause the sight of everything out of place makes me feel sick. It sounds like I'm overreacting, but are my feelings valid? It should also be noted I have really bad anxiety and my therapist has theorized I have OCD but my parents shut her down and said it was just anxiety.

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My senior grandma is mad at me because I didn't take her home, but put her in rehab. I cannot take csre of myself, and I haven't worked in years due to me taking care of people, and the time is coming I have no choice to get a job. Today I walked in, and she says I don't even want to look at you! Telling family she no longer has a home. I don't know what to do, because I csnt just sit home, and almost never go out myself. She cannot be left alone for more then 2, maybe 3 hours. Now I don't know if I can even go the store. If I put her in a home she will hate me, but its hard for me take my daughter to the park. Last time we had a playdate, and after an hour I had to go back home becsuse blew a fuse. I am the only family she has. There is no one else!! And everyone who could possibly help me is over a thousand miles away.(other family)

I had a two day stand with a guy when I was 19 while visiting Frankfurt Germany on vacation after I graduated high school. It was an extremely bad thing to do and so very dangerous as I was not safe with him and my daughter was conceived. I was young and he was hot and German. I gave my daughter to my aunt to raise her because I knew I was too immature and careless to raise a kid at that time. However, she always knew I was her mom and we kept close. She is know 17 and is asking about her father. I told her he was dead and died before he even knew I was pregnant. My aunt and mom know the truth and are telling me I should tell her the truth. However the truth is all I know is he was blond a bit older than me tall and extremely built and his first name..not even a last....and that he is from Hamburg..I feel ashamed....my mom and aunt said they would respect my decision but I am honestly not sure what the right call here is... I didnt add that ...No he didnt know about her as I didnt talk to him afterwards as he gave me a false number so didnt know how to get a hold of him. .... also he told me after the second time he was married but him and his wife were heading for separation.

My husband's son's mother called my son retarded and he heard her say this and now he hates her for it he is only 7 years old should I report this to her employer considering she works at a hospital with children with disabilities

For example my parents/aunt covered up and swept under the rug the fact my uncle is a child molester/pornographer. I am an adult now and came forward but they asked me not to tell anyone and swept it under the rug and showed zero concern for my trauma. My aunt has been divorced from him for a few years and said she does not want her family to look bad. I don't understand why my own parents would ask me to keep quiet though? I don't understand why USA gymnastics officials would also try to sweep under the rug/hide the Nassar abuse from the public? What is going through their minds and why would they want to hide it?

So my dad 'works' at home, but half the time I see him, he is not even doing his work but instead he is on ebay (or online shopping) buying garbage he doesn't need (like golf clubs, mens suits, shirts, formal wear, watches) with money he doesn't have to try and impress people he doesn't like. Does anybody else have this problem

He started doing meth recently and I told him to get clean or get lost and he got lost. I'm kind of embarrassed by it and my family really likes him and expects us to get married because I'm pregnant. They're really controlling and I don't want them trying to start drama or try and take my son away when he's born. I don't live with them, I'm renting a place. I'm able to support the baby and everything but I've just kept it to myself to avoid it.

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I've spent the majority of my life working for my family for free. No one ever put a priority on my education. I'll never forget the shocked surprise on my Dad's face when I said I wanted to get my GED. All I've ever wanted is to go to college but that always has been and always will be out of the realm of possibility. Currently I am a full time carer for my grandmother who is fighting cancer and also working on teaching my younger siblings so they don't end up hopeless and bitter like me. SO yesterday my Dad told me that he needs me to get back to working on advertising for the family business in my spare time while caring for grandma and educating my younger siblings. tThing is I've working on the advertising for almost 3 years with mediocre results after working on it on average from 7AM to 11PM. Those are wasted years I will never see any payoff from. I don't want to live like that. I want to spend as much time as possibel learning computer science so I can have a way to support my self and escape this vicious cycle. But if I don't work on the advertising then its all my fault if we go bankrupt. SO I want to segregate my work time from my study time in a way that is standard to other people my age who are trying to build a future for themselves. I'll work on the advertising part time and study the ammount of time proportionally that a college student spends in class and studying. but I need to know what the norm time is for those areas of work and education.

When I meet parents who are worried about their child, it's usually reasons that they think will make them vulnerable. Maybe the child is overly sensitive, thinks no one understands them, doesn't get along with peers etc. It seems as if these kids are also more protected from predators (if the parents realize their issues). Exploited children are also often runaways, mentally ill, bullied, in the foster system, or just lacking attention. Statistically, would this be true?

I'm 32, have a great career, attend school, and volunteer when I can. My fiance passed away when I was expecting our daughter, & I have been diagnosed with depression. My aunt helps me 1-2 days a week with my daughter. (No, I dont live with her) She won't let me pay her, so I take her to a nice dinner and have her send me wish lists of items she wants. I buy the items without hesitation. I even bring toiletries for her if I notice she is low. I also help her vacuum, do dishes...etc in appreciation. I notice she can be odd at times. If I buy a particular item, it's never as good as what she buys. It's not "organic", it's not what she "prefers." She buys my daughter clothes to keep there, but if I bring any, she complains she has too many clothes. She was complaining the stroller I let her use is too bulky, so I left a lightweight one there. Just yesterday she says it's taking up too much space and I should find a storage unit. I offered to donate it, since it was such a big deal. When I take her out to eat, I usually tell the server I don't want tomatoes on my meal. Almost every time, she brings it up saying I am a "fool" or "why do you hate tomatoes so much?" Like it's a life or death situation. I'm thankful for her help, but I am almost feeling like I should put my daughter in a daycare facility. I fear she will treat my daughter the same as me and my cousins. Is she a control freak? What is the best way to respond to this? I feel like my depression is worse lately.

I try and do what's best for her but she often disagrees. I know that growing up, she lacked confidence and missed out on having both parents around. I used to get along with my daughter so well. She wants everything to be her decision and I don't make them for her. IMO, she isn't mature enough to be on her own 24/7. I don't think she'll even be mature enough to get a driver's license when she turns 16, for example. This is something that I face almost every day lately.

Obviously the dog it's self isn't destroying it, but the problems that came with her is. My brother and I moved into a mobile home recently. We stacked a bunch of would out in the shop were my dog stays a lot of the time while I'm at work. I notices there was mold growing all over the wood wich is right next to her dog house. I know it must be toxic for her to be that close to it so I moved it on the other side of the wall this morning were she can't go. I know when my brother finds out I did that he's going to freak out and tell me I wor4y too much. A couple days ago I told him I was gonna take my dog to the vet because i was worried about her teeth, than he starts yelling and cussing me out saying I spend money on stupid ****. Every time I try to go above and beyond to make sure my dog is healthy and safe he freaks out on me. It's honestly taking a big tole on me emotionally. I'm starting to consider suicide again. I know, stupid huh? I love my dog so much, but I don't want to keep fighting with my bro. What should do? Thanks

Back in Sept of 2017 both me and my wife upgraded our cell phones on out account. We have a family plan and leased our phones. There were 2 options. Buy our current phone or send them back for a small credit. The cost to purchase the phone at that time was not worth it so I sent mine back. My wife was going to send hers back until her son decided he wanted her old iphone 7. The cost to keep the phone was more than $200 so she gave him the phone and Sprint tacked on that cost of the phone to our account which I'm paying. He promised to pay for the phone. Since then he's only paid about $50 while I'm still paying for the phone. I told him and my wife today that he either pays for the phone on his next pay check or give the phone back. My wife feels that's too mean because he has other people he has to pay. He borrowed money from his grandma to buy his car so he's paying her back, He has his car insurance and phone bill now, among trying to keep a very needy girlfriend happy. She thinks we should give him more time. I think it's been long enough. Yes, he works but what he's making isn't enough to pay everyone he owes so we're the ones getting stiffed. He's 21 and will go stay with his girlfriend, at her parent's house for 3 or 4 days a week but then come home to wash his car and get his laundry done but we're suppose to just keep turning a blind eye to the fact that he's not following through with his obligations. Am I wrong to try and take the phone from him since he hasn't paid for it? You can't buy a car and keep it for 6 months without making payments on it or they'll come repo it. You can't be mad at the finance company or car dealership cause they took your car. But anytime I mention anything about the phone my wife keeps saying, "he'll pay for it, just give him some more time." How much time does one person need?

Both my 21 and 23 year old step sons seem to have issues getting paid on their jobs. The oldest started working for Buffalo Wild Wings a few weeks ago and announced the other day that he wont' be getting paid because they forgot to have him fill out an I-9 form, so he can't pay his rent. When they discovered that why didn't they just give him an I-9 form, have him fill it out, then process his paycheck? The 21 year old has been working for some mom and pop t-shirt printing company and he said he won't be getting paid because the owner's wife went on vacation and "forgot" to do payroll. Come one now. I've worked a ton of jobs in my day, some large and some small, and not once have I ever not gotten paid. I have a strange feeling that these boys are doing other things with their money and not telling me or paying their obligations. The 21 year old got a speeding ticket a few weeks ago and the officer found a small amount of weed in the car so now he's gotta go to court for that. Yeah, I assumed that's where his money was going. The minute I put my foot down to them then momma jumps to their defense. She feels that they shouldn't be paying rent to live in a house they grew up in but at 21 and 23 years old, you're not kids anymore. You're an adult and should be paying your own way or get out and pay 10x more for rent, lights, water, groceries, phones, cable, internet, etc. Their rent was $200 a month but she felt that was too much. So I dropped it down to $100 a month and they are still having trouble paying it. I told them it's time they either found better jobs or get out. The 21 year old will stay with his girlfriend (at her parent's house because she still lives at home too) but when he wants to wash his car ot get his laundry done then he comes home to use our water and all my car washing supplies. I told my wife that I was going to move my car washing supplies becasue step-son will use them and replace them but then reuse what he bought. When he first got his car I told him he could use my stuff but replace it. That meant, replace my stuff then buy your own, not keep using what you replace.

My husbands mom isn't a good cook. I am known as the cook in my family. She is always trying to make stuff and makes a point to say she "made this cake from scratch" (her cakes are nasty my husband said ). Or when I mention I made something or other, she makes a point to ask if I "made it from scratch like she does" and elaborates about her recipes and gives an example of how she made it homemade aka from scratch. Why is god necessary to make knocks at me?

I like keeping up with all family. My Mom's sister is like a narcissist where when it comes to siblings and parenting it is all about her. I understand that and don't endorse it but still take pride in keeping up with all family, even annoying ones. I have a sister who is hard to like but I always have contact open with her. Same with when my brother was in juvenile jail as a teen (he has since gotten it together). So please advise me on a good comeback next time this happens which will probably be this spring.

I am 16 and she is supposed to be an adult at 24 but is more immature then most little kids I know.

My sister died Dec. 2nd coming home from a holiday party in a car crash. My Mom is always crying and depressed and it is so annoying. We don't have family in the area and I am still in school (I am a high school freshman). My Mom made Christmas miserable and it has been almost two months. How do I avoid her if she won't let go of my sister's death? I know she was sad when it happened but it was time to move on after the funeral like my aunt said when she was leaving to go home and the funeral was on December 9th so a month and a half ago. My aunt sad I can come have Christmas with her next year if my Mom wants to be miserable again so I hope for that to work out. So how can I avoid my Mom since she won't let go and move on?

EG. the food is in the wrong spot or theres a piece of food on the table etc...

I'm 20 and he's 17 and the main thing is the he hits me a lot and I'm just past the stage of fighting with him. I'll admit maybe a year ago I would play fight with him sometimes but he just doesn't get that I'm an adult now and more mature and I don't feel like playing with him. We used to play fight alot when I was like 16 or 17 and he was 13 but now I'm past that stage and he doesn't get it. He doesn't do this with my older brother that is 21 or my other brother that's even younger than him. He only tries this with me and I keep telling him that I don't want to play but he doesn't listen and keeps trying to fight until I get angry and hit him back. I'm just wondering how to deal with him and get him to stop

i was up no good and was looking through my aunts diary and personal notes and reading them and i know shes gonna ask everyone of my siblings about if anyone touched her stuff and i know shes gonna guess that i did it and shes gonna kill me if she knows i actually touched her stuff because i just found out everything that shes been lying to me about my question is that if i should tell her the truth that it was me or lie about it ?

i have two full brothers, so my mom is also both of their mom. my mom has a weird obsession with the younger one (17). she's always always always complimenting his physical appearance, telling him and other people what she loves about him, bragging about his physical appearance to family members, etc.. she also is very touchy/feely with him. she loves hugging him, stroking his hair, rubbing his back, stuff like that. she always refers to him as "my beautiful boy" and rants on and on and on about how beautiful he is. my older brother (31) says that our mom has never been that way with him, which is weird because he and my other brother are equally attractive. you'd think that she'd be that way with both of them if she was that way with one, but she isn't. she favors my younger brother and it's so weird. do you think she's just a proud mother and i'm overthinking this, or is this weird to you too? should i talk to my brother or do something? her behavior obviously makes him uncomfortable but he's never spoken up about it.

I randomly came across a video on social media. It showed a preteen girl throwing a big fit because her mom didn't let her buy makeup. One of her parents were apparently recording it and the family received publicity. I've never actually seen anyone almost a teenager throwing tantrums like those. It was just crying, screaming, irrational arguments.

So my father have not called since Christmas(for 4 weeks now). And this is the second time he had done this. Should i still call him or should i move on? Even though that i'm an adult, i still feel like i want a father but at the same time, i need to move on with my life.

So, my brother gets home earlier than me, since he's in 5th grade (he's younger, ofc). There's only one computer in the house. He likes to play roblox, and a bunch of other games on here. He gets really possessive of the computer, like it's his. I have to do my homework on the computer every day. It's never been as bad as today. What happened was that I got home, had a snack, and went to go and do my homework on the computer. He knows I have to go on the computer to do my homework. (I do every day) When I came to the computer today, he was playing on it, and then screamed and glared at me saying, "NO!" I was really confused. I said that i just had to do my homework, and long story short, he was bullying me with his words, I was "BulLyINg" him with logic, (as in, "I have to do my homework. It is more important than your videogames")he gets really mad at me, says some more means things, pushes me, curses at me, BITES ME I KID YOU NOT and I finally push him off and lock the door. What can I do to make fights like this stop happening. (btw thx if you actually read the full thing lol sry it was a lot)

i have a rash on my inner thigh. i told her to take me to the doctors and she was supposedly "busy" so she told me ask my dad but he's like nope because of something. but then i found out she told him about my "bump" or "rash" whatever she said i'm sort of really nervous because i'm so uncomfortable of thinking if she said if it was near my vag, or whatever if she used "those words" just thinking about if she said it was near my vagi or on my thigh makes me so uncomfortable especially to him... i told her and she was like "YES i told him he's your FaTHER" i'm sort of crying about it lol. but when i look really pretty on those days and i have my makeup also, i feel uncomfortable with my brother or mom or even my dad just looking at me or staring too.. i feel like they are going to do something (not really my mom but male..) and i know this is stupid but it feels weird or something. my mom also won't ******* understand how i feel about her telling my ******* dad about **** like this because he's MY FATHER and if she dies, i have to tell HIM but that won't be in a long time and i'll have moved out anyways. but i cant take when he knows about stuff like his especially if it's my personal areas but she keeps doing it whenever i have to tell her. what do i do? she doesn't always tell him, but when he has to take me to the drs or UC or whatever it makes me so uncomfortable being around him😑

A couple months ago I decided I wanted to be an English teacher in South Korea. It was ideal for me since I knew I wanted to be in the language department for a while now, and it is the smartest move. I did weeks of research. What bothers me, is that right after I came out to my grandmother and told her that that is exactly what I want to do, my sister said that the next day. I am serious about it. She obviously is not. Since then, I have learned the basics of the language and memorized all the symbols. I can read it and speak it, but I don't know most of the words yet. I also asked for Korean textbooks to help me study and ordered Korean magazines and newspapers for references for Christmas. On the other hand, my sister has done nothing. She has been sitting on her *** and playing on her phone 24/7. She can't even recognize the Korean symbols yet. She even had the audacity to ask to borrow my textbooks (ahem, she could have asked for textbooks for Christmas but instead asked for the latest music CDs). She annoys me. She took my dream, what I want to do when I'm older, and made it hers'. She is gonna do everything first and succeed in it. She is gonna do better than me because she has better grades and is better at communicating. I will be the one that looks like I'm copying her since she is gonna do it first. This is ******* stupid.

I'm a 14 year old guy who just had my first kiss with my best friend who is also a guy. I don't want them to be mad at me but I cant really hide it from them either

My husband and I live with his mother. When my husband come home from and goes to work he has to switch cars spots with his mom. I have to move it when she is home during the day because she has no shoes on and makes a big deal over it (even though they are within reach), or when she is asleep at 1 when he comes home from work( she could easily do it herself in the morning when she goes to work...) That's not all she does, she throws a fit when it comes to who is going to the store to get her a coke or cigarettes. She complains about things (dishes, house cleaning, things that need to get done in general) until someone else does them. (She hasn't cleaned a dish in a really long time) if we try to spend time alone she will yell like a little kid until we go into the living room. She does more but this post would be to long. I have no funds to move out.

my grandpa is stubborn and he just loves dropping food to the floor to our dog. What's the problem with that? I'll tell you: it's 24/7 I feel like he doesn't care if she dies because of the fact that she's overweight because of it. They're not even scraps or little crums, they're chunks. And even after literally every1 scolded him saying that she might die because of this, he didn't listen/care; only laughed. I know I sound biast right now but I'm not exaggerating. And after getting a new addition (another dog. Let's just say a friend of ours wasn't able to take care of her dog at the time,so she let us keep him, which is why we have another dog now) it's worse now. I'm constantly afraid that now the new dog will get overweight, have medical problems (in addition to his respiratory issue) n will get so used to being spoiled n I won't be able 2do much because I keep forgetting to take the dogs away when it's time 4 grandpa to eat. In addition, he's in the kitchen a lot when no one is in there n u can't control dogs so who knows what will happen. So when I do get the chance, I pick the dogs up and put them in separate rooms away from the eating area so he won't get a chance to give them food. But the thing is that I do this after he started eating, as if to say "i don't trust u" in a disrespectful manner, even tho I wish him well eating (it's a spanish phrase that sounds weird in english). So I wanna know, is there another way I could do this a bit less disrespectful?

I am only 20, and they are 21, twins, a boy and a girl. My Uncle and aunt tried to hide it from them but told them recently. My Uncle is a wealthy lawyer and spoiled them so much over the years. Now that our Grandparents passed away 3 years ago, and Grandma last year, the inheritance is coming up. They said only blood related relatives/family members are able to receive this, so not sure if my adopted cousins will get it. Anyways the girl is crying and the guy is pissed off and won't talk to anyone. MY other cousins don't know how to approach them. The girl cousin was giving me and my cousins **** about not telling her she was adopted. But again, why is she giving me ****? How is her being adopted my problem or my business. Shouldn't they be pissed at their parents instead of their cousins who were playing it cool for their step parents?

I was talking to this friend of mine that blasted me with other people telling them that I was promiscuous and mean .one day her dad kicked her out of the house so I brought her home . But , she was nice at the beginning and then was super close to my mother something that I haven't been in ages because my mother doesn't allow it . They went shopping together and of course I was out of the picture but I didn't mind at all ... out of no wheee my mother started to yelled at me and telling me what not to do so I was like okay something is going on ... I asked my mother was going on and she told me that I was Ignoring my friend and that I was been mean since I didn't take her out all the time ... I was kind of confused since every time that we went out I took my friend to places and payed for her and she didn't appreciated at all but instead blasted me with close people ... well I found out that she loves to date all source of ppl one guy everyday and that she have been telling her dad that I was the one doing that ... which I don't cared at all ... so I talked to my parents about my friend who doesn't live with me anymore and they are like it's w.e ... I don't cared about it ... I just don't get what are they been so dissmisive like I am talking about it to have a conversation and inputs . ( live your life ) that's what they said ... pss : I don't talk to them when they are tired , not even busy but when they have the time

like i think i know what talking about or when they tell me to do something i say nope and then i yeall

My sister is friends with my ex boyfriends sister . He was talking to some women behind my back and i cought him bc he sent the message to me . Broke up with him that day ,i was planning on marriage ,he would eat out with me all the time and text me alot just to do that behind my back and i find out my sister hangs out with his sister ,is that weird

My older sister died in a school shooting when she was 15. I have a younger brother too. She wasn't involved but what happened was the shooter shot a few kids who didn't do anything to him. It's still awkward when people ask. My mom is uncomfortable when they ask how many children she has too.

So about a year ago i was young i went to shoppers with my sister in law we got everything we needed and we waited in line and we were next in line we put all over stuff there and waited for a very long time(1 hr)cause this worker was doing something with the machine that wasnt working and she went to fix it to help a customer and the machine was like in the middle of everything and she was taking her sweet time like she didnt have customers so my sister in law was getting annoyed so she started making those faces where u can tell its sayings "omg hurry up, im so annoyed" but she aint say it she was just making facial expressions like it , any person would start getting annoyed at this where ur waiting at the check out for almost an hour, so the customer that the lady at our register was helping he was a man to give more details he was black and was gay cause he was with hmy sister in laws facial expressions and said in a sassy way "wait a minute honey shes doing the best she can she ll get there in a minute just wait okay" but u don t understand how sassy he said it, so my sister in law was annoyed at this point and told him "i aint say anything" in a angry way, then the dude was just like also in a sassy way "just wait okay she ll get to u in a minute shes helping me okay honey"so they just got in a full on argument , my sister in law was really annoyed and angry at this point, they yelled back and back,if the dude had touched her could i punch him?

My girl cousins has her boyfriend and he has a friend his friend kept telling my cousins boyfriend let's be cousins in law was he referring about me since my cousin is his friends?

I saw a dream that I went with my brother to work,but then my brother he told me can you see that silver car? that car is the car of your "real" mother and i said "ohh...I see..." since when you knew that my mother isn't my real mother and I have another mother? he said I was also didn't know that our mother isn't your real mother but that woman in car is your mother,our elder brother he knew it but kept it a secret from me and you... then time passed,me and my brother were sitting in chair and our boss was there,then suddenly there was a huge dark smoke coming from our local building but people were calm and didn't panic at all,but I was somehow felt wanted to cough because of the smoke,then my brother said hey! your real mother is there! hurry and catch her and tell her that you are her real daughter! and i said b-but how.... and I felt I wanted to cry because I was somehow worried for her because of the fire,and at the same time I felt somehow warm inside just thinking of living with my "real"mother and bit sad to leave my family behind. So what does this dream mean? :c

My sister died in early December and I am trying to get my Mom to get over it. She made Christmas miserable and I want to live normal again. We have no extended family nearby so I couldn't go see others and Mom was just crying. Christmas is over and she still is. How do I get her to get over this? She can be sad but I want her to see she needs to move on now as it has been almost two months and the funeral was when we were to be sad and that is long over now. How do I get her to get over it?

I am 21, I live on my own but for winter recess I came home. Trust me I would have much rather stayed where I was for the break, but for whatever reason this would upset my family and my mom particularly. They constantly guilt trip me into spending time with them, and its never doing anything that I actually enjoy. And I ve gone along with it, playing the part of a loving son because thats what they deserve. None of them have anything in common with me and I don t think they care to. They don t show interest in my school work or career. And when I do try to spend time with them they are ALWAYS ON THEIR PHONES. Honestly I can t even have a conversation with them. Now it comes time for me to go back to school and they re all sad and upset and begging me to stay... for what? I really don t plan on coming back and seeing them any time soon

How do I move on? I want to have extended family. My Dad is an only child and I have him and his parents but no cousins or aunts and uncles. My Mom's family politely brushes me off anytime I try and reach out. The holidays are the worst as I live 10 minutes away and my Mom's family acts busy when I reach out and then I see on Facebook that they all got together Christmas Eve. They resent my Dad as he divorced my mother as she was jackle and hyde (however that's spelled). He also got custody of me and my siblings. I feel now responsible for her suicide in the eyes of her family. It even makes me think about suicide sometimes. The custody battle is what my Mom's family especially resents and I think they associate me with my father as my Mom disowned her cousins from an uncle who she hated. So it might be a family thing. What do I do? It hurts so much

Hi. i have four other siblings besides myself there in their 20's and me and my older sister are in our 30's now, my older sister doesn't work she has five children ages 14, 13, 8, 1, and 7 months old our father pays her rent every month and her utilities he feels sorry for his grandchildren because she's struggling. she doesn't receive child support and doesn't have daycare for the two youngest. she is not getting social security only food stamps, WIC, and cash assistance her oldest daughter lives with her biological father in another state and her oldest son currently lives with us leaving her with three children left. our younger sister scolds her for constantly depending on our father calling her a bad mother for not being able to support her children (they have different fathers) except the babies. our father is in his 70's and been sick for a month straight our younger sister feels sorry for him because he's hard working he's done so since he was younger and still does. i too feel sorry for him taking on the financial hardship of our older sister when he has his own mortgages and other bills to pay. our family cannot even gather for family holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas) because my sisters don't get along and fight and argue. our younger sister has reported her to family services on numerous occasions despite this she knew who did it even though they never found any abuse in their investigation and closed the cases. is she right does she take advantage of our father? Thanks!

When he had an affair I told him I would never speak to him again but after three years of the silent treatment I am speaking to him again and saw him over Christmas and his new fiance' (the mistress). I am going to their wedding in April. I told my Mom I needed my Dad in my life but promised her I would not discuss how the wedding was around her but will be going. She is mad I am doing this.