I have to report to jail next week to do 90 days and then will be on probation for 3 years. I have a 5 year old son and have told him that I will be going away for a while to work. I don't want him to think bad of me or to be worried - he just about understands about jail and it's where bad people go. My girlfriend thinks I should be honest with him as he could find out from someone else and thatt would be worse.

so my aunt and mom got in fight 5 years ago, and now my uncle is mad at us and my grandparents, he wants no contact what so ever, me and my cousins were like best friends and now i don't see them anymore at all! i ask my mom to call my uncle, and he ignores our calls and my grandmas, and my parents refuse to drive there, we are in virginia, they are in maryland, northern virginia, southern maryland, and i have no way of talking to them and the only way i even know what they look like, is my uncle's facebook page. i try to find them on websites, such as youtube, but 1 cousin hasnt been on in 2 years, another in a year, and 1 in two weeks but has not said anything after i tried to make a chat in google hangouts, they haven't said anything, i wrote hi, this is your cousin on sunday! i tried downloading snapchat just for this, and i think i remember usernames they used to use for other things back when i saw them ,so i searched 2 usernames they had, but no one replied! i wrote something an hour ago and tried to add them but no one added back hopefully YET. and i cant text them obviously cause i dont know my cousins number, i know they have their own phones now, because they have 1 on my uncle's facebook. i looked threw facebook, and did not see them, nor any other websites, i know their school how ever. please helP! i'm so sad and desperate to make some contact with them!

My mom was punching him and stuff cuz she was angry cuz she don't want my half-brothers mom in her house. And then my dad said if she punches him again he's gonna slap her. Wtf. Well she punched him again and he didn't slap her but he moved toward her like he was gonna but she fast walked away. Isnt that domestic violence? My dad said don't hit girls. But this is hitting girls. Also my mom once called the cops on him before (which I didn't know about until recently) so maybe he done this before. I don't know the story but I asked my dad and he said women say crazy things but wouldn't tell me more. Must be guilty

A guy asked me out but im thinking of reconsidering my choice. He asked about my kids and their dad situation and I basically told him their dad wasnt being a good dad in many ways (drugs.not showing for vists.no child support etc) he basically said kids need their dad. Well I agree but I also believe in my they need to be fit. I didnt tell him the biggest part that I have an oop against him for abusing me the yrs we were together, also now he stalks and harrases me but doesnt always get his kids. All I told the guy was the part that he didnt pay child support and was not taking drugs classes. He said he had issues himself before but has moved on so he knows how it is and kids need their dad. Does this sound like hes defending him? Im weary about guys because of what ive been through and do not wanna even waste an evening and babysitter if this is a pig.

I'm 25 years old and I'm an only child still live at home and pay bills. Lately she's been all over me for going out with friends and staying out late and not spending time with her. I have dinner with her 6 nights a week and Friday's are my days off so we always do stuff together during the day and during the day on the weekends. I feel like she's not letting me grow up. I can't even leave my house to go shopping alone cause I get asked a million questions on where I'm going what are you doing what are you buying etc? She always wants to know who I'm talking to on the phone and texting and etc... I have sat down with her to explain how I feel but it just breaks into a fight and nothing gets accomplished.

Okay, so this is a REALLY long and twisted story- Okay, so I had a crush on this boy. Let's call him Jake. My friend, Alison, knew I liked Jake, so she gave me his number. I texted Jake, and he actually turned out to be a total jerk and I was super upset. I texted Alison and told her that he was rude. She felt really bad about it. BUT then somehow, my sister received all the texts I was sending to Alison. My sister was SUPER pissed at Alison and blamed her for everything that happened between me and Jake. She called Alison worthless and said to never talk to me again. She thought that Alison had set me up intentionally. My sister has never liked Alison though. My mom and dad agreed with my sister, but I didn't. My family said my sister was just protecting me. I feel like she was unnecessarily rude. My whole family got super pissed at me and threatened to send me away. What do I do? Please help. I wish I wasn't born into this family. I'm so beyond tired of this crap.

Hi basically i am 12 and me and my dad have never got along with my dad since 2010 when him and my mum split up because he cheated. now 2 years ago he got a new girlfriend with 3 kids one 9(josh) 13(cameron) 18(connor). now after a year of them dating they went to a retirement party for my dads friend and he left me with josh who was 8 at the time and i was 11 they left at 8pm and came back at 12am, it was along time to leave me with a 8 year old i put him to bed gave him a snack etc, when they got back we had a little fight but i didnt think to much about it and didnt tell my mum. then a month later we got into a argument about his girlfriend and got angry and told my mum. obviously my mum reacted badly and didnt let me see my dad for 3 months. now that i have started seeing him again hes acting weird and blaming it on me saying i have to face the consequences i dont know what to do or if we could come back from this pls help

My mom passed away about a month ago, and I've been too depressed to do pretty much anything...Including logging in to social media sites like facebook and instagram. I just went on facebook today for the first time in a month, and theres messages from a friend I started texting 2 months ago. He's asking why I disappeared off of facebook, and why I haven't responded to his message on fb, and if I'm okay. How do I explain that my mom passed away? (I'm sure this sounds like a stupid question, But I really dont know what to say...) How do I explain that I haven't been on social media because of my moms passing?

So my stepdad is a total jerk. He married my mom about 5 years ago and ever since then my life has been hell. He had two little girls with my mom and my brother and I are not his biological children. He treats his girls totally different than my brother and I of course. He says so many hurtful things to me, putting me down, discouraging me, making fun of me, embarrasses me, name calls, and belittles me. He makes me cry so much and to him its funny. The bad thing is I feel that my mom is always on his side. She knows what he does is wrong but nothing is changing. She knows he hurts me but always tells ME to be quite. It is really getting to the point where I am suffering from depression and some thoughts of self harm. Please help!

bottom line is, he's an often dope head, (not like, twice a day total tweaker. but if he can get it, he will) he left my mom FOR ANOTHER WOMAN, (a dope head whose 11 years younger then him), my mom has domestic abuse charges because he lied &filed a police report against her, (when they broke up two years ago) &was never man enough to go tell them that it was b.s. (he said he would whenever my mom confronted him about it after they got back together. &yes my mom is an idiot for letting them go through with it &STILL BE WITH ME) the list just goes on &on. now that I proved my point about him being a dick bag, here's what's going on. they broke up about two months go, I let her live with me &my daughter in my guest bedroom. one month later, the 'oh boo hoo. I miss you.' texts came, &now their inseperable. she's been staying the night at his house for three weeks now. how do I tell her she's being a complete freggin' idiot so she'll realize how brainless she is, but sweet enough to where it won't her feelings &get her defense mode &get upset. I understand she's a grown *** woman &will do as she pleases, but this is pathetic.

Okay, so about 2 months ago my life became very stressful. I m in online school, and they expect a lot from me, which I understand. However, about 2 months ago, I fell behind a little in school, and a lot of my work got deleted, causing me to go into overdrive. I worked on school 12-14 hours a day, got hardly any sleep, hardly ate, and only took short baths. After a week of that, I got caught up and got to have my Christmas break. All was going good, I got my new courses and I was doing good. Then, they brought back second quarter work, making me have to do it in 3rd quarter. I was having trouble juggling trying to catch up in the 3 classes I was behind, AND trying to keep up and stay on pace with my normal classes. The school wanted me to come up there 3 days a week, but I could not do that, as I live far from the school and my mom can t drive, and my dad works. Anyway, I just got a letter saying they want to kick me out if I can t catch up in 3 days. I know I can, because it s not that much, but my issue is, my mom is really mad at me, and has been mad at me for basically these whole 2 months. She s now not even letting me leave my room. She s being mean to me and calling me names because I m behind. I really want to be caught up, but I have depression and some days I just really don t want to do anything. Anyway, the point of this is to ask, what can I do to push myself to make everything better? And how can I convince my mom to let me bathe? She told me I couldn t.

If your child needed either a co signer or asked you to finance a used car under your name l, would you do it?

Yesterday my mother went through my phone and saw something I shall not talk about and the other say I got an D on my report card but my teacher is so hard on me and he's very difficult and my mom won't listen to me or anything every time I get a bad grade she automatically thinks it's my fault and im lazy and I don't want to do good in school which doesn't make sense at all and on snapchat I was mad and said I hated her and I wanted her to die so someone who saw it told on me and told my mom on snapchat and she and my dad went through my phone and saw dirty text which I didn't send the other person did ! and she's knows that I hated her I have an iphone 6 and she got so mad that she mashed it to the ground and broke it and now im phoneless and my laptop and other phone belong to them since they paid for it and now I have nothing and they say I have to get a job and work and buy a new phone and new shoes and new clothes they said they won't buy anything else for me and im only 15 and I have to work an make my own money I hate my life so much I wish I wasn't alive and god never helps me ever he just sits back and watches me suffer I feel like nobody really loves me at all I hate myself and have no confidence in myself and my dad always threatens me that's he's going to fight me an kick me in my face and beat me up I hate my life

He is 26 and has recently lost his job as the department store where he works is closing, he said he is now only looking for part time work as he wants to go back to college and study. I told him to claim welfare and explain his situation and he will get free college from the state, he told me he is not doing that and would rather pay for it himself, he is always talking about going back to college and it could take him ages to get a another job. I am loosing patience with him, he is nearly 30 and he is GETTING OLD, time is running out and he won't take a FREE place? He told me he is not taking it for free. If that had been me I would take it without giving it a 2nd thought.

My mother and I have had a not so good relationship since I was about 9. I understand that a lot of teenagers have troubles with their mom but I feel like mine might be getting a little too much. My mother says that I m selfish, I m rude and that I m a terrible child but I feel as though I try my best. I always do her chores that she asks me to do and get all A s and be respectful. I m not always a perfect child and I am sometimes lazy and have a messy room but who doesn t? Lately she does things like saying I m fat and that I need to lose weight when I m 15 pounds underweight. She has stopped buying me food on multiple occasions and has refused to put money in my lunch account for days sometimes. She also calls me rude names and tries to start fights with me, I try my best to ignore her when she s being mean but I really want to have a good relationship with her? I respect and love my mother but I m not so much a fan of her actions. Is there something I m doing wrong? Should I talk to her about this? Do all mothers act like this?

I love people with special needs, but I don't know how to respond to my younger brother, who is 22 and has Asperger's Syndrome. He is very intelligent, but also lsay. He had one job, but got fired because he called in too many times. He lives in my parents' house and doesn't help out much. When my parents want him to do a chore, he only does half and then makes up an excuse about how tired he is from going on a walk the day before. He takes medication and did therapy in the past. He used to have friends, but he pushed them all away. He would rather sit in front of his computer than socialize. He doesn't go to any family events. He only says hi if I say it first. But it's obvious that he doesn't like me or my children. He acts annoyed simply by our prescence when we visit. If he comes out of his room and one of the kids gets in his way, he sighs very loudly. He won't do it in front of my parent's though. When my 3 year old says hi, he completely ignores her. He gives me dirty looks and acts annoyed if my kids make noise or if I'm in the upstairs bathroom when HE wants to use it. I think he uses his condition as a crutch. I try to say hi and be nice, but in return he is just rude. Am I supposed to put up with it just because he has Asperger's? I sort of keep my distance and try to stay out of his way.

My husband & I are well educated & both work. We make a good living & live very comfortably within our means, I work a job in a lab from 4PM-Midnight Monday-Friday. I make good money & my children are able to live comfortably. My kids are 6 & 8. I find that a lot of parents give me dirty looks or find that I'm not involved enough in my kids lives. Yes, my husband cooks all the dinners for the kids, yes he takes them to all the school plays, sporting events etc & no a majority of the time I cannot be there if it's in the evening to see my kids. Yes, I spend a majority of my weekdays alone cleaning, packing lunches for the next day, doing laundry etc. A lot of parents have told me I have it easier then most. One women in particular felt I needed to get my priorities straight & find a 9-5 job so I could be there for my kids. I've begun thinking Is she right? Is working this job going to have an impact on my children? I can't help but at times feel guilty. I want to be able to pay for children's education when they are older, I want them to be able to live comfortably & feel secure in their home. That's one of the reasons I work these crazy hours. Parents what do you think of all of this?

I am a 25 year old single guy with a 15 year old niece Jill, my sister's daughter. Jill often comes to my house for help with her homework. If we finish her homework late she spends the night a my house and I take her to school the next morning. She told me she was a nervous wreck from her mom and dad fighting all the time and they were getting a divorce. She wanted to stay with me until the divorce was final. I told her that was OK with me but she needed her parents OK which I thought would never happen. However her parents thought it was best for her not to see them fighting all the time and agreed she could stay with me until there divorce was final. I was very surprised by their decision but I think they were thinking of what their fighting was doing to Jill. Jill moved in with me and has been living with me for 3 months. She is a very nice person and is no longer depressed. We have had a lot of fun time together going to school events and sporting events. Jill ask me if I would adopt her so she could stay with me permanently. I told her that I doubt if her parents would let that happen. I don't know if you can adopt someone that has living parents. Does anyone know if that can be done? Is there a better solution than adopting her? Could she just live with me if her parents are OK with it?

I realize i just stole from a street gang. i was chillin at one of their places and when they were in the other bedroom smoking, i went to the other bedroom and found their hidden drawer of money and snatched $70 from their stash. I think they are gonna figure out that it was me once they notice their drawer bank is smaller. Im more likely preparing that im gonna get the living **** beat out of me. if im lucky they might just shoot me. it will be less painful and quick. their about five of these guys im gonna have to deal with when they find me. Any idea whats the worse that could happen in this situation?

Be HONEST here We love our children & think the world of them. However, do you ever look at your son/daughter & know whether they are "attractive" let's be honest some people are just better looking then others. That's life. Do you have an idea of if your child is "unattractive". "Average" or "above average" as far as looks are concerned. I don't mean this in a mean way. I just find my one daughter is very popular in school with the boys, has tons of friends, very social, very into her looks & is really a beautiful girl. My other daughter is having a bit more "issues" with men & self esteem & boys telling her she's unattractive. I think both my daughters are beautiful however I think her sister sort of "outshines her" in the looks department. They are a year apart & it seems everytime my youngest daughter meets a guy they talk about how attractive her sister is & ask her to help them meet her.

So with my income tax I plan to move to Orlando, I have lived there before and loved it. I will have enough money for a few months rent, and for ness for a while until I find a job. Currently I live with my mother who I love but is overbearing, overprotective and controlling and she will not let me do anything. So I am not asking her I am just going to go, with a note apologizing. But now, I really son't want to hurt her but I am unhappy and miserable where I am I have no freedom, we live in the boondocks where the closest thing is winn-dixie, and there are no opportunities. I am scared to go tho, as I will be alone and at the same time I am excited. I know if it were another way, if she knew I would go no questions asked but I don't want to cause a rift between us. I just really want to find my own way and I don't know how else to do it. Orlando is only 3 hours from where we live. I just feel like if I stay in a month I'll be kicking myself for not leaving when I had the chance, I am in a situation where I am a 24/7 babysitter for my sisters three kids, which I love them but I deserve to have my own life I just feel so bad..mainly because I can't talk to her about it.

My son's daughter has been in the middle of fights, court orders, child visitation, and more. The mother tells his daughter negative and derogatory stories so his daughter will hate him. Which as worked because she says 'you're not my real dad' and 'I hate you' and 'I want to go home' - because the mother said 'you can come home anytime you want to' regardless of the court ordered visitation rights. My sons daughter needs serious therapy that indludes my son. The child is undisciplined, and hateful, and my son gives her what she wants because he is trying to mend his relationship with her.There is more to the story. The mother said to my son "I'll kill you!" in front of my grandaughter. And so much more. Manipulation is the key word (the mother).

I'm 19, but I still live at home. My younger brother is 17, but he is bigger than me... My brother messes with me, and annoys me (like brother's tend to do), but it almost ALWAYS escalates and we end up fighting. But the thing is, he beats me every time, because he is stronger than me. Since he's realized that he is stronger than me, he bullies me sometimes, and it's so embarrassing for me to admit that my younger brother beats me up. What should I do?

And why would you do that specific action? P.s. when I say 'thoughts', I actually mean your immediate thoughts & emotional reaction

I just reconnected with my long lost grandfather on Facebook recently. There is a strong possibility that he is at least part southwest Indian. If I find out that I am legitimately part Indian and I have the appropriate documents and I am eligible, is there any reason I should or should not enroll in the tribe? Pros and cons would be helpful. Extra details: My mother looks a little Indian in the face, and has never cut her hair in her life. She is pale, but if she builds up a tan it ends up reddish. My brother was born red with black hair (he looks Caucasian now). Grandma also has a thing for the southwest (decor etc.) and said that her and my mother lived on a reservation for a short while when my mom was little and has shown me a few pictures, but otherwise doesn t really talk about it. I know grandpa gave up his rights to my mother when she is born and that has been a sore spot for some time. He has tried to reconcile this in the past a couple of times, but my mother hasn t forgiven him and doesn t talk about it. Why do I want to go through all of this? Basically I am and adult now and I want to live life with fewer regrets. I know my grandpa is probably in his 60 s or older now. I want to know him and our family history before it s too late. If not for my self, then for my mother, because I know she will regret it as soon as he is gone (she s just that type of person).

When I was 7 years old my half brother sexually and emotionally abused me. I told my parents when I was 15. They said we could work everything out as a family. I moved out when I turned 18. A few years ago I told them I never want to be around him again. They told me it was water under the bridge and to get over it. We still have issues because they told me they think I hallucinated the entire thing. He abused me for 7 years off and on. I feel like it is hard to move on from this without them being honest and talking to me about it.

Ok so I've been sick since Sunday, I'm a professional swimmer. And I missed a lot of practices, and I feel good now. But my mom won't let me go to practice. Because I have a bad cough. And today there won't be a hard practice, because my coach is busy so we have a replacement coach( my friends told me) + we have sprints today! And to wrap it all up I have a big meet In a week and a half! Should I go to practice? And not listen to my mom??

She can be so sweet sometimes, and that's why I always refused to go to foster home when a therapist/curator offered me it. I've even been told that she's the cause of most of my mental issues. When I was bullied and told her about it several times, she didn't do anything until the police called her because I've been absent for over two months. That's when she got mad at me, yelled, stuff like that. I shouldn't have skipped, but I was terribly bullied and only 11. I tried solving it, but it didn't work and after a while, the principal refused to believe it was still happening, called me paranoid and sent me right back to the class. So, what else was I supposed to do? My mom had a boyfriend at that time, and every time she gets one, it's like she forgets everyone else exists. Right now, she doesn't give a damn about me again. I'm 17, so I still can't move out and need my mom's support. She only sees her boyfriend, keeps forcing me to call him dad despite the fact I've only known him for a week. I hate her boyfriend to death. He randomly spanks me, kisses my cheeks, cuddles me. Tells me what to do with my hair, tells me I look like a **** if I wear something he dislikes. My mom knows. She's seen all of this and didn't bother standing up for me, though when I saw he was yelling at her, I immediately told him to stop. I feel like I should be the most important person in her life, and all of this is seriously making make me hate her. Is it wrong?

My dad had a huge 15 hour back surgery done and at first he seemed like he was recovering. He was in a rehab hospital, and then had rehab from home and he was still walking, but only for short periods of time. After he stopped therapy though, (I think because of insurance) he has stopped moving. He reuses to move out of bed. My mom works 12 hours shifts and gets home and has to clean him and empty his pee (which he uses a jug because he won't get up.) I'm pretty sure he just poops his pants now because he says he can't get up, so I think my mom does that too. I'm worried about him getting bed sores, because for over a month now he just lays in the same position on one side and won't get up or switch sides because he says the pain is too high. He is already on extreme pain meds. I don't know what to do to help and my mom seems so stressed. He barely eats anymore and he has turned into a really angry person and is never happy with anything you do for him, which I understand because he's in pain, but he's not letting anyone help him and it has gotten to the point where I think it is affected him mentally and physically. He is definitely getting depressed and mentions he is going to die soon, so I don't know if that is considered suicidal. My mom said she nagged on him enough to try and stand up and take a short walk, but he fell and she said he can't even get up anymore because she thinks his muscles are deteriorating. What should I do? Can I admit him into the hospital?

So first off, today my father kept asking my mom on repairing the car as it has problems again but the mechanic was busy so he said next time then my mom told him the reason why she can't send the car and then my father probably forgot the first time and then when I was playing my game and then my father chose to ask again and it's most probably he's so lazy just to bring my mom around and btw he does nothing at home but on his computer so as he asked my mom again she said the reasons and then he says in an angry manor saying that since the festive season is coming, people wont be reliable on fixing cars as they might be very busy or close due to the festive and that was in an rude way but then my mom got pissed off and said why are you such an unreasonable person that can't listen to what I said? Can I force the mechanic to fix the car now that he has 2 customers? Then my father threw his temper and bang stuff then I was scared a little as he hit a thing loudly then I said in my mind "oh damn it today is my final day to play my game as I have to prepare for exams soon and then this happens today " so I wasn't to happy and then my father walked upstairs then he hit the floor and hurt himself when he was wrong ...so you know my life is very painful as I see all this going on and my father says he admits his wrong doing but the last time I tried to talk it out with him, he said he wasn't and oh ya he also never realise how rude and violent his tone when he talks sometimes !

So long story short I meant her last year, I was very quiet when I first went to her house due to hearing stories about her being easily judgmental, and what not. I got use to her and her new husband. Tbh her Husband is really sweet. My boyfriends brothers, sister, and step dad likes me "But the mom" It started when we got into fights so I went back to my mom's for awhile. I did, nor said anything bad about his mom, nor have I ever started a fight with her. I always ignored when she brought up drama or was too drunk to think for herself.. Well now when my boyfriend picked me up from the airport 3 - 4 months ago I found very hurtful text messages on his phone from his mom stating she dislikes me, i'm using him, I just want to get pregnant and use his money "He doesn't make that much anyway" for child support and than leave, I'm a bad person and so on. He use to have very bad spending habits and when he'd just spend she'd message him, bitching him out, than say it was my fault WHEN MY NAME ISN'T EVEN ON HIS CARD OR ACCOUNT!!??? I don't even want a baby right now, i'm waiting until I have a higher paying job, nd we both have bills caught up so our baby has a good life. Now she just ignores me and always ask him trho text asking how our new roommate is doing and so on. She use to ask all about me and try to hangout with me. I always went out of my way for her.. My boyfriend says she does this often to other people. Anything I do I get judged for by her and i'm sick of it. She is also always drunk. She drinks 3 bottles of wine every night, and moonshine 5 times a week "I saw it for myself" And when I use to live in Michigan my parents took my boyfriend in at the time. He tried contacting his mom for help. She'd say yes he can stay with her while drunk, than ignore him when she sobered up and it was so mean! What should I do? I plan on marrying him later on in life "Been together for 6 years now" I could do be perfect and still be hated by her. She was like this a bit when I first meant her. How will she adjust when we take more steps in life "Have a baby" "get married" "Get a bigger place" My boyfriend had issues bu he moved on from them and moth of my parents only trid helping him even tho he had bad issues. I get into a fight or two so move back so he can catch up bills and what not and she HATES ME FOR LIFE. When I try going over there she ask us to leave and stuff.. WTF DID I DO!

My boyfriend comes from a tight knit clan of a clique family. No one's welcoming and it's worse than stereotypical "high school". I've survived. They frequently have family parties - immediate family and his aunts, uncles, cousins, and their significant others. I finally had the guts to make a dish to bring to parties. I was very happy with it - my bf LOVES it and suggested I make it for the parties. It was a hit and went home with an empty tray. It became the dish I would bring. His cousin's girlfriend Patty (who pretty much ingrained in the family, as she's dated him for 10+ years) asked me for the recipe. I gave her the website address. (A catty cousin - close to Patty, mentioned to me numerous times how much Patty wanted to cook it). I had no problem sharing that as I had my own little way of making it my own and who am I to keep it from her? Months later, she asked if I could go over and teach her how I made the dish, in which we did. The next family party, she shows up with the dish I made and says, "yeah I made it but I put a little twist and made it my own." I didn't want to be petty but it made me a bit uneasy...it was almost like a one up with the recipe I used and took time to show her. I don't own the recipe and anyone can cook whatever they wanted to cook. I didn't mind sharing but it seemed weird to me. If she had said, "hey, i'm gonna try this out at the next party!", I would've been more than okay but again, it just seemed a bit rude... I told a friend & she was more upset about it and said I had every right to feel upset. If it was made for another group of people - co-workers, her own family, it wouldn't be so bad or if she had mentioned it. There's no point in talking to her about it bc she's very ignorant, as well as the rest of my boyfriend's family. I'm also in the bottom of the social scale since she's been part of that longer than I am so the cousins would have her back, not mine. I guess I can just make something else I don't mind sharing recipes or being first or being acknowledged by it. The fact that I was able to share it with her so freely and taking TIME out of my schedule to show her and enjoy her company - then, takes it and cooks her own and shares it with the same group of people...just weird. And why would she need my help? I'm no expert cook but it was easy to make - that makes me question it more.

When my mother texts my brother after school to say she is there waiting to pick him up, a text will attach to my brother's text on his phone. The attached text looks like it's from my mom because it's right under her text, but my mom never texts the attached messages. These attached messages show a guy's name (my brother's first name with a different last name) and today, my mom said she would try to park in the lot. And an attached message went onto my brother's phone like an image showing an advertising company and the words were Norwegian. My mom is not sending these attached texts and we are getting freaked out because it only happens when my mom and brother correspond. It only happens when my mom is about to pick my brother up from school; never on weekends. What could this be?

First of all please don't tell me to talk to her. I've seen my parents yell at her but it isn't enough to convince her. Okay... So my sister is so lazy. It's really effective on me because it hurts me. For instance, I had this honor band concert and after my 6-hour rehearsal, I asked my parents if they could come. They said they can't because they had a meeting with their attorney. My sister volunteered to watch my concert and so I was happy. An hour before I drove off to my concert, I told my sister I was ready now, but what surprised me was that she didn't get ready. She said she was busy, whiling sitting in front of a computer showing her Twitter account. Of course, I knew the reason why she wasn't coming because she ALWAYS sits in front of her computer 24/7 tweeting and making gifs. I asked if she was sure and she said yes because she was going to be alone. I thought in my mind, WHAT THE HELL? THAT ISNT EVEN AN EXCUSE! And then I yelled at her, "If you won't come then I'm going to be alone too!" But still she refused. I got mad and stomped my way downstairs, and almost cried because nobody was at my concert. The saddest part was that I kept crying and crying in my sleep hours after the concert tonight because it mean everything to me: I was selected to be part of a huge and awesome band as a big flutist. And now my sister didn't care, and that is what made me sad. she's 15, and lazy. I just want her laziness gone

I'm 32, married with two small children. My dad is 67, has primarily lived alone since my parents separation when I was 12 years old. It's the very cliche sad story of daddy who drank too much, came home every night to cause havoc until my mom finally left. I don't feel adversely affected by the memories and have gone on to live a happy life, never seeing my father drunk again since we left. We remained close spendings one together whenever possible. Now that I have kids my dad is a doting grandfather. They are his first grandchildren: he visits them almost weekly. I've been completely aware that my dad still drinks. But he never drinks around his family so it's been easy to put it out if my mind all these years. My brother revert my moved in with my dad in temporarily basis and Has delivered shocking reports that break my heart. Apparently my dad drinks heavily every evening...even driving home drunk on occasion, my father who is frail and has a severely unsteady gait has suffered falls at home whike intoxicated...per my brother. My brother has no desire to intervene but only gripes. I'm at a loss at what to do, I'm scared to death to talk to my dad and afraid he would never speak to me again if I insist he get help. He's a vet, has full VA benefits as far as I know. I thought about alanon meetings but seems like they aren't much about how to help the alcoholic. Advice?

I have a problem with getting involved in situations that arent really my problem.. because i want to help and I want everyone to get along. My mom and grandma are agruing over something stupid and I love my grandma deeply but i do feel that with the current situation she is at fault. Normaly i wouldnt worry so much about their issues but i am leaving the country to visit my fiance next week and they will be meeting me there on my last few days of the trip to meet his family and spend time with us. But now my mom wont go if my grandma goes and my grandma wont go if my mom goes. They are being childish. They are normaly very cloee and hardly ever argue like this. They are supposed to share a hotel room and rental car, not to mention the trip is already all paid for. I want them to get over this so we can all go and get along but im worried they wont do that on their own. Should i get involved and say something to my grandma..? Tell her she should appoligize to my mom? (Because she should) i dont know what to do. Help.

In in the beginning of 2015 I lived on my college campus. In the summer I lived with my mother. In the fall of 2015 I lived on campus again and towards the end of 2015 I began living with my significant other. I'm 22 and pay my own bills. Beside my cellphone my dad pays for he also paid for my dorm when I used to live on campus. He bought my car as well. I feel as if even though my dad does those things im still somewhat independent. I don't call him for help unless I really need it. I stopped living on campus just so he doesn't have to pay for it so the only thing he really pays for is my phone bill. Other than that I do everything on my own. He won't even let me live with him so does he have the right to claim me?

So for a few years I have been getting abused verbally and mentally by my parents. They don't care about my health or my needs. When I needed glasses I practically had to beg them forever to get them checked out, and money wasn't and issue because our insurance covered all of it. I'm having a constant knee pains that is worsening and they won't even give me a knee brace or take me to a doctor and they play it off that I'm a hypochondriac. I've been dealing with depression for a little over two years and when my parents found out they didn't do anything to help. They didn't take me anywhere to help it they cared for about a week then dismissed it. And that was when it started 2 years ago. They don't know I'm still dealing with it now. And recently I thought about suicide because this place I'm living in is so toxic for me. And I've talked to my brother about the verbal md mental abuse and he was surprised this was happening to me because they never acted like that to him. (His into sports so he's the star child who they want to protect so he'll get a career in sports). So should I report my parents? And what would happen?

I'm 18 and wanna buy a vibrator but i'm too embarrassed to go buy it at spencer's at the mall but i also don't wanna buy it online bc i live with my grandparents and don't want them to know and plus even if i did decide to just go ahead and buy it online (if i had enough money on my debit card to do so lmao i got like a few cents maybe) i don't want them to even know about my debit card it's secret bc i don't trust them with my money i don't even want them knowing if i have money, which i don't, but i wouldn't. they've already ****** **** up on my old card so don't say 'give them a chance'

I was bored and just found a course in this college I might want to take, I filled out the little information thing on their page not really thinking much of it and sent it. Next thing I know they are calling me house, they said I should come down and tour it, I said great, they asked me well you can come tomorrow, I told them I couldn't because I had to work. I tired to suggest that maybe I could figure out my schedule call them to see if any of those days worked, they said they would call back the next day. I was at work when they called, so I called them back, she kept pushing saying "you can come this time tomorrow and blah blah" I tried to tell her look I work that day at that time and I kept trying to say listen just need a bit to figure out what day and times will work. I am really not trying to be hard to get along with, but the college is 45 minutes away I work and my mom works and she's the one going to take me down. During the last phone call I had with this college I agreed to go feb 3 just because I wanted them to stop calling me so much! She called in the middle of the day again to day again I was at work, my dad answered saying I was going to be working feb 3 (when I'm not) I tried calling them back when I was done work, my mom is annoyed because the meeting I got is at 7pm. I'm not overly interested in this school I just thought it was a interesting choice, my parents think its crazy how these people won't leave me alone, what do I do? I just feel like they are being to pushy, I can't just not show up to work some day because of these, I can't just book the day after I speak to her on the phone to go it doesn't work like that. With all the phone calls it completely turns me off from even going. One more update I promise, I hate to just cancel on them because I feel like I am screwing them over to be perfectly honest I'm not great at saying no to people, I don't want to be mean, maybe I'm not taking it as seriously as I should be I don't know. My dad said they just want my money, I believe him, but I hate to just ditch the meeting last minute you know?

im not saying this bcus shes my mom but bcus she is actually stupid. i am so sick of her ****. yesterday my plan was to do my homework and take a test today. i do self taught packets of english that are really long and was working on it all day. it got to 12:20 am and my mom goes through my packet flat out lying to my dad saying i didn't do ****. the day before she counted that i had 30 pages left and yesterday i only had 9 pages to do. she then resulted in name calling and hitting telling me shes gonna send me to the cops when i didnt even touch her. she attacked me then i pushed her away. my dad and mom are both like that and i dont even care cause they have said it all my life. then at like 1:10 am i finally get her to shut up and explain i can't go to sleep i need to do my homework. i planned my week out for this and all she did was stick to her lie that i should have did my homework. like i cant just go to sleep i am panicking about my work. i finally get my stuff today and i ask my dad about my trash money cause he hasnt payed me since dec. he then bitched saying i didnt take the trash out and resulted in name calling. i go upstairs and am on my computer to put music on and my mom comes in and shes like you werent gonna do your homework your looking at something inappropriate like everyother time you say your doing your homework i got so freaked out like what the ****. she then says you have untill 9:15. not even an hour. idk what to do with her. i need tips

My parents have been divorced for 5 or 6 years now, but surprisingly get along well. I currently live with my mom, and at her house, I live in the loft, so I have 0 privacy, no walls, no door, nunca. I also have an older sister who is a year older than me (a sophomore), who treats me like sh*t and yells at my mom and I whenever she feels like it, which starts arguments, which relates to the no walls thing. Also, my school is closer to my dad's house, so I could walk if I moved there. I talked to my mom and told her about all of this, and she said that I could move in with my dad if I wanted to, and I could still be with her 3 days a week. My dad said I could move in with him if I ever wanted to, so should I? Or should I stay at my mom's?

She's pregnant, and she's very, very snobby. She's always been snobby to me even when she wasn't pregnant. . When I hug her, she screams. When I talk to her, she raises her voice and says things negative. One time, she said, ''just looking at you makes me annoyed.'' I love her though. :( I mean, we're not kids anymore, but we still have issues. I don't get it. :( As a matter of fact, she has blocked me on Facebook.

So, as of late, everything has been going down the drain. I'm a sophomore in highschool, but my dad's terminal, my mom blames herself for everything, and my brother isn't helping, my grades since freshman year has been all F's, I'll never get into a college as a result, and all of my friends avoid talking to me. Every day, I wake up tired, and at school, I'm positive, and I try to keep people happy, but I know I'm gonna disappoint everyone. My grandma expects me to graduate, my dad is oblivious to my grades, and my mom is on a constant telling me to catch up but I know that at this point, with around 2 credits of the 23 required for the four years of highschool and being 2 years in, being in poverty, and I just don't know if I'll make it.

I m 16 year old girl. mom used to dance everyday Zumba with her 2 friends Dona & Elsa. I got really close with do as son, were still good friends, almost dated. I m very close with both of them, but I m closer with Dona. She s been there for me a lot, 16th birthday, homecoming crowning, supported me when I lost & gained my vision back etc. she s a very reserved person, after losing her husband & daughter 4yrs ago. But she s always super loving, caring to me, always giving hugs & laughing together, always happy, we have a special bond. Last year she quit Zumba due to fight she had with Elsa, so we don t see her anymore but I miss her so much, so I text her "have a great day!" Every know and then.. My grandma died a couple weeks ago & surprisingly Dona had came to her funeral, I was crying very hard & shaking, She came down the line hugging family, we she got to me I bawled out crying even harder when I saw her, Life seemed at its worst & to see her after months without her, I missed her so much.cit was overwhelming. She gave me the biggest/longest hug. She kept telling me that it s okay, it s okay to cry. It was a special moment, very hard & overwhelming. Days letter she would text me checking on me. Was it bad of me to cry more, How do you think she felt seeing me like that? is it weird that we are close? (Me & my mom are very close, there s nothing my mom lacks) I just want your opinion?

I haven't been allowed to go to parties in high school because I made some bad discussions in the past. I have since been responsible and trustworthy. However one of my punishments until I'm 18 (currently 17) is that I'm not allowed to spend the night out. So basically there's no way I can drink with my friends (no lectures please). How do I basically show/tell my parents that when I'm 18 I can do what I want and go to parties? Also I have told my mom before that when I turn 18 I'm going to give myself all the freedom I want because I won't have a curfew and I'll legally be an adult. She countered by saying "you'll do what I tell you."

We just found out my child suffers from depression/anxiety. We should've known She was always the odd one out in our family, I.e never wanting to be in family pictures, not liking to be touched (hugs are a no-go) staying in her room all day/ night, she's slowly stopped talking at family dinner and had even started eating in her room. At first, we denied she had it. And even accused her of lying because she's increduably lazy, and it would be the perfect excuse. But she broke down at her therapists, and talked about how "hard" it was for her at school and how she struggled to make the A's and B's that were expected of her in her honors and ap classes I raised 2 other kids and they NEVER had this issue. She hates math with all her being and asked to he taken out of ap calculous and something easier, earning herself a slap against the head. We know she can handle it. She's been doing so well She said she felt that we would be better off without her and this is the most she's spoken in years. how do I fix my daughter? She's most likely in some dilemma We've already unhinged the door to her room because she liked staying it it so much and only allow her to stay in there for 2 hours plus sleeping hours. What else can I do?

I feel like I was just born to create some kind of income for her and now that I'm almost 19 she is trying to make it impossible for me to get out and do me I'm in cosmetology school but, now I wish I went to a university like my eldest sister my mom took advantage of the money tgey got back from student loans though I'm working and I give her gas money but, she constantly borrows money even to pay her bfs phone bill and gets really angry when I save and tells me and my 22 year old sister we dont need cars recently she's been looking for apartments & it's 4 people in total moving with her she's trying to get away from her boyfriend who is crazy and fights her but, live with because she doesn't wamt to work she got a job and didn't go to work btw...anyways the apartment is a 2 bdrm I don't even want to be in a 3 bedroom I am pregnant and she goes crazy when we ask her to go places we already pay some bill where we are now and I can't pay bills for her, me& 3 other grown ppl for a 2 bedroom apt I just graduated last year in May I just want to get a job go to school and take care of myself but, it's like I can't even afford that with her pushing my bf away he's a really nice guy! & I have to start school in August I'm fed up she's done this before lived with a guy for 8 years I knew him since I was little he molested my sister why can't she just get a job and stop acting like she's chasing men for us? I am sick! Of her life style it has nothing to do with luxury she is selfish.

My mom and dad had been fighting for a while, and then my dad left for medical reasons. The thing is that my dad has been gone for over a year. He said he was going to be gone for 2 weeks. We (my sibling, mom and I) see our dad but the connection between my mom and dad are just about nothing. Does this mean that a divorce might be inevitable, and is there anything I can do?

Hello, So I am having a sweet 16. That for the most part has been negotiated. The problem is that my parents are divorced. My mom has a boy friend, who she has been with for about 5 years now. My dad hates him and says he has valid reasons although he hasn't told them to me. Also he doesn't like my dad either. The families are another story. My moms family seems to want to see my dad's family. However they haven't been in a room together since the divorce 8 years ago. My parents are both threading not to come if both don't have the guest list how they want. How to I figure this out! It's important for my family to all be there! Thanks!!!

Hello, I m Josh, I m 17 years old and sadly my parents are divorced actually they had me and were never actually married. Both my parents are mean and treat me like ****, I m always caught in the middle and the cross fire of both of them. Gradually over the years it s been getting wprse, I m always fighting with my parents and it s really frustrating. Lately throughout high school I ve changed a lot. I don t talk with anyone honestly and I ve been very depressed lately. All I do is sit in my room or go to work. I have a car but no my parent with whom my insurance is on keeps threatening to take me off of it. I want to be on my own but my parents make it hard, they make it so I have little to no money to spend . I have no money because I m always getting things for myself, I recently bought a car, I bought a triple a plan, I registered my vehicle and I don t have anything right now. I really need help with my parents and the situation I m in, I m about ready to pack up and leave, I can t do this anymore, I just can t. If you can help me at all please do. Thankyou

like he is always seems like he doesnt want us to be around like always thanking us for supporting them eventho looks like he forgot that she is our sister and we knew her before him...he is always annoyed and showing signs that he is bothered like being very not friendly...we dont know what we are doing wrong hes a stubborn guy and recently he had a small fight with my mom and since that he gets annoyed whn we come over like srsly ....can someone please exaplin from a guys prespective if you had a mother in law and her family came over alot would you get annoyed ...i mean am just there to play with the baby nothing else i love my nephew and he doesnt give us a chance to stay with him

My older sister has been married for 5 yrs and have 2 kids. She lives only 4 min away from my parents house but barely call or visit them and never invite them to her house. It started a few month after she got married. Before that she was the most loving and caring daughter ever! I live overseas and whenever I call our parents, all they talk about is how much they miss her and how disappointed they are in her that she won't let them have a relationship with their grandkids. When I call and ask her, she says sorry and promise me she will do better but only lasts for a few days and she ignore them again. The funny thing is how her Facebook is full of pictures of her in-laws having such a good time with her and her kids. My parents are in a great pain because of these but she don't think it's a big deal. I am beginning to hate and resent her for the pain she is causing them and thinking of giving her an ultimatum that she either fix this or I do not wish to have any relationship with her. Is there anything else I can do before resorting to that?

Long story short, my 11 year old brother was receiving anal from our dog and now the dog s penis is stuck in my brother s ***. My brother seemed to be enjoying it too... Does anyone know how to solve this?