I have deliberately cut myself off from their inheritance and them out of my life. Needless to say, they were devastated. Why? Why are they devastated? If only more kids would disown their parents for deliberately choosing to raise their kids monolingual and to not even speak to them in their native language. How come other kids in my situation aren't offended by that?

He's 3 years younger than me at 17, but he behaves like the older brother. He orders me around, what he says goes, and he's much better looking and athletic and already gets way more girls than me.  He'll make me run his errands which is okay but sometimes he just likes to "f**k with me" as he says. Since he saw last week I was stalking his new gf on Facebook, he slapped me across my face and actually took my phone away for a day.  He's given it back but since then he just likes to slap my face because he says "you have a face just asking for a slap". In front of our mother it's all fine and he's never to rough but he wants to keep implying he's the man in charge, even though he's still just a boy. I know it's very lame for a 20-year old but should I tell our mother. I feel if I try to fight him he'll wipe the floor with me. 

My mom has schizophrenia. I invited her to my house for Thanksgiving. She never responded to my text or calls but I found out she is going to my sister's because she has a bigger house or at least that is what my sister told me. She said oh, I forgot you asked Mom. Well, we have more room than you and Wayne do.  I got mad at mom and left her a message saying she should have at least told me if she didn't want to come and my sister said well, I don't really want her to come down but she prefers me over you all. Sorry.  Should I just never talk to my mom again since I have been calling her since October and she has not responded? She has schizophrenia but she is well enough to drive to my sisters 5 hours away rather than one hour away where I live. True I am not rich but comfortable. I have always been good to mom and visited her more than my other siblings when she was in prison for attacking someone. I used to see her monthly for 12 years. While my siblings probably saw saw her a dozen times the entire 12 years. She changed to a good person out of prison but now she is resorting to her strange ways.

Hi I moved out at 17, I come from an okay family my mom makes about 60,000 a year family has homes and stuff for the last 9 years im now 25 I was 17 then I've been arrested been in domestic violent situation. I have two felonys and quite honestly I feel like my life is a movie. My parents don't know what to do with me. I haven't had kids yet i don't understand why I don't have a job a car or a place. 

Ok so I have a massive crush on my Father-in-law. Yikes. There's some strong romantic....and other feelings. I let it get carried away. Because I feel this way about him, I've been a huge b*tch to my Mother-in-law. I've caused a bit of a family rift. It's gotten serious. My husband thinks his parents are the problem. I've told him it's me, but without a specific reason he just thinks im trying to take the blame for his parents ane hates them more. Should I tell the truth? We have a son together and I don't want to leave. But I also don't want to cause family issues and I can't seem to shake my Innapropriate feelings. What would you do? 

I want to go to a good university, why do they have to cost so much money to attend? its stupid because these days in life you need a college education or you'll end up as a loser in life so i dont know why they make you pay when you have to go

So I was at my local mall looking to buy some things and I printed money and made fake money by printing money online and taping them together to make it feel real and it worked to buy some clothes at sephora and nordstrom but when i got to the apple store i tried to use a fake 100 dollar bill to buy a new computer but she told me i cant get it and didnt answer why

So I am a 24 year old atheist girl currently on a break from my university, living with my parents. My parents are Muslim, they have been pretty strict with me about boys, dating and all that. My father used to live separately just cause he has a job in another city.Recently he has been over for vacations too and so we all are living together. But one thing I have noticed is that he doesn't respect my privacy, he comes to my room if I don't lock it, tries to clean out and check my room when I am not home, recently he talked to me about my periods, that I should take care of myself in those days. I find it very weird, coming from a Muslim father, who has always been very strict and all. Also I find it quite disrespectful of him to be telling me this. My mother and him don't have any relationship except the fact that he's just providing for her and my other two younger brothers who are not earning due to some issues. I have never been close to my dad, he used to take care of me a lot as a kid but ever since I turned 16 he started acting distant and all. He never took my side in any matter, nor he cared for me in the last 10 years, hardly talk to him. So considering all this, I m a little confused, his behavior is quite strange and shady now a days.  What do you think of his behavior is there anything that I am not understanding?  My question is that him talking to me about my periods is really strange cause it's the first time in 24 years of my life he's talking to me about all this

Almost a year ago my brother blocked my mom on the phone because she "called to much". Ever since then my mom has been stressed to the max and she cry's ever now and again. We figured out today that he said he wasn't comfortable around my mom and he thinks any fight in the house is because of her he also thinks that me getting anxiety and me going to therapy at 13 is because of her also. I don't believe any of that and I have no idea why he is acting like a total jerk. He said to my dad he is worried about me but I don't care because if he doesn't have respect for the woman who brought him to his life and lead to his success then I don't respect him. My parents are super protective but that is also cause of our ethnicity. When he was i college my m woul call his friends and him to get a hold of him but that is because a mom will always worry about her child. He also thinks she's selfish because her worry goes away when she calls him. What do you think? What could be a way to fix this? And do you think he's right?

We got into an argument so she kicked me out and my sister came to pick me up but she kept rushing me and yelling in my ears so I wasn't able to get all my belongings I keep texting her about it and she's not replying to me so I texted my brother about it and he said that my mom doesn't want me in her house she won't give me 5 minutes so I can get the rest of my stuff what do I do cause I really need the rest of my stuff and don't start that crap about my behaviour cause that don't matter and NO RUDE COMMENTS because I'm always getting that 

I am not a parent, I am asking as a 29 year old who feels sad that It seems I don't have anything in common with my parents anymore and I find myself not enjoying myself around them. today, I sent my mom a short clip from Seinfeld where George got no work done at his job because its the day before thanksgiving, and she replied by railing against my unproductiveness and listing things I could be doing. It was just a joke, and this happens frequently and I don't know what to do

 I grew up with an abusive parent; verbal and physical. He left my mom when she had a massive stroke when I was just starting college. I stopped going to help take care of her. He started a physical altercation with me and I ended it; with me having to go to jail because he was a high ranking local police officer. I was a naive 17 year old and didn't know how to fight the case....he knew all the judges; prosecutor; public defenders. I was screwed. I forgive his wrong doings; but he's not been a part of my life for 15 years. I have no desire to have him being a part of my life. My siblings have said he is very down about me cutting him out. I don't want any stress for my bro and sis; but I don't want anything to do with my father. He royally screwed me over when I was just starting my adult life. Now I have a career a nice home and a nice life. My mom's stroke disrupted his retirement plans;. I still take care of her to this day.  I'm just going to keep doing me; and leave him as it's been for 15 years. Thoughts?

I'm in college and stayed here for the holiday. The crisis student center is closed for the long weekend. My mother is in a coma or I'd call her. Coma may be temporary my aunt said. I'm trying to get to Atlanta where they are. How do I get a flight out with the holiday, what do I do? I'm in disbelief. I'm in Denver and from Savannah GA. The crash was near Atlanta last night. I wish I could call them and talk but I can't cause their so injured. I don't have a father anymore (he died of suicide last year).   Please advise 

Should I have ? We never fought or had anything personal happen. She's older than me, in her late twenties and I'm in my early twenties. We stopped talking for good over 4 years ago and haven't been close since childhood. We have different mothers and both have issues with our father which contributes to our being estranged. There was no falling out we just kinda fell apart. I reached out but I'm afraid I just wreaked havoc on her life. What do you think? 

So when I was growing up my Mom and her family had a falling out and only saw each other a little. My Dad had a close family but a very small family (he was an only child). My Mom's father was a severe alcoholic. She was consumed with anger at him. She went to a counselor who was giving terrible advise and she followed the woman. The advise was to stop talking to him and not let her kids go to any family celebrations he was at. So as a result we missed out on holidays. This wounded me horribly as I was bullied at school and had a need for extended family. So we missed out for a number of years. Then I got close again in high school but we still did not do holidays since my Mom was uncomfortable. The family stopped inviting us also and I did not have the courage to ask them to at least have me once I was old enough to go on my own. I felt I would be imposing on them by doing this. So now years later the grandparents have all died. We got closer, especially to the grandparents, but I still feel I missed out on holidays. The family now travels with their own kids and we are not missing any celebration. However, I am overcome with sadness at Thanksgiving and Christmas every single year that I missed out during childhood on having extended family. I know them now but still fear they think less of me for not coming and yet I couldn't. I blame my Mom for a lot of it because she was so bitter and held us back though her father was indeed the alcoholic. How do I cope Thursday Coach Simon: thank you for the answer and that's helpful advice. I do reach out throughout the year and I see them in summertime it's just they don't do holidays anymore. I take a gift to those that are in town at Christmas. I live on my own now and I am 31.  

I don't have anything to do with my dad because he's literally no good and now my sister is harassing me and destroying my baby pictures. Neither of my parents care but my mom doesn't live where I do. Could I take my dad to court to get them???  I forgot to mention they are baby pictures of me from when I was a child 

If he/she said that you just a ATM machine, and that you better be making more money. (He/she are saying that you better be making more to compensate for their failure).  And also he/she blames you for their failures.  What would your reaction be, and would it be any different due to their age. 21 vs 17 year old. Etc.

Thanksgiving is coming up, and I don't know if I could invite someone who doesn't support President Trump into my house. But she is my sister, and I don't know what to do.

I know kids often grow out of being bad but I am wondering what makes an adult change when they are awful? My sister is 26 and terrible in every way. My mother hopes she will change. How does this happen?

My wife is 3 months pregnant with our first child and I'm stressed over the responsibility of being a dad.  From the outside it seems like I have it all together. I have a decent job, have a decent home, I'm a former Army Captain and I graduated from West Point. I still I'm not confident in my abilities as a father.  My parents divorced when I was a baby and I never spent much time with my dad. My mom remarried when I was 10 and my stepfather was abusive both verbally and physically. While my material needs were taken care of, I never felt supported or encouraged by them growing up. I just never experienced a healthy family life growing up and I'm not sure how to provide it to my kids. I absolutely hated going home at night while I was in school and never want that for my kids. Being a good father is very important to me. What advice do you give to a person like me who is about to be a dad and worried about passing the environment I grew up with to my kids? I appreciate any helpful advice. 

for the longest time i've been so embarrassed  to go out in public with my father ( i am adopted and i look nothing like him) my question is, why do i feel this way? i'm not really sure why i do, i just feel like people would look at my different if they knew i didn't have any biological family members in my life like they do.

I just found out through DNA testing and connecting with family members that my family owned a plantation in Georgia in the early 1800s. I always thought they were just poor Irish farmers from the south.  This is making me both sick and depressed. I have never considered myself racist or bigoted. It is making me literally sick at my stomach that I have the same blood as slave owners in my veins.  My best friend since kindergarten is African American and I cannot even look at her even though she told me that is not me and all that matters is what is in my heart. But I still feel awful. Is there anything I can do? I am not even sure how to get past this. This is really eating me up inside.

My outlook is that the world is a terrible place and life isn't that great and my siblings are better off not putting kids on this earth. I believe life is so bad not existing is better and putting kids on this earth is cruel 

So I am planning on leaving my parents (actually I have planned this for a very long time but I couldn't bc of certain circumstances) and this is going to sound like a stupid question but I am not sure how to feel about it so I need some advice from helpful people.  So the thing is they have a lot of family photos and some(er, most...) of them I really hate. I used to be fat as a kid and wore glasses and I hate the way I used to look. I even tore up some pictures from the past that I had on me. But they have all the other ones with them. And I told them before if I can throw away some of them but they refuse. I thought of getting rid of them in secret but that would result in some real anger on their side. But besides that, I have some pics with people I never wanted to take pics with but they made me do it and I wanted to delete them so bad but my dad got really mad. But I can't stand it even existing. I don't want them to remain. Okay so what should I do? They obviously want to keep the pictures but I hate that they even exist. Should I just get over this and see it as something thats in the past? That looks like my only choice honestly, but, I just feel really frustrated about it. And if you're wondering about why I'm leaving my parents, its complicated actually. I ran away when I was younger like a couple times (but it never worked) and my parents have not changed. I'm in my 20s now and I am ready and financially ready to finally leave. And also I don't plan on having communication with them (they won't either, if I leave, they don't even acknowledge the fact that I want to leave, they think by leaving I'm waging war against them,I really can't even stand them anymore and the way they think.)

My brother was playing Hello Neighbor on his Xbox he's having a hard time at the part where you stack the boxes up to get on the roof. The kid or the boxes keeps falling down. He said it did fine last night but he had to start the level over because something he needed to get in the basement with the magnet fell off the shelf. He said he knew he shouldn't have started over. He said it worked perfectly last night but now he's having an awful time he's been having mad fits about it all day. He even got pissed off this morning threw his remote on the floor. He said it worked last night he doesn't understand why it won't work today. He's 27 years old but he's acting like he's 5 he's just mad because it won't work now like it did yesterday. How can I help calm him down ?  He's been threatening all day he's gonna throw the remote at the tv. When he gets mad he means it he's got a bad temper at times especially when nothing works for him