Family: Question: What do I do if my mostly estranged aunt starts stalking me on Facebook for family information?

Question: What do I do if my mostly estranged aunt starts stalking me on Facebook for family information?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 01:53 PM PDT

Question: My mom dislikes her daughter-in-law and has no feelings for the two children of her’s. Is she wrong not to see them while they’re in town?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 01:51 PM PDT

My brother is not with them so my mom is not bothering to visit them. It would be her two step grandchildren and her daughter-in-law. She does not really count the step grandchildren as any more than distant relatives. I don't think she hates the daughter-in-law, I think she just dislikes her.

Question: Is this a normal part of grief for a loved one?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 01:02 PM PDT

My mother died about a year and a half ago from terminal cancer and I still to this day nearly 2 years on feel so sad and miss her every single day. Some days I feel like I just want to die so I can be with her and have a feeling of hopelessness and tiredness of the thought of living the rest of my life without her. I am only in my 20s :( the thought of spending the next possibly 60 or so years without her feels horrendous. She was my best friend. I'll be grieving the rest of my life for her. I know we all lose our mother eventually but there's people who are fully grown adults like in their 40s and 50s who still have their mothers and I just feel so angry and jealous of them. Life can be so unfair :(

Question: Well I really don’t know...?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 11:31 AM PDT

This morning my mother called me to look for something she left, I tried looking for it and everything and it didn't show up so she comes mad rushing to look for it and she told me some really hurtful things.. She told me that I'm useless and don't help her out at all. When in reality I clean the whole house and her room everyday when she goes to work. I take care of the baby, I feed him and everything else. Basically I'm the black sheep of the family in her eyes. I'm only 17 and I'm starting university in like 3 weeks full time. I overheard a conversation she was talking about with my older sister (which she favors the most) telling her like "why doesn't you sister get a job, it's like she never wants to work at all, it's a bother." It's not like I go shopping and going around everyday. Plus it's not like she's gonna pay for my college things since I got free tuition and I have my scholarship money to pay for the books.I was planning to get a job when I start school so that way I won't be in the house a lot since I'm guessing that's what she wants. It's just that she never tells me anything, she tells everything to my older sister. Literally on the week of my uni orientation I got "good luck" and "I love you" from my grandma everyday and nothing from my mother. It's hurts me because I was diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and anemia just last year and my mother brushed it off. I'm really trying my best to not be a burden for her but it hurts.

Question: Since I hate my sister how do I avoid having to travel with her on the trip since she is a bad person?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 11:24 AM PDT

Question: My aunt is a deranged narcissist. Could she become homicidal one day because of this?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 11:01 AM PDT

Question: Im 13 and really wanna sleep nude but my siblings always walk in without knocking and if my parents found out they would be weird?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 10:26 AM PDT

Question: Son's diary doubts, family advice?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 10:20 AM PDT

I read his entries and he just wishes death to everyone. House blazes, etc. Is worrying worth it? Have a beautiful day from near Seattle, WA

Question: Should we move in with my parents after birth?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 10:11 AM PDT

Me and my husband have our own house, but my parents suggested that we should move in with them for a while after the baby is born because we will need all the help we can get. Not to mention that we are new parents. Is this a good idea? We do need a lot of help.

Question: Emotional stress from family what do I do?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 10:08 AM PDT

My parents always tell me to be a nicer person. And I really try, but sometimes I just need to vent out anger. My dad is competitive in soccer. So I play soccer but I don t even like it that much. I get hurt like every week and he makes it seem like it s all my fault. Everytime I do something good he just points out everything bad. The nicest thing he has said about my playing was "that is wasn t as bad as last time". This makes me feel horrible. I just want to curl up in a little ball and Hideaway from him. He is always comparing me to people who are better for ex, " See bla bla bla does way better at this than you. Why can t you be more like her? " This makes me feel so terrible inside. My mom doesn t help either she just talks about how if I always get encouragement I will never accomplish anything. Which I suppose is true but only hearing bad things isn t going well for my self esteem. I m not a bully at school but I am pretty aggressive, and I really want to stop but I can t with all the pressure from my parents about me needing to be the best and how I am never good anough. I know they don t hate me, but sometimes it really feels like they do. What do I do?

Question: What can I do about my brother's entitled attitude?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 09:40 AM PDT

My brother is mildly autistic and he currently lives with me as our parents are dead. Lately he's gotten very demanding and entitled. For example, for certain foods and drinks, such as eggs, peanut butter and sodas, I buy us each our own and tell him if he eats/drinks all of his up then he has to wait until I go grocery shopping again and he'll have to eat sandwiches or ramen noodles for lunch and drink water. The issue is he'll eat/drink all of his stuff within about 3-4 days and then start demanding my stuff and pitching a tantrum saying it's not fair if I deny him. To him, if I have some and he doesn't, it's automatically unfair, even if we started out with the same amount initially. The entitlement doesn't just stop with food, he's also entitled about video game systems. I have a Nintendo 3DS and he has a PS4 (he had a 3DS at one time but he broke it). He's always stealing my 3DS to play his Pokemon game and getting mad when I take it back. The kicker here is he refuses to let me play his PS4, whining "But it's MINE!" He's also always demanding fast food even though we have food at home and if I don't buy it when he wants it, he'll throw a tantrum and kick and punch holes in the wall and try to break my stuff. I really don't want to have to put him in a home or psychiatric hospital but he's getting worse as time goes on and I don't think I will be able to handle him much longer.

Question: Would you respect an elder if they were abusive?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 09:26 AM PDT

I'm not talking about the typical racist, bigot elder who hates Mexicans or whatever. I'm talking about an emotionally and mentally abusive elder. One who genuinely thinks the world owes them something, who genuinely believes that they're supervisor to all human beings, and that nothing, no matter what is ever good enough for them. They triangulate, manipulate, gaslight, and gang up on your in an attempt to get something out of you. Since they realize you're to big to beat the hell out of anymore, they use other forms of manipulation. And then on top of that they play victim! Like "how dare you ignore me." Extremely selfish and bossy. They look at people like pawns, not human beings. The more I ignore them the more gossip and rumors they spread about me. They say respect your elders but my form of respect is just telling them "act this way if you wish, and I will continue ignoring you until you shape up and stop being toxic."

Question: My mom wants to live together?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 08:43 AM PDT

Most parents, especially the mom, expects their children to move out once they get married. My mom, however, wants to live together even when I get married. The problem is my boyfriend lives in a different state and he wants me to eventually move to be with him (NY to VA). My mom is so against the idea, last time we had the conversation, she got angry. I'm not exactly against her living with us, she's my mom and I want to be by her side as she's getting older. But I also want to be able to live my life and try new things. I told her what if I like it there and I have a better life, but all she said was that I won't like it. And that with the 5+ hours of traveling, it'll be hard for us to visit one another, especially for her. In a way, I understand her stand point. She's getting older and she just want her kids to be close to her. But I still have a whole life to live, I should be able to decide things for myself. Plus the fact I'm already 30. Whether right or wrong, I just feel like she's being a little controlling and selfish. She tells me she wants to see me happy and have a good life, but instead of even giving this a thought, she straight up rejects it. I don't know what to do.

Question: Feeling upset and holding grudges?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 07:42 AM PDT

Lately I've been feeling really unhappy about how things are at home. We are not financially well off, but my mom and brother likes to spend a lot on unnecessary things. I've been stuck with helping to pay some of the house bills and also helping my brother pay one of the two cars. I bring it up time to time about it, and I always turn into the bad guy for that. Is not that I want to start an argument or make them feel bad. But sometimes I feel like they don't care about my feelings or not understand my point on this. I keep saying the way how money is spent, we could have gotten a nice, comfortable house by now. Is like no one is trying to save money but me. And with the bills I have to pay, I am not able to save any money at all. My mom keeps saying she regrets putting me in this situation but she also keeps buying expensive things. I can't help but to feel she's just trying to shut me up. I wouldn't care how my mom and brother spend their money if we actually have that much money, but we don't, and they just keep doing it. And they got me into this mess for them. I want my mom to be able to buy what she wants, she's taken care of me and my siblings, she deserve a better life now. I don't mind helping pay the house bills, is only the right thing to do for my parents, but because of the car, what I could have been living comfortably and saving money, got me into living paycheck to paycheck. Should I keep holding onto the grudge or find a way to let it go and accept this?

Question: What do you do if your teenage daughter refuses to care for her baby?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 07:25 AM PDT

She's 17, soon to be 18. She would rather hang out with her new boyfriend who she just met a month ago or hang out with friends than staying home and caring for the newborn baby. She sometimes doesn't come home until 10 pm at night. I am the sole provider most of the time and I'm sick of it.

Question: Physical altercation with Teen son?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 07:16 AM PDT

My son is 17 yo. For the past 1 1/2 yr he has become more and more defiant towards me by talking back, lying and failing grades not to mention not wanting to go to CHURCH. And questioning our faith. He even thought he could drop out and be home school. He stopped doing extra curricular activities. I went from being understanding and compromising to having to put my foot down and drawing the line. My son grew to 6'2" by 16. I've been the only one who set rules and guidelines while his father just sat there and watched. One night when I told him to do something as usual he ignored me when I confronted him he blew me off. As I started to get in his face about talking back he pushed me & things got physical. His father was there and instead of supporting me he turned against me and attacked me as well. They both cussed me and threatened me. I had bruises and a fractured finger. I'm a mother of 4. 2 adult children and one 12 yo. My ex comes from a backgrnd of being disrespectful to his parents & doing whatever he wanted. My ex also has extensive criminal record & time spent behind bars several times. We have been divorced since 2010 due to him trying to have sex with my daughter who he helped raised since 2001 to 2009. My ex makes more money than me and buys him anything he wants. I have never experienced this in my life. I just can't believe this has happen. It's been 3 months since I've talked to my son or his father because I cant believe it.

Question: Is this wrong of me to withhold information from my friends mom?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 07:15 AM PDT

My highschool friend moved away 4 years ago to Reno. I ran into his mom yesterday, and she said she has no idea what hes up to since he never contacts her. She asked if I could please try in co tact him anyway possible. I talked to a mutual friend of hours who ended up knowing his number, and he said the reason he moved away is becuase he doesnt get along with his grandma, and does t really get a long with his mother. I was curious myself what he was up to, and I just wanted to talk to him since we havnt talked in over 4 years. We had a long conversation about highschool, and what's going on in eatchother lives. O told him that his mom was trying to get into contact with him, and I asked if I could tell her I talked to you. He said please dont say anything as of yet. I dont want my grandma and mom to know about my life here. Well, his mom keeps texting me and asking if I've found anything out. Obviously I have since I talked to him. I havnt replied to her texts yet. I was going to and just say that I didnt find out anything, but I also dont want to lie to her. But I dont want to break my friends trust iether. I dont know exactly how his mother, and her family are.

Question: Hi, how do I get my child back from my relative. Cps took them from their abusive father.?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 07:01 AM PDT

Question: I am 18 in foster care. I want to leave care and go live with my dad. But my mom doesn't want me to. What should I do?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 06:58 AM PDT

My mom and dad divorced when I was 7. I am now 18, in foster care and I want to go live with my dad and get to know his side of the family. I love both of my parents no matter what, but my mom does not want me to live with my father because she doesn't like him. This is a very dificult decision to make. What should I do?

Question: Hey guys, I’ve been dealing with alot of guilt lately because I’m not spending so much time with my Parents.?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 05:46 AM PDT

I'm 21 years old, 4th year College student, Pre-med. So I've been dealing with alot of guilt lately cos I havent spent very much time with my parents. we live in the same roof. we eat together every meal (if I'm at home and not having a class). but I havent spent much time with them lately, yes I've been with them in the house helping with chores (sometimes if im not studying) lately. but I havent been going out with them like a real family bonding time. no we arent in a feud or anything like that, it's just, my studies. my course is really hard and it reallly needs to have a study habit, if not, I'll fail. I am no top student, I fail often in tests, I could just barely pass WITH a religious study habit. and that is the problem. I really need to put my time in my studies so much I'm losing my time for my parents. and I hate to be it that way but I'd also hate not having a future. Selfish or not, how could I live my future if I wont finish college? I really need to graduate on time and as soon as possible as well so I can (and that is my dream) to build a good life for my family as well(for them and me) but again, I always know that life is unpredictable and we dont know when and where our time will be. and I would hate to regret as well focusing on my studies. If time comes, I could blame it on my studies for not having much time with them. God forbid. inner happiness for me is what only matters as we only have 1 Mother and 1 Father in this world. Thank you so much

Question: How to have a relationship with my dad?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 04:47 AM PDT

So, my parents are divorced. I'm 21, and my dad gets extremely jealous if I ever do anything with my mom. However, I ask him all the time about where he wants to go, what he wants to do, and he says I don't know. He works, then he comes home and drinks beer while watching tv. My mom made a plan to go This museum and of course right after we make plans, my dad decides to go do something, but I told him I can't, but I can Sunday night. He got mad at me. I can't even have a simple conversation about our days because we live the same lives for the most part right now and when I have something to talk about, o get a one worded answer.

Question: Does it really matter who sits in the front seat?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 04:15 AM PDT

I was with a good friend of mine the other day and she was rushing to go pick up her older brother who is in his 30's (she's in her early 20's). Her family are kind of strange so I wasn't too surprised to see her fear her brother would lash out at her for picking him up a few minutes late from his doctor appointment. She was acting frantic and scared as she speed through traffic to pick up a grown 30 year old man from a casual doctor appointment, once again her family is odd. Before we picked him up (she's the driver) she kindly lets me know that once we arrive he must sit in the front seat. I didn't have a problem with that as it is her car but I was curious about it. I understand not allowing elders to sit in the back, as in parents, aunt/uncles, etc but a sibling...I'm not sure. Then again my oldest sibling is only 7 years older than me and she is very easy going so perhaps that is why I wouldn't mind her sitting in the back if I had a friend sitting in the front before getting her. Thoughts?

Question: I'm torn between forgiveness and confronting my brother for sexual abuse?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 04:05 AM PDT

As a young child I was sexually violated by my brother, the moment doesn't haunt me, but it is very uncomfortable territory. My brother over the years has physically and emotionally abused me as well, but he's learned to change for the better. I haven't told him or anyone except close friends and i'm not sure if he even remembers the act. I'm torn between hating him for what he's done and forgiving him, as he's been accepting of my transgender identity, and in general has been a better person. We grew up 4 years apart (he was 4 years older) and in a household with a great mom and a horrible abusive dad, he also has mental disorders, like ADHD, and Asperger's. I know it is no excuse but bringing this info to my mother or him makes me fear we might lose him as we do not have much true family left, I don't know what to do?

Question: Is it wrong what they are doing?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 03:14 AM PDT

There is an uncle in my family who didn't have a great career and doesn't earn a lot of money. Ever since childhood my parents, grandparents and relatives have been comparing me to that uncle. According to them i have few traits that match his. So many times these relatives have told me that i may have a bad career too.Many times they curse me using that uncles name.

Question: Who was at fault here?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 03:10 AM PDT

I came from school today after a long day. My dad was at home the whole day. My dad is an insecure kind of person and a psychopath. As soon as i came he wanted me to join him for badminton.He doesnt even know how to play and he doesn't even really like the game.He doesn't have any friends so he wants me to play with him. I was extremely tired and i didnt want to play so i refused to play. Then he started cursing me hoping that i get hurt and listen to him so that i don't get cursed. But i still refused. So he started cursing me more and more. Then i had enough and cursed back. That resulted in a huge fight and i got beaten up. After which my relatives who were around commented that i deserve it. That if i want to treated better then i must improve. They don't like me and have a poor opinion about me.They say i should be punished for my disobedience.Only if i listen to everything my parents say or else be punished.

Question: I so badly hate my father. I can't tolerate him?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 02:05 AM PDT

He is an opium addict. He lost his job due to his addiction. They saw him smoking and fired him 20 years ago. He refused to work and my mom has been the breadwinner since my childhood. He is 71 years old now. He beats my mom when they get in a fight. I really hate him. I don't know what to do about this. He hasn't been directly cruel to me though. Only that he didn't cared bout his family and acted irresponsibly.

Question: Are my husband mother (Freanch) and his brother's gf(French) rude or am I taking things too seriously?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 01:52 AM PDT

I am Japanese, living in Tokyo, and married to French. My French language skills are not enough to smoothly talk to his family in French so I take French classes after my work. His brother's gf told me a while ago: "I dont feel comfortable speaking in English so I was not friendly to you." His mother also recently texted me: "In France, at the university, students have only 1 quarter of English. and it's scientific English. It is true that students like Fabien who have spent the first semester in an English speaking country speak good English. it is a big problem of our French schooling.and besides, as we speak badly, we prefer not to speak at all. (this is our French mentality)." It is often said that some French people are not very friendly to those who don't speak French, but what they told me did not impress me. Is it rude? racist? or am I taking things too seriously? What should I do?

Question: Why is he so distant?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 01:32 AM PDT

My husband doesn't have brothers but he and his male cousins were raised like brothers. It's 4 of them But there's one who's like the middle I guess. He's 4 months younger than my husband and 11 months older than the youngest. He's really nice and has his own style. He almost reminds me of a kid in spirit. We never really got close although he's close to my husband. We went to his wedding he married this beautiful asian lady. I actually think she's the prettiest of the cousins wives. They live out of state but invite us to their home and we vacation there sometimes. They've got 2 kids and another on the way. Like I'll see him at the family functions but he doesn't sit with us or the other cousins he sits with elderly family members. I don't think he's rude, I just wonder why he's always been like that. I don't know much about him or his wife

Question: Am I a horrible child (19 y0ld) if I dont think I feel obligated to forgive my parents even they abuse me bcus they provide me like school?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019 12:27 AM PDT

I know it owe them because I wouldnt be on earth without them as they say. I mean I know should be grateful and blessed that I am not like the other kids who were left by their parents on the streets or you know stuffs like that. I am tormented for years verbally and sometimes physically (I know this is not allowed and be reported) but I think...I have to just forget about it. dad is keeping get angry or see me as failure or more likely going to fail if I didnt get his expectations like all A's or I just got in 2nd place. Mom, I am happy enough to get in med scholarship, I hope you'll be proud & stop telling that I'm going to likely fail in my life if I dont get an honor roll gpa this sem. At this point, I am my own thing & I am grateful of the things that happens to me even. I receive warm love and support from other people, not them. But time to time, it makes me think....I want to start cut off slowly from them. I mean I'm thankful I have parents but my memories of being with them nor them is smtng I would like to share to my future kids. But why does it seem I owe them? Why ppl keep saying this statements the love of the parents is the most meaningful? Parents and kida forgive each other? It makes me feel bad about myself....but am I?

Question: Today my grandma died, my mom is pissed I didn't cry.?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 11:36 PM PDT

My grandmother died two weeks ago. I've spent lot's of time with her, and she was always nice to me, never did anything to brush me the wrong way. My family has always been close with her, every weekend we would go over and have dinner. The dinners were nice. When she got told of her death mom cried in her room for a while, I heard the call on speaker phone due to my room being in the hallway over. I didn't really care for anything, so I kept reading. She came in the tell me and of course I didn't bat an eye. She didn't really like my reaction and just left me alone again. Today was the funeral and it was pretty boring to say the least, but around the end my mother had the nerve to yell at me in the car for not being "sad". Am I right or am I right to not really care.

Question: Am I exaggerating? Is this “communication” normal in a couple?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 11:06 PM PDT

My fiancé shares every detail of our relationship with his parents and relatives (cousins, uncles,etc) , even beyond that. Not even just our relationship details but also personal details of me and my family. He is my fiancé after all so I trust him, like e.g. whenever I feel down or stressed I let him know what's going own around me, but only to find out everybody in his family knows my business. I told him already that I didn't feel comfortable with him telling everything to everybody and he acted like I was exaggerating, saying, "no problem, they're family". Also his parents always have an opinion in our couple decisions, like if we discuss something one day the next day he says "hey, my father/mother thinks it's better if we...". I feel like a teenager, asking permission to the parents which we are not. I love him but I don't know how normal this is or if there's a way to deal with this kind of behavior. I stopped being open with him, like whenever he asks me about anything I answer, yes everything is fine! But I don't like the feeling of not being able to really talk.

Question: Help with Mom enabling brother?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:56 PM PDT

My mother is such a kind women and I love her but she has a slight issue with enabling my brother and its getting out of hand. A couple years ago, my brother was involved in manufacturing illegal drugs and my mom helped him through no benefit of her own, just because he wanted to make good money without having a normal job (partly because he went to jail before). Literally Homeland Security came to her door with guns pointed and threatened to arrest her if my brother didn't confess and he did and now he's back in jail. BUT HE WONT STOP TAKING ADVANTAGE. And my mom won't listen to me because she just thinks I'm being a baby. She's helping him with other things to make money (illegal but not hurting anyone I promise) and she's endangering her self (and me kind of) by constantly helping my brother. I know technically its none of my business (I'm in college and 20 and my brother is nearly 40) but I care about my mom too much to see her get hurt because my brother is being selfish. Anybody have any advice please? Update: Update: The reason I'm more sympathetic to her is because she enables me sometime with lesser things but since I'm an adult, I don't let her do anything of risk to herself. My mom also enables herself in the way she enables her children, she tries to justify what she's doing by saying "because hes been to jail he doesn't have a chance at a real job" which is not completely true. Any response for that? Also I know shes mostly to blame unfortunately :(

Question: My mother in law doesn’t consider me her daughter in law?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:55 PM PDT

in my culture we call our boyfriends moms mother in law and all that stuff even if we are not married because that's just how we are. my boyfriend always calls my mom his MIL but his mom is waaay different. we went and visited his family out of state and his family were telling her " wow your daughter in law is soo pretty" and she said " she isn't my daughter in law, she's just his girlfriend" mind you we've been dating for more than 5 years. my boyfriend also got mad and said just to ignore her

Question: Is it possible for a complete stranger to give an iota of a sh1t about anyone but themselves?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:43 PM PDT

My dad is dieing, from the same thing my mom did back in 2003, cancer! And what does reality inundate him and me with amidst all this turmoil? A heaping incorrigible pile of debt. I'm going to lose my dad soon to the same exact thing that took my mom, after that happens I'm clocking out and going down for the long nap. I won't be able to live with myself knowing I lost my dad because of money, a poison so vile and putrid I'd rather take a dive off a bridge than live with the fact I lost my dad due to bills so high there's no way out. If there is a completely selfless, humble being out there richer than God and wouldn't think twice about it, you could help save me and my father with a most benevolent gift. My paypal if you can help is communicationsxpress@gmail.com. If you'd like to help but don't have paypal, please personal message (pm) me.

Question: Im 16, My mother wants to kick me out what should i do?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:04 PM PDT

For the past 3 months my family has been badgering me about not having a job yet. I have been looking and sending out applications everywhere but i live in a small town and have no work experience so none of them have contacted me back. today my mom told me that if i don t have a job by next week that shes kicking me out. what should i do?

Question: So tired of problems and not knowing how to fix them. It has to get better!?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 09:40 PM PDT

Does it get better? Sick and tired of being tired,

Question: Why does it cost so much money to meet up with in-laws?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 08:54 PM PDT

Whenever we see his family side, like his sister or his mom we often end up paying $100-$200 each day for them. It's strange! Because of this I don't want to meet any of them. Quiet so weird. Example) whenever we meet up, his sister's kids want to go have fun. We ended up paying for all of them entertainment tickets and meals. I know they take advantage of us but it's hard to say out. His mom has a lot of money in her bank but loves us to pay for her monthly cellphone bill, gas and food. Why is that? I want to save. Just sad!

Question: My mom is making a huge mistake with her new boyfriend?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 07:28 PM PDT

Basically, my parents got divorced last year. My dad was always emotionally and physically abusive to my mom and I'm happy she free of my dad because he was a horrible person. Barely a month after they got divorced he was in a relationship with some girl who was like half his age to "show off" to my mom. A few months ago, my mom gets this new boyfriend who's in his twenties and I could tell it was to get back at my dad. I told her that she was doing this for revenge but she wouldn't listen to me. It would be fine if her boyfriend was a good person, but he's just another version of my dad. He doesn't have a job, so he just leaches off my mom, which is not good, because she barely makes enough to support me and my brother. He doesn't know how to properly treat children and is always getting into fights with my brother ( who is 10 yrs old ). He makes my mom go out for drinks with him almost every night and I'm forced to put my brother to sleep before they get back because they always come back completely drunk and start having sex on the sofa. He loves to pull my mom's hair during sex and I can hear her screaming at him to stop pulling her hair because it hurts, but he doesn't care. I always go upstairs when they come home and I can hear my mom screaming at the top of her lungs, not caring whether me or my brother hears. He also blows my mom's money on random stuff. In spite of all this my mom continues to stay with this man. How can I convince my mom to think straight?

Question: Everyone I love is abusive. I have no self esteem.?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 06:44 PM PDT

My parents and spouse and sibling. It hurts because I love them. But I try so hard every day. When I see they're aggravated, I make sure I'm quiet and not doing anything so I don't annoy them, and then the fact that they could tell I was trying to stay out of their stuff they get mad at me for that. But I'm blamed for everything and can't defend myself because when I disagree or try to explain my "wrong" behavior (i don't do anything wrong. It's just stupid preferences like washing the dishes at night instead of the morning) they start yelling saying they hate how I get defensive. When I'm so calm. I'm calm with everything because I'm scared of escalation. How can I have a close relationship with them when I can't tell them I feel that they're abusive to me?

Question: How do i tell my son he is going to die? REAL plz help.?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 06:04 PM PDT

My son was diagnosed with cancer and the doctor said he will only have 3 to 5 months of life. He is a litle boy, he is only 10 years old, please God help us. Im crying so much and my son have no idea and in some months he will die. My husband is feeling depressed and he is throwing up every day. My husband dream was being a father and he is loosing his mind because of this. He says he dont want to say goodbye and he told me that if our son dies he will die too. What can i do? How can i tell my son he will die in some months? Or i dont tell him? What can i do about my husband? Plz someone help us.

Question: My mom and dad don t get along. When DCF visits will they care if my parents sleep in the same room?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 05:26 PM PDT

Question: Why do some guys have such low standards?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 05:18 PM PDT

They marry horrible looking women

Question: I m 34 and single....honestly I don t feel like I need a husband, but I want a baby so badly?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 05:18 PM PDT

I don t want to wait anymore. I m not getting any younger and I am having no luck with the guys I have been dating. Of course having 2 parents is ideal but I want to be a mother and experience pregnancy. I am strongly considering going to a sperm bank. I am a physical therapist with a very generous company. I would have a long maternity leave and my mom and sisters support me one hundred percent. I know it won t be east but I ve been ready to be a mom for over 10 years now

Question: How do I convince my parents to not move?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 04:48 PM PDT

Hey y'all, recently my mom has been talking about move have way across the country to Carolina, we currently live with my mentally ill grandma. Her illness is getting worse so she wants to put in a mental home, and sell her house to buy as house in Carolina. I realllyy can't move I've been in my city all my life. It doesn't look like my mom cares about what I think, I'm usually pretty independent already but getting my own place rn would be very heavy on me. I'm 20 and already work 2 jobs 70 to 80hrs a week and I still can't afford a place. What do y'all think I should say to maybe convince her to not go?

Question: When there needs family improvement, do I chase them, or wait until they contact you?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 03:42 PM PDT

Question: Need help with my brother and mom?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 03:40 PM PDT

My mother is such a kind women and I love her but she has a slight issue with enabling my brother and its getting out of hand. A couple years ago, my brother was involved in manufacturing illegal drugs and my mom helped him through no benefit of her own, just because he wanted to make good money without having a normal job (partly because he went to jail before). Literally Homeland Security came to her door with guns pointed and threatened to arrest her if my brother didn't confess and he did and now he's back in jail. BUT HE WONT STOP TAKING ADVANTAGE. And my mom won't listen to me because she just thinks I'm being a baby. She's helping him with other things to make money (illegal but not hurting anyone I promise) and she's endangering her self (and me kind of) by constantly helping my brother. I know technically its none of my business (I'm in college and 20 and my brother is nearly 40) but I care about my mom too much to see her get hurt because my brother is being selfish. Anybody have any advice please? Update: The reason I'm more sympathetic to her is because she enables me sometime with lesser things but since I'm an adult, I don't let her do anything of risk to herself. My mom also enables herself in the way she enables her children, she tries to justify what she's doing by saying "because hes been to jail he doesn't have a chance at a real job" which is not completely true. Any response for that? Also I know shes mostly to blame unfortunately :(

Question: My mother yells for random stuff ,nit even for me and my father heara her screams and he says WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER AGAIN?What is happening?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:36 PM PDT