I'm 15. I've never had a close relationship with my mom. Usually when I try to tell her about my life, she's not paying attention. She'll just look at her iPad and give me an occasional "mhm" or "yeah." When I ask her about this, she just tells me that my stories have to many details and last way too long. She always tells me that I'm hard to get along with, even when we've gotten along all day. Like today. We had just gotten back from church, and we were on good terms. I said, "Hey Mom, can we go on a walk? It's such a nice day out!" She said no. I said, "But you always go on a walk when Dad asks you to go. Come on, when was the last time you and I had a nice conversation??" She said, "We never have conversations like that because you're too contradictory." Wait what??? Everything was just going well!! A good mom is forgiving, and doesn't think about the past, when I may have snapped at her. I'm a teenager, that happens sometimes. But for the most part, I'm nice to her. She just turned the whole situation on me, and it ruined my whole day. And when I say I'm not contradicting, that contradicts everything she just said, proving her point. But I'm not contradictory, so I can't just agree with it! It's like she sets me up. No matter what I say, it will make me seem like a contradicting, disrespectful daughter. What should I do?

My bf and I have been dating over two years and his siblings don't accept me. We are both 19, his sister is 23 and brother 17. Recently we all hung out,except the sister, and his brother gets along with me so he isn't much of a problem. It is the sister who talks behind my back and has even gotten their cousin against me. Everyone else treats me with respect except her. What should I do?

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My mom is 50 and has been having sex with guys younger than her. One of them was 22. She is an embarrassment for me. I am planning on moving out because her behavior makes me angry. The older she gets, the younger she acts. Should i even care and talk to her or just move out without saying anything. I am an adult, im just concerned for my 13 year old brother since my mom is filing for divorse.

I am 18 years old so isnt there like a legal thing? my dad keeps mentioning it and I keep correcting him when he says "we" and such. My conditions were to get family therapy because we are as dysfunctiona as they come. We only have three months for family therapy and honestly don t think that s enough time. Plus this is my last year before college and I sort of want to work so I ll have money and I would have to take off three consecutive weeks off. My family makes me really upset and they are a lot to handle. I honestly don t think is a smart idea for my brother and I s mental health. Please help me get out of this. My parents are sort of persistent and aggressive about me going and I feel bad but I really don t think it s a good idea

I'm 17 years old and my older brother has been bullying me about my appearance for about a year now. I am ugly. I know. I have no self confidence and he makes it even worse. He always calls me ugly and says I don't even look female, I look like a man and I shouldn't even go to the salon or do anything girls do. He goes crazy just CRAZY if I dare wear makeup or go to the salon or wear feminine clothes. He starts screaming and laughing crazily. He tells me I don't even need to go in public and he stares at me for literally five minutes straight and starts laughing then taking videos of me saying he can't believe how ugly and disgusting I am. He has never been nice to me and always gives me anxiety with these comments. I wish I didn't care but it's making me so angry. I feel like I have no freedom and am being judged wherever I go because of him. I hate him. And he's 20 years old and acts 10. What should I do?

My mum told me that she regretted having me and my sister. Now that we are both over 18 she has decided to lose touch with us. She said that she wants to pretend she doesn't have any children

So my siblings and I grew up in an abusive home, and now we're all struggling as a result of it. My other two brothers, sister, and I have been doing better, but I'm a bit stuck on what to do about my younger brother. He can have awful violent outbursts, and I just don't know what to do about it anymore. Everyday I see him sitting in lunch detention and it breaks my heart to know that he's still in the same place as before. I really want to talk to him about it, but I just don't know what to say. I feel like he'd ignore it, either because he doesn't want to lose his friends, who are equally as disruptive, or for some other reason. Thanks, Jackie

My parents got divorced when I was 2 and I live with my mom. I visit my dad on holidays, and each time I come home questioning myself, why did I go. When I was younger, I didn t feel like that. For some reason me and my dad have grown slowly away from each other after their divorce. I ve had so much good times and memories, which I still remember, from my first years and after that, somewhere around 4 or 5. I believe and feel like that some day we will have cold relationship, because it s becoming like that. It s sad to feel like that from my own dad, and I can t really stand feelings I have about my dad. I have 2 stepsisters which are my dad s wife s kids. They re adults now, so they visit me sometimes. I m myself under 18. I ve been thinking, that maybe it s time to cut my dad out of my life. Some day we won t know each other and I don t want to see that day. I ve tried to fix it, but I can t help it. Help me make the decision. Should I cut my dad out of my life? By that I mean that I won t meet him anymore and stop talking with him. My heart says that it s time to do that, but I don t know how. How do I explain my mom that I cutted him out? Please answer and help me.

So, I know this is pretty much the opposite of what every teenager says, but I'm 16 and my parents treat me like an adult. I think it has something to do with the fact that I'm in college, and they forget I'm only 16. But they expect me to buy clothing with my own money and they take my brother on weekly shopping trips. I haven't bought any new clothes since I was 14. My brother is the baby, he sleeps with them at night and they make his lunch in the morning (which wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't 14..) and I have to beg for them to even buy me snacks for lunch. Am I crazy, or should I do something?

She is an old lady that had a boob job and is a 40 triple D and is five feet three and weight is under 105 and very into her self. She act very sexual toward all men and likes married men. Her manner of dress is offensive and embarrassing if you are out in public with her. I find myself less tolerant of her as I get older. My children will not come to family functions is she is there because they told me she makes them felels uncomfortable. She also get drunk at every family function and acts foolish and inappropriate She is my husband sister and I am really tired of her. One time her friend told me You don't have to worry about her around your husband because he is her brother. How can I tactfully avoid her. Honestly I would like to have nothing to do with her at all.

Hi. Everyone's parents have arguments every now and then, and my parents have been like that for my whole life. However, during the last few months they've been arguing way more often. Most arguments and usually about pathetic little trivial things which get blown completely out of proportion. It usually begins with my mum saying something she probably should have, then my dad completely over reacting (he has a fairy short temper). They shout, scream and swear at each other and make the atmosphere in the house so horrible. I'm 18 and have two siblings aged 22 and 25. My oldest siblings moving out in a few weeks and I'm going to university in September. After they're argued they won't speak at all for a day or two, or give each other really snide comments/remarks. This has happened a few times over the last few weeks and its really worrying me. The arguments usually end with my mum crying, which makes it even worse. I am already ridiculously stressed due to my a-levels, having an eating disorder as well as other things. But now I can stop worrying that my parents are going to split up. They've been together for over 25 years and I honestly don't think I would be able to cope if they split up. I can't stop thinking about that possibility, it's making me ill. I worry that when my sister moves out things will get worse. Is there anything I can do?

Been married for a long time now and still treats her boy like a kid who is way over 30. Can't go anywhere without her making plans, when in the car she has to always sit in the front seat with him. Why this behavior?

I've never really liked my step dad that much. When I was about 12 (I'm 15 now)i could always see him staring at my butt as I walked past, but today after my mom left he took me to his and my moms room and took his thing out and offered me 100 bucks to take all of my clothes off. I was horrified, he's so ******* disgusting. I screamed at him, ran out and locked myself in my room and haven't left since and I don't know why but I can't stop crying. He left the house but I'm still scared to leave my room. I'm really scared of him but I don't know if I can tell my mom. I'm really scared and embarrassed

You can skip this paragraph unless you want to know why i feel how i do. I know in some cases it's pointless to know my situation. My dad left, it didn't affect my bro as much because he was always on drugs, and he's 23. I'm living with my mother, brotger, and dads step dad. It's hard because he says its my moms fault he left while my brother says its my fault. My brother says im faking for attention. He says i was diagnosed with retardation, not depression. My mom just tells me to stay away from him, but then they complain when i stay in my room the whole day. I don't have any other realitives, they all took my dads side of the story. My grandfather constantly complains about how his parents would have killed him if he acted like me. I am polite, respectful, a great listener. I just cant be me. Shouldnt this be my mothers choice? I cant go for walks. I cant use my treadmill anymore. This has led to me gaining a bmi of 17.8 and i am consuming 800 kcals a day. I self harm on my thighs, i am currently 2 months clean but feel like relapsing right now. I am currently medically diagnosed with depression and on pills for it. I dont have anyone. Can someone tell me the youngest age to get a job? What do i do? I know only 3 people in my life. My brother says im worthess, my grandfather doesnt listen and says i should be more perfect, my mother does nothing to help. Please just give me advice

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I m 15 and my sister will be 20 in September. Last August she assaulted me and was kicked out of the house by police. My mom did everything for her. She washed her clothes, bought food, helped pay her rent. Anyways, my mom let her move back in, despite police saying if anything happens she (sister and/or mom) would be responsible. About 2 months after my sister returned, she came home at 6am (underage) drunk literally being held by police. My mom took her in again and took care of her drunken needs. My sister and I constantly get into arguments (we used to be pretty neutral). I can't stand her living here and the fact that I was harmed doesn t matter. I want to move out but have nowhere to go and can't work because of my age. This wrecks my mental health. I asked my mom to do something and she doesn't care. My dad is out of state working and doesn't have as much control over the situation at home. I want relief.

I came home from school, went up stairs and saw my mom sniff my underwear.. It was in the laundry basket.. I do my own laundry, so I don t know why she snooping around my bedroom for. I read that some women has a man s underwear fetish. They like the smell of men sweat.. I find it disgusting.. Should I confront her?

I have been with my fiance for 9 years. We have two kids. We have lived with his mom all this time, because he promised his dad he would take care of her. She and I are cordial, but we greatly dislike each other. My fiance has bad mood swings. He will go from very happy to very angry very quickly. It does not take much to set him off. He does not call me names, he does not hit me, but he does say everything on his mind, and it's not nice. He will not apologize, because if he meant it, he shouldn't be sorry. He hates my mom, though I don't have enough room to write that story. She is a good person, very helpful, and goes out of her way to visit. She is always asking for us to visit, funded by her. She recently said she would come pick us up (not my fiance) and get us a plane ticket home. My fiance got very angry, said no (the recent belgium bombing). He is very controlling when it comes to visits. Doesn't want me to drive that far (I have never had an accident, I'm not a bad driver). He has so many rules set up for when she visits, or I visit her, and my mom has to do it all. My mom is not being unreasonable, he is. But he is my fiance, and if he is so against it, I feel I should respect that. I make my mother and him angry every time a visit comes around, which is every few months, though she usually comes here and buys a hotel room for days. I'm tired of it. How do I stop being the bad guy? If he is in the wrong, how do I get him to see that?

Hello everyone once again my daughter's aunt is being a stupid b**** again she's trying to frame my daughter again. The funny thing is my daughter isn't even home my daughter's aunt kept going back and forth from the porch were her stuff is to my daughter's room well the last time she went in my daughter's room she locked the door. I heard her getting in my daughter's dresser she put 4-5 screwdriver's in my daughter's sock draw and left a note. Remind you my daughter's aunt is 36yrs old and is framing a 11yr old there's something seriously wrong with that picture plus the one composition book my daughter had her aunt said it was hers and took it the composition book is not her aunts its my daughter's cause I brought it for her

I am 22, live at home, religous hackround and culture, parents hit me when i talk back or talk with an attitude? Tried everything, tried to talk nice but nothing seems to go my way, tried to talk to them too but they always hit when they get mad, what do i do? I dont want to call social services or the police be ause it will make things worse but what do I do? I feel like commiting suicide sometimes or running away and have been so close in doing both.. Can anyone advise?

So I happened to look on my 17 year old brother's phone when he left it on the counter because he was always on it 24/7 texting people and I wanted to see who he was communicating with. I was shocked when I saw a graphic conversation with him and another man. I found out he has been explicitly texting and meeting up with this guy for a few months and posted an ad on Craiglist looking for men! I have this guy's number and name, but what can I do and how do I handle this situation? The age of consent here is 16 so I don't think it's a crime, my brother will also be 18 next month, but I am more worried about his health and him getting std's. He now has about 50 red dots which he thinks is acne all over his face (didn't have it as bad a few months ago). Should I take him to get an std test or buy him condoms? I don't want to embarrass him but I don't want him to get HIV either...Should I contact this 25 year old man he's been communicating with? That would alert my brother that I know if he stops communicating with him out of the clear blue when they've been talking for a few months now.....Idk what to do...This sicko even had my brother skip school and picked him up, he later said he went to the beach with his friends but it was a complete lie...please help...I am worried about him, but he's also almost 18 and an adult. When I express my concerns he tells me to mind my business and that he's an adult...I really don't know what to do here....please help!!!

i have been so so sad lately and i cant seem 2 stop crying i feel so depressed and lost. a part of me wishes i were dead so i wouldnt have 2 hurt so bad. and i dont want anyone 2 see me like this what do i dob im scared and sad help please

I've been with him about a year now. We get along fairly well except when we argue. When he gets into a bad mood or if we start fighting his actions turn childish. In the past he's full blown yelled at me in my face when I was speaking to him at a normal volume. He's thrown food in my direction. He's taken something thrown it in the trash, taken it out put it on the ground, stomped on it and thrown it away again. Threatened to break up, multiple times. Threatened to sleep around because he's thought on multiple occasions that I slept around behind his back (all of which I have never done). Gotten up in the middle of the night and turned on all the lights and played things on the TV and his iPad loudly to wake me up. Yelled at me almost the entire way home from a road trip over something little that was not in my control. He's admitted before he has control issues but how do I cope with behavior like this? If a child did this, it would warrant a punishment but I can't punish my boyfriend (hes also the older out of the two of us). Idk how else to handle it.

When my mom told me to go look for garbage cans for the bathroom in my new apartment along with cleaning supplies and other things I said ok. I then told her that I theres a bed bath and beyond near target and asked if she wanted me to check it out because I though that there would be more selections there rather than target. I have all day so walking 20 steps to the next store wouldnt be a big deal. She then proceeded to raise her voice and begin lecturing me about not making decisions about shower curtains, towels, dishes and bedding without her and how shes not ready to look for those things yet. I asked what she meant about making big decisions because I never mentioned all of the extra things. After I asked for clarification, calmly I might add, I was screamed at for being rude and was expected to apologize. I did sakd sorry because I've learned to pick my battles even when I dont understand what I did wrong but because she doesnt think my apology was good enough shes not talking to me. Im just confused as to why parents do things like this because it has happened on more than one occasion. I ask a yes or no question and am fine if no is the answer but then end up without an answer but a lecture about some random topic.

My child is a 15 year old boy and uses vulgar profanity like, Shut up, idiot, crap and stupid. When I confronted him I said stop cursing or ur grounded but he told me I was being unreasonable and these words are not vulgar and I am over reacting but ik im not he can get suspended from school from using words like that!!!

I am away at university and seeing a counselor for anxiety, depression, and self-esteem problems. I never felt safe at home because the only time my dad interacted with me is to yell at me. Now that I'm about to graduate, they've become extremely controlling and complain that I don't spend any time with them and I hate them. (They've always ignored me and I withdrew because I was afraid of them). Every time I go home, they say I'm disrespectful for trying to be adult/take care of myself and make me feel like I'm worth nothing. When I tell them how I feel, they give me a guilt trip and say I should worship them because their parents were abusive, but they are so much better than them. My counselor says to throw them a bone and spend time with them, but everything in me screams to "get out now!" I don't even want to go home for breaks because I'm scared and don't even want anything to do with them anymore.

When I was growing up, my parents, all they asked was that I try my best in school, that's it, and that's what I've asked of my daughter, but, she's not even trying, she's 16. I mean, it'd be one thing if she were putting her all into school and coming away with the grades she gets, but, there's no attempt. I'm ready to take away her laptop, cell phone, car, etc, if she doesn't shape up. What do I do?

My daughter's mom found out i was still having a relationship with my son's mom during the time she was pregnant with my daughter and we were together. She saw the proof. I did put my daughter's mom through alot and everytime we argued i would tell her that i was leaving and sometimes i would. She would cry and beg me to stay and always ask me to come back home, saying how much she loves me etc. And she would point out things she didn't like about what i was doing, like my attitude and stuff and that I'm hard to talk to. And i would tell her that if i wasn't here, she wouldn't have to worry about that. My daughters mom is an overall great person but she has an attitude problem. Well she found out about what i did to her last year while she was pregnant. She confronted me about it. Then she took all my belongings to my sisters house and left me. She told me she does not wanna be with me no more. She said she cannot take the stress of the back and forth stuff with me and me always threatening to leave and she said the ultimate was me still being with my son's mom while i was with her too. She always said she'd never leave unless i cheated. But she also has a soft heart and never stands on what she says. She is not even mad. She told me i can see my daughter anytime.no child support. She said she doesn't hate me but that she doesn't see a future with me. Do you think i have a chance of getting her back?

On Sunday it will be a few years still since my grandparents died 7 months apart. For some reason even Easter triggers a lot of sadness as I used to go see them a lot at spring break with my Dad including Easter Weekend. While Easter is not as big a deal as Christmas or even Thanksgiving that sadness is still there that would be on those holidays. What kinds of things might I do that would allow me to feel connected to them? I wish I could go visit their kids and grand-kids but no one really does a big Easter so I fear it would be intrusive and my parents said indeed it would be especially since they have in-laws in town. I may see one aunt as she likes having visits but the other two that are local have several kids home and are more private (one other uncle lives out of town). So what do I do that might help? I figure I can use the same advise come Thanksgiving and Christmas or even 4th of July (my grandparents used to have a big 4th of July event).

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I'm not saying my family loves him more, well at least my parents anyway but they do tend to treat him better and let him get away with a hell of a lot more. I'm 17 years old and me and my twin brother (unidentical ) are pretty much the complete opposite. I'm in the marching band, kind of nerdy, chubby, socially awkward, never had a girlfriend, short and quiet. My brother on the other hand has always been the "good son". He's tall, muscular, football star, real talkative, popular, and gets all the girls. The thing is my parents let him swear like a sailor, come home after curfew, don't say anything when he comes home all drunk after parties on the weekend, let him get his drivers licence, always buying him new clothes, and always let him sleep over his friends houses. The thing is my parents don't do any of this stuff for me. If I tried doing any of the swearing, coming home drunk ect.. I would be in a **** ton of trouble. Even at family events like Christmas parties and stuff with cousins, aunt's, uncles and stuff everyone always shakes my brothers hand, says hello and stuff but completely ignore me. He always even gets more presents and cards from family members we don't even really talk to. It also doesn't help that some family members even make fun of me for being in the marching band. I know I sound like a little wimp but this really bothers me. Does anybody have any advice on how to cope with this?

I m fifteen (freshman in HS) and my mom always yells that I m just as lazy and horrible as my father (they re divorced) and that she wishes I had never been born, that she had aborted me, etc. because it would "make her life so much easier". I ve talked to her about it and she always apologizes after and says she won t say it again but then does. I honestly don t think she realizes that I actually believe her when she says it (probably because she s been yelling it at me since second grade). It s gotten to the point where I just go into my room and cry about it after. It s starting to affect my schoolwork/grades and friendships because I m honestly just so upset all the time and don t see the point in any of it anymore. I just want to stay in my room and sleep all the time. I wouldn t feel comfortable talking to a counselor about it and she s already proven I can t talk to her about it. I ve told a couple of my relatives but all they ve said to do is to just wait it out because she has anger issues and "must be going through a hard time raising me on her own" and that she must not really hate me because she lets me have a horse and take lessons (I pay for them all myself...all she does is complain the one time a week she drives me because I can t take the school bus there or get a ride from one of my barn friends). In all reality, it feels like she justifies yelling at me because I get to do things I like. It's like nobody takes into account that I do things I like, but I don't have a father figure OR a mother figure because my dad up and left and my mom spends all her time yelling at me or complaining about having to drive twenty minutes once a week for me or complains about having to buy "so much" food for me and I honestly just don't know what to do anymore

It's my 18th birthday today and I'm supposed to be over the moon because I reached a huge milestone. But honestly, this is the worst birthday of my life. I don't feel like an adult and don't want to be considered as one. I don't know how to get a job and how to do adult things. I'm not academically and socially smart and I'm afraid that I won't be able to start my own life. I'm not independent and that scares me a lot. I also didn't do anything special today. I didn't even get a present, but that's the last thing that worries me. I won't have anything to remember from today and that saddens me. Time is moving too fast and I don't know how to keep up. I don't want to get older and I can't even imagine how depressed I'll feel on my 19th birthday. I have no idea what to do now. I'm not even sure if I'll be able to go to college because my mom has financial problems right now. I just want to be happy but I don't know how.

Okay so I keep my money in this one special place in my room, I always have. But earlier I went to go get some of it and it was gone! I didn't move it. My mom says that last time she helped me clean my room she didn't move it. My friend was left alone in my room for a minute or two, but I don't think she couldn't have taken it. My sister says she didn't do it either. What should I do?

I live with my dad and twin brother (we're 16) and my dad makes me do everything in the house by myself and tells my brother he can't help around the house because that's a "woman" thing? He's literally making me clean his and my brothers bathroom which is horrifying and revolting + my brother is literally allowed to do anything he wants, go out till late, date, everything and I'm not even allowed to even stay out until 11. It's so frustrating. I feel trapped in my own house 😐

I turned 18 about two months ago and my parents have gone batshit crazy about it. They re still banning me from sleeping over friends houses, (something I ve never been able to do,) they re upset that I decided to keep my relationship with someone I ve new dating since I was 15, and they re demanding pay for a room I share with my sister! I understand that it s their home and I should respect their rules, I happily do that. But they re preventing me from going to concerts, events, college practically because they don t want me to move into a dorm. They would most likely be extremely upset with me if I decided to move out as I have Hispanic roots and they believe I m still part of their generation. My mother says that I am not an "American" hence I am not allowed to live their "lifestyle." I am a female so that just makes it worse. My question is, how much can they actually control me? What can they ban me from doing? And how can I move out without making them hate me? I d be moving in with my boyfriend, we are actually currently engaged but my parents refuse to acknowledge it. My mother also keeps threatening to take me to court? Is that possible? Thank you so much! TL;DR my parents are being extremely overprotective now that I m 18 and won t let me move out.

I'm 22 years old and my parents still act like I'm a teenager. I'm currently in college and have had my own place with a few buddies out of state near the school since freshman year but I do come back into town during breaks or on weekends once in a while to visit. I will say y parents layed off a little bit within the past few years but are still a pain. Last year when I came in to visit I was hanging with some friends and got bitched at for coming in at midnight and It turned into a huge argument with my parents. Yesterday I came home for Easter break and I brought a 12 pack in my bag of a beer that that they only sell near the college that I really enjoy because I made plans to hang with some old high school buddies and I wanted them to try it. I just left the bag up in my old room and didn't think anything of it while I wen't fishing at the lake. I came back to my parents place around 8 to shower and get ready to go out and I noticed my parents were acting really weird when I walked in and then I found out my mom found the beer, dumped it and left the empty box on my bed with a note saying " You have been warned". I immediately called them both into the living room to talk it out like an adult in a respectful way and they got all irritated and were saying stuff like how they are my parents and they make the rules. It was mostly my mom but my father just goes with the flow and agrees with her I love them but it really gets under my skin Also I wasn't planning on drinking the whole 12 pack by myself even though it wouldn't matter if I did and my friends all live on my street so I wouldn't be driving. If you actually read the post you would know I live on my own. Also I'm in my 20's and I know I'm not really mentally a full blown adult but still, I'm not 14 anymore

My God,I have to work around someone who constantly talks about herself,kids,boyfriend, family! I ask her questions because I am curios. She NEVER asks anything about me and when I do try to tell her something I get the feeling like she really does not care. But I can sit there and listen to her and her problems all night ! When I talk it's like it kills her to listen ! GOD

My friend is going with her mom and dad and she invited me to come to a Fall Out Boy concert with her, so I won't be alone. If you have/had a kid my age, would you let me go? If you're my age, would your parents let you go? Thanks :)

I'm legally blind. Even though I have some sight left, my illness has made my life hard. I can not work or drive or even be left alone outside. My hubby works hard however our health insurance sucks. Last year my speciality glasses broke. These glasses allow me to go outside and see better. However they cost $1300 and our insurance will not cover it. I started a gofundme campiegn because We can not afford it. we snuggle every month to pay our bills. For Christmas my parents gifted us a week of vacation at a villa. Because I took this vacation, my extended family will not donate to my campiegn. Instead of talking to me, they are talking behind my back thst I have enough money to vacation I could get my glasses instead. If they spoke to me, they would realize it only cost us 2 tanks if gas and groceries because we have been eating every day. Why would family not help out?

OK I live with my parents (18) but not because I'm lazy but because we have a huge family & I take care of everyone.. Clean the house, cook, etc. But my mom still sees me as a child. Im a very private person. I don't like to talk about private stuff with my family especially my mom cause she's a little too open lol Point is, I buy my own bras. I don't need my mom to buy me anything. She's like forcing me to go tomorrow. Tbh, I love her but some things I just like to keep personal. BTW, she's not just any mom. She's an Asian mother so you know what I'm talking about lol. If you don't... Well Asian parents are very, very stubborn and not very understanding or open minded. How can I avoid this?? I sure as hell can't tell her because the convo would go like this.. Me: Mom I'm old enough, please respect my privacy. I buy things myself especially personal things. I don't want to go with you.. My mom: NONONONO YOU GO WITH ME me: but mom, you have to unde--- My mom: NONONO YOU HAVE TO YOU DISGRACEFUL UNGRATEFUL An earful and 3 hours later.... me: sorry but I'm not going. Please just understand.. My mom: fine you ungrateful brat. Don't ask me for money again!!! All you kids are horrible!! Maybe I exaggerated but this is how every other convo goes when I'm trying to be mature. She hates it lol. She's a great mom but when it comes to me trying to be an adult, she goes ballistic.

So, I'm 17 years old and I guess you could say that I'm feeling the consequences of not getting myself a vehicle yet. I usually wake up at 6:45 to get myself ready for the bus that gets here at 7:30, but I got a new phone and it decided to set my alarm to 6:45 PM instead of AM... So I just woke up about 15 minutes ago and now it's about 9:30 AM. There's no taxis where I live, both of my parents are at work right now, I don't have service on my new phone yet, my parents would kill me if they found out I missed the bus, and I'm nowhere near walking/biking distance to my school. I'm terrified of what they're gonna say when they get home, and I think I'm royally screwed. Any tips on what I could do in this "sticky" situation? Thank you in advance! I live out in "the sticks" as they say, so I can't go and just ask my neighbor thats miles away for a ride to school.

I'm 16 and I want to move out. My dad is nothing but an abusive *** and I've finally had enough. He keeps saying he's going to kick me out anyways if any of my friends come over. He doesn't even want them in the yard. My father hates everyone, he never wants anyone over, or for me to go anywhere. Everything is my fault according to him. If I don't know something he calls me stupid, worthless, ect. I could go on for literally hours naming things he says and does. Their not my biological parents though. I was adopted at 6 mons by my Aunt and Uncle who I call my parents. My biological father doesn't even claim me or care that I exist. My biological mother IS NOT fit to be a mother. I don't know what to do no more. Moving out is the only option that I can think of but can I legally do that?

My family is going to FL this summer, and I really want to stay at home. I kept asking my dad to see if I could stay at home when my family goes to Florida, but he said no. I kept telling my dad that on Friends, they get to stay at home from FL on Friends, and they aren't treated like a toddler if they stay at home from FL on Friends, but he said that they live on their own on Friends, and they are in their 20's on Friends. I really want to watch older TV shows on my grandma's TV, not go to FL. I really want to watch one of my favorite TV shows on my grandma's TV, not go to FL. I want to read books, sleep, watch older TV shows on my grandma's TV, watch one of my favorite TV shows on my grandma's TV, do word searches, and watch birthday hauls on YouTube, not go to FL. I don't want to miss one of my favorite TV shows, so I really want to watch one of my favorite TV shows. I am going to be 18 in December, not 11 or 12. How can I convince my parents to let me stay at home? Can you help? Thanks.

Hello! So my sister-in-law (well, soon to be sister-in-law, as I'm getting married in two weeks) and I have never gotten along. She's the legal guardian of her daughter (let's call her Sarah), but only legally. In reality, my mother-in-law raises her, while my sister-in-law accepts child support and visits about twice a week, or sometimes not at all when she has a new boyfriend (and raises his kids instead). However, my mother-in-law will not do anything about it because she wants to keep Sarah, and if she reports my sister in law's irresponsible behavior, Sarah will more than likely be given to her father, whose not a responsible adult either. (It's important to note that Sarah was the result of an unintentional teenage pregnancy.) in addition, my sister-in-law is guilty of tax evasion, but nobody will report it because again, they're trying to protect Sarah. Well recently, all has been going well. My fiancé and I are about to move out and have been spending the remainder of our time with Sarah. My mother in law has no problem with it but my sister in law has seen how Sarah and I have bonded and have told everyone that Sarah cannot see me, including Sarah. Now Sarah has been staying away from me and thinks I'm dangerous. My sister in law have our own issues but I was not expecting this. I want to just come clean and tell authority figures of her way but the rest of the family is protecting her for Sarah's sake. I have no idea what to do.

My parents are separated and life has been hard not living like a normal kid. I'm currently 13 on my spring break. I came home yesterday, and when I woke up today I went to clean something, and my mom was like "**** YOU, YOU BETTER MAKE YOUR BED RIGHT NOW AND STOP EVERYTHING. I SWEAR WHATS WRONG WITH YOU, I LET YOU SEE YOUR DAD AND YOU TURN INTO THIS? IM ONLY LETTING YOU SEE HIM EVERY OTHER WEEKEND." I'm sitting there just making my bed and dropped everything I was doing. She was on the phone with my aunt and I can hear her saying "What if he has a problem he doesn't want to talk about?" My mom then says "**** HIS PROBLEMS." I just left the room to shower and I was just thinking in there. If I had a weapon I swear I would snap and become a psychopath. I don't want to live here anymore but I have people on my mom's side which really care about me and I love them for that, but I wanna get out of here and move in with my dad to show her she doesn't have that kind of power to decide when I can see my dad. I really love my dad and it feels way better when I'm there. I just want to leave and show her who's boss, but she might contemplate suicide or something, because she told me she has before when my sister and brother talked backed to her. Please help me figure out my problem

I remember when I was a child, my dad took me somewhere. All I remember was being around several naked women, and him, in a room. I don't remember anything else, except sitting there on the couch with him and those women. Now that I'm 25, I'm looking for answers. Why was I there? What happened that day? It frustrates me not having the answer to these questions. Today my dad is 62, he's from cuba, he's mulatto. My mom is mexican. Our family is very insignificant, we are normal people in the ghetto. But I don't consider myself a bad person. Doctors say I am bi-polar. I don't believe in mental disorders though. Im just an unfortunate soul, an unlucky person. I'm pretty sure my half brothers raped me when I was little, too. I don't know, really, and maybe I don't care. Sometimes I want to cry, but I cant. One time I cried while on the phone with my mom, and her reaction amazed me. She didn't care at all, she seemed cold, un caring. But yet everyone in my family pretends to care about me. They give me advice, but it's all just to make themselves feel better. Probably because they know what they did to me when I was a child. They want to convince themselves they are good people, when they know they ruined my life. My mom because she kept their secrets. My brothers because they raped me. And my dad because he also raped me. I know there's something though. I have a purpose. I may not be who I wanted to be, but I can do something. I haven't found my answers, but I have faith.

My sister thinks I copy her. A couple of weeks ago I heard her listen to this band I never even heard of. I asked her who they were and she told me. I went into my room, Googled them and started listening to them. Now I am obsessed with their music. I've also started listening to a couple more bands with a similar sound. It turns out my sister likes these bands as well. My sister found out that I like them and started to accuse me of copying her. I said to her that I am not copying her but she was all like "You are copying me because you started listening to them bands a few days after I started listening to them." This isn't the only thing she has accused me of copying lately. She has accused me of copying: -When I made a tuna sandwich about 15 minutes after she made herself a tuna sandwich. -Made a new Instagram account a day after she made a new one. -Asking our parents for a dog a couple of hours after she asked them. -Me following a few celebrities that she followed on Twitter a few hours before me. Is she right to accuse me of copying her? Am I copying her at all?

Him and my mom went to counseling because of his anger...the few years they have been together, he s verbally and emotionally abused me. He even said that if I was on fire, he wouldn t help me. My mom is fed up with him but won t kick him out because he has nowhere to go and because she still loved him. Ever since I turned 18, he loves to joke that if he hits me, it s not child abuse so he thinks he ll be able to get away with hurting me (he has threatened to beat me numerous times). I can t get a job because I don t have my license yet. I do start community college this fall and hopefully my boyfriend moves down to be with me but that s months away. I had to go to my aunts house for a few days but I m home sick. What do I do?

My mum and I have always been really close. This is a sort of disclaimer because for months she has suspected my dad of cheating and has even snooped on his phone with me. Which she agrees is wrong that she feels as though she's in a position where she has to do that. As for my dad, he had an accident several years ago which, we thought, changed him significantly. He's distant, he doesn't really notice my mum, but he's not an aggressive dominant character. He falls asleep on the sofa at 6pm and my mum is basically the main figure in the house. It all started because my dad was weirdly secretive about his phone and the more he tried to hide, the more we collectively tried to dig. My mum saw him texting a female work colleague over his shoulder, walked past and asked who he was texting. He locked his phone and said it was (for example sake) 'John'- a family friend. My mum tried to go on the laptop history to find a website she was previously on. But my dad deletes all browsing history from his phone and his computer. Meanwhile, he pretends that he is technologically inept. I downloaded snapchat for the first time last year. My dad came up from my contacts list; having an account. He denied knowing what snapchat was. He asked me to put a gumtree advert up for him from his phone, whilst he supervised obviously, whereupon I found 14 tabs of hardcore porn open. He blamed a male work colleague who borrowed his phone. My mum has confronted him and asked for honesty. She's sick of acting like a paranoid wife because she says she doesn't care anymore. He denied everything and we kind of believed him because, he is so soft and daft that if he was lying, he would have had to lie about his whole personality for 17 years of my life and 22 years of my mums. Yesterday was when I found out though. I'd given up my suspicions. He was playing on an internet game 'pogo' (checkers, pool etc..) and I asked what his username was (in a disinterested way) because I wanted to surprise him and pop up in an online game against him. He kept evading the question. So I walked past, saw his username and typed him in to add him as a friend. His profile is mega creepy. It's only a cartoony thing but it sounded like a tinder profile. Linked to it was an unknown email account and linked to that, was 5 more private email accounts. In the inbox of said email account, I found messages between a current family friend and my dad. My dad sent her a video of him masturbating. After feeling like I was going to projectile vomit, I told my mum when she came in from work. She didn't even cry, she suspected it but I feel guilty, because I know she never would have found out if I hadn't gone prying. She called my dad in and asked him first about the email accounts (didn't mention we had actual evidence), snapchat, porn etc.. and as usual my dad denied everything saying he had done nothing wrong. Then she dropped to bomb that was the video and my dad couldn't deny it. My dad came upstairs to apologise to me. But then, sort of blamed me saying, I'm sorry, but why were you looking in the first place? It has destroyed my perception of my dad. I have an older brother (20) who was at work when all of this came about. My dad won't tell him what happened and is acting like nothing has changed. It's obviously not my, or my mum's position to tell him and I know he would blame me, My dad isn't talking to me yet. Please. What do I do?

I'm 19 and my mum has never let me go to a music festival in my life. She doesn't mind me going to normal concerts where it's just one or two support acts and a main act, but she absolutely hates the idea of me going to music festivals, whether's it's Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds, V Festival or any other music festival. She hates the idea of me of going to music festivals because: -She thinks I will get my phone and/or money stolen by thieves. -She thinks strangers will pressure me into buying drugs. -She thinks music festivals are dangerous and overly crowded. -She thinks that music festivals are usually filled by white, privileged snobs. -She thinks that festivals are a waste of money, time and energy. -She thinks if I'm that the front or near the front, I will get squished by the people behind me. -She thinks if I'm at the back or near the back, then I won't be able to hear the music properly -She thinks music festivals are too loud and that the majority of the people there are idiotic scum. Is she right or wrong about music festivals and not letting me go?

I think they are giving me medication which will make me conform to whatever they say and social norms.

My son was staying with his father who is now incarcerated now the step mom has him and I m the mother is she receiving benefits for my son

I will always honour my sister's respect, back where we come from (India) thou shalt not trespass on thy neighbour But a combination of her husband's tan golfing pants and brown hush puppies got me in the mood for some man lovin

I've lived with my dad since my parents got divorced, however I finished high school last year, and I've I continued living with him. We get along pretty well, but I feel like I'm just dragging him down. And at this point, I really feel like I should move out and start living on my own. But when I told him that I plan on moving out soon, he was crushed, and barely talks to me... What should I do?

The only concern is safety. she thinks im gonna get shot or something. Im 16 years old btw, a junior in high school. Going with like 4 friends. I just need to convince her and my dad that i am safe and mature about the situation. Please help me! by the way my mom is insanely strict, and being an only child makes it a lot more intense.

So I m currently a junior in hs. I wanna move out of my parents house after hs because i can t deal with my parents anymore. They keep nagging me and getting off my nerves. I wanna be independent and self-reliant. The only problem I have is money. I live in sf and I m probably going to move to a city in California to go to college. Does anyone have any advice on what I should do?? Should I start saving up right now? Take a gap year?