(i'm 15)so today i was about to go to my boyfriends house and my parents know him and all that but right before i left my mom kept nagging on me like "you better be honest with me about where you're going you better not lie" and stuff like that (not yelling she was just berating me so much) even though i always tell her where i'm going and with who, but she never believes me or trusts me which makes me feel horrible because i'm telling the truth! what's the point of telling the truth if you're going to not trust me anyways. she does this a lot and it the reason i hangout with the same four people all the time is because she won't let me hangout with anyone new. so my thing today with my boyfriend i ended up cancelling because it would've been cut short anyways and i thought it would make my mom happy. well, i told her and then she came into my room and said "you're so lazy why do you never do anything you're always in your room" like what? i was going to until you guilted me out of it! and i also feel like my boyfriend thinks i'm avoiding him which i am not. she ruins my friendships, relationships, and makes me so so so so stressed out that i cry. i feel like i'm so sensitive because i know people with stricter parents than me. i just feel so stressed and anxious around her and i feel like she's ruining the time i have at this age where i don't have to worry about anything. sorry for the rant but i really need advice why does she do this and why am i so stressed out by her!!?

we were on a plane yesterday, going to our vacation destination. during the flight, my dad drank a lot of beer, and at one point, he took off all his clothes, propped his legs up on the seat in front of him, and began farting really loud. everyone laughed their heads off, while the flight attendants were so horrified they didnt know what to do. when the plane landed, he rolled around naked, farting and diarrheaing everywhere. so what the heck is wrong with him? should my mom get a divorce?

i'll be a junior once school starts, and my mom says that she wants to start following me to school. she says that she doesnt trust me to behave myself and shes really concerned that i'll do something bad. but she's really embarrassing, because she's asian, she has an embarrassing asian accent, she smells bad, and she dresses really weird. how do i convince her not to follow me to school?

im 46, i'll be 47 in a few weeks, and im going to be a senior this year because i was held back 30 years. anyways, my parents make me sleep in a crib. they're just paranoid that i'll roll off my bed, so they make me sleep in a crib. my mom also forces me to wear pajamas with feet because she doesnt want me to get cold at night and she thinks i look cute in them. she won't let me take them off. if i do, she slaps me really hard and yells at me.

What's really wrong with me, I had a slight argument with this person and they blocked me. They treat me like **** and I still have the need to talk to them.

I'm 13 and a girl, if you're wondering :). My parents got divorced when I was 2 so it's been this way all my life, I used to go to his house every other weekend, but then he got married to a sociopath/psychopath/anorexic woman when I was 10, super messy and they got divorced. My 2 siblings did not go to his house and got counseling, meanwhile I stayed because I felt bad, (they had every right to leave, he was a bad dad.) Now I cry every night I am there, and yesterday I did in front of my mom and I hate this so much and I'm crying as im writing this and I have to go today.

Everytime i make a post on facebook i end up getting a text message from her about that post. Why do you think she does that? To be honest it kind of annoys me like. She did it when I lived at home now she still does it when I moved out. I dont do that to her...

i feel like my parents don't trust me at all. they pretty much never believe anything i say, and always accuse me of lying and hiding things. they also lecture me about everything and they're really overprotective of me. i'm not allowed to go to parties unless one of my parents follows me. my parents also worry about me a lot. my mom always thinks that i do or say bad things in public, which is not true because all the adults, teachers, church workers, etc. like me and say that im a good kid. but they never do this to my sister. they trust her a lot, and they say she can move out once she graduates high school, but they expect (read: will force) me to live with them forever. and yes, my parents are asian. and btw im 15, i'll be 16 soon.

We live in the USA. My son just got back from a study abroad program in the UK. He was there for almost 2 months and he told me that when he was there, he got a girl pregnant and that girl is planning on keeping the child. The best thing to do is probably to kick him out and encourage him to move to the UK to be with his child.

It pisses me off- i could be in my room just writing some stuff or reading something and he ll be all like what are you writing, why are you hiding that piece of paper and will proceed to snatch it off me- and i don t always appreciate people reading things that i write for myself. Or i could be looking at my laptop and he ll be like what are you doing on there stop hiding and i just want privacy.

Well I think he is a bad guy, he lies like a political person.

She went to the store for stuff and said she'd be home soon but it's been 1 hour. She's usually minutes 45. I'm scared she died. I herd ambulances but it was a fire truck. Help my sister and I think she's dead. We called dad who just sad to call her phone but we did. He's not worried that she died but we are. He's away with my different brother. We'll be here alone till Monday when Dad and Michael come home. We're scared. I can't show mommy's name here cause it's her Yahoo I'm using but email me below what to do we're scared and sad that she died. someone help, we need her.

My moms having a surprise party for me tomorrow but my fiancé ruined it for me. Either way the story my mom is giving me makes no sense so I figured she was up to something. Then my cousin texted me she couldnt make it to my party with a photo of her with the invitation in her hand. I didnt respond because I didnt want my mom to get mad at my cousin. Either way i found multiple things my mom told me to be fishy before my fiancé and cousin told me :/ How do I still act surprised? Either way i do not know who my mom invited so i still am going to be surprised either way :/ My fiancé told me because he said he couldnt keep secrets from me. I told him "either way this was supposed to be a surprise why would you even tell me?!?!?" I know i still will be but i feel bad for knowing even though they told me themselves :/

My family rented a condo in florida for a week nearby my parents, who have a gorgeous beach property. We invited my in laws to stay for "a couple days". Instead my mother in law went ahead and booked a nearby apartment for the whole week. She insisted that we stay with them at their rented place for the week, and had a temper explosion and threatened to go home early because we and the kids wanted to spend most of our time at my parents which has a lot more fun things to do. She made my partner so upset we spent a day with her then all went home a day early just to get away from the tension. Is that an unusual thing for a mother in law to do?

She is entering her senior year and when I asked her what colleges she is applying for, she told me that she won't be applying. Instead, she wants to go to some sort of school to become a makeup artist. I'm not happy about her putting her education on hold to do makeup.

So I put up hidden cameras in my kitchen since there would be dishes in the sink when I wake up, and when I reviewed the footage I saw my son with pills and he had cut up hotdogs and stuffed it with pills, I haven't confronted my son yet for killing the family pet and I want to know how I should approach this, since I've never encountered a scenario so disturbing.

I feel like I'm not wanted by that side of my family. It's really sad...

My Dad did drugs. He was a teenager and he was doing drugs, real illegal drugs. He has two pictures in his closet of it. He doesn't do them now but he did then and my Mom said you can't be forgiven for something like that. I did not realize there were drugs in those days, my Mom said they started in the 90's with things like the wars and Columbine. But these were drugs he was doing and it was the late 70's. Do I tell my grandparents? They are babysitting my siblings and I. I am so shocked I cannot think straight. I found the pictures last night. My Mom's brother did drugs and so we don't speak to him or his kids cause of it. Will people not speak to me if they find out what my Dad did in the 70's. Please, I need advise before I go to my grandmother. Also can he be arrested if I call the police or is it too late since this was back in the 1900's? Should I refuse to speak to him when he gets back from Spain on Monday with my Mom? Does this make him one of those people they call drug addicts? We have always hated my Mom's brother who did them as a teen so do I need to hate my Dad?

We have kids now.

They make lies that I am a gossip and post stuff on Facebook I shouldn't. There is zero credibility to that and the gossip is my mother. Their lies really upset me.

She's also married and recently fell pregnant with her first child. Is it weird that when i saw her pregnant belly i sort of felt angry, sad, betrayed? I thought we had a connection and now i wonder if she ever felt it. When i used to compliment her she would smile and flirt back. Feels like i blew it and should have done something earlier.

Since I was young iv'e always been on the "heavier" side and with my 17 birthday coming up it's only creeping up on me now i'm going to be an adult within the coming year and I need to make some serious changes if I want to keep my life together, thus as tribute twords that i've been looking into ways to loose weight because it adds to my social anxiety and iv'e always wanted to loose weight, you know the typical excuses. I don't remotely anything on dieting, excercising, etc. and don't have the time with almost all of it being taken up by school so, I found an app that can set up diets workouts etc. I still live with my parents and they cook every meal and have made it crystal clear that i'm not cooking untill I move out (because I burnt a portion of the kitchen down), so if im not at a friends or restaurant, they've cooked it. Iv'e tried talked to them about making my own food, which obviously isn't going to happen, and having them cook seperate meals for me because as far as I know, working out and eating food that's not heathly or at least someehat good for you won't help you get almost anywhere. It's obvious they hear me but brush it off as nothing and when I did manage to get through to then it was chalked up as to them being old and it's a waste of money and time. I'm really dedicated to having this work but with the restrictions of my social anxiety and them brushing it off I can't think of what else to do to get through to them. Does anybody have to advice?

So my friend is 17 and will be 18 in october. She didn't want want to live with her mom and she currently is living with her dad without her moms knowledge (her mom thinks shes just visiting him). her father is not on her birth certificate and they were never married. The dad as far as I know has no custody over my friend. Can her father get in trouble if my friend doesn't return home to her mom? Her and I are both wondering because Her dad is extremely controlling and she wants to go back home, she is honestly hoping there is something her mom can do as she is afraid to leave, she thinks her dad can get her in trouble if she just leaves. its all a very sad situation. her mom is in TN and Dad is in FL if that helps.

We've grown up as strangers. He's always lived on the opposite side of the country from me. The several times we were around each other when I was a kid, we were inseparable, you could tell from photos. I am 28, he's 38. When I was 8, I developed a crush on him and it came back when I saw him when I was 11 and 13. When I became an adult, he admitted to being attracted to me and having a crush on me. He got married almost 5 years ago and even after that, he would still talk dirty to me and flirt with me. I saw him a few weeks ago after 15 years of not seeing each other and we made out briefly. Tonight, we find ourselves still flirting and talking naughty to each other. I admit I have feelings for him. I try to get over him, but every time he writes me, it comes back to me. I don't wanna let him go. Is it abnormal or common to have feelings for your first cousin? It's hard to remember we're related when we didn't grow up around each other. I think both of us wish we weren't cousins so we could hook-up whenever, wherever and it'd be fine.

So my parents are getting a divorce. I'm 20 but nearly 21 and my sister is 17. Recently there's been a lot of tension between my parents and obviously it led up to a divorce.. My sister has mental health issues and has a temper so she'll lash out at my parents. Ever since I came home from college me and my mom have been getting into it.. I think it's just because she's struggling watching me grow up. So technically there's tension between all of us. But recently my mom said that my sister and I have been driving a wedge between her and my dad..She said that our outbursts and us lashing out drove them apart..I remember her saying "You guys aren't to blame but you caused a wedge between us." And I'm thinking you just said you weren't blaming me but you just said I caused it.. I feel really angry at my mom because she said that..Are my sister and I to blame or is this my mom doing it out of anger or is she refusing to take responsibility..

I am an only child and I'm very close with my mom. I want to go to college 2 hours and 45 minutes away (University of MN) but she says it's too far! She wants me to go to a college 15 minutes from home! I really want space and my own place and freedom. Since my mom is so overprotective, she is pushing me away without knowing it and I want to be farther away. I do like the school close to home but I don't want to relive the same area I was in in high school. Every time I try to tell her it's my life and it's not that far away she cries! I feel bad and I don't know what to say or do. I feel really guilty for wanting to go far away and she tries to make excuses and say bad things about schools farther away to try to convince me not to go. My dad doesn't really care about the distance, more about the money. And I am smart enough to get pretty good scholarships and the tuition wouldn't be that bad. I don't know what to say! I asked her what the farther would be and she said 2 hours. But she knows the only place I'm looking at is farther and when I asked if it could be a little father she said absolutely not! She won't even let me tour places I want. To be honest I want to go to school in Colorado but I know that will never happen because she can barely let me go 2 hours ! All my friends are touring places in other states that are really far and I feel left out because I'm middling our on going somewhere I really want or even exploring my options. WHAT DO I DO?!

Many single moms are unable to work because daycare takes up their ENTIRE paycheck. If they work, they would be working for nothing so that's why they depend on child support and assistance. It's not like they don't want to work.

Soo my step dad came into our lives when I was nine and at first, it was great. He was nice and caring to my mom, sister and I, and I quickly got attatched. But things have changed since then. He's always angry now, screaming and not understanding when I get upset because of it. All he listens to is politics and is now a mega conspiracy theorist. Now he drinks constantly. Every. Single. Day. My mom is barely hanging on a thread and we all have to walk on eggshells around him. All he cares about now is his little dog, who attacks everyone accept me. He even called me over dramatic when the dog bit my elbow and it started bleeding. He spoils that dog to death and is the reason he has so many issues. I try to contain my feelings, but I feel like he's completely forgot about me. He even almost made plans with some of his friends until my mom reminded him that my birthday is on that day. It really hurts, I've spent nearly have my life with someone that I used to consider a dad when my real one left when I was three, just for it to be all thrown away. Now, I've been replaced by a little dog that bites at us while he just sits there and watches. I was just wondering, is there anything I can do to fix our relationship? I honestly don't know if I really want it to be fixed, especially since it's all went to hell since my mom bought a house and everyone moved in. But want to try until my mom sells the house and gets a better job to leave and I go off for college..

I guess he was always like this, I found old photos when my grandmother died of my Dad doing drugs as a teen. He does not do drugs anymore but is an evil man.

My mom is 48 and my dad is 50, both graduated from high school (12th grade) back in the late 80s. 1. My mom literally thinks Australians still ride camels as their one and only source of transportation. 2. Mom and dad think Africa itself is a country. 3. My dad often asks my mom what I want as if she knows. (for example, my dad will ask my mom if I'm hungry or if I want to watch a movie, etc. He hardly ever asks me even if I'm sitting right beside my mom). 4. Neither parent can spell. I mean not even the simplest words. My dad once asked me how to spell the number "one". My mom is better than dad, but she struggles with words at a 3rd grade level while he struggles at the preschool level. 5. My dad doesn't believe in words that end in "ing" to him... it's "cooken", "riden", "swimmen", etc. 6. My mom uses made up words like "expensiver". 7. My dad - monkey see monkey do. He copies almost everything he sees and hears. (For example, some guy who came over once would rest his hand inside the top of his shirt as if he has a pacemaker that is bothering him, and my dad has been resting his hand inside his shirt like that now too ever since that guy did it. And more recently, whenever my boyfriend is around, he calls my dog "Dog" in a firm-type of tone. Now my dad calls the dog "Dog" in the same tone of voice ever since my bf started. My dad says it even when my bf isn't around and so often that it is annoying).

I am a 19 year old girl, and while in college, I bought a bunch of tank tops, and mom shorts. My mom is always giving me dirty looks telling me I look "too sexy." I literally see high schoolers dress more scandalous than I do. (and when she does see those teenagers, she pretends to throw up and tells me how gross they look). Why is she still interested in what I wear and why is she always judging me. I am literally not flashing any "inappropriate" part of my body.

My sister and I both have 3 children, and our families visit quite frequently. We have a great relationship. Unfortunately, she has a short temper and can be verbally abusive when upset... traits which she passed onto her eldest son. "Ben" is 19, and seems fine. He got good grades in high school, has a part-time job, and is polite to adults. However, there are deeper issues. Ben has a poor relationship with his mother, since he dropped out of college due to a severe video game addiction. This summer my sister's family was visiting us. Ben spends 12-15 hours every day playing video games on our Apple computer. His obsession is so strong, he will often force the younger kids---all elementary/middle school aged---to get off the computer whenever he wants to use it. 99% of the time, the younger kids concede because they are intimidated by his authoritative voice and physical stature. My son "Robert" (age 12) is different. He has a strong sense of fairness, and is more likely to speak up. Last week, when Ben demanded that he get off the computer, Robert replied that he was going to finish what he was doing first. This made Ben angry. Robert kept insisting that, "It's not fair that you get to use the computer all day, when everyone else barely gets to touch it at all," and "This is not your personal computer. We have just as much right to use it." Ben kept responding with, "I don't care. I'm not your grandma... it is not my responsibility to care about your feelings or your rights. I'm not going to compromise with you." I intervened when Ben started raising his fists and threatened to beat up Robert. The situation repeated a few days later, when my sister and I were out . This time, Ben lifted Robert out of the chair and tossed him onto the floor. The boys had a shoving match, which Ben easily won, since he weighs twice as much. Robert grabbed the computer mouse and refused to give it back, threatening to throw it in the toilet. Ben slapped him across the head and neck...before pinning Robert onto the computer table and whacking him very hard across the buttocks with a wooden coat hanger, while lecturing him on "how naive and foolish it is to pick a fight that you have no chance of winning." Robert was eventually crying, and the "spanking" left welts and bruises all over his bottom. In light of what happened, I don't see how our families can continue having a normal relationship. The kids have always had so much fun playing together, and while Ben always had a penchant for being heavy-handed with the younger ones (trait his mother also exhibited in her youth), I am in disbelief that he possessed such inner darkness. I am shocked, hurt, and disillusioned at the TOXIC and emotionally imbalanced young man that my nephew has become. How should we move forward? Can I even continue speaking to my sister?

Awhile ago my mother told me that my maternal uncle masturbated on my clothes when I was a child and that my late grandmother threw my clothes in the trash and didn't tell anybody about this while my late great-grandmother just hide them but she didn't told my mother about this until great-grandmother was in her death bed. My mother keeps the clothes in a trunk but she is not mad at her grandmother at all for not telling her about this, if anything my mother worships her bc according to her my grandmother was an amazing person and surrogate mother to her. I was furious when I found out about the incident and told my mother that I no longer feel any love or respect towards her grandmother and she went BALLISTIC and we got into a heated argument that escalated into a fist fight. Now we both got bruises and she locked me in the apartment until next week. Am I wrong for being mad at her and my great-grandmother?. "if anything my mother worships her bc according to her her* grandmother was an amazing person and surrogate mother to her." I'm mad at my grandmother too bc she also helped get rid of the evidence but mother only cares that I disrespected her own grandmother.

im a 17 year old guy, and i have a 14 year old sister. my parents treat my sister like an adult. they let her go out whenever she wants, she has her own credit card and she spends a lot of money on it, and my parents don't give a crap. they also give her a lot of freedom and independence. for example, they never worry about her, she gets to go to starbucks whenever she wants, for her freshmen year, she chose all useless classes, she uses like several tampons each day, and spends several hours on social media (which im not allowed to have) each day and my parents are okay with it. but when it comes to me, my parents, especially my mom, baby me all the time. they always snoop through my devices and my mom follows me to school. she makes me wear a diaper and a pacifier at all times. they force me to sit on a rear-facing baby's carseat. my dad bathes me and dresses me, and my mom changes my diaper and spoonfeeds me baby food, including in the school cafeteria. when we go out, my parents make me hold their hands. my parents also yell at me a lot. last year in calculus class, whenever i solved problem using the teacher or textbook's way, my mom would scream at me and tell me to stop using "the stupid american way" (they're asian btw). but if they're asian, why would they let her go to starbucks every day, go to sleepovers, use tampons, and choose useless freshmen classes? i really don't get it.

When I was about 9 my dad died because of his sister pulling the cord on his breathing machine and "accidentally forgetting to plug it back in". I'm now 15 and my mom is the only person raising us, and she's increasingly been getting angrier and more violent; Talking about how if we move too much while she drives she's gonna crash us into the next oncoming 18 wheeler, breaking down doors in the house while people are asleep because they aren't talking to her, and even one time a few years ago pointing a shotgun at my face because I had forgotten to do my homework. Basically, at this point I'm tired of living with her and my sister is not growing up to be any better, so it's currently 2v1 (and you can guess who the favorite is). Despite me never even yelling back at her, she's now telling me she's going to throw me out of the house sometime soon. My dad left me some items that are fairly rare and expensive, but I probably won't be able to carry them with me. One is a rare WW2 rifle, a pristine-condition sword from the medieval era, and some other historical items. I don't want my family to get them and either break them or pawn them, but I obviously won't carry them with me since I probably should carry more useful items. What should I do? I actually really liked my dad so I don't want his stuff to just get destroyed or pawned...

Hi Im 13 and my parents are getting to the point where they are going to be broke. I have 2 younger brothers one 7 yr old and one 3 almost 4 yr old. My mom has a job but my dad is forcing her to quit because he is opening his own coffee shop. You all may say it'll help my family but it won't. He used all of our money used for school to open that and every day he takes at least 1,000. he doesn't have enough money for that and is begging people for money. Today we all went for ice cream and my dad only has $5 of cash left and my mm has $20. we s[pent all of it and now we have no more cash. Literally no more cash. My dad is putting my family at risk. Our school money costs 8k and we haven't payed a single penny because my dad took it all. I'm so worried and have no idea what to do. My mom is even worry and my dad just keeps taking the money we're saving. he even took some of mine and still doesn't have enough money for the shop he needs 30kbut only has 2k but its too late to back out now.

There are 5 people in my family and my mom invited 7/8 people to stay in our house, making it around 12/13 people that are going to be living in the house. Mind you our house is small and just the five of us alone is too much. Our house is 2 stories and we only have 3 rooms and 2 bathrooms. My dad completely damaged our house and I always feel shame when people see our house (even the front and backyard!). I've been asking my parents to call people to fix our house and renovate it because our house is not good at all! My dad has a very difficult personality,very stubborn, and abusing. We don't make that much money because our Dad quit a job where he made A LOT OF MONEY because he didn't want to wear a TIE! We are in SO much debt because my parents are reckless and irresponsible, plus we struggle to pay our water bill and electric bill and they are so lazy when it comes to providing for us. The word "no" is not in my moms vocabulary and even our own family has said to my mother that it is okay to say "no", especially in an event like this where it will negatively impact us. Our family is a mess and we are all f*cked up! I was planning on using the summer to take care of myself because I'm trying to recover from an eating disorder plus seeking mental/physical help. After this I know my parents will not provide for us at all. The last time we invited guest, we couldn't buy anything for a month after they left because it really hurt us! Also my parents won't let me get a job :( I wish the family members that are coming in a few days could get an Airbnb because one of them is rich and the other family is middle class, but they are not from America so.... My family clearly hasn't thought this through and I've been explaining some of my ideas to them but they are SOO stubborn. They don't listen to me at all, even when I was diagnosed they didn't care! I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO sorry if this is all over the place i typed this wayy to fast I'm not 18 (i really wish i could move out) I've been cleaning the house since I heard that they are staying! Some of it is too difficult for me (ex. there is a huge hole in our laundry room that is leaking and has black mold!) Do you really think I'm just complaining while doing nothing???? I deep cleaned the kitchen a few days ago and it got messy once again. it's a little too late to just kick them out. They already got plane tickets, and my parents want them to come because they are our family. I don't own the house, I'm a minor minor so I don't have a lot of control...

I know live with my biological aunt and her husband so my uncle part time. They're in their 40's and I am 18. There's this girl my uncle and I always see who's 15. My aunt talks to her occasionally and she's very nice. Thou my uncle always makes sexual remarks about this girl to me such as "damn you should hook up with that, I sure the hell would" and a bunch of other things that make me uncomfortable. I feel like I should tell my aunt but don't want to stir things up cause they have a small son. Tips??