I was supposed to go to my cousin s birthday party today and yesterday I confirmed I was going. Then this morning my aunt asked if she could ride with me to my cousin s house and I said yes but then throughout the day I noticed I wasn t feeling good, like I have a cold. My nose was stuffy and my throat was hurting more and more as the day went on, I also felt hot like I was having a fever so i messaged my aunt and my cousin saying I don t feel good and can t come. I feel like they re mad at me because they both haven t responded and they both read my message but I don t want to get anyone sick and a lot of people will be there. This morning when I responded to them I didn t feel that bad but it s gotten worse. Was it mean of me to cancel like that?

So I was walking my dog around the high way, and this PETA woman came up to me and asked if I would like a flyer, and I said no thank you and she followed me saying "no take one please" and I said I'm fine and kept walking and she kept following me and shoved one in front of me and I just took it and said whatever and she said here's some more and handed me more, I started running sesh because I was uncomfortable and they kept chasing me and I told them to leave me alone, they came up to me and slapped my face hard and called me a disrespectful little girl and hit me again, I ran home and told my parents but they don't know what to do

My brother was hounding me about finding a job so I can have health insurance out in the middle of nowhere where I live. But then I need to take time off next month to go to where he lives 500 miles away to drive him home after having surgery and anesthesia. He doesn't have any friends that can do it and my sister can't do it because she has an ostomy bag and traveling is too hard for her. They won't allow him to use a taxi or an Uber or drive himself. It has to be a friend or family member. And there are very few jobs available here for someone who only has experience in meat cutting and landscaping. There is one job 50 miles away that I'm qualified for. Holding a promotional sign on the sidewalk for $10 an hour in sub zero temperatures. Even if a job came up, how long could I expect to have that job if I tell them I need time off right away to take care of family?

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I had a sleepover last night and one of my friends decided she wanted to help me practice kissing... on her. I kept backing out and I was so scared. I kissed her twice (with a bit of tongue and stuff) but pulled away after a few seconds. She s bisexual and I m lesbian (we re in eighth grade, I know that seems young but that s neither here nor there). I thought it felt strange and now I m nervous as heck around her, especially since she has been putting her hands on my inner thigh and stuff... She s known to be a bit flirty but this is weird to me. It s like she s trying to arouse me or something... Help?

My dad has always been a tough love kind of parent even when I was little , he doesn't show his love for my brothers or me and he's always criticizing/ insulting us , even when I accomplish a big goal I'm proud of he finds a way to put me down and make me feel bad like if I could've done better , he's mean and makes me feel worthless , I try to tell my mom about how I feel but she always takes my dads side even though most of my life he's always treated her poorly and insulted her whenever he gets upset , she tells me to her over it because he's my dad and I already know how he is and I try to but it's always the same thing over and over again I'm tired of him talking to me like I'm some animal and not his daughter , I love my dad so much but we are not close whatsoever and I really wish we were it makes me cry to think that one day my dad is going to pass away and our relationship was trash . I try to talk to him but he doesn't care and makes me cry . That is the reason I don't come over to their house anymore even though I love them so much , I don't hold any anger towards my dad I just want him to change his attitude towards his family because we love him so much . My mom needs to open her eyes and talk to him but she's brainwashed too and let's herself get insulted by him daily . What can I do ?

My 11 year old sister bosses me around and gives me attitude and I give attitude back and I'm the one who gets in trouble. Same with my 15 year old sister. I'm 18 so i think I should be allowed to do what I want. I don't understand why my sisters make me look bad. Is this normal ?

I got a part time job as an intern at a computer software company. I am very lucky that I am getting paid as most of my friends that got intern jobs are not getting paid. My boss is a 27 year old single guy that is the greatest looking guy I have ever seen. His is also the greatest boss ever. He spends a lot of time training me. I brought a picture to work and put it on my desk. My boss ask me who it was. I told him it was my mother. He said "I see where you get your good looks". "Your mother is gorgeous". " She does not look old enough to have a daughter your age". Should I tell my mother what my boss said. Moms, would you be interested in what a great looking guy that was 10 years younger said about you? Also, was my boss hitting on me (oh how I wish)?

I am a twentie year old still living with both of my parents and i haven't had a wonderful son and dad conversation with my own father since i was a small boy. Me and my own father always have had backlash on each other over small unnecessary things that are not meant to be proportioned out of and ever since I was really young he put me through much traumatic anxiety with his anger issues being thrown out on me and my mother has always been on his defense which i completely dislike. My father has his own favorites from my three older siblings but i really dont care if i am zoned out from him. He always has to give me a mean glaring stare when i am around the house and i have to cope ignoring him since thats the best thing to do. My own partner and close neighbors dont like my parents at all because of how narcissistic my parents are and it sucks I have to deal with that as if its fine. No they arent angry all the time we are a really quiet Mexican redidence who just rather stay inside at home than go out and have fun.

I'm a 16 years old girl. My parents won't let me go anywhere by myself because its too dangerous. My father won't be here till next year so I won't be able to get a gift for her with him. And i'm not going by my aunts, uncles or grandparents either. So It's only my mother I can access stores with, but I can't buy her gift in front of her because she"ll see it. So i'm going to have to make something. It can be something to cook or bake or something made with arts and crafts or sewing. I have those materials. The question is what should I make?

Okay so listen. My dad has heart failure and heart disease. For awhile everyone was you know, caring about his sickness and what not. Now, my brother was diagnosed with a brain tumor and I was diagnosed with severe Aplastic Anemia. now everybody is worried about us and my father hates it. He hasn't been to any of our doctor appointments. He only shows up if we are hospitalized. He made a fundraiser on fb to "raise money for us" and got $340 but we never seen the money. He just yesterday made another claiming the other one "disappeared ". He's mad that the attention isn't just on him anymore and he's using my brothers and I sickness to get money for his own needs. Everybody around him except me and my mom can see through him and it's aggravated. They think he's this perfect person. When I call him out on these things, proving him wrong, he gets mad and called me every name in the book. Btw I'm 21. He acts like he cares but actions state otherwise. He claims he's too busy everyday but he's disabled and all he does is workout, sit in his chair, watch tv, and pick up his friend from work.. that's it. He claims he does everything in this house. He doesn't cook, barely cleans, and he only pays rent. My mom is working a part time job and pays for the rest of the bills, takes my brother and I to our appointments, cleans, cooks, and buys food for the house. He says he can't buy food for the house because " he don't eat any of it

My mom wants to go with my sis, her husband, & my neice (17) to Hawaii & take my oldest son (13) with her. They will stay with my cousin whose son is 16 & my mom s sister & bro-in-law will be there. I have 3 other children a boy 9, girl 7, & girl 4. I told her it would be unfair for me to let him go & the other s can t & I think they would be upset. There has been other vacays with the same set of people that only my oldest was invited to go so I didn t let him because I believe in showing my kids that they are treated equal & not cause any jealousy or division among them. She insists he is a big enough age difference from my younger children that makes it okay but I feel they are at the very age where it matters to them. I told her if she thinks it s okay than ask my other kids herself & see what they have to say. She has pics of my niece & my oldest on the refrigerator & in the guest room from when they where little & my 9 yr old asked me why are there only pics of my neice & my oldest on the refrigerator. I also feel like I don t want to keep hindering him because he has younger siblings. My mom also already told him which I don t like & she does often b4 talking to me or even after I tell her no. My neice & cousin are the same age difference to my oldest that my oldest is to my 2nd son so I don t agree with how for my mom the age difference applies to my two oldest sons but not to my oldest & my neice or cousin. Should I let him go even though my other children can't?

I'm not my best in the mornings. That's when I feel my worst actually. I'm a night owl.

My mom comes into my room unannounced without knocking or anything. I hate it, especially in the mornings when I'm still tired and grumpy as hell. She comes in to say good morning to my 3 year old child. I don't want to have to talk to anyone in the mornings except for my child. im an extreme introvert. A simple conversation TIRES me out and makes me irritable. How can I cope? How can I tell my mom not to bother me in the mornings?

My grandma died two days ago(the funeral is in a couple of days) but I didn't feel any emotions when I heard about her, even after I saw her I didn't feel anything. Both my grandma's are alive(well were...), she was my mother's mother and even though I was closer to my father's mother I didn't hate or have any bad thoughts about her. We were only 3-5 km apart( well she lived more remotely close to a forest/hill) but I visited her frequently. Same thing happened when my grandfather died, he was living vis-a-vis and I wasn't especially saddened by his death. Now I'm a atheist and quite nihilistic but I never thought I was that stone heartened.

She's 12 years old and her picture on FB is "so grown up" according to her friend's parent's comment. Why doesn't she get a job then instead of freeloading on her parents. Her momma doesn't even seem a bit tired of it. The said coworker is actually an hourly manager and her 12 year old daughter doesn't work. That girl just goes to middle school and doesn't contribute any income. She does some chores around the house, but not 90%-100% like a real housewife would. Yet, she still wears trendy clothes. None of her (cool) friends have jobs either. Her momma doesn't even seem a bit annoyed with the situation. Why?

Basically, my brother can go out with his friends all the time, but I can't, AT ALL. I asked what was the reason and my parents said it's because I'm a girl, what's that suppose to mean? It's not like I'm going to go out and meeting up with some guy. All I'm asking is just to have some quality time with my friends. I've done everything. Do chores, get good grades in school, work hard, got a job, I'm starting to do after school activities (softball), and the answer is still no. I'm a good kid. I'm really am. I've never gotten in trouble at school. But I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that one of my sisters previously had gotten pregnant at 14, and she's 32 right now. And this one time, my brother was speaking to his girlfriend on FaceTime and my mother supported it, but didn't want to tell my dad because he'd freak out, but every time when one of my older sister makes a joke about me having a boyfriend (I don't) my mom wants to turn serious. I'm smart enough to know not to go around and have sex with some boy and get pregnant. I trust them, but they clearly don't have a trust in me. And now, I'm starting to lose my trust in them. I feel I can't even talk to my parents about anything, especially when it has to do with going to my one my closest friends birthday party. (They still said no). Whenever I see someone going shopping at the mall with their friends, I feel upset because I can't do the same. My parents are strict, wayy too strict, and it's hurting me mentally.

My mom is the landlord and there's two families living with us. One on top and one on the bottom, so we basically have the middle part to ourself and half of the basement in the bottom. So in total, it's like 4 rooms. Here's the situation; my two older sister live with us & she has kids of her own, so there's barely any space. They're both 32, and 34, but that's the problem, electric bill is always so high(b/c of the kids leaving the lights and tv on) that one of my sisters (34) don't even help pay it, nor help pay the rent. My other sister (32) is trying to make ends meet and every time when my mom talks to my other sister (34) to move out, she gets all angry and annoyed. My brother has his own room by 17, and the only reason he got that room was because I sacrificed it for him And around that time, I was only 13, so I didn't exactly understand much about privacy, but now that I'm 15 going to 16 this year, I'm quite annoyed. I need my own privacy and space. It's not fair for me. My mom did told me that my sisters are going to be moving out together this year, but I don't even know what to believe because that's the same thing they said many times before. This situation is embarrassing. I can't even have friends over, or FaceTime because of the situation. I'm grateful. I really am. But I need my own privacy. I share a bed with my mom, and my dad sleeps in a separate bed in the same room. Heck, even the family downstairs don't have space.

Let me start by saying that I never thought I would be one to write such an awful thing. My brother and I did everything together as children. We were practically best friends. But the older he got, the more verbally abusive he got, telling me all sorts of things like" this is why you have no one" to "well see who's gonna make it in life". My father has been gone ever since I was a toddler so I have no other male figure. I recently had an argument with my mom and when she told him about it he came barging through the room, at first it was all verbal and I kept ignoring him as much as I could but then he grabbed mom's big bag and threw it at my face, then he headed to the stand lamp, removed it from the extension cord and threw it at me. It broke onto my hand and left a terrible bruise. I tried telling mom but she said that he feels awful and that he'll never do it again. I have no place to go to, no friends and no family members in the country. I'm thinking about ending it all.

I'm 18 and I've had my own car for about a year now (I paid for it and my mom transferred the title over to me). My dad can't hold a job for more than a month and then he'll be unemployed for the longest time before getting another low paying job, and then the cycle repeats. It's sad. 53 years old and can't hold a job. His excuse is always "I got laid off". I'm paying for his laziness because he ALWAYS has to use my car. It's ridiculous. I'll be at a friends house and he'll expect me home early the next morning just because he wants to go somewhere. Guess what? He's out using my car and I got to go to work in 10 minutes, tough sh*t! I get to be late because he won't hurry his a$$ up and get home. 90 percent of the time he takes me to work in my own car just because he has to use it. It's just retarded to have to be taken everywhere in my own car. My mom is the breadwinner. She pays all the bills he does nothing. And he gets mad about sh*t that I do to MY OWN car. Like I put underglow on it so I could show off when I go to my friends houses and he got pi$$y at me, when I spent my own money on it. How should that bother him at all? The only reason I let him keep using it is because I feel he's gonna kick me out if I don't, and I can't afford to live on my own yet.

I have 4 kids 2 sons and 2 step daughters and I've noticed my husband is way closer to his 2nd daughter than the eldest , he's also way closer to her than his 2 sons. Its bothered me and I've addressed this to him but every time he just ignored me it's like he doesn't even care to hide it anymore.

Im 28 years old and live at home. As someone who has anxiety and get triggered easily, I do not appreciate being sharply spoken to or encroached upon. As I was sitting in my room meditating, my stepfather LOUDLY banged on my door and yelled at me and demanded me to put my laundry in the dryer. I told him I was going to do it and I wasn't going to just leave my clothes in the wash. He refused to listen to me and yelled at me to do it immediately. After the confrontation, I was shaking for over an hour and was stressed. I wanted to tell him off and tell him how rude he was but I didn't because it could have started a fight. How do I cope?

I'm dating someone a few years younger than me. More than five years but it's not that's bad. When he gets older it'll be less big. But we're in love. He's also my first interracial relationship but things are getting serious. We both kind of know we're the one for each other. He wants to meet my family, he took me to meet his relatives. This guy is everything, even my friends think we're cute. I feel like a kid again with him he's Prince Charming. I don't think they'll care about the interracial part I just think they might be put off by the age gap. But he's the one, it's magical. He treats me like a princess. He respects me, he spoils me. I feel alive with him it's electric

I walked in the door after work and my stepkid said "get out of my house!" to me. He had a serious look on his face. I was upset that my husband didnt back me up when I said it was disrespectful. My husband just said I was being too sensitive. Who is in the right, me or my husband?

Well, when I was 11 and my sister only 8, I locked her in a shed at our friends house as the friend and his parents and siblings left town for 3 weeks. I locked her in while she was napping so she would not see it was me. After I came home and said I didn't know where my sister was as she wouldn't skateboard with me, our Mom got concerned. Two hours later it was getting dark and she began to really worry and an hour after that called the police. Police came and by 10 00PM the search helicopters were out. The next morning an Amber Alert was issued (this was in 2001 so in the early days of the system). Throughout the day friends called my mother and came and brought us food and gave hugs and said it would be okay. I really enjoyed the attention. Our Dad who seldom came around even came with his bride and gave his regards and was questioned by police. I was questioned and simply said she wouldn't ride with me cause she says I am a bully so that I didn't see her after that. I knew with that story and my sister not knowing who locked her in that I would not be caught. For two weeks it was all over the news. CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the other national networks were all at our house. People gave me hugs, brought their kids (my friends) over to see me and I got to play with them each day. Each night I got to see my face on the news. It was awesome and the best two weeks of my life. My Mom was becoming extremely distraught and felt she had lost her daughter. Local sex offenders, known criminals, even my father's other ex-wife, were all taken into be questioned. Since I am good at disguising my voice at day 14, which was the last day of summer before school started, I went out on my skateboard for the first time since my sister went missing and went to a pay phone and called police to give a tip. Police surrounded the house mentioned in the tip I left, guns drawn, and my sister was heard in the shed yelling "anyone there, help please", She was rescued, my mother became hysterical and drove to the scene with my grandmother and I, and we were all reunited. At that point I had begun to worry a little about her in there that long as I did still love her and saw my mother was losing hope. One week later was September 11th of the year of the attacks and the story fell to the back burner. For a week prior it had been "She is found, no signs of abuse, now the question who did this or was it a terrible accident". I was slightly worried that week someone may find out it was me but not worried for more then a few minutes a day. After Sept. 11th I never feared being caught again. Come age 20, when my mother died of cancer, I came forward and confessed. It even led to an interview by police of me. Due to my age at the time no charges were pressed and by then I realized how HORRIBLE I was to have put my Mom, the police, and my sister through this. I caused a terrible waste of police resources. So by no means am I encouraging this at all. I caused a lot of pain for two weeks. However, with my sister's blessings, I did write a book about it. 60 percent of the money earned went to my sister and her now two kids as well as the local police department. No joke, this is a true story. We lived 20 minutes from NYC so there are the news sources that covered it the most. So if you have not done this then you are not as bad as me. Funny thing, my sister and I hated each other's guts before I trapped her for two weeks. Again though, DO NOT DO THIS, as I caused terrible pain and the guilt hurt when my mother died of cancer even though at the time in 2001 I found it exciting. I should add this--She had access to food and water in the shed. I made sure they had that in there. Not sure how bad the food was but it was food. WELL THREE OUT OF FOUR CAUGHT ME FOR MAKING THIS UP. I FORGOT TO PUT A CLAIM OF FOOD AND WATER IN THERE. THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION. IT IS LIKE A HOME ALONE MOVIE. NOT A TRUE STORY BUT MAYBE A GOOD NOVEL ONE DAY. NOTHING I WOULD EVER DO OR THINK OF DOING. JUST TESTING HOW BELIEVABLE PEOPLE ARE ON HERE. WILL COME UP WITH A NEW STORY TOMORROW EQUALLY AS CRAZY. I WAS LEFT HOME ALONE OVER CHRISTMAS (LIKE THE MOVIE).

I was in the bathroom and I left my phone ipad and headphones in there and my stupid mom went in and snooped through my stuff and came to me and yelled how "immature" i am because of the inappropriate texts on my phone, she took my phone too. i'm so pissed. i got it for christmas from tbem so she has no right to do that, what do i do ::

I'm 22 and I've been dating him for 3 years. My parents HATE him and they would die if they found out the truth. I told my mom that I'm going to Florida with my friends for spring break but in reality, I'm going to see him in Georgia. The reason why I said a different state because she knows he lives in Georgia, stupid but my mom remembers details. I didn't want to make it obvious... anyway, she asked me for the dates that I'll be travelling and now she wants the Airbnb address that I'll be staying at with my "friends". My plan is to give her a random address in Florida. It is only a week's trip. Can someone with strict parents calm me down, I'm freaking out because my mom will literally take my passport if I was honest with her. She hates his guts and she also thinks we broke up a long time ago. I'm scared.

My significant other & I have been dating for a few months now but in those few months, I've observed that his mother is strange... She demands absolutely ridiculous things & if they are not completed her way, it's never enough. I get it, it might be a part of her parenting & how their family works... but now it's like she's trying to control me. Because of how my partners mother is, they do NOT have any good relationship with each other at all. She asked for my contact info & at the time I didn't think anything bad so I gave it to her. Everyday since then, she encourages me to break up with her son because he is a "liar, harasses her, bullies her & lies about me & towards me". (Not true at all) She then demanded for my parents contact info & even told her side of the family that I am only with her son to have strict intercourse with (as my partner said, even caught on record). I confronted her MATURELY about it & she got upset, told me that she "respects me and would never do that". She then threatened to find out where I live and tell my parents that I am harassing her & demanded that I leave & to not come back. I told her that I understand & I left. My partner then told me that his grandparents threatened him & physically hurt him & said that they would come after me & my family because I had no right to confront her & come over to their house. I do not want to leave my partner but I also don't know what to do now. Any advice? Thanks.

Having 3 young kids and 1 on the way, wife and I save about $300 a month. Our kids go to a religious school and feel bad taking them out. Want to save more, but it's important to us. Wondering what others save when they have a family?

My family act like they can hand pick who's related to them, based on looks.

I have a brother who is two years older than me and for six years it was just the two of us until my baby sister came along. him and i were real close. It was like those sibling friendships from the movies where the little sister gets picked on but at the end of the day we're bffs? we stayed close until i was about 14 and he was 16. he started ignoring me,i was cool with that he was sixteen he didnt need a little sister following him around. then gradually he kind of started to hate me the older i got. a couple months ago i got grounded for smoking weed (Lol)bc he snitched. the 'rents took my phone and ipad and when they were ok with giving me my ipad back he had taken it? so i txted him he never answered me, never paid me back, and my parents don't give a **** because he's the golden child. i genuinly do not like him. he's honestly turned into an asshole, he's only nice to my parents so that he can get whatever the hell he wants i mean the kid is 19 and lives at home for free and has like two friends. my parents absolutely respect him more-no matter how much they try to deny it. he's downright rude and i dont know if its normal?? my friends's brother take them out to concerts and dinner and have genuine conversations with them so is it just him? am i overreacting? it it some type of guy hormone thing where they just don't like seeing someone living a better life than them? i try not to be jealous that he gets to trvel the world and that my parents buy him everything

I m a late sophomore right now and I ve had most of my life planned out. I was gonna apply for college and go right after graduation like everyone expects me too but I recently changed back to my original plan when I was younger, after graduation move out somewhere and get a taste of adult life first before applying to a college. Nothing s set in stone , I know that, but this decision is not changing. I m moving out as soon as I get the chance. I can t stand my parent. He s homophobic and judgmental. I m so trapped here I have to get away. And this isn t sudden teenage hormones and frustration, it s been like this forever. I ve considered starting with an apartment and building from there. Please, I need to know where to start so I can early. Sorry for making this long.

She cleaned it half assed not the proper way I do it. I offered to do it because I am an expert. Dunno how she works or adults period when she cant' take a little screaming for a few hours in her face. I was screaming whole time while she was packing to move and she just kept muttering leave me alone. All drill sergeants do that and boss's do that. She said they would get sued if they treated their employees like I treat her or arrested.

I fell in love for the first real time about a year ago. my mom has been best friends with his mom for years until we began talking, about a month after we began talking they stopped being friends, they never hang out anymore and his mom went and got remarried to his dad after 4 years of divorce... they were only back together for 3 days... his family loves us being together, however my dad is always telling my mom things like "they only come around for food" or "they stay around here for money" it is getting old. he never done this when I was with the guy I was with before... he was a drug head and the one right before that he rapped me and they were perfectly fine with it I made him leave and they wanted me to get back with him.wtf.why can't I be happy. We have been together a year & I am happy, we are both satisfied. We both love our lives. We bought us a single wide that is being fixed up, and his grandma is going to let us put it on her land. Would I be wrong to stop having anything to do with my family? My mom is constantly running her mouth about how we stay around each other "too" much. & it's a bad relationship. yet she was pregnant with me at 15? Excuse me? No honey. And then she didn't even keep me until I was 9. & if I bring that up she denies every bit of it. & still until this day she threatens to send me off to mental institutions. Would this be a way to show them that they can not control me forever? I am 22 out of hs & on my own with my own income & job.