So I'm a bit conflicted about giving 2 of my cats up for adoption. I'll try to keep it as brief as I can but it's kind of complicated. I'm an 18yr old girl who lives at home with my narcissistic, emotionally abusive mother, so we really don't have a good relationship and I try to stay away from her as much as I can, and I really don't communicate with her unless I have to. My dad lives in another town, and he was also an abusive, neglectful alcoholic to me growing up, so I now don't associate with him either unless I really have to. Also, neither of them make a lot of money, just enough to get by really. Anyways, I'm leaving out a lot of details because it's a very complicated situation, but basically my mom is an extremely irritable, impatient, stubborn, angry person. She's also an irresponsible pet owner. About a year ago, a cat of ours had a litter of 4, and we rehomed 2 of them, and for some reason my mom became too lazy to contact other people and kept the other 2. I wouldn't mind this as much if she didnt have a bunch of other animals in the house. She's not quite an animal hoarder, but she has too many animals that she really can afford to take care of. But anyways, these two cats have no shots, no paperwork, and need vet care as they both have recently been having diarhhea and i would really like them to be checked out by a vet. My mom refuses to bring them to the vet unless they look like they seem like they're dying or something. (continued) Also, one of them has been sh**ting all over the house, and my mom has been extremely angry and yells at them and stomps around the house scaring them. I hate this and have told her countless times to stop, but she doesn't listen, I try my best to console them all and put them in my room (i often lock myself in my room when shes home as the rest of the house is gross and i just don't like being around her). (continued, sorry it's long) Thankfully, my mom works everyday of the week and is often gone most of the day. When she's gone, our place is peaceful and the animals arent so stressed out, and I try my best to give them care and affection while she is. However, I've recently gotten a job that takes up a lot of my time and i'm desperately trying to save my money so I can move out. I just feel bad because these cats are now home alone all day, probably bored, and then later when my mom comes home, theyre often stressed out.:( I've considered bringing them to a shelter, and have actually found a very nice no kill shelter an hour away from me. They genuinely seem like a very nice establishment, and provide vet care to the cats. They're not in cages, and roam around the shelter with the other cats, or are in large kennels if necessary (if they're shy, antisocial, sick, etc) There's so many people there who tend to the cat's needs everyday, and they allow visitors certain days of the week. They try to search for responsible pet owners by reviewing applications and calling peoples' references to assure that they will be responsible pet owners. It just really seems like a nice shelter, and one of these days I'd like to go check it out for myself. I guess I just worry about my two cats though. I feel like they'll be really scared of all the people and cats there, and the car ride is over an hour long, and they've never been in a car before. I just worry about dumping all of these new scary things into their lives so suddenly. I worry about them possibly missing living with us?? The cats like me and are very friendly and all, but I just feel like they can have a much better life with another family. But what do you think? I guess I'm just looking for reassurance and advice, I just want them to be happy. thanks for reading if you did too, i know it's kinda long.

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Ok so my mom smokes and she has been complaining about chest pains the first one happened awhile back and the latest one happened like last week but it was for a short amount of time and she has been saying there is a change in her breathing also she has been complaining of being hot all the time at first I thought it was menopause but it's come to a point where it's just ridiculous and I asked her where she wanted to go for retirement and she said I'd I'm probably gonna be blind by then and she said it like it was no big deal and every time I tell her that she needs help she gets mad and says it's nun of my business and I told my dad but he just keeps saying she will be fine HOW THE **** CAN YOU SAY THAT IF YOU SEE PROOF THAT SHE'S NOT!! I honestly wanna slap her so she can wake up and see what she is doing is not good she was literally crying the first time because her chest was hurting also she smokes like 3-4 a day and I think she might have cancer SO PLZ SOMEONE TELL ME HOW I CAN HELP HER PLZ!! I don't want to me or my brother to lose my MOM! :(

WARNING: SANTA BELIEVERS PLEASE LEAVE AND NO HATE COMMENTS PLEASEE So anyway I need to know how the heck to tell my parents Santas not real? I tried one time but my mom made up a story on me... What do I do?

When I was 10 my mom was in a drunk accident and I was forced to move with my dad, four years later shes doing better, but I have the choice to move over there and help with my younger "special" brother or stay with my dad and help with my little brother I have here, I have a brother on the way over here too and I'm aloud to choose to move back there. What should I do? I

She just has these outbursts, from something small and she starts screaming and gets super agressive. She throws things, slams doors. She has thrown scissors, knives hairbrushes. Just today, i asked if she picked up my medicine (becasue i legally cant) and she got so upset with me, she screamed and slammed open our door so hard that it left a hole. I was late leaving the house for school and forgot my jacket, and hadnt even left the house, and again she screamed at me and very agressivly tore off her jacket and threw at me. And than 5 minutes later shes fine. She goes from 0 to a 100 and back to 0 so fast. She just gets super angry, yells, becomes very agressive and passive agressive and i dont know what to do about it anymore. I am a 17 year old girl and a senior.

I am 15 and I have a gray patch on my hair. I believe that's the reason why they are so nice to me. Example: my older sis (she isnt normally this nice to me btw) and I disrespected her multiple times

The other day, in front of his son, my boyfriend's dad called me his daughter in law. (something along the lines of "it's nice to have such a great daughter in law.") My BF and I have been dating 6 months and we're very close. Do you think my BF has said something to his parents and the dad just spilled the beans, or the dad just considers me as part of the family and it's nothing? I definitely hope to marry my BF whenever he's ready.

My husband responds to her and for the most part says it while standing tall that we don't want kids. I say we don't in a nice tone but leave it to him. She is making me feel so so guilty and looks at us like we are in trouble. And talks to us about "when" we have kids. She wasn't hesitant to have this convo in front of other relatives and again I left it to my husband. We know they're just words but it bugs me. And I really hate feeling like I'm doing something wrong. I've been so sure about my decision to not have kids. At this point I feel like I'm being polite but she is not being polite. So why should I be? I have always heard if there's an issue then you take it up with your own parent. My husband can say no and stands up to her (and I've been married before, she is a really wonderful MIL and I've experienced the exact opposite). Is it so wrong for me to pipe up? I just worry it will cause tension between us and that maybe I've just got to grin and bear the uncomfortable conversation. We say no, he more adamantly says no for us, but she keeps going.

Hello, i hid my report from my parents, i know it wasn t the right thing to but i thought my mum might get mad at my grades. So she found them today and i didn t do well. For math,Science,History and Drama i got an A. But English,French and Geography was my downfall as i only got B s i got no F s but i still feel like i m doing bad in school. I try to concentrate but my friends distract me especially in French which is my weakest subject. My Parents think i have been slacking off and not taking school seriously, i do most of my homework on time and the homework that i forget i hand in the next lesson. The thing i m baffled about is the B in french as on the recent test i got 54/60. I think my parents are mad at the fact that i didn t show them straight away and they re still extremely mad at me.

I cant stand it when my sister (who is only 18) yells shut up at her son just to shut him up and he barley can even talk yet. He cries a lot like any other child or toddler would do and hes a really happy child. But to me its not right and it hurts me when i look at his face and he looks back. I just wanna punch her in the mouth if she keeps on saying it. When somebody confronts her about it, all she says is "so what its my kid not yours" When i tell her to quit talking to him like that she goes and tells me "STFU its my kid are you jealous that you dont have one" Then i tell her I dont care if I did or not, hes still a baby and you shouldn't be talking to him like that" As an older bother (who is 22) I really want to just punch her one good time for what shes doing and I know its not right.

Okay I am 11 year old sister and I have a little bro that is 9 years old my little brother has been saying the new barbie dolls and he keeps on saying peek a- boo peek a- boo and he keeps saying that I like them over and over and he won't shut up and it gets really annoying and the worst part is that we share rooms together how can I get him to shut up!!PLEASE HELP!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!

Omg, im serious my grandma complains over crap!!! I have 2 guinea pigs and i bathe them and clean their cage..their is NO smell at all and yet she still says IM GONNA THROW THOSE RATS AWAY THEY STINK!.another thing,im click on my computer mouse and then shes like WHAT ARE U HITTING??!?!?!?! then she yells at my baby brother because he wants to climb on the bed to sleep and shees like GET OFF THE BED STOP CLIMBING!and then she takes a chopstick and hits and stabs him.how do i get her to shut up?!??!

She always feels the need to prove her point, like she always has to prove that she's standing her ground and that she can't be knocked over. She's like an effing guard dog, barking and barking and barking. Worst of all, she's 18 years old For example: Someone: I never see anyone wasting so much food! Taryn: I don't know what you're always talking about (voice increases in volume) I NEVER waste food, I'm always the one who's trying to save it. (voice becomes hostile, harsh, and louder. Her stance will change too, like she'll wave her finger in your face, and she'll yell louder if you yell back at her.) Sometimes I just want to scream, "SHUT THE FROCK UP YOU PSYCHO BYCH!" but of course, if I say that, she'll scream louder and then I'll end up slapping the bastard. If you decide to walk away and say, "I can't deal with this right now," she will FOLLOW YOU until she is able to say what she wants to say. Don't even think about talking back or defending yourself, because she'll keep on arguing to till the sun goes down. And if you're like, "Taryn, I told you, I just can't deal with you right now, just leave me alone and we'll get back to it," she'll stand there and DEMAND that you talk to her so that she can say all that she needs to say. I'm about to slap this bych. I'm 16 years old. And I can't make my older sister shut the frock up.

Hi. I'm only 16.. but my fathers family members are rude to my mother and I'm not having it! When he went into the nursing home his daughter came and took him out broke his arm and brought him back the next day he stayed but a few weeks ago his sisters said it was all my moms fault if he hadn't been out in the nursing home his daughter wouldn't have broke his arm! she's absolutely cruel and whenever she comes over she always tries to get dirt out of my dad to talk to her family about and down put my mother! what should I do?

My best friend lost her mom and dad at a young age. She used to live with her grandma but moved in with her godmother after being raped twice by her grandmother's boyfriend. Her godmother is careless. She forces my friend to do massive amounts of work around the house. She never lets her leave the house, not even for church. Her godmother also shows obvious favoritism for her biological children. This was upsetting, but I was never worried about her being abused until she showed up to school with a large bruise on her chin. She said her aunt visited and things didn't go well. She was watching TV and she was asked to turn the volume down. She agreed and began to search for the remote. When her aunt could still hear the TV going, she began to yell at my friend again, even though she was still looking for the remote. Her aunt ran down stairs and grabbed her face with such force that it bruised her, before scolding her endlessly for "disobeying". I don't know what to do about this. My family would love to take custody of her. My mom has car pooled every day to and from school because her god parents "couldn't find the time". My friend, who is sixteen, has not yet been taught how to drive or gotten her learners permit because her god parents "couldn't find the time". My mom has taken her driving behind her god parents back so she can at least start to learn. I don't know how to help her. Her mental health is steadily declining. I just want to see her happy again. Please help.

So I was invited to my best friends house to decorate her tree and her dad was being mean to us. Later she was helping her mom put bandage on her brother cut. She saw me and her dad putting the lights up and her dad talking to me in a low tone about him not getting what he wants for Christmas and she heard it and got really mad. She went into her room and I asked her if she wants to decorate the tree with us but she flat out said no and said that she s done. Then she goes off into a rant that he keeps saying he misses me(I used to live with them.) and that he wants to adopt me because he loves me and not her. I tried comforting her but she reject it and so I was told to go home by her parents and now she s sad. She has depression. I ve had depression for the last 5 years and she tries to one up me or something. I don t get it. I feel like crap that she s treating me this way. What should I do?

I have long heard tales about him being the drunk of noxious uncle that nobody wants to be around but I was three years old when I saw him last. He does not participate in family stuff and we've never met his child was raised by the mother and is out of the picture. This guy is apparently a big it and he apparently likes to burn things the joke is always that he would burn me if he saw me and that I was being protected from them. I'm 26 now so I'm curious to meet this oddball as I'm about to meet them at something for my grandmother. What kinds of things do I bring up as all the things I've heard about them or weird and creepy like his obsession with insects. He is like Donald Trump somebody that you don't like but are morbidly curious to meet

I just love using my brother's balls as stress balls and punching bags! I kick them, knee them and punch them a lot but I also squeeze them, pull on them and squish them too! I've even crushed them together a few times too! It's so fun and he never tries to stop me! He's only 13 too!

My parents adopted me when I was 3 years old, so they're all I've ever known. when I was 5 they gave birth to their first biological child. My brother and I are not really close. Typical fights and annoying stuff. But one thing he has is my parents. They go to every one of his games, they bring him home stuff and say "I saw this and thought you'd like it" but won't bring me anything. They just give him so much attention and I am invisible. Idk if it's because he is their real son or if it's just because he's the youngest, but it hurts my feelings. I'm turning 17 next month and they haven't even asked me about if I wanted to do a party or what. But when it was my brothers birthday they were planning things for months in advance. They aren't physically or emotionally Abusive, and I am lucky that they are my parents because they do love me, they just love him more I guess. Any of you have adopted kids? Is your love equal or do you secretly love the real kid more

So for the past years, financially, my family hasn't been doing well. My dad, as a lawyer, works triple the amount he used to just to gain the same amount of money. The problem is that my parents used to be the biggest movie buffs you'd know. In fact, my mom was a movie buff during the 70's to maybe the late 90's (although that could be because of my birth :P). Every now and then a movie will come up. My parents don't have the passion for movies as they used to. It's all about keeping your eyes peeled on Fox News to see what Obama says. My parents, for the past 4 years, yell everyday. I went to see my dad and said, "hey dad! wanna go see a movie today?" and I happened to startle him from his work. He then responded biting his lips and blinking repeatedly "sure". Whenever he buys tickets for movies, he usually doesn't seem so ecstatic to see them anymore. Now he just eats all the popcorn during the trailers and sleeps through the whole movie only to come home again and work so much. I'm actually crying as I'm writing this. Since I've lost a few friendships in life, I don't really have anyone to go to the movies with aside from my family. My dad gets so worked up at home, that when it comes to having fun, he start to become depressed again. I love my parents so much and cry when I seem them like this. Now whenever I'm not being a good person at him, my mom holds the movie tickets against me (as in if you don't do this you're not going to the movies) and says that all that money will go down the drain. Then, my dad starts yelling at her saying he worked hard to gain that money and I JUST WANT TO CRY NOW!!! I make my dad so worked up and he's the best and does EVERYTHING FOR ME! What do I do? I'm starting to not enjoy going to the movies anymore because I feel as though my dad has more important things to do then spend $11-$18 on a movie we'll probably not see again for a couple months.

y dad drove me to school today and he forved me that i have to get new shoes ( hes changed my shoes ten times this semester) and he touched my leg where my thigh ends and said get ones like these. How dare he touch me? What do i do im 24 even my mom molests me she said she will wash my butt after i pool

I am a biracial teen (half-white and half-black) my girlfriend's (who is white) father recently met me and told me to stay away from his daughter he told me mulattos are An abomination.

I'm going on holiday with my dad, him and his girlfriend moved to business to "make space for us in economy" so me and my brother are sitting alone, I'm am 14 my bro is 11 what's the chances of being able to be moved to Business with him, and how would I do it.

She is the most annoying little **** there ever was, everytime when i come home from school she's doing one of those retarded musical.ly's or whatever they're called. When we get into fights she always says things that really hurt me, i am pretty sensitive about my body and i am pretty skinny, so she says that alot and other stuff too. I keep telling our parents that i need to have her out of my life for atleast a week (they are divorced) but they keep just saying "ok" but it never happens. What do i do so she can stop being a disease

I already felt my dad hates me. I am an adult. My dad had choked me, and i called 911. He said he disown me, we have talked some. But he isn't concern about anything that has to do with me. He didn't apologize and just feel rage when around him.

My sister is getting married in the San Diego Temple on Friday and I'm really stressed out. We're going up Thursday and staying at a hotel. I know I shouldn't feel stressed, but I do. My sister is my first sibling to get married, and I feel like I might mess something up. I feel like if anything goes wrong it's my fault. Stupid, I know. Also, I'm meeting his family for the first time, and I want to make a good impression as the bride's only sister. Usually when I meet new people I unintentionally make them feel uncomfortable. Mostly because I don't get to practice social skills much. Tips on what and what not to do? I try not to say/do weird things, but I always screw up. These are people that are about to become family and we know nothing about each other. I want to leave a lasting impression that I'm funny, smart, playful, and welcoming, because I am once I've calmed down. Which usually takes a couple of hours.

Two kids, aged 5 & 2 already asleep and the regular babysitter is unavailable. I needed someone to be in the house in the case of the emergency and my handyman happens to be someone I've known for a few years and trust. I thought it would be OK to hire him to hang out and watch TV for a few hours but my wife told me I am crazy. What do you think?

I unfortunately live parents. I am an adult, my sister is also an adult and lives with parents. My dad only cares about my sister. My sister doesn't speak to me . Dad isn't concerned about anything that has to do with me. I had called 911 because dad choked me, and he said he disown me. Dad hates me his son. I am gonna move out but what to do?

So back in February when it first premiered my grandfather died. At first I thought it was just a coincidence, because people die all the time. But then, on Friday, when season 2 premiered, my rabbit died. The poor thing was only a year and a half old, but then, as I was browsing Netflix to try and find something to watch, I made the connection. How can I keep it from ever airing again? I don't want anyone else to die.

My sisters did worship the Devil. They bully almost everyone. They are rasist. One of them had a baby at 14 with a 19 year old. He is in the house so I can't relax. They treat my mom like a slave. They cuss and my little brother is starting to act like them. I really don't want to live with them but I am 13. They make my mom buy all this junk. I can never eat healthy because of them, me and my brother are gaining to much weight for a 13 and 10 year old. I am on probation because of them. They make our life hell. One will be gone next year, she will be 18. The other will have to stay, she is 15. My step dad said he could get her out the house but my mom loves her baby so she is staying. Whenever one hits me I try calling the cops but my mom gets so mad at me because they say the baby will be token away. I just need to know what to do please.

As many of you know my wife's oldest son now has a 7 month old daughter. She's the current light of our lives. the 3rd of our 4 grandchildren. Well, I'm having a hard time getting her to understand that as long as we're doing EVERYTHING for the baby then he'll never do anything. We pretty much buy everything for her. Clothes, food, diapers, formula. He doesn't pay any child support to the mom but she lets him keep her just about every weekend. He doesn't live with us and hasn't lived with us in years. He stays with his grandparents due to his behavior when he was younger with us. Well, people at his church are giving him things for her as well. Someone gave him a big box of pampers. Well, several weeks ago my wife bought him a can of formula at about $20 a can to take to him cause he couldn't afford it. Her dad thought the formula was her sister's who has a 2 year old so he packed it up and sent it home with his other daughter. This weekend I bought another can of formula for our house to keep when she visits us and my wife sent it to her son cause the sister hasn't brought the formula back yet. Again, we're buying more stuff for this baby than the actual dad is. He works but I guess his job only gives him so many hours a week which aren't enough. No, he's not trying to find a better one either. I told my wife that it's not our job to support this baby. It's her dad's job but she doesn't see it that way. She feels we should help until he can do better. My take on it is this. As long as we're doing for him he's not going to do for himself. I'm a little upset that I keep taking money out of my paycheck to by that baby's necessities when that's the baby's father's responsibility. If you give a man a fish he'll eat for the day but if you teach him how to fish he'll eat for a lifetime. Stop doing so much for this baby and force the dad to figure out how he's going to support his child. No, I'm not saying let the baby starve or not have clean clothes or an ample supply of pampers. But when she's sick we buy her medicine and then he sends her home with us till she's feeling better then he takes her back. My wife is not comparing her helping her son with me helping my daughter. She's in her second year of college and I've paid her cell phone bill the past few months while she's away at school. My wife's youngest son will be graduating college this coming Friday and he works at a sandwich shop. I told her that now that he's an adult no longer in school he either needs to start paying a monthly rent of $200 a month, take over a household bill like the water or internet which are the smallest bills, or he needs to find somewhere else to live. She thinks that's too harsh. As long as you're in school I have no problem helping you out. But once school is over it's time for the real world to kick in. She feels that you should help them till they get on their feet. Since her youngest flunked out his first college several years ago he's lived with us rent free and no responsibilities. He re-enrolled into a college program and will get his associates degree Fri with no plans to continue on to get a bachelor's. Again, we'll help you as long as you're in school but when you stop going to school you either need to kick in financially or move out. You can't live anywhere scott free I don't care who you are. Am I wrong to feel that we need to let her oldest do more for his daughter so he'll learn?

My family adopted this kid a few years ago, he's been trouble in every aspect you could think of and put the lives of his family and younger sister as risk multiple times. He sets toilet paper on fire, in his room this happened multiple times, he took a candle lighter and literally burned my door threshold, he's taken out our pistol as my older sister was taking stock on what we had, loaded the clip put it in the gun, went outside right with his little sister and shot it! We live in the city! He's burned his little sister with a glue gun, he has NO remorse at all for anything. He keeps putting holes in his walls exposing the insulation, which really scares me because he could set that on fire. We have this little portible heater that he keeps finding and taking puts in on high over night and then leaves it face down on his bed! He actually melted his bed and set his pillow on fire before. This kid needs to be in a family where he is the only child and I don't know if that possible now that's he's adopted. I've told my mom this before but she doesn't like the idea. Could anyone that's actually knowledgeable on this tell me if there's a way that he could have a new family or something where he's in a place like a family hospital where he gets visited? IMO he puts the family at risk and is very dangerous

I'm 20 weeks pregnant so attitude is the LAST thing I want to deal with. This argument started because I told him in order to move in with me, he would have to quit his cig smoking. He told my when we first found out we were pregnant, that he would stop, its just gotten worse. When we argue he says very hurtful things such as, "You girls are always going to be single moms because that's all you're use to". He's referring to my mom, she has been a single mom to both my sister and I, dad was never in the picture. For him to say that is so completely disrespectful to me. He also says things like, "I don't want anything to do with you, all I want is my son" & "Leave me alone for good". Then gets mad when I don't respond to his horrible comments and try's to play the victim by saying, " Let me know when you can love me for me, cigs and all". I don't have time for this childish crap, why does he feel the need to do this and say such horrible things? PS: To all of you bashing me for picking him to "donate genes", he was an amazing man at one point! That was not the question I asked.

Today in school I hit my classmate with a pen in the head and didn't mean to, he has a little hole in his head and he bled a lot. We both went to the principle and she told me that I have to be suspended for a day from school and that my parents have to come tomorrow at school to talk about this. I was just furious and scared at the same time, but more scared, then I came home and called my mother and told her about this and she said that she cannot miss telling my father because my father is friends with the boy's father I hit. And also my cat was at the vet very sick, and I found out that she died and I just started crying because all of these situations and I can't stop, I just want to cut myself. Please help me

Hey, my cousin got an iPad from his old school and was suppost to return it on Friday, but had no school due to snow. His parents were just going to pay the fine and let him keep the iPad. Is there any way him or I could remove the restrictions since it's technically his iPad now?

I am a 17 year old girl who is graduating this year. My older sister is moving out at the end of this month and I have shared a room with her my whole life. Right now the room we share has bookshelves separating the room so it s split in two. So even though we can t see each other we can hear and talk to each other. My parents want to move my 10 year old sister into that room when my older sister moves out. This is because my 10 year old sister shares a room with my 7 year old brother and they say "she needs her own privacy". I am mad because I am moving out in 5 months and I haven t ever had my own room. After I move out my little sister will get her own room for 8 years. Am I overreacting and think I should let her move down? Or should I talk to my parents again?

I am 53. I never drive my son and daughter places, I am rarely around them. I have had them in online schooling for 11 years. I never got them a drivers permit, or license or car. I never taught them to drive at 15 and 16, and I am sure not going to start now. My parents taught me at 16 and got me driving lessons at 16, I do not want to do either for my son and daughter. They're 17 and 18. They have no job and never had one as I never got them an I.D and I refuse to drive them and every time they apply for job the places tell them they're unhirable as they have no transportation. We live in the south and public transportation is an hour away which I will not take them to. We live on an interstate/highway. There are cars everywhere and no side walks or areas on the road for walkers. You cannot go into town without using the interstate/highway. Why are my son and daughter so scared to walk in the road behind cars as if they were driving but they'd be walking? Come on! I've been beating them with belts for 12 years daily yet they're still entilted and spolied brats! They have not been around peers for 10 years yet they're still spolied! I have not bought them a gift for 12 years either why are they like this? I'm not in the wrong

I am 29 years old I'm a female and I still live at home with my parents I do work and I am in college. They are overprotective of me and they don't like me traveling alone. They are the ones who drive me to the airport because I don't have anyone else to take me. I like going to LA but they don't want me going there alone. Whenever I go I have to lie about it because I know they will just give me a hard time. The first time I went I told them I was going for a class reunion. They found out I was lying because someone told them. The second time I tried to go my friend told on me. The next couple of times I went my parents sent my kid brother with me. But they aren't going to pay his way to go anymore. I want to go again but I know if I tell them the truth they won't let me go. I plan to go after visiting my family in Atlanta but my dad doesn't trust me. So it'll be hard to get him to agree to letting me go to Atlanta. What can I do so that I don't end up getting caught again? I plan to visit my family in Atlanta for five days and then fly to LA and stay there for two or three days. Is there anything I can do to keep from getting caught again? Yes I know lying to my parents is wrong and I wouldn't lie to them if they didn't give me a hardtime. I have told them several times that I like going to LA but all they do is tell me I'm crazy for wanting to go there alone.

She has a tendency to sleep around. Well last week we got really drunk and ended up having sex. I was an idiot and forgot to use a condom like we normally do. I got tested and I'm fine, don't worry. Should I make her take a pregnancy test? I really don't want to have a kid with her because me and my wife are trying to have a kid. Suggestions?

okay so before any sjw jumps on me i love my mother dearly and have forced my self many times to do stuff for her that please her but it s enough, she is really toxic, she manipulates my emotions to make me stay home with her while she wont even be with me, she doesnt let me sleep to my best friends house while she knows her and her parenst because she cant sleep by her self, when i go out she says it upsets her and she cats (along with my depressed grandma) like im a child while im 16 and can t even go to the next block to the supermarket to buy something to eat. please help me i can t stand this situation anymore it s tiring oh and also they make me pay the bills and talk with companies and such

I just came home from a short camping trip with my grand-dad and my cousin and it was great, but sometimes when I'm with my family for too long I get really annoyed because they always make assumptions about me that are just not true. My cousin has always been extremely independent (not really by choice) and next to her I'm always this little girl who had it easy and can't do things by myself (she just turned 24 this december and I turned 23 in october). Plus, when she was younger she was sort of a tomboy and I was not super girly either but I looked like I was next to her. She's grown out of it and she appreciates feminine things now, but I'm still seen as "the girly girl" in my family and I'm really not. This got better though and they stopped gifting me pink things etc but like we went shopping once during our trip and they were like "happy to be back to civilisation right ?" and I was like "no, I enjoy camping too...". I know it's silly to be offended by this kind of stuff but when it happens all the time it's tiring, I always have to justify myself. I did feel the need to get angry at some point and tell them how I feel but I just didn't want to argue on our trip. Should I just ignore it like I always have or tell them something next time ?

Since the start of the week my mum has kind of gone on a parenting strike ( she hasn t actually said strike but told us that she won t be doing anything for anyone anymore) she won t buy food, won t cook dinner, doesn t care when I say we don t have much food left, doesn t talk to us much anymore and she is out for most of the day and sometimes comes home late in the night and doesn t even say hi/goodnight. She used to be kind of strict with us hanging with friends like she always used to make us call her whenever we went somewhere new and she always had to me the parents and she would always pick us up even when is was really late but now she doesn t care what we do and even told me that I had to find my own way home from the mall at 10pm and if I couldn t that I had to stay there because she wouldn t pick me up.im only 14 so I can t afford to do anything for myself and she seems she doesn t care. My mum was always the one that did anything for her family but now she seems the opposite and I miss her so much

My boyfriend's dad recently passed away, and his sister got married this year and is living with her husband. My boyfriend and his mum live at their home (very normal in our country). Yesterday, my boyfriend asked me if I would mind if his mother came on holiday with us in the near future (once we've settled down together etc. etc.) I told him that I wouldn't mind if it was just a one off type of thing, but that I would mind if it would become routine. He told me that I am selfish, and I got enraged - I couldn't believe that during the 5 years we've been together we only spent and approx. 2 weeks just the two of us - away from our families - and he is now, already trying to figure out how he is going to include his mother in OUR lives once we start living together. As childish as it may sound, I hate the idea of having to 'share' him. His course is very time consuming, so that alone takes up a lot of 'us' time. Now with the death of his father and all, he just keeps on piling more things. Don't get me wrong, I understand that he needs to help his mum out till she get's everything sorted out - but I can't possibly be selfish for wanting to have a life of our own? Am I over exaggerating? Help?!

SO my family hates me because of what I did. I know that it was my fault and I want to say sorry but the way they talk to me is that they don't want to listen to my reason even my sister doesn't want to listen to my side. No one loves me and they're against me. My stepsister will always say some cursed words to me. I really wanted to say sorry but I can't! I'm scared that they won't accept it. I wanted to run away, I want to find my mom, I want to DIE. I don't care of what they feel, they don't just care about me anymore. I want to run away so that I could start a new life. A new ME. And if I ever find my mom I will stay with her. But what if she doesn't accept me and she have another family. I want to run away but where. I want my family to trust me. To listen to me. I want them to accept me for who I am even if I'm just a bastard child. A child who has been left by her real mom when she gave birth to her. Now all I could do is cry. And I'm so tired of crying. I want to tell my wrong doings or tell them that I did it. But I wish that they don't hurt me and say some bad things to me. I'm scared because my stepsister always do that to me. All I have is my friends and my teachers. What should I do?

She doesn't reject me but various extended family members she refuses to see. We do nothing Christmas Day but sit around and gossip about the outsiders. However, she has HER Christmas party with those SHE likes the day after or before and that is our Christmas. So she excludes the family members she wants to exclude and invites the ones she deems good. My problem is I feel everyone looks at us as different and I feel embarrassed to be associated with my Mom's behavior. However, she is my Mom and I have to go with the flow. I am 16 so can't do what I want yet and probably can't even when out of high school or I'll become on the out list. Our Dad never wanted us so we don't know his family so my Mom's family is all I have and 1/3 of them are on the out list. The rest of them all gather Christmas Day like normal people except my Mom and I. So how do I not let this hurt me? I have seen someone else regularly ask a similar question so I thought I'd describe my situation. Mine does not involve alcoholism like the other persons so it is just trivial stuff. Marked anonymous to criticize my mother which I never would do in person

Me and my brothers have been living on fried potatoes for like 2 weeks. I'm always hungry there is no food. I tried to talk to her but she is like "you're 16 go prepare yourself something to eat". Im so done with this. What do I do? Literally no food for 2 weeks only fried unhealthy stuff

My brother's fifteen and I'm nineteen and though we have our moments where he starts stupid arguments over nothing, or even us being best friends, I realised that we've never had a chat to see how we've been feeling. I'm saying this because our mum passed away three years ago and we live our dad. My dad and I talk about how we feel every now and again, but my brother doesn't and it kinda annoys me that he may feel like I'm not open to him. He wrote about his role model for his English class two or so years ago and he wrote about our mum, so I know he misses her more than I had thought. I know it's awkward for teenagers to open up about their feelings, considering I was like that at that age, but he's my brother and I can worry about him because we never speak about stuff like that. What can I do?