My ex and I were dating for 3 years before our parents got together. Our parents married and we broke up after 6 years together. Our relationship was toxic, dependent, he cheated on me and abused me physically at the end.. My ex and I haven't talked in three years but now our parents are adopting a 5 year old girl. I am ecstatic about my new sister and so happy about my moms choice to adopt. I'm worried about the strange family dynamics tho.. I have two little siblings and my ex has a big brother. Our families are very divided.. We celebrate holidays separately, go on vacations at different times, ect. How do I make my new sister feel like she has support, doesn't have to pick sides, ect? I know eventually she will wonder why her siblings don't talk..I'm scare my ex will talk **** on me when she gets older and affect how my sister will feel about me.. I also don't feel like I'll ever want her to know about the abuse in my exs and my relationship because then she might feel poorly toward her brother.. I'm trying to be mature and fair for the sake of our new sister.. But I hate it because I really don't have any desire to talk to my ex ever again..

So let me start from the beginning. I am a night owl, and I always was. I got my phone when I was 10 and ever since then I have been using it a lot. I'm currently 13 and my dad has decided to take away my phone every night at 11! Go be honest, I don't think it's fair. I do go to sleep at 4 in the morning which is probably bad for me. I do wake up at 2 in the afternoon. I know this is a horrible habit and I want to fix it. My dad has decided to take away my phone every night at 11, and I want him to give it back so I can prove to him that I'm improving on my own. How can I get my phone back? And no answers saying that it's the right thing to do, or my parents are right.

My dad and mum split up when I was 4. My dad use to see me a lot but through the years it's been getting less. I am now 15 and he sees my about ones every 3 months for about 10 minutes. he has two other daughters that he lives with that are younger then me. I want to ask him to see me more often but I don't know what to say and I don't want to annoy him. Has anyone go any suggestions?

ok so....the whole thing started when i bought under wears from calvin kelin so the price of the under wear was 65 dollor for 3 pieces and i said it was 34 and she went crazy when she knew that i bought under wear fir 34 and it not even the real price i lied about it and btw i bought it from my own money and called me ( we dont live with each other ) saying who im irresponsible how i waste my money over silly thing and how she will never give me my money that she have and all that so who is it fault me or her and you know it not just about this one time i putted a picture on whatsapp that has triangle and galaxy color and we were going out and as soon as i walked in the scream she stared screaming saying that i should change the picture cuz she thing am from the illuminati and of course am not am atheist and she is muslim she doesnt know that but i should some sign that i hate islam and you know who things went and btw just to let you know what my personality like am fashionably boy am only 16 and gay and atheist in muslim family i mean i have no problem with my father he didnt car less about how much i spend money on clothing it just my mom and btw most of my money i spend it on clothing and starbucks and most of my clothing are from places like zara or pull and bear so yeah. how* as soon as i walked in the car * she doesnt know am atheist *

So I was changing in my room when my sister was calling me. Since it was late at night I left the door open (thinking that no one would come, silly me) and changed clothes in the dark. In the meantime, she called and I yelled 'I'm changing' but it was too late. She came in front of the door and looke at me and I immediately closed the door. She could've seen me for maybe 2 seconds. I don't know if she saw it, she just said: 'Why are your door even open?' and we continued normally. We didn't talk about this and she's completely normal around me but I'm kinda embarrassed when I remember it. I'm a girl btw. And she's 24 and I'm 18. Is this weird?

For the past month (non stop) he's been sleeping all day, screaming & cursing at me, calling me names like a pain in the a**, dense, dunce, & dumb a**. He will always take his anger out on me because I am the kid & can't do anything back. I'm always weary about leaving my room because I don't know what to expect. He's always had temper problems, I remember him acting like this when I was little. It just seems worse now that I can comphrened it. He's always been like this, just not for long periods of time like he is now. he always points out the wrong but never tells me anything good. My mom lives with us so I do have her but she works from 8-4 & sometimes 5 so she's not always here.

Lately, there has been issues in my household regarding my stepdad and I. Like we can get along for a week and hate each other for 3. He is always nitpicking (did I spell that right?) on me, talks to me as if he owns me (like his tone is demanding) and he s always looking for something to complain to my mom about me. Honestly, I try to give this man as much respect as I can cuz he s the dad of my lil sisters and my mom cares about him. But I can t stand him. This is the same man my mom has domestic abuse issues with when I was younger & who s put his hands on me twice, and he makes me feel like if I m not apart of my own family. Like I m the odd ball out. Also, I share a small room with both my sister and have 3 dresser draws to myself. My clothes are in a bin. I m 20. I just received my bachelors degree and m currently working at a law firm. I haven t had a chance to look for places or for friends in need of a roommate. But my boyfriend keeps asking me to just move in and if I find a place were I wanna move in on my own then so be it. Him and I been together for a year but we also been friends 2 years prior to that. We graduated together, he works&he only lives with his mother& brother. She's nice and doesn't mind me moving in if I help contribute with rent. My bf covers everything else.Other than that he lives close to the law school I would like to get into too. I'm considering in taking up his offer&moving in until I find a place on my own. Suggestions?

My 6 yr old misbehaves A LOT. And while most of it is at home, I do everything I can to stop it. He hits, screams and doesn't listen to me. I put him in time out, take his things away, and tell him he'll get them back once he listens and behaves. Sometimes it works and most the time he swears at me, tells me I'm stupid and says he wants another mom. It's very hurtful, because he lost his dad less than a year ago and it's so hard being a single mom. Yesterday he did this in public, after I purchased movie tickets for us (+ my 13yr old) and was standing in the line for popcorn. He wanted his own drink after telling him twice that I only had money for one and that he could either share or get water. "No, I want my own". He then punched me in the leg saying "stupid fuc*" . I took him in the bathroom and spanked him so hard he started crying saying that I hurt him. Of course now I'm paranoid thinking someone is going to call child services on me. I just snapped, couldn't take it anymore and know I probably should have just left the theater. I guess I felt bad for my 13yr old and didn't want to waste money either. Anyone else been in that situation, any advice is greatly appreciated. Trying to figure out how to deal with him. I don't have money for a therapist.

i'm 19 years old. they won't take me to the doctor and it's different because I actually have health problems, like rheumatoid arthritis.. 5 of my fingers are really swollen and i can barely even use one hand to open things. it's really painful, i tell them everyday, they still refuse to take me to the doctor.. they say they'll make me an appt but they never do. i also have multiple cavities i need to get filled but they won't take me to the dentist either. what can I do? it's like they don't even care

I recently got approved for disability and when I was talking to someone they said they would pay me based on how much my parents make. My mother and father didn't raise me and my father is dead and my mother doesn't work my mother did remary however my grandparents were the ones that raised me I'm trying to figure out how this works and who will be the one ssi uses to determine how much they'll pay me

I'm 19 years old and I'm extremely depressed and hurt my father died when I was 11 i had a very challenging past but I overcame it and became a good person my teachers give example of me to students that be like him my friends love me a lot I try to help anyone see I don't disrespect anyone who so ever it is even if that person disrespect me but my mother would never ever say I'm nice or good i never asked my mother for anything I never demanded anything never insisted for anything I do everything she asks me to do I get good grade I'm good at sports I sing and play guitar I get medals from college I do so much to make her proud of me but she makes me feel like she hates me she wouldn't care for me or ask me to share my feelings with her like once I did and she made fun of my feelings I do everything but if I just miss one tiny thing or say like can I do it like this instead or after few mins she gets angry so much and abuses me and says stuff that hurts me a lot i can't live like this anymore I'm fed up its been 2 years she like this to me she was like this before too but now as I have grown I feel more hurt coz now I understand what she means and all I just want to end my life coz I can't live like this I'm so depressed and hurt over weekend everything I don't have the power to continue doing everything and them instead of getting love I get hate

Lately, there has been issues in my household regarding my stepdad and I. Like we can get along for a week and hate each other for 3. He is always nitpicking (did I spell that right?) on me, talks to me as if he owns me (like his tone is demanding) and he s always looking for something to complain to my mom about me. Honestly, I try to give this man as much respect as I can cuz he s the dad of my lil sisters and my mom cares about him. But I can t stand him. This is the same man my mom has domestic abuse issues with when I was younger & who s put his hands on me twice, and he makes me feel like if I m not apart of my own family. Like I m the odd ball out. Also, I share a small room with both my sister and have 3 dresser draws to myself. My clothes are in a bin. I m 20. I just received my bachelors degree and m currently working at a law firm. I haven t had a chance to look for places or for friends in need of a roommate. But my boyfriend keeps asking me to just move in and if I find a place were I wanna move in on my own then so be it. Him and I been together for a year but we also been friends 2 years prior to that and have been through so much. We graduated together, he works and he only lives with his mother& brother. She's nice and doesn't mind me moving in if I help contribute with rent. Other than that he lives close to the law school I would like to get into too. I'm considering in taking up his offer and moving in until I find a place on my own. Suggestions?

I'm in my late 20s. I was recently really sick and my Mom came to my place and wouldn't leave. She went through all my things, including my cell phone. She then called my landlord and asked if they had any openings because she really likes it there. I love my mother but her and I have never had a good relationship, she is very snoopy and vindictive (for example, she recently lied to the courts to sue my Dad). I worked really hard for my place that's in a different town than her. I'd be devastated if she moved here, especially to my complex. How can I get her to step off? Should I ask my LL not to rent to her? Am I right to feel so violated? Thank you I didn't let her in, she found my spare key.

My Dad and step mom take showers together when my sister and brother are around.

Yesterday my mom came home crying and I asked my dad whats wrong. His eyes were wet like he had been crying too and he told me to ask mom later. At that moment I was quite scared but I went to my mom and she told me that her friend s (she lives across the road in our street) little 8 year-old son has brain cancer and machines will be turned off tomorrow (aka today). I did not know what to think so i went to my room and thats when it really hit me. I cried so hard for about half an hour, then called my friends and asked if i could stay at their place tonight. We went out and bought a bottle of rum and coke and eventually i was drunk. I didnt say practically a word the whole night because i was so ******* sad. I was secretly crying because i didnt want them to see that. When we walked home i was still quiet but the alcohol in my body made me feel a little better and i was able to laugh for a few moments. At my friends place, i obviously threw up and cried at the same time, alone in her bathroom. I couldn t stop sobbing for this little boy who didnt do anything to deserve such death. I wasnt close to his family but my parents are. And now im sitting on my bed, been crazy sad the whole day and i just cant let it go. Its so ******* horrible and unfair. I dont want to talk to my parents but i do wanna know more about his sickness and everything. I didnt even know the boy even had a cancer. This is such a shock. I hate life right now. How to get over it please help me sorry for my grammar, english is not my first language and also my eyes are filled with water im not religious and dont believe in god

Every year she takes care of my brothers sons 5 and 7 years old. Either she goes to their house in ATL or she brings them here to HOU. This year, she is living with my aunt(her sister) because she moved out of her house and is moving into an apartment that won't be ready until August. I just moved last week. No one is in the position to watch them right now but she insisted. She drove all the way to ATL to pick them up and she just got back today and guess whose door she knocks on. She's looking for me to help her already. I told her I was on my way to the gym.I'm to be her support.My sons who are 14 and 17 she never really watched more than a day. Anytime she watched them as kids she would quickly ask me to hurry and pick them up like if I brought them to her at 6pm Saturday evening she's calling me by 9:30 am asking me what time will I be there and that she has things to do. We really don't get along and I just moved closer to where my aunt lives so she comes over unannounced ringing my bell. I can't take it. I just want my freedom. I worry that I will miss her when she's gone but I'm more saddened by how she is with me. There's so much more to the story but in short, she really just expects me to do whatever she wants even if I don't agree to what she decides to do. She said "oh now the boys(my nephews) have someone to play with(my sons)" as if she was hinting they can stay here. And complaining that my aunt's house is a mess...hinting she doesn't want them to stay there.

(Sorry I'm all over the place) Hello, I'm 16 years old. I live with my mom, dad( they are divorced), twin brother, two older brother's and one of their friends. Okay so here it is, we live in a three bedroom town home. My oldest brother's name is on the lease with his friend's. My brothers, the friend and my mother have jobs. My dad does not, he has f-ing food stamps. My twin and I are still in school. In the three bedroom town home I share a room with my mom and twin. My brother's have their own room, and the friend took over the dining area, and my jobless dad( who dropped out of culinary school, and is in lot's of debt, has a few arrests behind his name, and is living wit us for some reason) has the living area. About one or two years ago, we lived with my second eldest brother(who thank the Lord, has his own place now) in his TWO bedroom apartment, yes all seven of us living with him, and his girlfriend, her two kids, and her sister. Goddammit, what was that! I didn't know if we were ever going to leave, but with my brother's girlfriend being a neat freak, and most us not, we were kinds kicked out. So here we are living in the three bed room , when we know what we need to be living in. Should I just move out to my Grandparents house when I graduate, or try to convince them to change, because this is not good. They need to kick my father out, and move to a bigger house. He's just wasting power, and they had to pay extra, because he quit his job all of a sudden.

I'm 14 and recently my mom hit me in the face a few times because I was being disrespectful. It took me by surprise because usually it was my dad that would hit me not my mom. Anyways, it just made me feel so confused and sad because I feel like we could've dealt with things in a different way. Now I've been avoiding my mom for days, and I don't think I want a relationship with her anymore. It just doesn't seem right that she hit me. I'm not 5 anymore.. I Something that I've been noticing is that I always flinch when I'm near her now, and I wish things were different.

I've always felt that my family is kind of of. My mom is a teacher and my dad is a mailman, but at times my mom also babysits and my dad used to do a little side job on the weekends. We rarely eat out but I never have hand me downs and food is always on the table. Is my family poor or just lower-middle class.

It's pissing me off now because he wants to follow me. I want to have some privacy and he won't let me have that. And all he does is play on his ******* ipad in my room. I want to be alone in my room. It's the only place I can be alone. And even if I go in the bathroom he bugs me asking when am I coming out. I told my parents and they couldn't care less Help! Thanks

Everytime my 10 year old brother is doing something bad my mom always smacks him. Not spank, but smack / hit. She s dragged him to his room before as well. In this sort of situation is it ok because he was being bad ? serious responses please, preferable from adults with kids themselves... I m 18 & told her she can discipline him without hurting him & she threatened to kick me out.

So a few days ago my mom was acting very weird. She kept yelling at us for little to no reason, she told me to clean my bathroom and i did but she didn t think it was clean enough (the mirror wasn t wiped down enough) so she yelled at me to go fix it like crazy. I got mad and kind of snapped I asked her "why are you being so moody" which I know is wrong but she got too angry (expected I was so disrespectful). She started crying about how she never asked for a disrespectful daughter which made me feel soo bad but then She gave me the silent treatment in all forms imaginable. She not only wont talk to me, but won t let me eat. I am a vegetarian who tries to stay away from animal products (trying to be vegan). She knows this and I usually cook for myself myself. Ever since she got mad she used all the ingredients I can eat in the house in some sort it meat dish (obviously intentionally because so many of them are rediculous like putting chicken broth in the quinoa and the lentils ) so I can t eat it and eating all my tofu. I tired to cook for myself but I have nothing to cook with. She stopped making lunch for my little sister and I and expects me to feed her . Today I got so desperate I ate eggs 😰. I found some pasta in the fridge that my sister wanted, so she whispered into her ear hat it s probably old and it s unsafe to eat(luckily my sister loves me and told me despite my mom I guess giving me food poisoning)

My little brother is 21 years old and is heading down the wrong path. He still lives at home, can't keep a job for more than 2 weeks because he can't take people bossing him around, won't try going to college, always mooches off everyone and thinks he is entitled to everything. I love him but I really think he deserves a good *** whooping sometimes. Whenever someone calls him out he acts like people are just picking on him. The other day he called our Father a dead beat bully because he wouldn't give him money. I'm just scared he's gonna end up down the wrong path.

Does my birth mother have some sort of mental illness? Her actions, behaviours, and moods are abnormal, disgusting, and harmful to others. Please help me out, this is what she does: 1. She may seem COMPLET-ELY normal, then suddenly, she will have anger outbursts at people, start giving my sister and I and our dad the cold shoulder, slumping around or muttering to herself. 2. If someone does something that she feels like an 'insult' she'll think about it for MONTHS and it'll resurge later 3. She will find some almost non-existent 'issue' that may have occurred months or YEARS ago, and use that to pick on the house members 4. When she hugs me or my sister, she is utmost uncouth. She will start rubbing my shoulder, somehow my sleeve will go all the way up and then she's rubbing my shoulder UNDER my shirt sleeve, what kind of obnoxious, inappropriate action is this? 5. She will literally stare at my sister's and my body parts, not proper eye contacts like other humans, she will stare at our CHESTS also, feels very perverted and uncomfortable 6. I was once changing my clothes in my bdrm with the door unlocked but shut, she came in and SAW me changing but still instead of backing out or saying sorry, she came right in and started to touch me. She like, touched my shoulder, tried to HUG me, as my shirt was half on and I was trying to pull it down. THE FU*K? I was 15, not 4! 7. She is constantly talking about other 'females' chests', criticizing them, etc. So what's wrong with her?

I came on vacations by myawlf and im staying with my aunt and i am super shy ! But i am working on lt. But anyway it feels super awkward cause sometimes i just go inside the room and use my cell phone. Its pretty awkawrd . What can i do to stop feeling like this . Its just my aunt , my cousin and me. Ugh what can i do ? To just do and say what i want and not give a damn!!! Advice please

I don't understand why I feel this way, I always feel awkward and uncomfortable around my dad but I don't want to come off as rude so I have no idea what to do?!

She was trying to making it look situational... everyone tries these things on me because they think i am ignorant.. she knows she is caught and she is still trying to get a free umbrella.. i even offered her to give her another umbrella but she wants the same exact one!?? She is not right in the head and hasn't dated anyone in like 20 years!!! Everyone knows to stay away from her! What should I do?

I'm watching my boyfriend's son today while he's at work. It's his birthday and I'm just waking up he's not awake yet. I have to get the house cleaned up a little, but I want to make today as fun for him as possible since it's his birthday. But I don't know what 11 year old boys like to do and he's really shy. I've been together with his dad for over 3 years now and he's just starting to get more comfortable talking to me. He seems to feel awkward meeting new people. Does anyone have suggestions? His dad should be home by 3 so it doesn't have to be a ton of stuff just a few things he might like to do. Thank you.

My parents keep on fighting about something or the other or any small issue, and the entire home turns into a fight house, I have been so angry for the past few days because of my parent's fights, that I feel like running away from home.

I know this sounds terrible, but I really need some help. Please don't judge me. I'm ashamed to write this. I'm actually a 22 year old lesbian woman. Yet for many years, I have felt attracted to one of my uncles. I just crave his warmth and affection. He's really the only guy I've ever felt a strong attraction to. Even though we aren't very close, I've always felt there is a kind of an unspoken emotional connection between us - not one I've felt with other family members. I care about him deeply. Why!? How can I stop these feelings?

About 2 years ago I moved in with my now husband. After a few months of my son not having a bedroom I purchased a home for my now husband, his 3 children, my son, and myself. Yes, I paid for the house by myself without any help for my now husband. We all moved into this home at the same time and set ground rules for the children that were agreed upon my both adults....not just myself. A year later we got married and things went way downhill from there. My oldest stepson moved out within weeks of us getting married because he refused to follow our rules and when he did get in trouble he made it miserable in our house for everyone that lived there. He chose to move in with his biological mother. A year later my stepdaughter did the same thing. My mother-in-law stepped in and took over the 2nd parent role after the kids moved out. She thinks that their dad kicked them out even though that is not the case. My husband and myself sat down with my mother-in-law and I was basically told that I did nothing right in the last 2 years! I was told that if my stepchildren didn't want to move out of a 4 block radius of their duplex I should have found a house to purchase within that distance. My son moved 30 minutes away from his "Home" and had to switch schools, my stepchildren moved 8 blocks! I was also told that I moved my stepchildren from their home into my home. I tried to make it our home but the kids wanted nothing to do with it! How do I get past these things that she said?

I want to take full advantage of being home until I graduate college

I've always wanted to start my own family but only if I were in a stable, loving relationship. I'm 27 and have been seeing a nice guy 6 years my junior, but despite his interest in me it hasn't been a serious relationship. He is at University and has plans to travel the world. I fear a baby would jeopardise his future... and perhaps mine too. I'm ready to become a mother, though.

You know, I love my brother to be honest but he scares me. my grandmother wants me to see him after six years of being apart. but when I was a kid he did awful things to me. He would choke me until i passed out, beat me, threatened to stab me, he just got out of the mental hospital and the doctors say he's better now but I'm still scared. As kids Our uncle would force him to do housework, do all the cleaning, cooking, he also had work and school. My uncle forced him to wear a apron with nothing underneath, not even underwear, he wasn't allowed to use the bathroom until he got done cleaning. sometimes my uncle would give him laxatives in his ice water and watch him clean like that, or when he had to pee, my uncle would make him drink more water, my brother didn't always make it to the bathroom and it wasn't a pretty sight. our uncle would add more punishment. Like force him to cook us a large dinner, then beat him, then do other things to crush his self esteem. Slap him around physically and call him a woman. This went on until I finally told someone and he was put in a mental hospital. Now he's trying to text me, hug me, say sorry but I'm still afraid of him, I had to talk him out of killing our uncle, if it wasn't for me he wouldn't be alive because he tried to take his own life. Even though he wants to see me again and he says he loves me I think he will try something crazy again. He even wrote me a letter saying sorry and how wants to rebuild our relationship....

Hello, I am a 14 year old girl. I have the best grades, polite and is liked by almost everyone . I never roll my eyes when she s talking and try my best to have a good conversation with her; always do chores. But my mother always judges me because I : didn t get out of the elevator correctly, doesn t tell my opinions fast, doesn t smile enough, is eating too much carb and do many "unacceptable" things. . . I don t know what to do. Please help me. Should I improve? Then what?

As many of you already know I've had an ongoing issue with my wife and her 20 year old son for months now. This is a serious issue so I would hope that those who answer gave serious advice. My daughter is 19 years old and here step-brother is 20. He refuses to work and would rather spend multiple days a week at his girlfriend's parent's house laying up with her. Yes, her parents like him and don't mine him spending several nights a week with their 20 year old daughter. Ok, on the way home from picking my daughter up from work she told me she didn't think things were fair between the two of them. She's working and her phone is off because she started working late after coming home from college. It told her I wasn't going to pay her bill this month because she could have started working earlier but she drug her feet and it has been off for the past week. She told me that she's working and her phone is off whereas her step-brother, who doesn't work, is getting his bill paid monthly by his mom, my wife. My step-son left Friday and we had a rash a storms hit our area Friday night so he had started cutting the back yard but cut half of it and stopped then he went to go spend the weekend with his girlfriend. I'm out there Sat morning with the chainsaw cutting down fallen over trees and raking up debris and when I told his mom to get in touch with him to come home and help with the cleanup she said that he was house sitting for someone and didn't have a ride home. Last night he finally comes home and his girlfriend's dad went on vacation and literally gave him one of his extra cars to drive while he's gone. My daughter had to get out this morning and walk almost a mile to the closest bus stop to get to work whereas, step-son who doesn't work, is getting his cell phone bill paid monthly and now has a free car to use at his disposal till girlfriend's dad comes back from vacation. In my daughter's eyes it's not fair that she's working and doing what she's suppose to do while her phone is currently off and she's having to catch the bus in the heat but her step-brother who doesn't work and refused to find a job is getting his bills paid for by his mom and is now being given another free car to drive for the week. How do I explain to my daughter that she will appreciate things in life moreso than her step-brother because she would have had to work for them? I can't get my wife to understand that she's gotta let/make/force him to grow up and that she's crippling him by her and others just doing things for him?

I just got a job and they're supposed to call me for my next orientation session. I was at a friends house and at 7am she called me telling me to contact my work, I said ok I'll do it today. I cone home at 10am and she tells me the same thing and I say, "I haven't done it yet". She then blew up and started saying things like "Well if you were supposed to start today you blew it! You're not gonna have a job anymore just because you were too lazy to call them!". I walked away angrily and went to my work, they told me they'd call me and tell me when my next orientation was. So I go back home and open with "I went down ther-" and she said "Where? To the place you don't even work at anymore?" and I said "No, they said they'd call me to schedule, like I thought." and she said "Don't give me attitude!". I haven't talked to her since. What should I do? I don't want to apologize first because I think she's in the wrong.

Lately, there has been issues in my household regarding my stepdad and I. Like we can get along for a week and hate each other for 3. He s always nitpicking (did I spell that right?) on me, talks to me as if he owns me (like his tone is demanding) and he s always looking for something to complain to my mom about me. Honestly, I try to give this man as much respect as I can cuz he s the dad of my lil sisters and my mom cares about him. But I can t stand him. This is the same man my mom has domestic abuse issues with when I was younger & who s put his hands on me twice, and he makes me feel like if I m not apart of my own family. Like I m the odd ball out. Also, I share a small room with both my sister and have 3 dresser draws to myself. My clothes are in a bin. I m 20. I just received my bachelors degree and m currently working at a law firm. I haven t had a chance to look for places or for friends in need of a roommate. But my boyfriend keeps asking me to just move in and if I find a place were I wanna move in on my own then so be it. Him and I been together for a year but we also been friend 2 years prior to that and have been through so much. I m considering in taking up his offer and moving in until I find a place on my own. Suggestions?

Ima fourteen year old girl and I have three older brothers. One of them is 15 the other 17 and the third 18. I love them all so much and we are all really close. And I don't mean to complain when I say this but they are soo overprotective and it gets to be fairly annoying. I totally appreciate that they want me to be safe but how do I tell them to back off a little without upsetting them?

So. He always gets my phone and he always hides it. If I don't get him something that he wants he would hit me. He doesn't want us to be in the same room. If we are in the same room he forces me out. If I refuse he hits me. I've told my parents but my parents are getting old they have tried hitting him, taking away his privileges. But nothing works. It's even worse when my parents aren't around. He drags me and hit me. There is literally nobody to protect me as I am the middle child. My younger brother tries to help me however he knows that just means more trouble anyways. My brother is 16, I'm 12, I'm younger brother is 10. That all the siblings I have. I've tried hitting him but that just makes it worse and he hits me so hard. He sprained my wrist one time because I was laying upside down on my bed and he was mAd my stomache was showing. Like who tf are you its my room and I'm alone so get out. I told him that one time :( he hit me so hard I barely showed up to school. What should I do. I don't wanna call 9-1-1 cause that really isn't an option for me. What should I do?

I'm 15 and I want to get rid of my biological mother's last name because of the pain it's caused me. I heard my mom say I don't have one....

My brother is 14. I remember my older sister used to bully him about eating too much, and that lasted a few years. So that could have been how his eating disorder started (if he has one). He's secretive about food. Whenever I enter the kitchen while he's in there, he immediately leaves. He's just very awkward about it. Also last week, my mom brought two large pizzas home, we all ate one pizza together as a family. But then my mom and I had to leave the house for only an hour (my brother was home alone), and he ate THE ENTIRE PIZZA WHILE WE WERE GONE. All 8 slices, including the amount he had before when we ate the first pizza! So I'm guessing he had like 12 pieces!!! It just bothers me because he has no self control. He needs to be courteous of other people in the house! He can't just eat all the food & leave none for everyone else! I tell my mom that he has a problem, but she ignores it. I don't know what to do.

First, I would like to apologize for the length of this post. I am a mother who's very concerned and not sure what to do. After college my daughter struggled to hold a job. She lived out of state on her own. One night she had a sever breakdown. We were scared she would end her life. My husband and I made the decision to have her come home for treatment. It was then we discovered she had bipolar. Since being home she's been on numerous medicatons. She had been doing great! One day she just snapped with extreme bursts of anger. After she gets violent/angry she becomes severely depressed. The past 2-3 weeks she's been a mess. She's become angry with everyone with me and has gotten into big fights with people. She even told her friend she wished she had a gun so she could shoot this girl who showed up at our house threatening to do harm to her. She's absolutely devastated that she's having these issues right before she is supposed to move. All she tells me constantly is "I just want to be normal" I can see the frustration and pain in her eyes it makes me want to cry because I don't know what to do! I will admit I may have done more harm then good. I did not like her being on too many medications and too high of a dosage so I would often encourage her to drop to a lower dosage or stop a medication completely. I did not like the idea of her being on more then 2 medications. She said she's uncomfortable with her Psychatrist. Please any advice? I know she has potential

I swear the next time a dad gets in my face threatening to kill me because I'm having sex with his daughter is gonna get meet my sh0tg1n... for MY protection.

I'm 22. I went to see Finding Dory with my 11-year-old sister on Saturday. She really wanted to see the movie as well. During the movie I cried at least 3 times but she didn't cry at all. After the movie ended, she tried to stay away from me as far as possible. I didn't know why she did it at first, but then I found out that she was (and still is) embarrassed because of my crying throughout the movie. Is it my fault my sister is embarrassed? Should I apologise?

Earlier this morning, I had text my mom at work. I must've gotten on her nerves and she started being nasty to me. Out of frustration and hurt, I had text my sister and told her that I think our mom feels some type of way about me. I had mentioned that "something's telling me to stop caring for her, but that's the devil talking. I ignored it" That is what I said about my mother who has cancer. My sister was very upset and sent me a text saying "OMG! Im very disappointed in you!" She was telling me I'm evil, I need to go see a doctor, I need help and she feels different about me now. She told me she wasnt going to tell my mom or dad what I said but she was so pissed at me. Now I feel so wrong, even though it wasnt my intent to come across as evil. I was just upset. I spoke to my mom (didnt tell her what I said) and I text my sister, explainin and apologizing. She seemed like she was calm but still upset at me for having that thought cross my mind. I asked her could she call me whenever she's on her break at work, she said she would. I feel so bad because that was my mother. She has cancer, and she's sick but not all the way because she's still working. This is a nightmare I created myself for saying something so horrible about my own mother. Today is my birthday and she had mentioned how proud she was of me on her facebook. Im gonna go see her today and feel uncomfortable because my sister is gonna be there. How can I be in good terms with my sister so this could be over? I meant caring about her

I am in 7th grade and my cousin is in 10th grade. We both go to the same summer camp that is middle school through high school. I had the idea that we should pop out of no where with test dummy morphsuit on and just cause some chaos at the camp like do stupid stuff. I wore shorts over mine but my cousin didn't. I wanted to ask him why he didn't but I thought that might be a weird question to ask so I wanted to ask online first what y'all's thoughts are. I would get embarrassed if people saw my bulge. Even though I could probably hide my bulge easier than him, my cousin's bulge is seriously way bigger than mine. I didn't know if his junk was hard or not but I could see every detail. Now I know he is circumcised and i saw everything even his 2 balls bulging out. Doesn't that give him more of a reason to wear shorts?

Im a 15 year old girl and I made the mistake of hooking up with multiple guys a while ago and had sex with them. My reputation obviously went downhill at school but thats a different sfory. So, I was in my country house with my dad and step mom, when I argued horribly with my dad on the way back home for a stupid reason, so as soon as we got to his house, he took my phone and computer away and I walked to my mothers house (theyre divorced). I ended up taking about two hours getting to her house, giving him enough time to charge my phone and go through all of my texts messages, notes and photos, finding some old nudes of mine and old paragraphs saying the names of the guys I had kissed or hooked up with. As soon as I got home, he called me to the house phone and insulted me, saying he didnt want a daughter like me and that im a liar. So i got a full on panic attack and my mother took me to a mental hospital. Since this happened, i have talked to my dad about everything that happened and told him the whole truth... He now acts like nothing ever happened, but every once in a while he will make a hurtful comment about me having had sex, and it makes me really sad because im over that stage but i cant seem to move on... I dont know what to do anymore, i dont feel ok around my dad after all he knows and im not in peace with myself either. Please help... P.S. Im in a deep depression.

Im very shy, which is a key aspect to the story. You see, we had company over one day and my dad told me to give them the wifi password. After that, since i was extremely shy, i didnt. My dad comes back and is enraged. So with all this... he decides to make me go to martial arts. Idk, it sounds crazy as **** but thats what he decided to do, as a confidence booster and because im "lazy" which i admit, i am. Also, this was a year ago when I was 12, now im 13. Ok so after that, i join of course and im extremely ******* anxious, and it NEVER went away after that. I liked it for a while but all the kids were *****. Anyways, a girl comes and i immediately just fall in love with her because of her looks. One day i give her a note saying i like her. Yes EXTREMELY dumb move but i was desperate and stupid. Anyways, long story short, my friend ruins all my chances with her and basically they are best friends now. He also absolutely hates me ever since that too. But i figured out she was a bad person later so i was ok, but it still was pretty mood killing. Then i went to visit my cousins and we had to leave because my dad cares so much just about this class. That was very mood killing and i just want to leave but am to scared to say anything. Also forgot to mention that once my dad tricked me and said maybe i should quit and then i was like, yeah sure and he got very pissed that i said yes and said i have to stay. Dick ******* move. Please help me out, just please.

1. She always compares me with my mom's friends daughters and says I'm the dumbest out of them. 2. She makes extremely harsh and stupid decisions when she's angry. Each decision's tougher than the previous. E.g. You were doing something else when you're supposed to be doing piano theory. 1. No computer tomorrow. 2. No computer and phone tomorrow and today. 3. Write your Character Analysis by hand tomorrow. (My copy of the book is on my computer.) 3. She doesn't really care when I'm depressed or when I have suicidal thoughts. E.g. "I really want to jump of the balcony and kill myself." "Why don't you do it then?" 4. One minute she's happy and then she gets angry because of something small. 5. When I ask her something she would always launch a huge lecture. E.g. When she goes shopping. "Can you buy me some BBQ chips?" "Why don't you go there and buy them instead? I'm not gonna buy any snacks for you. You have to go buy them instead. I don't even know what kind of chips you want and you wouldn't be happy if I buy you the wrong chips. I don't even know English that well so I might buy the wrong chips. Why don't you go buy them yourself? I'm only going to buy my own snacks." Conclusion: So DO I have a toxic mom?

I went to pick up my 7 year old son, who was coming back from a day at the camp, at the bus stop location. When I arrived a couple parents were already there. A father gave his son's name to the camp counselor so that his son could be called to come down from the bus. Before the counselor could call out the boy's name, she stopped because my son was right behind her ready to come down the steps. He got there fast coz he had sat close to the bus door. The counselor said "Oh!" in a surprised manner not expecting my son to be there. The father who gave his son's name to the counselor, said jokingly, "Nope, that's not James! (his son). I guess, it sounded sarcastic but in a joking way? This father is white and my son and I are brown from Asia. My son is darker now from all their outdoor activities at camp. I smiled with the father and the other parent who gave a short laugh after that comment. Was this a comment born out of prejudice. I am still trying to figure out what Americans are about and this comment boggles me. In a time where the topic of racism is frequently in the news, shouldn't people be a little more sensitive before making a joke that can misunderstood, or was it intentional? What do you think?

I went to stay with my mom for one month after school ended. I lived with her two years ago, and I want to live with her again. Problem is, my dad won't allow it. They live in different cities, which is why he doesn't want me to live with her. He tells me it's not up to me (I'm a 13 year old and really mature and understand what's going on). He said that its his choice, and I can live with her when I'm 18. He can't say that; right? My mother and father never went to court before to see who gets custody, so they both get a say in this. My mom is totally fine with it, and since I'm a female, j feel that I really need my mom at this age. Should I go through with moving with her? How do I tell my dad (He'll deny it and be really mad at me almost for sure) and I'm not sure what to do. Do I write a paragraph and text it to him? Do I phone him and tell him how I feel? He has no clue I'm thinking of this, but my mom and everyone already thinks I'm staying and we're going to drive up to my dad and get all my stuff in a few weeks..

I'm going to have to see him in a few weeks on vacation and I don't want to but my parents won't let me stay home and nothing has happened since I reported him and idk it's not even that I can keep my space bc I'm not worried that it will happen again it's just that anytime I see something that reminds me of him I start crying and seeing him definitely won't help

I'm probably being paranoid but I need to get this off of my chest. I think my dad might be cheating on my mom? There's next to no evidence supporting this but the question keeps nagging at the back of my mind. When I was looking at my pic in the yearbook I looked a couple rows down and and this kid immediately caught my eye. He basically looked like a boy version of me, with the exact same facial structure, smile, and even the way we held ourselves. If fact, he looked more like me than my actual brother does, who looks like our mom while I look like our dad who are a mixed race couple which makes the differences all the more glaring. when I showed people they all expressed how we looked almost exactly alike, but when I showed my dad he shot it down immediately and said I looked nothing like that kid. I don't know why, but that struck me as suspicious.