My mom works in sales. She has been trying to get to talk to the owner of a company Mr. X for over a year. She could never get past his secretary to get an appointment to talk to him. She heard that Mr. X was going to be at a charity event. She knew the organizer of the event so she paid her to give mom an invitation to the event. However mom had a problem, she needed a male escort to go to the event that evening with her. Since she is single that was a problem for her. Mom took a bold step and asked my former husband to go with her. He told her he would be happy to help her and he went to the event with her. Mom met Mr. X and got a big order. That was great for her as these are tough economic times for all of us. I did not know about any of this until someone at the event asked my who that hot and sexy guy was with my mom at the event. I did not even know she went to the event so I called her. She told me the whole story. I don't know if I should be mad at mom for not telling me what she did or happy with her for trying not to involve my ex husband in my life. I am confused. Someone please give me some advice on how I should feel about this. THANKS

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My parents have 8+ kids and my mother has abused two of them mentally and physically. I am one of those kids. My mother sent me out of the house at one point resulting in my walking around in 15 degrees F weather. I was soon picked up by the police and my mother threatened in from the police to send me to a mental institution. Later that evening I was mocked for not telling the police that she had hit me so hard on the hand I was bruised. Since I was ten I have had this kind of behavior towards me. I don't want to tell anyone because if I do CPS could be called and my 8+ siblings could be left with no mother all because of me. What do I do?

my mom is asian, so she is very strict, controlling, and overprotective. she makes me and my sister go to bed a 9pm each night, with no exceptions. we're both homeschooled, so homework is not an excuse. my sister and i were staying up a couple nights ago, playing chess and card games. my mom suddenly our bedroom at around 11 (we share a bedroom because my family lives in an apartment), and she yelled at us for staying up late. she beat us really hard with her belt, a metal rod, and her bare fists, and then she told dad to also beat us and yell at us, which he did. then on wednesday morning my parents told us our punishments. i have to wake up at 5 am every day, and do chores and cook breakfast for everyone, study from 6 am to 3 pm, and then continue doing chores and stupid stuff like scrubbing shoes and cleaning the streets. for every chore i dont complete by bedtime, my mom beats me really hard and makes me do 100 pus-ups in front of her. and if i collapse she beats me again and yells at me. all these chores are exhausting me to death, and she expects me to do nothing but study and work. as for my sister, she has to be on a wheelchair, wear a diaper and a pacifier at all times. when we eat she wears a bib. she must pee and poop in her diaper, and my dad changes her diaper. i have to wash her pacifier and her bib for her, and this is absolutely disgusting. please help, i dont know what to do this morning my sister was caught off her wheelchair and not wearing a diaper and pacifier. she was severely beaten and she lay in bed all day, and my mom contacted the apartment manager and told him that im gonna do all the yardwork for the apartment complex from now on. and i didnt even do anything wrong when my sister was protesting!

My daughter is 26 and she used to be very skinny in high school. As an adult she gained so much weight and doesn't do anything to address it. I told her she needs to lose weight, but when I do she throws a fit. She has her own place so what she does is outside of my control. However when I see her in town I can't look at all the weight she's gained. I tried to do a family weight loss challenge where everybody contributes $20 and winner takes all. My family was offended and pissed. I offered to only contribute my own money, they didn't take that offer either. I didn't tell them it's for my daughter. This isn't a money issue. She eats at an expensive restaurant by her work. She orders a pizza which is more costly than the salad. I stop by and tell her to order the salad it's cheaper and healthier and she gets defensive. She can walk to work instead of taking her car but doesn't want to. If she didn't have the money for healthy options I would most certainly provide her my own money. I'm 50, have heart problems and still exercise and maintain a healthy weight. I offered to pay for a gym membership, she declined. This is why she can't find a guy. I am a woman and I can't stand fat guys. I know most women don't because I am one myself, and my husband doesn't like her weight and offered to exercise with her.

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My older brother is accusing me and my mother of stealing his belongings that were in my mothers house. My mother said she doesn't know what's happened to the things and this has been a huge problem within the family. My brother has been very disrespectful about it not only being abusive calling us names he had also told family and friends were theives. It has been very distressing as were a close knit family. Me and my mother hasn't spoken to my brother for months and my mother even sold her car to pay him for the belongings. However my fiancé still keeps in contact with my brother because they done a few jobs together and continue to do so. Me and my fiancé have got into rows over this as I feel brother has been really horrible to the family but he says it's just business and that's all. Am I being overboard by feeling a way that he still works with him or shall I just let them get on with it.

My issue is that my sister always seeks revenge to others especially family members that stands up to her. She is the middle child and looks down on her siblings. Every time something good happens to others she tries to put them down and always talks negative. She even tries to pick on my daughter which is only 12 years old, every time I stand up to her she resort by spreading awful rumors to our other family and on social media and shows up to my house unannounced and says things like you are not a part of our family no more, which is crazy because she is not my parents she just a sister that has no friends. I stand up to her she seeks revenge and after we go almost 1 year after not talking she is done being mad and wants to be my friend. I think this is so fake and don't even get an apology. She always tell others if she is hurt by their words and that she just have to say something but when others stand up to her they are wrong. Seeking revenge and trying to ruin someone's reputation because they don't allow you to mentally abuse them is absurd.

I hang out with him at his house and he always cooks things in weird and/or unhealthy ways. Like, if he makes steak, he'll pan fry it in like 1-2 inches of oil, which is gross. Or if he makes spaghetti, he'll boil the water, put the pasta in, then shut the stove off and only turn it back on when the water stops boiling, which is crazy. And just the other day he made crepes, kept the pan on high the whole time so the crepes burned really quickly, and coated the pan with so much cooking spray the crepes ended up deep frying and turned out like fried dough. What can I do here? He refuses to let me help him cook or listen to me tell him the proper way to do it.

She won't clean her room, and protests if I try to help. There's piles of hoarding from the floor up past the dressers. Then our dining area is literally a pile of stuff no one has used in years. We fight because she acts miserable or gives put downs a lot. Ahe won't help herself. She wont lose weight, but I feel like I chose to he with her and need to stay?

My mom is very sensitive and I'm 14 right now. Yesterday I was hanging out with friends and my mom picked me up and I was upset but idk why, not because of my mom I was just tired. And she started yelling about how I hated her and how she would "never be enough for me" and why I couldn't be happier around her , she's giving my the silent treatment right now WHAT DO I DO

I don't think they hate me , I KNOW they hate me... I babysit for his mom and no I'm not perfect at it because I don't have any kids of my own. But I hear the remarks they make about how I look and act , His mother knows that I have a mild learning disability and she knows I get a check every month so she gave me the job of helping out around the house and babysitting , I help get the kids ready for school and feed them and make sure everyone is dressed and ready to go.. This morning her oldest son came over to pick the kids up and I said "Goodmorning" to him and he completely ignored me and said something to his son (He's 12) btw and both of them just gave me the side eye and laughed , His mother said something under her breath and made comments all morning and I've been ignoring them but deep down inside it hurts.. When i first moved in she was nice and sweet and we always spoke to each other. I've tried telling my boyfriend about this and he's oblivious to anything I tell him , He doesn't believe it he says I'm lying about his family treating me like I'm the red headed step child and I'm 26 he's 24 , I love him so much and it'd be nice if his family liked me as well. Hell I babysit for her at the drop of a hat because I know she works nights and she's tired. I clean up after myself , I help out and yet I feel like I'm in the way. I'm noticing a lot

In highschool I told a lie to help cope with some issues to my mum and other adults, and continued supporting the lie when it was brought up. It wasn't a lie that harmed anyone else, but my mum swore black and blue to everyone else that I was a good kid and wouldn't make something up. I've never told her it was a lie. Me and my mum have the best relationship in the world, and she's said so many times I'm the only person she fully trusts. I want to tell her the truth but I'm scared. I feel so much hate, embarrassment and shame for myself. I feel like she'll never trust me again. Like I said nobody else was hurt because of my lie, but it's eating me up. My mums been hurt and betrayed by so many people and I know I'm one of them. I don't want her to see me differently if I tell her but I know if I don't tell her now, one day it will be too late. I know it's cowardly but I don't want her to get angry with me and never see me the same and not feel able to trust me. I've always been truthful in every aspect of life except for this one scenario. How do I navigate this situation?

As a kid, I only lived with my mother and we were poor. They never came to a bday party nor did they ever pay attention to me, but I am successful 28 year old. They only reached out 2 years ago, but I always pretend to go on errands when they visit. What do I do? They said they need 2k to live pay some bills? What would you do?

My mom's a drug addict ,my Dad's gone,my friends hate me and my gf won't talk to me. Is there any way I can kill myself without pain

I think my mom is jealous of me. She constantly puts me down and would say horrible stuff. She will taunt me for things. She will say 'So and so is getting married and is younger than you'. 'So and so is graduating college and is younger than you'. She's a sick woman and reminds me of the mom from Cinderella. She tried to destroy my success and then berates me from not achieving things. She's also less attractive than me even when she was younger. She treats my less attractive sister better than me and my sister has even abused and beat my mom. I feel it's odd that a mom would treat a daughter better than the other one if the other one abuses them. My mom constantly makes me feel bad. I think she's jealous.

I'm 28 and have 5 month old baby. I NEED A CAR NOW!! How do I force my mom to buy me one ASAP?? I don't want to bring my baby around disgusting public transportation

They'll blame themselves. That's not right. It's my problem. I'm the only one responsible for my decisions.

It's hard for me to make friends and this could be discouraging for me. Is this because of the lack of relationship from my parents? My parents never really showed me any affection when I was younger. My dad was incarcerated and my mom was there but she wasn't really there. She rarely told me she loved me or just been easy to talk to. It's just my relationship with my parents is not like many others where I have meaningful conversations and they tell me about their childhood. My dad now just send me texts that he loves me but he acts like a child and rarely is like how a father should be. Even though I love him sometimes I wish he was a father that would teach me life lessons. My mom provides me sometimes with the things I need like shelter, food and water, etc but the love I feel isn't there. I love her but instead of being supportive and understanding she yells at me for being the way that I am instead of telling me that will be okay and just being my best friend herself. Advice?

Everyone is telling me to give up on my dream of becoming a firefighter God/Life hates me, 4ft11, average/below average looks, not smart/academic, 20 and look 12, get sh*t from everyone, born into a family with? hardly any money, been popular and had relationships but no one wants to know me, guess that's partly my fault though, same with family not wanting to know me, no qualifications, for U grades in all of my GCSEs, everyone takes the p*ss for looking 12 and being short, everyone seems to hate me/life hates me/God/Jesus hate me. No one will hire me, don't do anything other than sit at home with nothing to do. Sh*t memory so I find it too hard to learn a language, I have 0 things to live for. I mean I have my sister & parents but argue with my parents a lot & it gets nasty, they're nasty to me, been abused by my brother & sister for my looks, infact by my parents too, nothing ever in my life has gone right, I fail everything, everyone sees me as an easy target too. I know some of it is my fault but I'm sick of it all and just wish I was never even born, my existence is pointless, I only have my cats who care about me.

My mom is a confident and proud woman, who does not take nonsense. She is very respected and people do not walk all over her or insult her. She knows her worth and carries herself with good self esteem. However she can be kind of over proud when dealing with people or when she needs help. My dad is more down to earth, but at the same time seems to kiss up to or engage with people who do not value or respect him, therefore making him look really dare I say "foolish" However my dad supports the idea of seeking help from anyone of any age or gender and does not exude or support the idea of arrogance. I understand and like both ways, especially my moms, but if I take her personality, my arrogance may not let me gain help or experiences I need in life, but my dads personality might. However If I use my dads personality, I may be a victim of "Familiarity breeds contempt" with many people. What do you guys think???

My family hates me. Sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts. They all hate me for no reason. They bully me, give me the death stare. They know they do. But they still pretend to like me. Why? Why would you want to be around someone you don't like? I couldn't stand to be around someone I don't like. I would lose it. So why do they still want to be around me if they hate me? Is it simply to torture me and ruin my life? They act like I'm forcing them to like me. I don't care if they like me. I hate them too. I don't know if they know I hate them.

My brother has a classmate who's in a group home and his mom won't get herself together. My mom disapproves of the friendship. She told my brother to be kind to this boy, but don't make him a best friend. She says that successful people hang out with other successful people. I can see the point in that, but it doesn't sound fair to his friend. It's not really his fault that he's in a bad situation. I think that if they weren't in school together, my mom would've probably tried to prevent them from seeing each other by now.

My uncle and his aunt got married and now they're both gone he reconnected with me and now I'm feeling something towards him

@Coach Simon---I never killed anyone. My brother lied about his fiance. And no I have never lied.

My mom is a confident and proud woman, who does not take nonsense. She is very respected and people do not walk all over her or insult her. She knows her worth and carries herself with good self esteem. However she can be kind of over proud when dealing with people or when she needs help. My dad is more down to earth, but at the same time seems to kiss up to or engage with people who do not value or respect him, therefore making him look really dare I say "foolish" However my dad supports the idea of seeking help from anyone of any age or gender and does not exude or support the idea of arrogance. I understand and like both ways, especially my moms, but if I take her personality, my arrogance may not let me gain help or experiences I need in life, but my dads personality might. However If I use my dads personality, I may be a victim of "Familiarity breeds contempt" with many people. What do you guys think???

She's 10 and when someone doesn't like her she makes it her sole promise to make them as miserable as possible. Literally goes out of her way to annoy them and make a big deal. I keep telling my mom that she's going to have to start learning how to deal with being disliked. My sister literally wants love and praise from everyone and when she doesn't get it then she gets mad and tries to make everyone around her as sad and miserable as possible. Even at 10 I'm not sure this is healthy lol.

These children will likely grow up without knowing their real parents/family. Yes, the parents cannot provide for them but it's better than having no one at all. Adoptive parents can be abusive people.

so my mom and dad were arguing in my bedroom in front of me and my siblings and my mom called my dad a freak and my dad suddenly said in a really scary angry way "how dare you call me a freak in front of my own children!" and hit my moms face hard" my mom didn't reply and my dad knocked over the computer printer and smashed my moms computer and left and later my dad came back and splashed my moms water in my moms face and everyone was crying

I am a 19 year old guy with a 14 year old sister Lisa that I really like. I am VERY protective of her. My buddies like to hang out at my house and they also like Lisa a lot. Lisa has a lot of homework and she often ask my buddies to help her with her homework. They are happy to help as they enjoy helping her. Since they have started helping her, her grades are much better. Lisa is a very affectionate person so after her homework is finished she thanks the guys for their help, hugs them and sometimes gives them a kiss. THEY LOVE IT. It is not a romantic thing with her. It is just her way of saying thank you. My buddies just like being kissed by a beautiful girl. Now when they come over, the first thing they ask is does Lisa need help with her homework. They act like they are just helping their adopted little sister. I have told my buddies over and over that Lisa is NOT FLIRTING WITH THEM. Even so, I am afraid my buddies will get the wrong idea of Lisa's intentions. Do you think they will? Should I tell her to stop the hugging and kissing?