So I moved away from to go to college. Not too far, just a 2 hour drive. When I first moved away, I didn't really have a transition phase, I didn't feel homesick or anything. In fact, I was happy to be away from my home and family. And even a year later, I'm still happy about the move. However, my family keeps calling me and worrying FOR me. Is it bad that I don't miss them, but they miss me?

i have a brother who i didn't have a great time growing up with. we were kinda close since we would always play video games together and sometimes talk about stuff. But the problem is he always was very aggressive, like if he didn't like how i acted, he would actually tie me up with long thick tape, he gave my favorite dog away because my mom got rid of his, and hit me often. He then became a drug dealer and it made my life hell, when my mom left for work he would bring his "clients/boss and "friends" over and do drugs in there and i felt anxious everyday to come home. when i told my mom, he got mad at me and start punching me/locking me in my room. he did a lot of bad stuff to me that traumaizted me and i no longer want to deal with me or keep a relationship with him. i forgave him once and he just did the same thing again. now that he moved out, my mom keeps saying that he is sorry and that he wants to make peace with me and that he bought me chocolates. And now that is mothers day, she is sad that he does not want to come to the house because of me and knows i will avoid him. my mom knows what he did and she tells me that he is really sorry and wants to talk with me again, and that he is depressed and stays in his room all day and never goes out. but i dont trust it and for some reason i feel guilty/bad for my mom and him and want him to get better but I'm scared of being close to him again. What do i do? should i just avoid him and or try and talk? what would yu do

Today, my mom went out of town and guess what? It's a perfect opportunity for my sister to drink. I really can't stand her, she's addicted to alcohol and becomes crazy when she drinks. I have schools and exams but she doesn't care. I'm supposed to feel happy in my own house but she always ruin it with her problems which makes my mother very sad and worried. Whenever I tell her to stop so, she insults me and says to mind my own business so i can't speak to her. She never wants to hear the truth that she's 31 years old, still lives with her parents and doesn't have a work. I don't want to sound rude but I'm actually hurting from inside, it pains me to see her like this. I've been dealing with her issues since I was 6 and I feel like I've been traumatized because of her constant yelling, screaming, waking up my mother in the middle of the night that I actually cry at night every time now. Everyone knows this but she doesn't care, I just don't know why she won't change for the sake of her family. I'm currently alone now and she's really being loud. Help me please. I'm starting to develop negative feelings (hate) towards her that I don't think I should but her behaviors are causing me to do this. She doesn't understand that all this drama makes me want to run away. I'm really not trying to sound selfish and I'm truly sorry if I am. I just can't handle this anymore..........

I'm 17 and 6 months pregant I'm turning 18 on the 17th but im so depressed I don't have any friends at all the only people I talk to are my boyfriend his father and sister and my mom dad sister and just family I don't have any friends and when I do text my old friends it's not the same and talking to them just makes me more depressed what should I do how do I brake myself out of the funk I'm so lonely all I do is sit in my apartment with my two dogs all day until my boyfriend gets home around 9pm and only go out when we have to go to the store or something and mostly go out on his days off and we just go to my moms house I just hate this feeling and what's worse I will spend my birthday alone bc my bf has to work and my parents live out of state I just wanna be happy

So it mothers day but i find it difficult to say happy mothers day to my mom .. Iv never been the type of girl to express my feelings even to my mom . We are close but its just hard . I feel awkward but if i say it to others people it does not mattee just like close people family. Why is that ? Im a leo and i know thats not one of the characters.

My mom says everyone is stupid but herself. She is very critical and judgemental and hardcore. She told me not to hangout with my stupid friends and instead hangout with smart friends. But my mom has many stupid friends too, and she still with them, it's unfair. She says I'm being influenced negatively by my friends, but I don't and I have my own style. How do you deal with a difficult mom like that?

I just came back to college, and just remembered that I left my vibrator in my room back home. Thing is, I can t remember if I left it in a bag or if I hid it in my closet. My mother said over the weekend she wanted to reorganize my closets so I texted her saying not too so she wouldn t throw anything away, and she said she just wanted to tidy things up, so I said don t because I want too. She said "ok" but I m afraid she might think I m telling her not to because I have something to hide and might go in anyway. I m 21 and an adult, but my parents are super religious and if they find it, I do not know what to do or say. Please help.

I thought today was going to be a nice day of no family being here (after 4 hellish days) and everyone is still here. I'm just irritated I'm ready for my family to leave. They keep eating my food. I'm tired of having all this responsibility and no structure. I'm on overload right now

IM not in one my mom is, im 14 so i cant just leave because of school&stuff, but she wont leave him--it hurts me that i want to leave my biological father more than she wants to but, you know abusive relationships...any ideas? (also no stupid hotlines he s not physically--well not yet ://)

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They both say that they don't divorce because of me and my bro. They're always fighting and it annoys me. Not only that my, dad isn't supportive with anything in my life he always says that I'm a good for nothing, he says that he acts like that to help me prove him wrong but i don't like the way he does it. And with my mom she doesn't care about me or my bro much. The only think she does is talk about other people of how they're horrible and other things that she only cares about. Basically my parents don't even know me. Parents should listen to their kids right? Well they don't. Im not gonna say anything more cuz this is already hell big.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150202050630AAcpHUU please read my previous question to understand me so that cousin was here in slovakia just for 3 days and now he left to Prague and im depressed again because he left and he didnt even say goodbye to me again ://....i have been ignoring him for a year ....since i told him how i feel about him....i ignored him because i felt embarrassed when i told im how i feel about him, it was also because i was mad at him because he took his girlfriend to grandma´s place and he was kissing her in front of me and also seeing him leaving again made me depressed so i rather stopped talking to him...i want to text him...since we didnt say goodbye to each other but i dont know what to say to him after year not talking to him...so please help me what to say to him....im a little bit scared to text him because i feel i will jus bother him .....so please help me :)

I was searching through her box of papers from her entire life and I found a diary with her writings about being touched inappropriately and touching the person until 18. She said that it was her own mother who died when she was in college a few years later. So I just found out my grandmother who I never knew practically abused my mother her entire life and right now I feel traumatized and really really sick and do not know what to do.

I don't understand why she takes out her anger on me...I try to be reasonable and apologize for my actions but she refuses to answer and continues to say mean things to me

My boyfriend and I have been together for four years and we are getting married in a couple months. We are both in college (he has a year or so left). I am taking a break from college because I already have my AS and I am feeling very burned out/uninterested. I want to take this time to start a family, which we both want to have. We are both financially independent. I was wondering, should I wait til my husband is done with college to have a baby, or should I have one now? What are the pros and cons?

So I am 15 years old and there's this really cute guy at my school who I've known for 2 years now and he asked me out this past week. I have a huge crush on him but guess what? My mom won't let me date until I'm 16!!!! It gets better. MY MOM WAS 15 WHEN SHE HAD ME!!!! I just want to shout in her face "when you were 14 you were going to parties and having sex and then when you were my age, you were about 6 months PREGNANT WITH ME!!! And all I wanna do is DATE! All my friends have been dating since like 7th grade and they arent pregnant! Its super annoying that because SHE made bad choices at my age guess who also gets punished?? So frustrating!!!

I am 15, my brother is 25 and in the marines. He has only been home a few times since he left but every time he comes home he finds something to be mad at me for... My sister does not like me either, she framed me for stealing my brothers best uniform and he does not believe that I didn t do it. Last time he was home i was in the middle of cleaning the steps and he tok a magnifying glass and a flashlight and checked to see if they were really clean. He is constantly checking on me but not in the good way. Now my parents are shipping me off to Europe to live with him and his wife for the next year... I don t know if I can handle him hating me. Also his wife is a gold digger who only married him because she is pregnant.... Any answers?

Hello guys, Hope someone could help me and give me some hope I am 25 yrs old, asian girl, living in a asia country. My parents have had bad relationship since when I was young and still keep argueing with very little things My mom has 3 restaurant. She has really good talent for cooking but the reason that she actually started the first restaurant is because my dad had no income back then. Anyway, She is doing really great with her business but very very very busy My dad is helping her business and he also does really good job. But the problem is they worked almost all day, everyday (ealry morning til late night..) they have no life only work My dad is not happy with his life, Our family barely have dinner altogether.. we didn't go for a trip for more than 10 yrs.. My dad is not happy with it but my mom said she can't go anywhere because she has her own plan to make more money, no time to go for a trip or sth we have lived like this for 10 years They really love me I know But because they fight a lot, I think I am becoming very sensitive, negative.. hopeless, complaining my life... (My dad has a nervous temparament, I become like him. I found myself, actimg like my dad to my boyfriend.... and I hate it) Me and my brother tried to solve this problem many many times but it didnt work I really understand my dad and mom both But think It's too late for them to have good relationship.. thanks to them, I had no financial issue in my life.. I went to university, got my job.. I was so sad and depressed when I thought of my parents and their life and I even felt guilty when I enjoyed my life.. But I want to live happy..really.. I want to be happy person, want to have good relationship with others and have a happy family in the future If I live alone, do u think I can start new life? (I couldn't get my own apt. because the rent is very expensive here and also I got a job last year.. so saved money for a year..) Please give me some advice, your story, some hope..

Last year, it seemed like every single holiday my mom did not get to spend it with her mother. Last Mother's Day, we were at a funeral for my fathers father, last 4th of July, my mom was in town visiting me, last easter, my mom was in town visiting my older sister, the day of my grandmothers last birthday, my sister was moving into college so we were all there helping her. I feel bad. My mom is depressed & feels like had she known that it was her mothers last, she would have been there. I feel like my siblings & I got in the way of that.

Im 13 years old and I have encoprisis which is when you poop your pants but cant control it. My dad abuses me all the time because I hide my underwear out of fear he also makes me wash them out by hand. I am so scared I start shaking as soon as he walks in the room. About an hour ago he came up to me in my bedroom and start yelling in my face asking why I havent washed them out yet. He yells really loudly and i couldnt speak because I was having a panic attack. When I didnt answer him he asked whether I would prefer to be slapped with his hand or with a trainer. When i still didnt answer he hit me 3 times with the trainer. I then started sobbing because it hurt so much. He just walked of saying that I 'was asking for it'. Now i have red marks and bruises from where he hit me and it hurts to move. This isnt the first time he has done it and im absolutely terrified. I have even thought of suicide. If I told someone they wouldnt believe me because in front of other people he is always chatting and joking about with them. Is this abuse or am I just 'asking for it'? Sorry for taking so long but I had to explain it all.

I just found out that my little brother, 15, has been sleeping with our step mum (My dads wife, she's 35) My dad is furious at my brother. My brother admittedly is a flirt and I believe that he may of slightly encouraged her, but as a 35 year old woman, she had no right to take on his advances and sleep with an underage boy. Of course, she is blaming him, saying that he led her on and that SHE is the victim. My dad is so dumb in love with her that he cant see just how sick this woman is. I never really got on with her. Something never rubbed right with me, and now I know why. My father kicked my brother out because he is blaming him. I took my brother in, but im struggling to financially support myself, I cant look after him in the way he deserves. He's really upset because he now thinks dad doesn't love him, and its devastating to see him cry so much. I want this woman away from my brother for good. If I go to the police, will she get into trouble? Maybe if the police see it as a crime, my dad will too. My brother said they started sleeping together last year, when he was 14 and she 34. Even writing this makes me feel completely sick. How can my father put the blame on a kid? I just dont get it, he's always been such a loving/devoted father to us. This makes no sense to me. What is the right thing to do next? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou. lj1 I guess I dont care if my dad gets mad at me. I've decided i'm definitely going to the police. I called my mum (I have contact with her, she lives about 20 miles away) and she said that she's coming tomorrow, so I feel like there is alot less pressure on me. If my dad continues to take his wife's side, my mum is taking my brother back with her. I feel he would be better off with her. Thanks for your help, guys. You really helped with my decision x

It makes one feel like they are forced to go buy stuff for their mom. And what about the peoples who have either don't have a mom, lost a child, or aren't even moms? Doesn't this holiday upset them? Also, is mine the only family that, on mothers/fathers day, my parents will go out and have a blast- watch a movie, go out to lunch, ect...- and us kids are stuck at home CLEANING THE ENTIRE HOUSE?

My parents think that I have a boyfriend on the internet because they used my account and found out that I talked to a boy, we said nothing much and I wasn't really interested in him, I was just talking to him to be nice but they think that he's my boyfriend and whenever I try to explain that we're only friends they think I'm a liar and get angry at me, I use a polite way to talk and I never really use a high tone or voice to talk to them with, but they still don't believe me and now they've taken my phone and computer away and they watch me whenever I go out to make sure that I don't talk to boys, I'm 12 years old and I think it's unfair, they let me do nothing and school's almost out and they may not give them to me in summer, please help with any advice, I'd really appreciate it

My parents and my entire family are really loud as in yell at each other when they're right next to each other loud. And they usually drag me to parties and I just sit around and don't say anything to anyone since most of them are like 30-50 years old and because my dad says embarrassing personal stuff (often exaggerating them to make it more interesting) about me to his friends and I don't want to be in an awkward position where people ask me why I got suspended. I beg my parents every time we go out to leave me home since people will probably scold me for being such a quiet person but they don't listen and say I'm not normal, that I'm just gonna play video games all day then they start cursing at me. And every time we come back from a party they feel embarrassed because their son didn't talk to anyone. My dad starts to go on a cursing fight and calling me retarded, calls me an old man with no energy and my mom says the only reasonable thing to do is to take away the door in my room and my ps4. I try to explain to my parents that Retarded is not the right word for what they're trying to say and I tell them they probably mean that I'm apathetic not retarded, but my dad says that "I can shove empathy up my ***" (yes he confused apathy with empathy) and says I'm not normal, then he goes on saying that I should wake up and he threatened to beat my *** if I keep acting like this. I was just wondering what I should say to them or how I could deal with this problem.

She's upset because all of her children didn't wish her a happy Mothers Day (i didn't because as soon as i woke up she was on her way to church then when she got home from church she stayed in the car for an hour being a grumpy little yadayada ) i don't even want to approach her because she has a "if you talk to me i will b***h slap you" look on her face. And when i try to talk to her she glares at me and says "f**k off!" My older siblings (who are already moved out) are planning to take her out for dinner and and give her flowers and buy her a freakin 500$ ring that she told us that she wanted -_- but she's getting angry telling us we're ungrateful good-for-nothing children. Wtf is her problem? Does anyone else have a mum like this?

I never hadna social life as kid and now that I I have been an adult for 4 years my parents still wont let me do what I want or have any friends. I never have a social life and my parents still think I have too much free time. They think my whole life should revolve around helping them and doing chores. Help, they are wasting my life. not only this but I have an older sister who is not really like a sister to me. She is my second mom and thinks it is a bad idea that I have friends yet she hangs out with her friends all the time

I know I may sound like a stereotypical bratty teenager, but I hate my mom's boyfriend. Both my brother and I hate him, and my grandpa hates him too... to be honest, everyone around her hates him. This dude is like the town dog, you feed 'em once, and they'll never leave. She's been with him for close to 8 years, and at first he was a pretty decent guy. Before my dad died, (which was around 5 years ago), he expressed his hatred for him, and my mom didn't budge. I used to tell her that the minute I turned 13, I was going to take her back to court and choose to live with my dad. Unfortunately, he died before I could do so. My mom's boyfriend is a druggie, and she is constantly finding drugs on his person, or in his truck (which by the way IS NOT his it's my grandpa's truck). He is always in bed with another girl, yet my mom is always taking him back. After my dad died, I went through a period of depression,and when I turned 13, I started self-harming. This all stopped last year (freshman year of highschool) and now, I constantly think about hurting myself because of this dude. Every time I try talking to her about it, she gets angry and says things like "I'm not ready to let go of him yet" or "I love him. That's all that matters" What do I do? I feel stuck... In three years, I turn 18, and I'll get to leave. For the time being, what can I do to get rid of this guy? I feel like he's just using her, and it hurts me to watch this **** happen. Thanks for answering.

I hate my life, I'm starting to have suicidal thoughts again. My aunty, she's been treating me like ****. She yells at me right when she sees me, she uses my flaws to insult me and make me lower down my self esteem. It's a long story on why she treats me like that, but I'll try to make it short. So she got me involved with her bill problem. It was between her and my other aunty, ill call her aunt C. She doesn't want to talk it out with my aunt C cause she's scared of her (we all know, but she just doesn't want to admit it). So since I'm really close to aunt C, I become like the "messenger" for my stupid aunty, she tells me to tell aunt C this and that and give aunt C this letter about the bill. One day, she went into my room and asked me why the bill still hasn't been paid, (wtf. . .ask aunt C, how am I suppose to fcken know?) so I told her that my aunt C told me, that she's going to the bank. She asked me for aunt C's phone number, and I told her that I'm not allowed to give it anyone the number, she gets mad and starts raising her voice at me and threatens me, she told me, "give it now, or else I'll break your phone". Then I told her "go ahead" since I know she's too much of a scared ***** to do it. Anyways, there's a bit more to the argument, but I just want an advice on how I can deal with this *****. She's making me feel so depressed, school is already stressing me out cause of finals. This isn't the first time she made me feel like killing myself.

My father is white and my mother is dead. Im black. Is it normal for him to call me ****** and say stuff like "why dont you just find a job in the cotton fields?" i'm 12. Is this normal? ******=N-I-G-G-E-R-

My entire life, I have wanted to be a mother. While everyone else moves out of this small town, I knew in my heart I would always stay so my parents and family could one day be a part of my kids lives. I am in a wonderful 2 year relationship and we both want to get married and have kids, but he wants to take things slow and do things right, as do I. But today is Mother's Day and I can't help but feel resentment for all these 20 something year olds posting on Facebook about how wonderful it is to be a Mother, but when they got pregnant some actually contemplated abortions or adopting out their kids because they weren't ready. Most decided to keep their kids but are raising them as single mothers and aren't able to devote as much time to their kids due to their unsteady situations. If I really wanted to, I'm sure my boyfriend and I would agree to cut corners and have a kid now, but I feel like that is being selfish. Am I a bad person for thinking like this? I feel so much jealousy towards girls my age (25) or younger who have kids and I'm still waiting till after marriage so things are a bit more stable. One girl who I know personally has a 3 year old and always pawns him off on relatives so she can go out to bars with friends. It angered me to see her post how much she loves being a mother, but if I was a mother I would put my childs needs before going out to party 2-3 times a week. If I am a bad person, please tell me. I hate myself for this...

so my parents took my phone away because they didn't like my best friend on the internet, she meant so much to me but they didn't see it and they took my phone, computer and everything and i'm not allowed to go on the internet, but i really need to stay in touch with my friends (internet and real) and i'm afraid they won't talk to me as much as before because i know nothing that happens online and i don't know when i'll get it back or if i will ever even get it back, i'm 13, whenever i try to ask them kindly to give me my phone back they say that I'm not getting it back, even if i told them that i won't talk to people they don't know or like, please help me any advice would work i really need my phone back my whole life depends on it

I am 17, im a writer and im about to go crazy! My parents tell me what I can do when I can write when I can watch I tv when I can eat when I can I talk to my friends when I can hang out with people and I never get to make decisions on my own. The older I get the worst they get. I want to leave home but they will not let me. How do I show them they are going way to far? I can not do anything bc of them

Ok so long story short, yesterday I was out with 3 friends and my dad didn't approve of one friend - let's call him Kitten. Kitten is 18 and has repeated the school year because half-way through he decided he wanted to become a poet. Fine by me. So my dad just called me and had some small talk, then he got to the point. Here's how it went: Dad: Oh, hi (me) Me: Hi dada, how are you? Dad: Ok, how's school. Me: .. Good? Dad: Ok so can I ask you a question? Me: Uh, sure thing. Go ahead. Dad: Why were you hanging out with an 18 year old yesterday *various gasps in the background* Me: Wait... Am I on LOUDSPEAKER?! Dad: Yeah, now answer the question. Me: Uh - Dad: C'mon, answer it. Why was my 14 year old daughter hanging out with an 18 year old guy?ç Me: Ok, firstly - other people were present too. There was a 16 year old and a 15 year old as well so it's not like it was just us two. Besides, he's my friend as he's super nice. Dad: Your sister told me that Kitten will sometimes get a girl drunk and make out w her. Me: Oh, um, well for the record I haven't gotten drunk nor will I get drunk in his presence. Problem solved. Dad: Look, I've asked about 20 people before calling you, as to not feel guilty and all but I almost called him and told him to leave. I almost didn't let you hang out with this 15 year old guy. Me: ! What are you on about? He then proceeded to ON LOUDSPEAKER ask about 14 people iNCLUDING his girlfriend and he repetedly mocked and made fun of me and Kitten :( He's coming to visit next weekend and I don't know what to do. My mom knows about Kitten and is fine w me hanging out w him. Gahh x(

Right so my parents every weekend go away in their motor home from Friday to Sunday. They leave me to find a place to stay which I used to stay at my girlfriends and then my Grandparents but now I can't stay at my Grandparents because I apparently broke a lamp so they don't want me there anymore. The problem is i have my GCSES for the next 6 or so weeks starting tomorrow, and they refuse to not go because apparently if they don't do I'm dictating their life and I'm being selfish, but i have no where to stay at all as I can only stay my girlfriends for one night each weekend. Am I being selfish for wanting them to stay home so I can revise. (I can't stay home alone either because of mental health reasons)

My partner is not the father of my 6yo but has been in her life for 3 years. Ive always had a difficult relationship with his mum, she regularly has tantrums, enjoys bullying people and insists on coming with us everywhere, if we say no she shouts and swears and threatens suicide. She asked to have my daughter overnight, reluctantly I said yes. Whilst she had her she text me saying my child was crying in the shower so she grabbed her and she cried more, I was a bit suspcious so asked my daughter what happened when she got home. She said she was crying because she had soap in her eye so my partners mother slapped her legs, spun her around whilst grabbing onto her shoulders and screamed in her face. I text my partners mother to tell her what my daughter told me and that she wouldn't be staying overnight again - she denied it all, said my daughter was lying. Proceeded to repeatedly text and call my partner crying saying my daughter was lying. She insisted to him she never touched her or grabbed her (despite her original text to me saying she had grabbed her). My partner says he doesnt know who to believe - even though he received regular beatings as a child, so bad his mother broke her arm beating him. Shes playing the victim to his whole family saying my child is lying and crying her eyes out. Everyone now thinks my child is lying and I shouldn't stop her staying overnight. What should I do?

Hi guys, I was wondering if you could give me some advice on my situation. I'm 17 and my boyfriend is 19, hes currently still staying with his grandparents but is planning on moving out this summer\ autumn. By that time I'll be in my first year of university (he is away to start his 2nd) and I was wanting to move in with him then. I suffer from depression and have done for around 3 years due to certain events. My family is not very supportive of this. My step dad is an emotionally abusive control freak and my mum is a junkie. I have a 3 year old sister but they're too lazy to look after her so it is usually down to me. My mum is usually too stoned to do any housework and my step dad just doesn't bother. I have a younger brother (14) who has turned to smoking and possibly drugs to cope...to be honest I want out this house. The whole vibe makes me feel so low and suicidal. Sometimes I even break down when I see the house ( pathetic I know ,but i cant help it). My boyfriends grandparents have genuinely offered me to live with them, even if its until we have a place of our own. He lives about 20 miles away so id have to give up my current job and so wouldn't be able to pay them anything for keeping me there. They dont care about this but i would feel guilty and terrible. But I'm really at my wits end here, I want out I do, but I'm scared for my siblings if I leave... Any advice would be hugely appreciated P.s the town my boyfriend lives in is the same town as my university.

Its this cousin of mine is 35 years old and still living with his mother. Never has moved out, never had a GF, etc...... Only jobs he has had are lowing paying temp jobs and retail jobs. It's like he doesn't even try, unless in his own lazy mind he figures he's getting a free ride as he pays no rent or for food. My Aunt isn't in bad health and there is nothing wrong with my cousin. He's a big whiner and a big baby IMO. I mean I don't get it, I was out after college and I don't make a ton but at least I can say I support myself and I'm somewhat younger then he is. Am I seeing this wrong? I just have zero tolerance for lazy *** people

I'm sad actually having to write this on Mothers' Day, but she has terrorized me and my dad since I can remember (she adores my elder brother, though). I can't list all craps that she has done, b/c I could write a thick book out of it. I'll just give some examples. When I was young she called me stupid many times. When I told her that my kindergarten teacher told me I'm smart, she said that's because my teacher didn't have the heart to tell me the truth. My IQ is 131, and she never said anything about it, only that I'm stupid. She would take a book out of my schoolbag in the night and raged in the morning that I forgot to bring the book. I became suspicious and marked all the books that I put in the bag before going to bad, that's how I found out. I love pastel colors and she still says until now that's the ugliest colors ever. She never cooked for me (except for herself and my brother), but lied to relatives that I was picky. When I told my granny, who talked to her, she cried and called me a liar. My dad worked overseas. Now I'm 19 and have my own place but sometimes spends time home with my dad. She almost never cooks, since my bro is now away. When she does cook, she'll take the lion share. If my dad (who's too kind) buys food for them both, she'll find faults, and acts as if it's a great favor from her part to eat the food. If my dad doesn't buy food, she'll tell everyone he tries to starve her. She watches us with eagle's eye and gives nasty comments. She never brushes her teeth, and asks my dad a lot of money to fix it every time. She also always wants a lot of money. She sulks when my dad doesn't give her as much as she wants. She gets angry when she thinks my dad forgets to switch off the lamp when he's actually only out from the room for 5 minutes to go to the lavatory. But she eats in bed and falls asleep and let the TV on until 3 in the morning (my dad won't sleep in her room anymore, it's like a slum). I just told her that if I happen to be home and she doesn't turn off the TV I'll wake her up and she'll have to turn it off herself. She calls me names and threatens to hit me. It never occurs to her that she screams to my dad for not switching off the light for 5 minutes (among 1000 other things). What's her problem anyway? Should I send her to a mad house? We're German btw. If I write in English that's b/c she's sometimes on Yahoo Answers and she'll know this horrid woman is HER!

Basically Ive been "touching" my daughter to help her get to sleep at night cos she gets quite irritable for hours. I only ask this here because me and my girlfriend have had a couple of arguments about it and Id like second opinions. It started a while ago. Ive stopped reading to her as often as shes fully capable of reading herself now and she could finish more than one before she was sleepy. A week or so went by where she was waking me up every hour and i was struggling at work. I knew masterbation works for me and her mum so i tried it on her and it worked like a charm and its been getting her to sleep every night since. However, my girlfriend and i disagree on her feelings that its getting out of hand. I figured id only have to do it till she knew how to do it to herself but again, the girlfriend doesn't think its something she should be learning yet. Advice.

I'm a 14 year old asian boy. My parents are really strict. LEGIT STRICT. I had (had) an iPhone, but they prevent me from bringing it out anywhere, which means it just lies on a desk in my home. They threaten me to get the f*** out of the house. When they feel angry or stressed, they go full rage on me. Throwing hard cover books, kicking me, whacking me by the head, and just pushing me about like I'm a ragdoll. I can't do the stuff that I like, and they LOATHE gaming. Gaming to them is like a disease. It rots your brain, and its for babies etc. My friends like sports, they always help each other to revise for subjects, and they never, NEVER f*** about. Yet, my parents say my friends are rubbish, and it's affecting my grades. I've tried to book a counselor meeting, but they find out, and delete the message, or just reply saying it was a mistake. Whenever my mom unleashes her full rage at me, my dad backs her up, and destroys everything I have. Now, I have no phone, no old phones (yes, the good old nokias). All I have left is my laptop, which I keep safe in my school locker. They always think I'm useless, rubbish, lazy, and not motivated enough for grades. They plan to kick me out when I'm 18. Please help! I'm feeling extremely depressed and even my friend's think I'm having quite a problem these days. Constant suicidal thoughts, etc.

I am 25 and I've always been a huge dissapointment to my parents. My siblings are very highly educated, and have great lives. I have an ok job, but I live alone and don't live up to their expectations (they are Asian). I'm a pretty lonely guy, I've never dated, and I'll most likely always be alone. They think I didn't study to my potential, don't like that I live alone and am antisocial, and my health (I'm on a few depression meds) I'm somewhat ok with my situation, but it kills me that I hurt them. What should I do?

Well maybe not all together, but I only want contact with him during family events/gatherings. I know that I might sound heartless or like the devil himself, but let me explain... I feel this way because throughout my childhood growing up with him, he would always try to control me or belittle me and make me feel like his peasant. It was difficult trying to be nice to him when he would use me in a second and my parents would try and force me to be nice to him because "we're family and we're suppose to love each other" which I do love him, I just can't be around him because I know what kind of person he is and I don't want negativity in my life. I have reason to believe that he played a role for my depression back in high school where I felt dumb and inadequate. Ever since we've lived in separate houses (him with mom, me with dad) It seems like i'm actually doing better with my life and becoming a better man. He only seems to bring out the worse in me intentionally. He doesn't treat me like an older brother should. The other day when we got into an argument over a misunderstanding over a mothers day gift my step mom helped us come to a conclusion, he decided that he wanted me to beg him to take the money for my moms gift. Then when she left he wanted me to look him in the eye and tell him that he was right even when we both were in the wrong which we agreed on.

Hey everyone, I am really stressing. I work full time and I go to school full time. Im 21 and work 50 hours a week and have my own overpriced apartment. My fiance lived here with me and she cheated and moved out. Now I am paying a lot of money for something that I do not want. I do not have any family around and I work so much and my grades are ultimately dropping, because of stress and no time for class. I am up for a promotion at my work that will give me a HUGE raise. The problem is that I want to be a student and graduate, but I can not turn down that kind of money, especially for me being as young as I am. My mom lives two hours away and she said that she will let me live at her house and just go to school. I would only be paying 300/month to live there. On top of a few other bills like phone, car, and gym. Tuition s well, and I am not taking out loans. I would have to switch schools and leave the job that I've put years into. I just need to know what all of you would do in this situation. I am too young to be this stressed. Plus, I really want to leave the city that I am in. I have a lot of friends and people that I love here, but I just need a change in my life. Let me know your opinions please. Thank you!

Well maybe not all together, but I only want contact with him during family events/gatherings. I know that I might sound heartless or like the devil himself, but let me explain... I feel this way because throughout my childhood growing up with him, he would always try to control me or belittle me and make me feel like his peasant. It was difficult trying to be nice to him when he would use me in a second and my parents would try and force me to be nice to him because "we're family and we're suppose to love each other" which I do love him, I just can't be around him because I know what kind of person he is and I don't want negativity in my life. I have reason to believe that he played a role for my depression back in high school where I felt dumb and inadequate. Ever since we've lived in separate houses (him with mom, me with dad) It seems like i'm actually doing better with my life and becoming a better man. He only seems to bring out the worse in me intentionally. He doesn't treat me like an older brother should. The other day when we got into an argument over a misunderstanding over a mothers day gift my step mom helped us come to a conclusion, he decided that he wanted me to beg him to take the money for my moms gift. Then when she left he wanted me to look him in the eye and tell him that he was right even when we both were in the wrong which we agreed on.

I was in my room and I had my door locked and my little brother hacked into my room with a toy sword and saw me naked. He asked what I was doing and I refused to tell him since he is 10 and im 15. But now im afraid he will ask an adult or something

I don't get it, I mean I know my dad died but it's still annoying. I appreciate her and everything but every little thing that happens to her is an insult. Every mistake I and my family makes is a way for us to threaten her existence. I'm actually scared of having a future wife, because of the way she treats my current sister in law. She also thinks we are supposed to know exactly what she is thinking. It's just so weird.

Ok so I wish I were dead now. I'm in tears right now. So I'm doing this weight loss diet and I took a before photo in practically SEE THROUGH underwear and just a bra on. I took it on my mom's phone because mine is dead. I was going to send it to my phone but I accidentally sent it to my DAD. MY DAD. I am seriously not joking I will kill myself if he sees it. It tried calling him but he won't answer. Please help I'm crying

My retarded dad who always Bitches about **** Going in the house,He is Jelly Jelly as mold ****,he always brings me this retarded Pakistani Teacher which smells like rotten egg and he is Jelly Jelly as hell that i come home early and he gets stuck in his jelly jelly Company.the Teacher Teaches me nothing and waste my good old time and waste it on stupid bullshit he made up.Please help!! my dad also throws Metal Objects at me then knocks me down in the ground and expect me to forgive that Piece of Idiotic childish piece of ****.Please help!

I have a 7 month old daughter with this girl and she is 6 month pregnant with my son. Now this is the thing. We separated because we neither can handle eachother at the time. I love her and go out of my way everyday for her. Tho she friend zoned me and seems to be very distant. Not even a friend. She very cold hearted to the point I can't see my daughter right now and she still ask things of me but doesn't want anything to do with me. She wants me to buy her aquarium ticket that I have connections to get half off but she doesn't want me to come with her and my daughter like we planned before. But she wants the ticket. I bought this formula maker that was brand new $160 in stores. I payed $60 for it brand new through a person. She wanted to go half on it tho I need to buy a car for work so I asked for her to pay the full $60. She says im an *** hole and doesn't want now. I just bought her an expensive piece of jewelry. Like the cost of one paycheck. I'm not sure if i should give it to her today for Mother's Day. I can't explain enough of my situation. Just know i love her and my daughter. Id do what it takes to make her happy though am i being used and just a fool?

I'm 16 years old and I didn't get my mother a single thing for mother's day. I feel like I could have at least made her a card, but I didn't. I don't have my license yet, and I asked my dad yesterday if he would drive me to the store to get something for her, but he said no. I didn't even say "Happy Mother's Day!" to her. I feel awful. My aunts (her sisters) got her a card and some flowers and they took her out to lunch. I heard them talking in the living room before they left and they asked my mom if I got her anything for mother's day and she said no. Then one of my aunts said "Oh that's terrible, she could have at least made you something." I feel like part of me is mad at her because my mom's never there for me. There are some days when I come home from school crying and she doesn't even ask me if I'm okay. My mom is also racist and uses the n-word on a daily basis. I tell her that it bothers me when she talks like that, but she just ignores me. She was also physically and verbally abusive when I was a child, up until I was about 13, and none of my aunts know about that. She doesn't abuse me anymore, but we still don't have a great relationship. We hardly talk. When I'm at home, I barely leave my room. A part of me doesn't feel bad I didn't get her anything, but then another part of me feels bad because she's still my mom and I should have gotten her something...She still buys me food and puts a roof over my head.... What should I do?

I'm a 17 year old boy and the classic rebellious teenager scenario has been going on with my parents for years. We're you happier when you finally moved out and were done with high school?

my mum is amazing she is rasing 3 kids with disabiltys on her own we have no dad and hasn't got a job but she always finds time for us she brings us on holiday and make sure all our problems are sourted out I want to do some thing nice for her but I have no money any ideas ??? :)

My family is pushing me to be just like they are.The problem is that I don't want to be just like them. They care about sports and could care less about grades and are all into electronic/technical stuff.And I am the only one who turned out artistic. I love theatre,art,band,chorus,dance,color guard,writing,poetry,philosophy,and reading.Education and religion are everything to me.I see no enjoyment in sports or technology.My family wants me to be like them though.How can I explain to them that I don't want to be?

I had another nasty argument with my mentally ill uncle. And once again, he got nasty with me & called me a mamma's boy and feel like 2 cents. But as a positive strong person, I cannot let negative feelings ruin my life.

Ok so as you all know its Mother's Day and I want this day to be special with my mom. Well we have RELATIVES over and the kids are RLLY bratty and I'm afraid that our time together will be ruined! Any advice on how to get them to shut up? Btw there parents r here so I can't say anything mean

It's a complicated situation but in brief words; I'm an 18 year old student, have an older brother and older sister. My sister's in her last years of studying philosophy and languages but since a few years she's together with a guy that's in a very successful Swedish band that's starting to grow to the top (about 200 000 facebook likes). She's very good in english as am I (we're from Belgium) so they asked her to come up with good lyrics for their newest songs, which she successfully managed to do. Later on she started showing me the songs with her lyrics and I feel she's getting a little 'lifted' and arrogant about her work being fairly good. I can't help but feel a bit jealous instead of happy for her. It's just because she was lucky getting a boyfriend in a big band that she got the chance thrown on her lap for getting involved in their music stuff and although she doesn't show it she might get a lot of money from writing these lyrics. I feel terrible for being so shallow and jealous, because I see myself as a potential person too, and I feel I could reach success as easily as her if only I got the chances she got by luck. Now I'm confused whether to leave myself out of the whole thing or try to participate in her tasks and making some opportunities myself by helping her writing lyrics, because she suggested it once. It all gets a little bit more painful because I study history, and I like what I do but I always had that strange feeling I could get more out of my life

I love my parents, and I'm thankful that they make sure I'm happy by letting me go on trips and buy things, etc. I get decent grades (A's and a few B's), I volunteer, play in an orchestra, I'm an explorer, etc. I also try to help them out as much as I can, like doing the laundry, and cleaning the house, without asking for money (since they buy me stuff anyways). But sometimes, I'm in a bad mood or I'm upset about something, or maybe I wanted something for a while and I'm not able to get it, etc. and I start acting really bratty. There are times when I get upset when I don't get something I want, and it makes me so guilty that even though my parents pretty much let me get whatever I want, I'm still acting up. I try not to do it often, but it happens and I feel terrible for it. Does it make me a bad person?

Okay i made a stupid mistake of cutting myself dont lecture me about it i know it was wrong and i did it like 5 months ago. I regret it so much, but i cant change the past. So yesterday i was helping my dad carry in groceries and it was hot so i wore a short sleve shirt and put nail polish over my scars (stupid ik) me and my dads convo went something like this "is that blood on your arm?" "No" "then what is it?" "nail polish" "whats it doing there?" "Idk" "let me see" and he wouldnt stop so i flashed him mu arm really quickly. "no its covering something up let me see" and then my brother was like "dad shes 14 leave her alone" so i really dont know if he saw or not. I wish i could go back in time and change it but i cant.