I'm still a teenager, but the guy I'm dating is older (meaning past 18) and we've been secretly dating for a couple of months now. Well, my mom and dad wanna meet the guy who has their daughter head over heals or "twitterpated" as my lil sis calls it and I'm kind of freaking out on what to do because my boyfriend wants to finally meet my crazy goofy family as well. How do I tell my parents about how old he is before I actually invite him over? I'm 16 & he's 29

ok so i want some advice, me and my mom had a bad relationship when living at home with her (well from the age i can remember), i was kicked out at 16 and for about 6 years we was never really close, well my mate moved in with me and then my mum moved in with me i felt we started getting a nice relationship again, me and my mum was having a laugh going out like a family would, then she left her husband (my step-dad) and got with my best mate (i was happy with this as i knew they would be happy) they have moved out and got a flat, but since i never hear a phonecall she never makes a day to see me and i always have to go and see her, she always says i will see you when i have money i tell her dont need money to see me, i not so fussed about my best mate but i feel its unfair by my own mother. both my mum and my mate are in the same town and still dont want to come, she hasnt come and seen me for over a month. my partner is in touch with her but its like she only wants to see our children, i am no longer in touch with the rest of my family, i speak to my sister here and then but i feel should i even bother with my mum anymore and keep trying to make an effort? theres more to it so ask questions if you wish

Basically me and my parents stopped getting along once I was around 13. Over the few years we'd constantly argue over little things that were never that deep or I would just not be in the mood to talk to them and they would try to force it out of me which wouldn't go well. I'm 16 now and we still have these problems but I talk to them less now even though we all stay in the same home. They even argue about why I can have hour long conversations with others but not with them and why I go places for periods of time and not tell them (I drive btw). I even had a mental break down 2 weeks ago in front of them and I basically sobbed about me being stressed out due to school, work, and trying to be good for them but I feel like they don't love me and they admitted that they feel the same way but at this point I don't know what to do anymore. I'm even tearing up as I type this cause I feel like I'm a bad human being but I don't know why I'm like this. Can someone give me some good words of advice?

Well my names is Patrick O'Keefe, and I don't like the sound of that. I want to be named Jimmy James.

I have a job to where I can support myself I'm just currently living with my parents to save money. I only have about 3K in savings currently. I'm thinking it might be best for me to leave home because my parents have 4 more kids and they are suffering greatly to make ends meet. My dad works all the time and I feel guilty eating there food and everything. Should I move out? I make 1700 a month.

For some reason, it takes me a long time to warm up to little kids when I meet them - especially if they're physically all over me and I just met them for the first time. My boyfriend took me to his cousins house a while ago and they have a son. The boy was climbing all over me and sitting on my lap (cute, yes, I just felt like this was a weird boundary for me as I'd only known the kid 15 minutes lol). I know a lot of children are warm and taught to be affectionate and that it's a healthy sign of connecting, but I personally felt like I needed to be more comfortable with the boy before he touch my hair and start grabbing my arms/legs. I didn't want to hurt his feelings and his parents told him it's "not nice" - but I didn't want to seem like I was being cold and push the kids away. Is this normal to feel like a child I never met is invading my "personal space" by being all over me - or am I just too sensitive and have to learn to be more open with children.

Okay, so my parents split up (they were never married, so it was easy for them to go their separate ways) when my brother and I were 10, we're 15 now. My aunt (mom's sis) and my dad started seeing each other a couple of years ago and just recently got engaged my aunt and my dad are also expecting a baby. Would the baby be our lil sister or our cousin? My brother and I are slightly confused and we don't want to ask our mom (she has no contact with my aunt) or our dad (he doesn't talk to us much, except for certain holidays)

reason I ask, our son is snooping around, thanks

I need a parent's perspective. I was raised in a rural area. Very Christian and conservative. Being gay would have been a huge scandal. Early on I knew I had an attraction to other girls. But I was taught that being gay was a sin. I knew no one would understand or approve of my same-sex attractions so I never said anything. I thought I would have grown out of my lesbian attractions but at age 25 I still struggle with it. I don't want to be gay but I haven't been able to make myself straight. My parents are proud of me. I was a successful college athlete that actually graduated in four years. I landed a good job right out of college and have done well so far. Yet I feel like a failure since I'm a closeted lesbian. I'm afraid to tell my parents I'm gay. I don't want to disappoint them. It's not just my parents I'm afraid of disappointing. I'm a devout Christian so I want to be straight. Being gay is not acceptable in the Christian faith. I fly under the radar. As much as I hate to say this, I don't "look gay." But I get the sense that my friends and family are starting to figure out something's up. I've met a lot of nice guys. Yet I don't date them and my family finds that odd. I don't know what to do. Thanks for your help or advice.

So I live with my brother, sis in law, 6yr old nephew and a lab. I pay my share in rent and help out with groceries. No utility bills. I literally only work, go to gym and on the weekend do chores. Maybe go out on sunday. I keep my area clean. ( room, guest restroom). My share in rent is 550 and 240 in groceries. I was told that I need to do more around the house because I live there. Such as sweep, dishes, and pick up nephews toys. I cook my own food and pick up after my self. My sister in law cooks and leaves everything scattered. She sits at home all day watching pod cast because she doesn't work. I know this because I work nights and see what she does during the day. She sometimes cleans a bit like maybe once every two weeks. My brother keeps harping on me to pick up my slack in cleaning. I don't mind helping out only my schedule is tight. Am I in the wrong? Should I find time to help clean. May I add all the messy floors are mostly due to the shedding of my sis in law lab.

My siblings and I have different dads. My youngest brother who is now 8 days old has older siblings and I found his 18 year old brother attractive and blushed when saw a picture of him (i'm turning 17 in a few months) . I'm not related to his dad or family by blood. But my brother's dad is planning on marrying my mom. Is it bad that I have a crush on him..?

His parents are in debt, and i know he loves them but he gives them like 200 dollars a month and then on top of that thwy want his tax return of $1000+? He's 32. Am i wrong to think its wrong for them to expect so much money from him? They never ask his brothers?

my girls donor mother contacted her 4 years ago when she was suposed to send a letter anonymously but she didnt and she forced on my girl. she has ptsd and such because the donor ended his own life and it hurt her and needed time to heal while the donor mom wanted to talk so they broke contact, and now 4 years later she was ready to meet the donor mom and started talking to each other but people on the moms end talked bad things and my girl warned the donor mom and now the mom accuses my girl of starting drama 4 years ago. she did nothing wrong but she wants to know did my girl do wrong or

The age limit is there for a reason - to protect younger children who are not in their teens yet. It's common to see 9-12 year olds on it. After seeing the news about a 12 year old who committed suicide over bullying, this question came up. When children are still in grade school or middle school, and NOT in their teens yet, should we let them on it??

My baby's Father just up and decided to start using drugs and I haven't seen him in a month. Our baby is due in one week and I don't know if I'll experience the joy with him. I know it sounds extremely stupid but I miss him but I can't have my baby exposed to drugs. He's the only person I really know around here because I've lived in the city for most of the year now because I moved here from an hour away and don't know anyone else very well. I don't know what to do.

So I ordered my dress in August and it arrived in December with my measurements, as soon as I put it on it was tight and they insisted I had gained weight, they took my measurements again and said I was bigger. I got home and I weighed myself and it said I had gained 2lbs so I really thought it was me! Since then I have lost 10lbs and my dress is still tight! I went to my seamstress last week and she said she thinks I need to lose even more weight like at least another 10lbs! I'm the lightest I've been in over a year now. How can this be? What's going on with my dress? I feel so upset! The shop is taking no responsibility now I have taken the dress away from them.

and tells you to "get up and start cleaning because that's a woman's job" and then goes on to call you a ***** when you don't respond? According to my dad, the only justified reason for feeling upset like this is if I was actually in love with the piece of trash. I'm not in a relationship with the person; he's a classmate.

My mum passed away suddenly last month. No one knew she was ill until after it happened. I've spent the time since them taking care of everyone else in my family. I'm the oldest and spent so much of my childhood taking care of the family or the house for my parents that it seems natural that everyone has been coming to me for everything. I've been so busy taking care of everyone that her death doesn't seem quite real yet. Now I'm wondering when it will seem real.

Ok so about my friend, he's always been there for me. He's never let me down what so ever, and I would do the same for him. When I got in car accident for the first time, he was the first one there at the hospital to make me laugh. When his car broke down, I borrowed my dads truck and trailer to go get him. He's like a brother I never had. Anyways i currently live with my aunt, as my parents decided to move to another state. I stayed because I got accepted to my instate university. One day my fiend was staying the night, because he had a little too many oof drink. Everything was going perfectly fine till he had to go to the bathroom. I was gonna play a prank on him. I noticed that he didn't lock the doors to the bathroom. So I grabbed a fire extinguisher and was gonna spray him. When I opened the doors I caught him wanking off to a pair of my aunts panties. I just froze, and was locked up by what I just saw. My aunt has always been the type of girl to wear really revealing clothing, to just upright changing in public. She usually just leaves her clothing such as I knew he had a thing for my aunt, but I didn't know it was this bad. We haven't talked for past few days. He has apologized to me. I just don't know what to do. Sorry for my English, it's not my primary language.

My mom won't let me live my life. Growing up I could never enjoy the small things such as going to sleep overs or going to the park with my fiends on our bikes. I can never hang out with friends unless it's at my house. I get that she just doing her job as a parent to make sure that I'm safe, but sometimes I wish I had some breathing room. I know I sound like a little brat, and one day I'm gonna miss that feeling. All I really want is just some breathing room, I don't want to hurt her or push her away. I would just like to hang out with some friends here and there. Maybe go on a date with someone. Sorry for the English, it's not my first langauage.

I just got home from work and found out my 50 year old tiny mother with severe carpal tunnel and problems with her sciatic nerve has been shoveling the driveway in a blizzard by herself and her piece of **** boyfriend just sat on the couch pouting and playing candy crush. I freaked out on him and called him a "pathetic excuse for a man". As an equalist I think it's wrong to assign gender roles and hypermasculinity is toxic blah blah blah. But cmon. He couldn't help her? This is just one of hundreds of instances he does **** like this. Making her take care of everything. Him being a lazy, whiny, self pitying ****. His whole body language. They way he carries himself. He's such a ******* wimp. Not for a man. For a person. These feelings go against everything I believe in but I'm so ******* frustrated.

He is extremely controlling and has said awful things to me my entire life. My aunt and I were going to take a vacation together for my graduation present from nursing school. By no means am I privileged. I grew up in and out of foster care, my father was an alcoholic and my mother a drug addict. My father left and I was then sexually abused and raped. I have worked 3 part time after school jobs since I was 14 years old the legal age to start working in my home state. I have lived in my car and even moved out on my own at the age of 17. I saved my money, never turned to drugs or alcohol and put myself through college and graduated nursing school with no help from family all by the age of 21. Ive never been on a vacation in my lifetime. I'm now 27. My aunt got sick with cancer right when I graduated from school and was unable to travel. She ended up dying 2 years ago. She left her money to my father and she had told me by word of mouth that she wishes for him to give me the money to take the trip we never got to take. He got 500k in assets when she died. He told me I could take a trip but said I would have to go with his wife because he needs a break from her and it would be up to his wife where we go. She picked England...so I agreed even though that't not my top choice by far. Then he said "the trip is not about you, she comes 1st" It then turned into a 10 day bus tour of England or no trip. I picked a site to visit for one day and and he said no, bus tour or nothing