Her mother has what I call moderate dementia, going towards severe. Her dad does not have a drivers license because of his sight, both in their 80's. Her brother seems to think that as long as he is of sound mind he cannot "force" him to do what he does not want to do. BIG PROBLEM: They continue to drive with her behind the wheel, they shouldn't be driving She technically has a valid drivers license, but her physician has said she shouldn't be driving. We don't even want them to go to church, they refuse to use Uber or another type of travel. It's not that far, but still we are thinking of others. Can we force them to an assisted living arrangement and of course taking the car away.

My sister called my Mom a "f**cking b**tch" and my Mom slapped her across the face. I think that was wrong (as well as my two others sisters) and so does our father. What do you think?

The bride started working when she was 16, and paid her way through college via student loans instead of letting her parents (who can afford to pay for her education).  The mother (her "play aunt") works in HR and is very well-off — lives in a 3-bedroom apartment.  She has one child, a son, who she spoiled rotten.  Fortunately, he has a full-time job, owns an apartment, and has his own car. The mother and son (who's 32) go to a wedding.  They each give the bride a card w/$100.  But only the mother got a "thank you" card.  Did the bride purposely not thank the son because she was under the impression that he's still spoiled and that his mother gave him the $100 to give the bride?  Does she think the the mother is technically still giving him everything he wants, even though he lives on his own?  Perhaps she views him as a spoiled brat since he's the only child and didn't start working until he was 18, and he dropped out of college and obviously got that apartment through his mother... while she (bride) worked for everything?  Could that be why he didn't get a "thank you" card?  Maybe she looks at him like Hitler, so to speak, as if anyone over 18 who gets things from their parents, are terrible people.

She says she disowned him to protect me and this makes me feel so awful that I Caused it.

So yesterday we got back from a week long vacation with my aunts family. While we were packing up the house to go my dad opened my sisters door side of the car and saw that her drink had spilled.  My sister was walking out the door and my dad asked me to go all the way up to the third floor and get a napkin to clean it. I realized that when I got back it was her side and not mine and she was standing right there and my dad told me to clean it! I'm only a year older than her I'm 18 and she's 17 but this isn't the first time he's made me clean her mess He treats me well but he treats my sister like a princess and gives her literally everything and even my mom and aunt talk abt it. He's asked her to do stuff before and she hasn't done it , then he's made me do it which I think is unfair.  I didn't think this was fair so I made that clear to my dad that she needs to clean her own stuff and he started going on a rant abt how I never do anything for other people when I just watched someone else's child for pretty much the whole trip and helped him clean the kitchen the previous day so I was hurt by this He's said stuff like this before which makes me think he doesn't appreciate me. I understand I could've just cleaned the mess and gotten it over with but I didn't feel like I should've had to especially when it wasn't something I did and my sister was able to.  Now I feel bad because I didn't do it. Was I wrong here or was he wrong?

Last summer I was set to go to Oregon and see some family there and my Dad told me to count on going with him this past winter when he goes skiing so I put it off. Well winter came and like the previous 2 times he has asked me, he was lying to me. He changed his mind come December. Then the wedding for my cousin we were to go to in June has been cancelled due to Coronavirus or postponed to next spring. Meanwhile the elderly relative our there is now very old so it would not be safe with the COVID-19 risk for me to go travel out there this summer as I could spread it to this elderly relative. So as a result I will likely not see this person again. All this cause I believed my Dad when he lied to me for the 3rd time. My Dad is one who lies a lot through his arrogance. I would have gone in October but I believed his offer so thought I would save money. He is not an evil person but he is just a constant liar. It is part of why my mother left him. He only does it to family. So how do I get over the disappointment about this and how do I get over the loss of not getting to see this relative again.

I was a bit lazy this week and I didn't make an effort to complete the work...what do I tell my teacher?he is really mean........

now that im grown he usually says good man! but every once in awhile he will say atta boy. im 31 hes 68 i guess no matter what he will always see me as his little boy lol like when i say im coming home from work or when i help him fix something. or just doing something good in general

My brother is still wiping my niece and nephews bottom after they use the bathroom. They are 6 and 7. When they stay over at my house, the kids expect me to also wipe them. I refuse to do so because I think they are too old and should already know how to. They don't even try, my brother just automatically does it for them. I feel like they will not learn how to do it themselves if he keeps doing it for them. Both are in school so of course wipe themselves, I don't understand why at home they can't. I have a son that is younger than both of them and the majority of the time he does not need help. Is it normal for kids their age (6 & 7) to still need help? Is it due to laziness? Or my brother just feels like it's less of a hassle to do it himself? My mother has even told me the same thing, that she still wipes them when they are over at her house. Most of you all will probably say it's none of my business but when they are at my house expecting me to wipe them, it becomes my business. 

She just has a crying fit until she gets her way.  After I moved out she continued to spend half of her week living at my apartment because she insisted I needed it.  Then when I planned to move out of state for grad school she had a fit until I caved and agreed to move back in with her for my final months in state.  She doesn't let me do anything at all and get emotional if I take care of any of my own needs.   She is very clingy and starts making stuff up to try and keep me under her control. 

So things were going all well at start but slowly one business just turned rude and bullying for no reason . Adapts threatening behaviour toward me so that I remained scared of her and also threatens other partners to talk to me or give any importance to my family . Also excludes me from any combined photos of any ceremony that takes place . I'm just 20 while she is professional and I don't know anything , I'm only a financier , is this the reason she is threatening and controlling toward me ? What to do ?

I honestly don't think this world is for good, caring people. I think this world is nasty, and people are not genuine. I have a 4 year old son and I worry about him. He's a very sweet boy and this world is just nasty. Sometimes I try to raise him to live off survival, rather than his emotions. Am I wrong?

When I was 5 or so, my uncle (moms brother) did some pretty nasty things to me.  I honestly do not remember if I told my parents or not.  Being that I am usually quiet, I am guessing I said nothing at this time.  A lot of time has passed and I have dealt with this for over 50 years now.  I am not wanting retaliation or validation, but now since my parents are getting older, my uncle comes around a lot , which makes me very uncomfortable.  So I am stuck between taking the chance of running into him when I visit or simply not visit.  So, backing up a few years, I did tell my mom about incidents with gory details.  She is in denial.  States that she just cannot believe that he would do these things.  That hurts.  Again I am not trying to turn her against her brother, but I felt the need to explain why I would abruptly  leave when he would come around.  Other family members has experienced the same issue with this uncle when they were small also.  Matter of fact, it is possible that he has a child with his own daughter... uggg.  So when he does come by their house, my parents act as if nothing is wrong, and rightly so I guess, he did nothing to them personally.  I guess i am torn between hurt, anger and the question, where do I fit in.. or do I need to act as they do and bury my head in the sand?  I just believe in right and wrong and what he did was wrong.  I dont want to be part of "metoo" movement,  I just want to visit without worry.  Am I wrong and how do I deal?

My biological half brother came into my life and now wants to meet. I am afraid to get close because he may only want to get information on our mother and then leave. When all I ever wanted was a relationship with my brother. He was adopted and my biological dad took custody of me. Should I get close? Should I meet him? What if he just leaves after getting information? He says he won't but still....

My siblings are pretty intelligent, I am the youngest one. They are all doing well except for one of my siblings. That one sibling is extremely manipulated and wants me to do things for her and she's older by 5 years. She sits in the couch and expects me to build her a resume and blames me for not making it. She gets mad when I loose weight and I don't invite her but sometimes I crave it alone. I started freelancing and this sibling went off to start the same business as me and massively failed. This sibling never says happy birthday never wishes the best for me if anything disowned me when I graduated college. What's the issue here? All my older siblings are good.?

she doesn't call on anyone else and sometimes she plays games like getting me to do stuff that she can do herself or another person.  It's petty and shes getting on my nerves.  should I quit acting like I cant hear her or am I ok because im in the general managers good graces?

Basically, I'm thinking out of moving of California because I just can't afford it and was thinking of moving to another state. The problem is my parents are constantly on my back telling me that there aren't as many opportunities for Business majors as there here and blah blah. I did research and found that it's a 1/3 cheaper to live in any other state other than california. Am i crazy for thinking there are other oppurtunies in other states? Thank you very much for your help, btw!

I had a boyfriend that I broke up with about 3 months ago because I thought he partied and drank too much, did drugs and had way too many girls on his social media. When we were going out we used to communicate through WhatsApp. He only downloaded WhatsApp to communicate with me because It's the app I prefer to use and told me I was the only contact on there he had which I know is true because I used WhatsApp on his phone to send stuff to myself.I still use WhatsApp everyday because I talk in group chats everyday and I talk to my other contacts that also have the app.For the past 2 months we haven't seen or talked to each other. Though ever since we have broken up I have seen him on WhatsApp at least once a week, I'm pretty sure he's checking up on me.I would possibly consider getting back together with him if I was sure he had changed but I know that will never happen.This morning he texted me for the first time in months saying he found my umbrella at his house and would leave it at my workplace. I told him to throw it away since it was broken.I don't get why he felt the need to return an umbrella when it's been months of us not talking. If I found an umbrella of his I would have just put it in the bin and not worried about it letting him know since he wouldn't have known about it anyway.At the end of the break up we both said we wanted to be friends.He also said he hoped I was well in the message. Why did he contact me after 2 months?

My dad always gets mad at me things he set up.  Ex- building a fire too big when he was the one adding the wood.  He always acts like I am ruining everything  when I'm not doing anything more than what he instructs.  

It will be only about 20 people this year due to Coronavirus. Usually it is about 40-50. If it is cancelled in August what is a creative way to make up so I still feel connected like I had it? It is very special to me as the family leader, others just see it as a typical party, fun but not a big deal if cancelled.  Postponed in April after a distant relative on the other side of my family died of COVID-19 complications.