Me and my family moved to a big city and we're living like in the outskirts and I'm attending this school that isn't advance or well developed at all. Im in ninth grade and I was taking dual enrollment classes at my other school that were really important to me since I come from low income. At this school there is no hope and its just bad ,but my mom doesn't seem to care. How can I convince her I need to go back even if I have to stay with some relatives or something?

My little brother has been a user for years. He lived with me a few years back and never paid a dime. He lied and told my family that he had paid. He is married and basically only married this girl for her families money. He literally has let the family buy him a 2015 dodge truck...they helped him with $8,000 worth of debt...they treated my brother like a son. My brother sent her a text asking for a divorce last week. My brother basically told me that he only married her for the money. I have taken his wife's side and my family has basically cut me off...they believe everything he says. I'm so hurt....any advice would help? I just don't want this drama!

Its her fault I'm not a good person. Hip fat weight weight weight body, that all she talks about. After i lost the weight she just ignores me and cooks. She stays at home and ignores me. I developed bad behavior becuz she only cares about my weight not my manners. Im 17

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I get that my mom and step dad want to look out for me but the way they treat me is so smothering and makes me feel like a little kid. I made academic honors my first year in college, I don't do drugs, I hang around a good group of friends and over all I do what they tell me to do, there might be a little fighting over chores not being done by the time they want but overall that's the only thing that I'll do wrong. However I hate that I have a 10pm curfew and that its always a hassle to use the car I have for school or to just hang out with my friends in general. The other day my friends wanted to go to the movies around 9:30 but I wasn't able to go because my parents didnt want me coming in the house at 12. My friends are also planning a trip to go to wesconsin dells for 2 days and then come back and when I told my parents they looked at me crazy and said no, why would you even think we'd let you? I feel like they're being unfair and my grandma wasn't this strict on my mom growing up so idk why she's like this to me. They tell me there's no reason for me to be out late and that people are crazy out there. I understand that but you can't live your life in fear and something can happen to you even in your own home. My brother is 21 and goes and comes home as he pleases but since I'm a girl I have to ask to do everything and get permission.

Ok so my birthday is Sunday and my parents are seperated. My mom has to work and so does my dad and they will be gone until about 7pm. I have an older brother but he has to work too, I asked all of my friends and they all said they were either working or going out of town today. Which is true I knew some of them leave and go on vacations. I don't have a car and I don't really have a lot of money so I'm kind of sad. This happened to me last year too, I ended up sitting in the house all day on my birthday and cried. I tried to cheer myself up last year by watching movies but it just made me feel worse so I ended up sleeping all day. I don't want to do that this year though so what are some good ideas? I'm turning 18 and I feel like that a big deal because I'm legally going to be an adult. I just don't want to alone, none of my family members live close enough or have the money to come down just for me. I have a dog so I know I won't technically be alone but I don't know.

I have a 16 year old daughter, who has been very active lately, but it's been bordering "workaholic" and I'm starting to worry about her. At first, I was happy about her hobbies, interests and good grades, but just how busy should a teenager be? She is an A student and studies all the time. She goes to the library to study every day after she finishes school (around 2PM) and stays there until 5PM. After that, she heads for her boxing lessons (I know, I almost didn't let her do it, but it's not as violent as you think and it makes her happy) and she does it about 3-4 times a week. She says that's her "free time", but it doesn't feel like it since she sometimes comes home frustrated and talks about "how she needs to get better". She is also a volunteer for a charity organization through school and tutors kids with learning problems 2 hours a week and also works with a youngster/political magazine at this organization and literally has to attend 2 hours "meetings" about articles every Tuesday and has to work on articles and illustrations for it through the week. On weekends she ALSO works with the charity organization at the animal shelter and takes dogs for a walk. After that, both Saturday and Sunday, she spends 2 hours at the gym then studies for the rest of the day. She also applied for literally every possible contest her school provides and has to constantly study for it and goes beyond that and even searches for other literal and artistic contests she finds online. She is also constantly urging me to let her take Spanish lessons next year (3 hours a week), but I honestly don't think she has any time left. I don't even see her till 8PM when she returns home and even on weekends, she always has somewhere to be. I'm worried she will miss out on her teenage years. I'm not saying she should go out and drink and party, but other teenagers (who are also succesful at school) seem to be hanging out, meeting new friends, dating, but she is always busy. She is in no way shy and has good friends at school and a few good friends out of her school, but she can rarely go out with them whenever they invite her. Should I let this continue? Is she just an overachiever and I'm overreacting?

I am a 23 year old korean woman, and my boyfriend is a 21 year old white dude. Weve been together for 2 years, and has been living with, me my single mom(58) and my 2 older sisters (26 and 27) for 6 months now. We are a very tight nit family, and do everything together. My mom and sisters like my boyfriend and we are all very close to each other. My mom and my sisters to a lesser extent have a very aggressive and harsh sense of humor. I am 5'7 weighing 150 pounds, but my sisters are 6'1 and my mom is 6'3, and they easily weigh around 200 pounds or more. My boyfriend is a small guy standing 5'3 weighing 110 but he is fit handsome and ripped. My mom always cracks jokes about how small my BF is, compared to her, and my sisters will laugh along with her. My sisters call him the baby of the family since he is the smallest and the youngest, and call him "little man". One instance my mom showed him her dresses and told him "my dresses are longer and wider than your whole body, you can use them as a sleeping bag" , My mom is just being teasing and friendly, but she needs to understand that this type of humor is not acceptable. My mom and sisters love him and see him as part of the family. I just dont want any misunderstandings to happen

I am 15 and my mom is very unfit as a mother in my opinion. She doesn't have a job, and she takes care of three of her kids my brother, little sister, and I. My brother is 21 not employed and dropped out of school at 12. My oldest sibling moved out. Is it wrong to want a better life than what I have or am I being selfish? All she ever does is talk to me and never listens when I bring important matters to her attention. I just don't understand

My oldest son is 8 years old. He pretty much only has one chore. I have 4 kids and I do everything for them. Reason being is coming.... At age 8 do to unfit parents I was taking care of my younger brother. I made our own breakfast, got us both up and on the bus before my parents even rolled over. I was expected to do dishes and help sort laundry. I had to clean bathroom and countless other things while my drunk dad was rambling and my mother was too busy popping pills to even know me and my brother existed. I took care of myself. It was hard but now as a woman and mother I appreciate it because it showed me what NOT to do and how to be a better mommy than my mom ever thought about. That being said I have no idea what he should be doing. I want to give him more responsibility one because it builds character and two I kind of need the help. The only my 4 kids get the more I have to do. I spent 3 hours today alone just doing laundry. If there are any mothers out there that can help me without being rude or sympathetic I would love to hear your ideas for give my son more chores and how to go about doing it. He is a great kid and loves to help. I feel the need to do everything because as a kid I had to do everything. I have forgiven and moved on but the scars still remain. I hope that you can help me. The only other chore that is done is by my 6 year old. He feeds and waters our 3 house dogs. My boy/girl twins have no chores. Please help. I can't keep doing it all. I am exhausted.

I am always giving my parents attitude because I cant hold in my anger and I really dont want my parents or me to get upset what do I do? It is so hard because it is making me really stressed and I am only 14 so these arguments seem like the end of the world to me.

My daughter is 3 and my son is 2. At what age shout they stop sleeping in the same room together. They have different bed of course but they share the room.

My mum thinks Im anorexic since my appetite has decreased, but she just keeps accusing me of being anorexic (no offence whatsoever to anorexics). I just broke down into tears since we've had this conversation before and no matter how much I tell her that I am not anorexic, she just doesn't believe me and firmly believes that I'm lying. She thinks that girls at my school have influenced me and I'm just so pissed off. I don't know what to do- even when i eat in front of her, she won't believe me. Im so sorry for ranting btw!

Okay so basically my sister has always been mean to me... shes 3 years older and shes 16. Her birthday was last month and we made a deal to buy eachother a gift for our birthdays... i spent about 60-70$ on her... expecting a gift back... i mean i NEVER ask people for gifts... but when its your siblings its different ya know??? Now she refuses to buy me something even if its $20 becuz she only has $200 and spending $20 os too much.. but it doesnt make sense becuz all i had was $80 and i spent it all on her. its totally not fair and my birthdays in 2 days.. i told my mom and she obviously doesnt give a ****... also on my sisters bday i made this homemade banner that happy birthday _______ and i surprised her in the morning with balloons and a banner when she woke up... idk im just so nice to all my siblings and id love to get something back... help me please?

I guess some people think it's a sign of disrespect. I call my dad by his first name but he didn't really raise me, so it's kind of weird just to start calling him "Dad". But my uncle and a lot of other people in my family call their moms by their first names. I feel like this is out of detachment and hate. Is that normal?

My boyfriend currently lives with his parents and his siblings. I drive over there to visit a lot so I am always around them. Hs family members are like low key rude to me and the have lied to my face and stolen my food many times before and denied it when my bf confronts them. I have heard them say bad things about me behind closed doors. That I'm annoying, using my boyfriend, manipulative, etc. Whenever his siblings do things that might upset his parents I've noticed they try to frame me so they don't take the blame. My boyfriend has saved me from that a few times. They exclude me from activities but my boyfriend invites me anyway. So the whole situation is really awkward and I don't know how to react to it or what to say about it. So what I have been doing is just playing dumb about everything. I pretend to be clueless about their rudeness, lies, sublte bullying and excluding me. Whenever I'm over there I pretend to think they adore me. I pretend to believe them when they lie to me. I act like I don't realize they're being rude. I just act all happy, friendly and bubbly like we're all friends. I do this because I figured it would make me seem innocent and more like the victim instead of part of the problem. My boyfriend can see how his family is. I can see it in his face when it happens. I think that if he sees me as the sweet, naive girl getting fooled by the big bad wolves he will side with me. When I say it so honestly like that it sounds like I'm being manipulative.

This will be somewhat extended. My mom plays the victim all the time. Whenever she hurts me, she says I hurt her. Most of the time I do not react or try to provoke an intense situation, but even when things are mild she'll threaten to call the police to get me out of the house or threaten to put me in a residential facility with other "psychotic" children who don't love and appreciate their parents. What confuses me is that she buys me things all the time, and she has when I was little. The difference when I was little was that we lived with my babysitter, literally in the same household with her daughter and while my mom worked night shifts and Walmart and slept during the day my babysitter took care of me. She taught me how to read and helped me practice math even before I was enrolled in kindergarten. My mom has always been a very manipulative person when it comes to different circumstances, for example: apparently when I was 8 years old she was "raped in our kitchen" then it was "in the Walmart parking lot" and then it was in the "backyard" and then it was "when i was in the house". I'm 17 now, my dad was never in the picture, and the rest of my family is dysfunctional. Most of my friends have their own issues and rarely reply when I DO need someone to talk to. I can't use my car and try to get away because the car is under her name so she'll probably call the police and say I stole her car, I don't know what to do. If something happens she'll not only exaggerate it but add invalid events to the altercation. For example: If I get mad and she takes something from me I'll yell and slam the door, and she will call the police stating that I hit her and that all she did was take my phone because "my grades haven't been good" which, I'm almost always on honor roll. She'll say I threatened her and called her names and I'm verbally and physically abusing her when I refrain from reacting most of the time, it's just not fair to me. My mom has had counseling all her life and she's 51 now. She never ever tells anyone what really happens but she will tell her friends that I'm mean and that I'm a bad child. She used to be extremely abusive, like until she saw a bruise or some blood. She's recorded some things that she did to me when I was 8 or so and she would leave voice-mails on her ex's phone of me on the floor crying and she would say "this is what you made me do" and then she'd hang up and slam my bedroom door. When I was five she'd also threaten to take me to the mental hospital when I had "hissy-fits". Like really? I was 5 years old. She always says I'm ungrateful and that I do not love her when I try to compliment her as often as possible and she doesn't believe me. She lies a lot too, she'll say she did something and eventually she'll be like "oh I didn't do that". Anyway, any suggestions or advice? I'm stuck at this point and I don't want to end up taking my life over someone belligerent and vile when I know I have potential. No rude comments please.

We were trying for a baby and it happend too fast so he changed his mind. Me, his sister, and Mother tried to convince him to lets keep it but he mostly says no because of we are broke, live with parents, and he wanted me to finish school first. So i got the abortion. His sister and Mom think its sad I aborted, but, my boyfriend is irresponsible, has a bad record, has a minimum wage job, and would leave me all the time at his house to go smoke weed and be out with friends most of the time. I saw how bringing a baby despite having his families support, would be a bleak future for me. I grieve for the baby I didnt have, Im angry and sad and have nightmares over it. The whole time I was pregnant he wouldnt support me, go with me to appointments, and pretty much tell me that to get the abortion because were not ready. Anyways, now I feel like theres a bigger hole than there were the first time, and that nothing can bring back what happend. He didnt even show up to the abortion like he promised. Because his friend needed a favor and thought that was more important like he always put booze and drugs after girlfriend. His family tell me to just have more self worth and move on. Im just so sad any advice? Because Im in love with him thats why I wanted to have a baby and we were going to but then he changed his mind when it happend and I was left alone

I find it so annoying. You can say that I am one of those "rags to riches" stories. I am not "rich", but I am well off. I am not stuck up, at all. Yes, I am happy for myself. However, I am not condescending. Anyways, people now expect me to take care of them. I personally believe that I am not obligated to care for anyone, except my mother. My mother is the only person that I look out for. Yeah, I sometimes treat my other family members and friends to things, but it isn't in a way to take care of them. For one, most of my family members discouraged me from doing what I wanted to do. Therefore, I am not interested in looking out for them. Secondly, my friends are individuals that I am definitely not responsible for. What do you guys think, though? Am I being too harsh?

Im 21 i finally moved out of my parents and in with my girlfriend last year , i thought i felt alone living with my parents but now i feel more alone then ever my parents never visit me and the only time they call is to yell and curse me out , i feel like no matter how hard i work or what i do im always broke and always alone im in dept and cant even affored my rent so how am i suppose to pay back my depts im just ready to give up its like nothing ever gets better i was bullied all through school and i cant even hold down a regular job no matter how hard i try i feel like a *uc* up i just dont want to deal with anything anymore id be better off dead im sick of crying and struggling with no one to talk to and no support

I am going to college and staying with my brother and his wife. I started to have painful periods. It was 5 days of hell. I could barely function. My doctor put me on medication that stopped my periods. It is wonderful. I don't have these terrible pains each month. My problem is the medication that stops my periods is also a birth control. My mother is a devout Catholic who believed that anyone that takes birth control is going to hell. My brother said we should just let this be our secret and not tell my mother what I am doing. He said if she knew I was on birth control, it would cause her needless worry. Do you think he is correct in us keeping this secret?

Okay so my father has this daughter who contacted me through Facebook and wants to get to know me. Awhile ago I finally decide to talk to her because she seemed really sad. When I started to talk to her and get to know her I started to like her but then I remembered what my father has took my mother through and how much of a dead beat he is! And my mother also thinks I should not mess with my father or his daughter because of all the hell he's put her through. I don't want to have a relationship with his daughters or even his sons but then again I do. I don't know how to explain it but it's driving me crazy!

My sister often borrows my clothes, and other items, and she tends to lose them. So today, she put on one of my brand new shirts that i got for school clothes because it was on sale. I calmly told her that I didn't want her wearing it, because it was brand new, and I didn't want it to be left at anyone of her friends house. She screamed at me, and then ran and punched me in the side of my head. I was no longer worried about thes shirt, because my head was pounding. When my mom came home she told her to take off the shirt and give it back to me, so she took of the shirt and ripped a good size portion of the lace flowers that were around the neck area because she was mad. My mom then got mad at me because I was crying because my head hurt. Did I do anything wrong? I really don't understand, all I know is my head is pounding.

Our mothers did NOT like each other or get along back in the day when I was about one years old and a year before my sister was born. We'll two years ago my sister contacted me on fb asking if we could meet and be friends. It took me awhile but I finally opened up and talked to her. Now we talk to each other all the time. We haven't met each other yet because I don't want my mom and her mother to clash. But my sister says that her mother is all about respecting me and her relation ship and even saying she would pay for us to get tattoos together, now my mother on the other hand does not want anything to do with them she dosent even want us to hang even though she says she dosent care. She says if anything my sisters mother and my father owe her a apology for all the hell they took her through. My father says we all need to sit down and talk this out but there's no way in he'll I'm going to let that happen because I know what's going to happen. So what should i do?

I'm 13. About 6 months ago my mom & sister moved to Arizona. I've been living with my grandparents ever since. I know they don't want me to leave, but I think it's best for us to be together. How do I tell them?

I am a 20 year old girl with a 42 year old single mom. My mom and I are very close. I have a great boyfriend Bob, my age. I had arranged a birthday party for my mom at a local restaurant. Many of mom's friends would be at her party. Bob was to pick me and my mom up and take us to the party. Bob was at my house waiting for me to come home when I called him that I had to work 2 extra hours. I asked Bob to take mom on and I would meet them there later and he did. At the party mom's friends ask her who Bob was. She jokingly said he was her date. Mom's friends thought it was great that she had a young date and Bob went along and played the part of her date. Mom loves to dance so Bob danced with her a lot. I did not know it but he is a great actor. When I got to the party, Bob clued me in on what was happening and since mom was so happy I went along. I had not seen her that happy in years. It was a wonderful experience for her. She said it made her feel young and alive again. At first I was not sure how I felt about what happened but seeing mom so happy took away all my concerns. She had given up so much for me, I was glad to share my boyfriend for one evening. Afterwards when I asked her if she enjoyed her birthday party, she said it was her best birthday party EVER. I think I have the best mom and boyfriend in the world. Please tell me if you think I am thinking straight.

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 must have 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?

FAMILY THREAD- way too many are having kids they cant support. once you have kids, you have started a family. the issue is, mom and dad is not around. now, the kids are indeed growing up in poverty

First let me say I'm gay . My family disowned me , all family members . I only have my bf and he's busy with work on my graduation day So since no one is actually coming, is it really worth it? I mean I'm getting the diploma later on anyway

Okay so I have one little sister on my fathers side she is my only sister and i am also her only sister too we are only two years apart. Well she found me on Facebook, we've been talking for awhile now and I like her and she likes me we seem to get along, she even says she loves me and i lover her too because she is my sister but I don't know her like that so i really don't know what I'm feeling, and now she's talking about I'm her best friend and all but I don't understand because we haven't even met each other yet. I would like to be her friend but I feel is this going to fast? Is this too early to be her friend?

Why does she feed her children 7 grapes for breakfast? She doesnt let them watch TV.

So my 40 year old sister is an alcoholic who has been to pretty much the whole family to live. Last month she was with her father. Now she is with mom and I because she was sitting on our front porch doing nothing but waiting for our mom to get home. Now, she does this a lot. Sometimes she even wakes mom up at like 2 am by knocking on her bedroom window. And every time she comes, she just sleeps, eats, and does nothing. I have to clean up the dishes and clean most of her messes. Mother has been through this for the past 22 years with her. When mom just wants her to get her I.D or drivers license, she always makes up some story but we really know she just didn't go. The last 3 times my sister has done this, mom said she wouldn't let her back in because she'll never do anything for herself. But this time mom just let her in and is treating her like she is younger than me and I'm 19!! I feel like she has stressed mom out so much to the point where she just doesn't care whether she does this to her or not. What makes this worse is that my sister seems to enjoy stressing people out like this and things being awkward. I feel like my mom isn't the same anymore. Help please.

My parents have always been extremely controlling, strict, and overprotective for as long as I can remember. It got really bad when I began highschool and I wound up sneaking out and then getting grounded for a year straight. No joke, one year. I've never done drugs, drank, been pregnant, or done anything remotely bad that most other kids do and rarely ever went out with my friends. Still to this day, I have a 10:30 pm curfew and mind you that my town has an 11:30 pm curfew for minors...I see no logical reason for keeping me so caged up at this age, especially when I consider myself to be pretty accomplished for a 19 year old. I am in college, have a car, have a job which I work anywhere from 25-40 hours a week, I have established credit (but am in debt) and never once asked them for money. I have a boyfriend who is extremely busy and therefore, I hardly see him. I love him and would only like to spend some time with him, go out at night after work, and possibly sleep over his house. I stayed out til 1 am last night with him and my mother called informing me that I have 30 days to leave their house. I was devastated but since we were with his friends, I had to pretend like I was alright when in truth, I am terrified and deeply saddened. Can someone help me understand my mom's reasoning for keeping me on such a tight leash and what I can do to eradicate her statement of me moving me out? I don't want to be treated like a child for I am a legal, responsible adult. Help:(

Ever since our parents passed away in a car accident like 6 years ago I've lived with my older sister who was 22 when it happened. She dropped out of college & everything just to take care of me and I'm not saying I don't appreciate it, but she keeps on bugging me about college all.the.time. and it's getting so annoying we really haven't had it easy since our parents passed, she's had to work 2 jobs to scrape money together for us to be living a somewhat decent life and ever since I turned 16 I got a job too. We're really struggling financially, we can barely pay rent each month, she's saved up all the money our parents left us for my education and I keep.on. telling her to use it for us so we live more comfortably and without the stress of not having enough food in the fridge but she's all like "I want you to have dreams and become whoever you want to be in life" but I just think it's so selfish of me to go to college and use up ALL of the money our parents left us whilst my sister still struggles. Idk it just seems wrong.

Hello All: I'm seeking some much needed advice in regards to my husband and his refusal to pay for our daughter's college education. We're divorced and I have full custody of her, however, I in no way have the means to pay for Vassar, the college she got into and her top choice school. I don't know what to do, I've already told her that her father would take care of the financial details and told her to not worry about it, that she could go, and now here he is refusing to pay. He says he's already paying for his step-daughter's education and can't afford to put two kids through private school. In the divorce settlement we agreed on $12 thousand but it's not enough. My daughter will be so disappointed in me and angry, I already promised her she could go.

I cant help

My older brother has Autism and he is really annoying and I am not the only one who knows this. Well when ever we are out in public he always has to make fun of me and put me down in front of everyone. He even does this at church. Well anyways I had enough and my brother wanted me to go with him and my dad somewhere and I told him off and I said I don't want to go anywhere with you because you always put me down in front of everyone. I said that in front of my dad and my dad took my side and he lectured my brother for being mean to me.

Oh my god Where should I begin? I have a small ******* room that can't be locked.my mom comes and cleans(which is absolutely not necessary) and next day either I lose my stuffs or I can't find them for 4-5 months. When I talk with my parents about this ,they don't give 1 shiet, they tell me that I am being rude; I am telling my frustrations. NOW THE WORST OF ALL. Now I have to share my room with my little brother who is 13. He uses,my stuffs which really pisses me off and I can't do anything about it. I have to fking share my stuffs. There's nothing my parents can do about this , if I tell them about this they say to stop acting like a child, get along. M 16 ,omg I can't fkiing...... Any suggestions?????

My husband's mom and I have fought for years. I dont enjoy her bragging about her looks (mainly chest) and making borderline bragging comments about her hubby's executive salary. I admit, I have lashed out at her, insulted her, and so has my family over the years. She keeps saying that I dont try to have a relationship with them or act very standoffish around them. My husband has 2 teenage bros who are active in sports and have appts. I try to call her a few times a week, just to talk like I do with my mom. She says she is @ baseball/football and will call back, 9/10 she doesn't. I have asked her to go shopping (which we have enjoyed before), she has something w/her kids to do. I dont get why she says I am not trying, when I am and she blows me off. I hinted about taking her out for a mani/pedi for Mothers Day (on her son's dime) and she didnt say anything. What am I doing wrong and should I just give up on her?

Although I still living at my parents house, both me and my brother has their money to pay our stuff from and both pay the rent, but not for "extras" like junkfood, sweets and candies. A day ago, I bought almost 2 KG of candy (€13 or so where I live) as Im someone who eat it daily but very little per day (and dont feel like going to the supermarket everyday). I told my parents that they can take from it as long as they put it back. But my dad forgot it in the living room and one night later, my brother has eating up everything. For some reason my brother keep arguing that he "should" be able to take the snacks if I leave it in "puplic" (on a table), even if I told him, that people might forget moving it to their own room. "like *I* care" he responded. So that does mean IF I forgot my wallet on the dinner table, he can use it as much as he want because "belonging in the dinning/living area" means its free for every family member ? It doesnt make sense to me. If your sibling/relative bought someone from their own money, would you just take it without asking first? Since its just candy, its not end of the world, but isnt it rude?

My mom was never married and adopted me, she has also been obese for her entire life. A career and $ always came 1st & she never sought out a spouse, so I believe she might be depressed. Anyways, she will literally spend hundreds of dollars a day and at least a thousand a week on shopping and groceries. She is a retired nurse, but will go on @ least 6 cruises per year. I have been pet sitting for her and noticed a letter from a collections agency about an unpaid dr bill. She usually ignores these, along with similar notices from credit card collections co s. She seems to never have enough, and has a bit of a hoarding situation @ her home. When we ask her about it, she always blames my children (sometimes they are not even near her house) and says "your kids did this". She refuses any counseling and when she has gone in the past, she sat there and blamed me the entire time (counselor told me) and refused to talk about herself. This concerns me because she gets herself into predicaments and my grandma has to bail her out, sometimes. When she dies, we worry we will have a mess on our hands with her debts. What is her problem?

I could just be a spoiled grown kid trapped in a 26 year old body, but i wish i could atleast have some house company or someone buy me a good cake. But i guess not. My birthdays are like any normal day. just end up being at home alone, nobody buy me nothing. I had a couple told me happy birthday on a text message, but yeah like a few words on my phone is very special. just wondering why grown ups dont get treated as good as they did when they were teenagers. otherwise i seriously think whats the point of living an adult life. there nothing special about it

My mother and I were arguing today and she said something that really made me mad and I picked up a shirt and higher with it several times and then I pushed her and I feel so terrible! Omg I really feel terrible. I kept apologizing but she didn't want to hear it and I don't blame her. I can't stand myself now. I'm not that kind of person. I can't stand this! I already know you're going to say I'm evil and all that and I expect that. I just don't know what to do. I'm almost 19. And hit her with it not higher I'm a girl

I'm 15, they're 17 and 18( almost 19) . They get a sick out of bugging me, especially when my girlfriend is over. We'll just be chilling and then those two will come in and make things awkward. I ask them nicely to leave, they refuse. Once I start fuming they'll leave after implying I need to " control your temper." Wrong of me to demand some punishments for them from their mom?

Bad haircut, breaking the garage door, saying "but mom he's different!", etc. Looking for laughable & classic but not too cliche, for a grad speech

Earlier this year my stepson had his birthday. One of my sisters didn t have it on her calendar so no call or anything. My wife was so livid that one family member missed it that she refused to go see my nephew or niece play ball. Fast forward a month and my sister realized she missed it and called and even brought a gift. Both of my sons had birthdays recently, as did I, and not one member of her family called, sent a card, nothing, not a peep. She had even told them when we were having a party what day the whole 9 yards. Last year for Christmas her family got gifts for her son and presented them to him in front of my boys, nothing for my kids. She refuses to say anything to her family and doesn t understand why I don t want to go visit. Am I wrong here? I am not saying she shouldn t go see her family, but if my children and I are not viewed by them as family, why should we go visit?

My first cousin's name is Charlotte. She's 17. Four years ago, both of Charlotte's parents passed away in a car accident. Her brother, Jonathan — who's quite a bit older than her (35) — gained custody. Jonathan's best friend is a man named Will, who's also 35. Will and Jonathan have been best friends since high school and are now both successful lawyers. (Will is not married and ended a relationship with a long term girlfriend about a year ago.) Now, Will has known Charlotte since she was born in '99. He was 18 at the time, so she grew up around him. They've always been familiar with each other — like family friends. Recently, though, they've seemed to get closer and have acted like more than only friends. Jonathan investigated this and discovered that Will and Charlotte have in fact been sneaking around with each other for several months now. Jonathan is absolutely furious and disgusted but claims that there's nothing he can do because the situation isn't legally wrong — the age of consent where we live in Texas is 17. I understand Charlotte wanting to date Will. He is absolutely gorgeous, intelligent, established, funny, and older than her. What 17 year old girl wouldn't jump at that chance? But, although Charlotte is truly very beautiful (physically and personality wise), mature, and smart, I don't understand why Will would date someone who's 18 years younger than him. It seems very strange to me and the rest of my family. Jonathan has grown to hate Will even though he's been his best friend for years. Should my family and I try to stop this relationship or should we just let them be together?

My husband and I have been together 4 years now. Married for almost 2. My husband 33 has two older kids from a previous relationship, they are Boy 13 and Girl 12, I myself am 24 and I have a child from when I was in high school she is 6, he has adopted her. So together we have 3 children, he has joint custody of his kids but we have them most of the time which I love, because they are amazing! My husband own a contracting business which allows me to be a Stay-At-Home Mom. Any way I find myself drooling over any baby I come across, when I see a baby commercial I get butterflies in my stomach, I have baby fever, I have it BAD! I have always wanted to be a mom with a huge family. I just want to be able to experience "doing it the right way" my first pregnancy I couldn't enjoy it I was ridiculed in high school, and I was ashamed of myself, my family was supportive but it was still so hard and I struggled for a while working and going to school, I didn't get to enjoy it as much as I wished. So I want to have a baby with my husband and feel what its like to be able to "flaunt" my pregnancy, and enjoy it not have to work or struggle through the newborn stage. But my husband is on the fence leaning more towards not having a baby side, He feels like we will be tied down again. I just want to be able to put things in my perspective so he can see. More info in the answers section.

I'm 15 (I'll be 16 in a few weeks) and my parents force me to put my phone in their room at night. This has been angering me to no end recently. It's embarrassing when I have to text my friends I'm going to bed at 10 on school weekdays or 12 on days I don't. What do I do to convince them?

So i went to a family diner and we were eating peacefuly and i was the first to finish and i ate an avarage amount of food, so heres my aunt telling me "thats why youre thin!" And you guessed it shes fat and and my other aunt told me "eat more!" And worst thing is my mom was sitting next to me so i could say what i had as a comeback which was "Thats why youre fat! Why dont you eat less?" I really felt like saying tat but i knew i was gonna get a beating so i ignored her and went to wash my hands because i couldnt reply back. Tbh this rly hurt me and what hurt me more is that i couldnt do anything about it. Plus no other males said it to me they just stayed quit. What should i have done should i have stayed quit which was the right thing to do or say a comeback?

In November 2015, my mum got Facebook. At first I thought it was harmless, but then she started posting embarrassing pictures of me, posting embarrassing things that I have done and all sorts of embarrassing things. It feels like she has made this account just to humiliate and embarrass me online. It worked really well. This has caused some of my "friends" to humiliate and embarrass me in public and some have even turned against me. I've unfriended my mum on Facebook a few times, but she threatened to ground me if I didn't re-friend her. A couple of weeks ago, she posted even more embarrassing things of me. I tried ignoring but I had enough. I decided to embarrass her. I posted things like "one time when mum was drunk, she laughed so hard that she peed the floor and dad had to get a bucket" and "when she met Bruce Springsteen a few years ago, she collapsed and fainted due to fangirling." I posted a few embarrassing pictures of her as well, such as her falling on a wet floor when she was out one time, her in mid-sneeze and her ramming food into her mouth making her look like a chipmunk. When she saw them, she was furious with me. I then said, "Now you know how I feel. You've been doing this since November and what I did was a small fraction what you did." She then called me a brat and ordered me to take all posts and pictures down. I said "No because you deserve everything you get." She said, "So do you. You are grounded for two weeks." Did I deserve to be punished?

i'm a calm guy , i don't pick fights , i don't speak much and i love my family (well not sure about this one.). I live in egypt (cairo) , i'm 19 years old and i have 2 older sisters (23 -24) and one younger sister (18) . My parents raised me just like my sisters ( the whole over protective , control freaks...the whole 9 yards) my dad was always telling us what to do since we were kids and saying "why" or arguing was never..NEVER an option. But the fact that i'm a guy my parents knew that things aren't going to go smoothly like with my sisters , i started to go out more , getting late(still have a curfew ) and taking the car. That was when i was in high school, now i'm in college and it's summer(just finished my first year) First few weeks in college i was going out everyday until he got so mad and we agreed that i will only go out 2 times week and when summer vacation comes i will do whatever i want. Today is my third day of vacation , i was with my dad this morning buying stuff for my mom. On our way home he tolled me that i can't go out everyday , i replied softly "why?" . His response was so aggressive: " it's because you can't , don't you want to spend time with your family?" He was actually right but truth is i spend the whole day with them and go out at night. So i tolled him "remember that day you tolled you can do whatever you want when you're in summer and how i can go out everyday like we agreed?" Imagine what he said?!!! He tolled me "i never said that" I swear to god i was thinking about pulling the handbreak and killing us both. I go so mad i started arguing and shouting. He then said "you get to go out 3 days a week and come home early, end of speech". i wanted to tell him **** you i wanna do it my way but i never could have , it's because he always had things done his way and i never thought about fighting back. But the fact that i'm turning 20 after a few months and he's still treating me like a child makes me so mad Now i feel like i don't have anything to lose , i can just eye **** him and just leave the house whenever i want

She has shoved gossip down my mouth for years and years (especially when I was a kid). I love her but if people discover the stuff I know (either the true stuff or the untrue stuff) then she and I will have a serious falling out (though I would never stop speaking to her like she does to people). I fear always that people will find out I know these tales in her family. My mother is not as bad as when I was a kid but I am stuck with these rumors I learned as a kid. So how would I caution her of the damage this would cause next time she starts giving me rumors? All the stories are rumors where my mother suspects it but half the time the stuff turns out not to be true. Otherwise she is a very good mother in all other ways.