My sister is 21 & im 22. We've never really been super close. There's a lot of tension between us but we never discuss it. She always acts as if she's better than me but she does whatever I do. She joined every club/sport I did in H.S. & went to the same college as me. I moved 3000 miles away to start my own life/career & now my sister wasn't a to live with me. I don't want this. She always squeezes into my life and tries to act like she's the one running the show. It's so annoying and as a result I become very depressed & angry bc she ends up hanging out with the people I know and usually tells them not to invite me. What can I say to her without causing a big fight?

recently I went to Jakarta, Indonesia. I stayed at a hotel at Sudirman district. I'm an american and I will tell you that Indonesians are rude and hostile. My family and I, a family of 3, was walking on the street from our hotel to a nearby shopping mall (Grand Indonesia). There was this street hawker offering some magazine. I said "no thanks!" and this young hawker in the 20s and kept following us. So I said no again and suddenly that moron shouted something in Indonesian. I think it was "KAFIR!!!". Then we arrive at the mall and I search the word on google, it means "infidel". It was annoying my 8 year old son became frighten by these people. Not only that, we went to a restaurant in the mall and the waiter ignored us for 15 minutes. She couldn't speak English so we just pointed the menu and she said nothing. Then we had to wait another 20 minutes for the food. I started becoming irritated by these indonesians. FYI, the reason we went to Jakarta is to see Borobudur in Jogjakarta. There are no direct flights so we had to spend 3 nights in Jakarta.

My friend lives with her grandmas' and she tells me all the time how she's treated differently and given so much disrespect .. she also lives with her other three siblings and none of them get treated like this ..

I met my son in law almost 2 years ago. When I met him, he seemed like a nice guy, and like someone I wouldn't mind marrying my daughter. As time passed, I found things I didn't like, but they were just minor (he talks a lot, can sometimes be a bit of a know it all, etc.). Then, after only about 5 months of knowing my daughter asks her to marry him without consulting my husband. Granted, my husband kind of gave permission subtly by telling him he knew they'd get married someday, but I still wish he would've asked my husband. Now, it's been a couple of months since their wedding, and he came over to pick up some laundry and told us his problems with her, instead of telling her; because he didn't want to make her upset; so I gave him advice what to do, but afterwards told him to let my daughter know how he felt, as the issues were between them and not me, my husband and them. However, when he went home, he LIED to my daughter and told her I said these things about her to him, when HE was the one who talked about them in the first place to ME! I explained to my daughter everything he did, and told her my worries about her remaining married. Afterwards, he told her he lied to her about who said it because he was afraid she'd be mad. I called BS, but she didn't and now thinks counseling will solve it. I have my doubts he'll change, and I feel her best option is divorce. Should I tell her to get a divorce, or do you feel I should let her find out for herself what to do?

Both my parents fight every meal time and it stresses me while I eat, makes me not enjoy my food. But if I eat in another room in front of the TV I'm worried I'll feel sad or alone. I tell them to stop but they yell at me not to control them.

usually you hear about parents spying on their kids to find out what they are hiding hopefully just to keep them safe. But our 17 year old is always sneaking around evesdropping and peaking around corners or watching our every move from his peripherals. He needs constant attention and validation and is very competitive with others for attention and all possessions. what the heck is going on? it feels like there is no privacy or peace or space in the house. he also tries to peek at we are doing on every screen and will go through our devices if left unlocked

Alright so I have been having family problems for years. I have a sister with a stupid mentality which I can no longer stand. She feels just because the oldest that she can basically boss everyone round and thinks that just because me and my mother stay together she has 24 hour babysitting. I've moved out in the past and I've rented before with roommates but I had problems with them because it was a married young couple and it just made things worse but before that I lived else where. My sister no longer lives with us she rents an apartment but she comes over often then she should. Somehow she always finds ways to bully me and call me names. And sometimes m mom and I fight. But even though I'm 24 I moved back home because my mom was sick she had a very bad kidney infection and had to get surgery to get some rocks take out so I went back to help her. My sister wouldn't she of course bullied called me terrible names and made excuses why she couldn't take care of my mom. And basically said she was the one to always do everything. So going forward my mom is doing way better now and we own 21/2 acre land my mom always talked to us me and my brother about how she would gives us some land to live in. During some time I decided to buy a lofted barn cabin I'm paying monthly to turn into small living space because I like tiny homes and don't need anything big. But arguments have been getting worse so I though about returning it and just renting. I have not had a day of peace in that home not for years and I'm almost never home alone. The only way I will get peace is buy hurrying up to fix my cabin or go rent an apartment. I was also thinking I could save up to buy a home but that will take me a long time even though I've got a bit of many saved up. All I want is peace because all this stress is literally bad for my health besides working Monday through Friday. Do you guy's think I should just rent and get rid of my cabin or actually fix my cabin and live there and just make a fence and all so my sister nor mom can really get in without my say. Things don't say to bad but they are actually worse than they sounds. They have made me cry so bad to the point I wanted I die. (Literally). Any advice here would be gladly appreciated. Thanks in advance Just so you know I do stand up to my sister and tell her off but when she believes she is the queen of Texas there is no fighting that. My mom I can control, other than her just snitching around like it's no one's business that's all I have issues with her for.

Ever since their childhood, my brothers have been into video games and anime. They are currently 22 years old and they live in the same house as my family. They go to college and are currently trying to get their associates degree. However, it seems like they will never be able to get a job or girlfriend. My dad tells me that they may not even get a life on their own. This is because my brothers constantly spend their days playing video games and talking about anime. I don t really blame them for this because I like anime too, but they are obsessed with anime. When asking my brothers a question about dating a real life anime character or staying in the world of space jam, they chose space jam because they "Only wanted animated versions of the characters." My dad asked them several questions about real life women, and they were completely disinterested. I don t want my brothers staying like this forever, so my dad plans to hire some women to go out with them in order to snap them back into reality. My brothers are weird. What should I do?

I told my almost 14 year old daughter that she needs to take better care of herself, especially her face. (she has bad acne) She responded to this by bursting into tears, and hiding in her room for the rest of the day. What was wrong with what I said? She says she doesn't care how she looks, and I'm trying to protect her from being made fun of. Are there other things I shouldn't say to her? Do you think she actually does care how she looks? Thanks for answering, I'm really confused.

I have 2 cousins on my mom's side who are all girls. One is 16, one is 12. I am 16 but a boy. The older cousins is always acting super bitchy in front of me especially when I ask her to play with me. Takes my stuff, plays my video games without asking. She tries to ask mature and have a "great" personality in front of my mom and dad though. That cousin is in general quite nice to my sister because she is younger and always wants to take her to go hiking and stuff. But she keeps throwing tantrums and says that she hates coming here and prefers to see her mom's side's cousin (one girl - 14). My mom thinks the older cousin is actually super nice and mature and makes me play and study with her. This time I decided to ignore my cousins and do my own stuff. I would rather hang out with my real friends.My dad's side cousins are away for winter break so I am stuck at home. My mom won't let me play on my phone the whole day either. She thinks it is rude for me to ignore the cousins but she doesn't read subtle social clues.

Ever since I was young, my parents would favour my sister over me. She s 5 years older. She got married young (and free loaded off her husband), stayed with the same job since she was 16, now has 2 kids and wants to be a stay at home mom since her husband makes enough money. So just like my mom, wants to free load off her husband. Me on the other hand, I ve always been a super hard worker, great ambitions, with the same boyfriend for a year and aspiring to be a lawyer... but they always bash my dream an ask why I m not engaged yet since my sister was only 9 months after dating her husband.. even when my sister and I fight and she says something nasty to me, and when I say something back I get yelled at. I get called so many rude names by my parents and they always compare me to her. They always bring me down and never care about my emotions even when I try to talk to them about it. With me trying to build a life for myself and a career, its so difficult when you re always put down by your family. It literally makes me depressed. I am trying to find a better career while in school to help leave my house so I won t have to be around negativity but honestly I don t know what to do anymore..

of my daughter, the same way they both love sex, the same white firm azz and light skinned anus. I could watch those 2 all day.

So this happened to my friend. Apparently her brother tried to get her dad arrested but was proven innocent. Her brother ran away for a little while but when he came back he apologized to his parents and they agreed to drop charges. But he came up to her and her siblings and said that he was never sorry and that if they tell their parents or the cops or anything he'll run them over with his car. What should she do? I don't know how to help her. (She moved across the country earlier this year, so I can't just go to her house or anything)

i love my mom with all my heart but she's constantly making me feel bad about myself, calling me a ***** and a slut and saying im worthless and im incapable of making my own decisions and am a disappointment to our family. most of the time she comes home from work upset and takes it out on me and my sister by yelling at us and picking out all the little things we don't do around the house, even though we're always helping her out as best as we can. i go out with my friends but i always have to come home early because she's upset about something and then she starts yelling at me, and whenever i try to talk to her about it she never lets me explain and just says things like "i dont want to look at you right now" and "you make me sick". i'm always crying and she makes me feel worthless and im constantly counting down the days until i get to leave. i always say that once i move out im never coming back and i want to have a relationship with her but i feel like she's just too toxic. what do i do?

For awhile now, I've had no license, no bank account, and now my phone is broken and I need to get it fixed. My mom won't drive me anywhere, (including not practicing driving with me) and my dad doesn't live with me so I barely see him. They get frustrated with me because I can't drive myself anywhere, and they blame for the reason I don't have it, when I repeatedly ask them to help me get my permit. It seems they ALWAYS have an excuse for why they can't help me out. They say I have to pay to get my phone fixed, but I don't have my own bank account to pay with my own money.... because I can't drive myself to the bank to create an account for myself. But today really pushed me beyond the limit, because I was suppose to go get my phone fixed. I had a morning workout class, and my mom promised to pick me up at 10. She completely forgot and I waited two hours until my friend ran into me while I was waiting. I get home and ask her simply why she didn't pick me up, and she says "sorry" in the most sarcastic way I ever heard her talk to me, and we got into a huge argument and now she's refused to take me to go get my phone fixed. I'm sorry if this sounds like I'm ranting, but I'm really frustrated and I don't know what to do anymore. Can someone please give me some advice on what I can do.

I'm only 15 and I don't know what to do. My mum was upstairs while I was watching TV downstairs. She left her phone downstairs and she got a message from our neighbour. They always seemed a little too friendly. I didn't know what to do so I took a picture of the messages in case she deletes them so I have proof. The messages said something in the lines of: 'I miss you my love' and 'I want to take care of you gorgeous' (she's sick) and he is a doctor. I really don't know what to do. Please help me, I'm desperate and freaking out...

My son's biological father has been in and out of his life since the day he has been born. His father and I were never together and he never really shown an interest. For the first few years, I tried to facilitate a relationship between them, but his father didn't really make an effort. Maybe saw him once or twice a month at a month. When my son was six he was arrested and spent two years in jail. Saw him twice during that time at the jail. After his release, he showed more interest. For six months he followed through with his supervised visitation and I foolishly agreed to an every second-weekend agreement. This lasted just under a year. Shortly before my son turned 10 he met this woman and moved across country with zero notice. He saw my son four times from age 10 to 13. He moved back and wanted to have another custody arrangement set up and this time I refused. He hired a lawyer and he was awarded two three-hour unsupervised visits a month. This lasted for a good year when his father disappeared again. It has been almost two years since.I found out through my now 16-year-old Facebook, that he has had contact with his father for the past two months. HIs father lives six hours away and my son wants to go spend a weekend with his father. I'm at a loss of what to do. My son thrives when his father isn't around but he claims he wants to give his father another chance and hopes I'm okay with it. I'm not okay with it but am I doing my son a disservice if I try to prevent this. As far as I know my son would be safe around him. His father does have a criminal record but it is all for petty theft, so no violence there. As for supervised contact, I did read my son's facebook messages and the conversation wasn't anything bad. His dad apologized for being a deadbeat and listed a bunch of excuses. Besides that there hasn't been any father and son bonding, deep conversation stuff. Verityseeker: I don't think you read my entire post. His father and I have never been in a relationship.He has been in and out of my son's life and has disappointed him multiple times. He was a shitty father. I don't see how trying or wanting to prevent my son from being hurt from his father again as being close to child abuse. I just hope his father's intentions are genuine but I fear he'll disappoint him once again.

I love my mother very much, but I have much more of a bond with my father. Is this weird or...Am I

I m 23 and my brothers 28. We don t get along at all. I ve grown to really dislike him. Him not being interested in education, leaving college, being in jail twice, criminal record, telln me dt I can t go to college, and I won t be able to complete it, even with all this he laughs and says he ll do it again and there s nobody like him. I on the other hand am very quiet, I usually answer his remarks with silence. Today we went to the beach, we set up and I casted my line. Didn t do it correctly but okay, casted it again and he yelled "f* assh*e can t even cast a line" so I told him leave me alone its my moment its not like I do this all the time, last was about 13 years ago. Eventually our lines got tangled and he threw a fit. Swore me every bad word in the book and I told him that its with his attitude that his going nowhere in life. I walk away and an exciting day is ruined. He comes back acting as thou nothing happened and this always happens. I really dnt know how to deal with it anymore? Its like breaking point one after the other and me always picking myself back up. What do I do??? I m about to graduate, and my ultimate plan was to get us a house, now I feel as thou I want to take my parents and run away from my brother. He treats them even worse : (

We saw the loser at Christmas and he seemed OK

Ok so I was talking to my mom and she said that the kids from other foreign countries are going to pass me. She said this because she said something and I said that why do I have to worry if she provides for me. This makes me not want to try hard and to just give up on education. It even offends me. It even makes me mad because when she sees me studying she has on a face like something is funny and she spoke to my cousin that lives in a foreign country and she found out that he is the same age as me and I feel like she has decided to think that he is going to succeed because he's from a foreign country and I'm not and she even thinks he's better then me. What do you think of this situation and what should I do?

Earlier this year my sister was going to spend the night at her cousin's house and she came to me on my job saying her cousin wasn't answering the door. I would had let her stay with me, but I live with my grandmother and my grandmother doesn't like my sister.(my sister and I have the same mother, but different dads). I didn't think my grandmother would have let her stay the night. So I told my sister to just keep on knocking on her cousin's door. But, thank God when she went back to her cousin's house he was home. I just feel so angry with myself because she is my little sister and I wasn't there for her. I should have took her with me to my grandmother's house. Now I feel like my grandmother would have let her stay the night but back when this all happend I didn't think so. I just need help on how should I deal with this because every since this happend this have been on my mind nonstop, so this been a couple of months now. How do I apologize to my sister and tell my grandmother about this situation. My grandmother doesn't know anything about this. Time is going by too fast christmas just left and new years is about to come. I need to get this off my chest because I really love my sister and I want a relationship with her.

I'm almost 21 and i live with my parents. I have no money & no car to go look for a job. my boyfriend wants to take me in but he lives 4 hours away and I'm afraid when i back up to leave, my parents are going to get physical and force me to stay there. Im also scared at the lengths they will go to track me down once I've managed to get out. please help.

I learnt one of my parents came on vacation for 3 weeks to the US, a friend of mine saw my mother at a mall. This happened in another state. My mother hasn't called me, let alone let me know she was coming to the US. Is this normal? If she has in mind just to show up at my door unannounced, knowing I have a family of my own and a schedule... What does sound bizarre is to make such a long trip from one continent to another and not communicate. Any thoughts?

sometimes the aunt wants to bash the daughter to the nieces and nephews to get us on her side as she and her other two kids absolutely despise the daughter as well as her stepson and husband. I don't think the daughters that bad and my parents still have her over sometimes like a Christmas when she had nowhere to go. The daughter is 23 and my aunt is 59.

My older sister age 22 is telling my mother that she never does anything for her that she's worthless and that she selfish. When I say she I mean my mother according to my sister. She also believe my brother off for the holiday and she is mad that she's not getting things that she wants. She turns 23 in February but she acts like she's about five. So what do I do on the 19-year-old brother college freshman. My sister is not as bad to me but she picks on my older brother is 20 sacks and has some learning disabilities so comes across as a little awkward socially. My mom caves and my sister every time and so obviously my sister is a spoiled brat as the only girl in the family of four kids.

My cousins are over my house, they're 10 and 11 and im 15 they're making me really mad and being so annoying i know i shouldn't be like this because im the older one and more mature but i cant help it i have to deal with this everyday and i just want some space i want them to leave me alone and go home! Im shaking really bad and I just want to run away from the world right now everything i say they always have something smart to say back they keep complaining about everything and i told them i dont want them playing with my stuff but they dont listen they just yell at me i cant take it....

So my mom had a minor surgery a couple weeks ago and I've been doing things for er and a lot extra and now i feel like she is taking advantage of me. She is really big on burning wood in her fireplace so I went and got her like 2 trailer loads of wood the past week not included the other ton of wood she already has. This morning I'm laying in bed on the phone with my girlfriend talking to her before she leaves for the week and my mom comes in here demanding that I get up and go chop up wood ALL DAY! I told her that that's so much to do and I don't want to do that all day but itdidn't seem to phase her she yelled and kept saying go to it now and what not. she talks to me like a dog when she is mad and stays mad for weeks and now she has took everything but my phone and my step dad always sucks up to her and I have no one to help me out even if I'm wrong for this. I don't mind doing things for her but when she comes in my room making demands that take up my whole day. It's not like we need anymore wood right now she has plenty already split for years I don't see why she couldn't say split a little wood today and do more every now and then or something like that. Instead I have to fulfill her every need or my stuff is gone and I am the bad guy if I don't do it.

So I have a little sister who is EXTREMELY slow. I'm pretty much late everyday for school because of her. I feel like it's partially my moms fault. My sisters bedtime is supposed be 8:00, but she doesn't go to sleep until like 8:50- 9:15 so in the morning she doesn't even get up until 7:45 and school starts at 8:00and she can't even get dressed herself. Any ideas to get her to fall asleep earlier?

I wanted to do like inside joke stuff, like using other words instead of poop, an I had 2 that was hilarious! I first started using pause after I saw it on dad's remote control an I thought it was a hilarious word so I started to say on the videos that I was recording that I was gonna put on YouTube before mom took them away like the teacher would say "what does pause mean?" An one of the kids would say "like to stop briefly" an I would be like "pause is another word for poop!" an then I'd let a huge fart! But then I herd my uncle Buster say the word hob nob an I laughed so hard I got diarea! An then I started saying "I'm gonna have to go sit down an take me a hob nob real good!" then I would go sit down on the toilet an take a crap. I wasn't hurting any body an the videos was hilarious an they would of prolly went virus an I AM NOT OBSESSED WITH POOP! Some times my mom is a fagit!

I realize most will think it is a joke or something but truth is my parents are wealthy not me. Their friends are too & before I was born & thier daughter of friends, they promised her & me together! We found out this year. We are both 16 few months apart. She is okay looking but I don't care for her that way. She seems like she likes me. We are to date & I am not allowed to date anyone else. To make matters worse, I am expected to go to college then after graduation marry her! I know legally I don't have to then but my parents will be furious & cut my trust off that I get at 25. It has a lot in it won't say how much but a lot. I want that from grandparents but don't want to marry this girl. What can I do to change parents mind on this?

All of my siblings tell me that I am my dad's favorite daughter and I think that it's true based on how he treats me as compared to my siblings. Anyway, ever since, my dad calls me "baby" or "baby girl" even if I'm already 23. As a person, I hate it when people are cheesy in general so I ******* hate that my dad still calls me baby. Every time he sees me, which is everyday, he shouts "baby!" and I just look at him with a straight or annoyed face. What's worse is that my older brother is also calling me baby intentionally to annoy me. I hate people showing that kind of affection towards me. Like seriously, fam, **** off.

She is a disloyal beast

I'm 17. My boyfriend is 19 (just turned 19 about a week ago). We've been dating about 4 months now. He has family issues and is currently waiting for his CTE classes to start to become an EMT and is looking for a job. Dropped out of college cuz he figured out what he really wanted to do, no big deal. I'm about to graduate high school in June and start community college for teaching. We are both extremely responsible. My whole life it's been super clear that I don't want children and don't want to be a teen mother like mine was. We used to be allowed in my room with the door open, no biggie. But last night my parents told me that that's not allowed anymore. Because the "lights were off and we were quiet" (we'be been watching game of thrones?? They knew this). And now he's not allowed over but like 2 times a week because "we need a break" (says my parents). We are also not allowed under blankets at home, cuz apparently somehow he'a gonna impregnate me with them sitting right beside us. There's a lot more to it, but I just can't stand it anymore. They control everything in my life, track my location. I was forced into going to community college because they won't let me move out at 17. And they're very emotionally and mentally abusive. My depression is getting so bad I've started thinking about death, but I don't want to die. I just don't wanna deal with this anymore.

Like every day I wake up to TONS of notifications. She won't like anything all day but all at once

I am 21 years old and still living with my parents while attending school. My boyfriend is 21 also and lives with his parents nearby. I am very close with his family, and they invited me on a vacation next winter free of charge. During the summer me and my bf would like to go camping. However, my parents are planning a trip to mexico in which I will have to pay $1000. I have the money, but I would rather save it, rather than go with to mexico, since I will be going to florida for free a few months after, and hope to go camping at around the same time they want to go to mexico. My mom is mad because of this, and keeps threatening to kick me out because "I like my boyfriends parents better". Is this fair? What should I do?

My sister lives about an hour away from me and she babysat my son for 8 hours while I worked

They resent me because I was good to my dad after my parents divorced. My two siblings have a different dad is out on the only child out of my parents marriage that I have two sisters from my moms first marriage. Those two sisters never spoke into their father after the divorce and expect me to do the same. It's been six years since I saw my mom in four years since I saw my two sisters in six years as they spoke to me as they would not speak the one Time I saw them. How do I get them to speak to me one day before that we all are old? It's just my dad nigh I am 21 and male.

So, everyone in my family keeps comparing me(a girl) to my grandpa( my dad's father), whom I literally have NEVER met before in my entire life! I have never ever even seen a picture of him before. Ever. But they do mention him a lot and all I know is that, 1. He's an alcoholic 2. He has a mental illness 3. He's "too intelligent" 4. He has anger issues 5. He's old, tall, and skinny. That's pretty much it. My uncle always say that I have a good memory just like him, which is why he still holds grudges against people from twenty years ago. And how he is smart but thinks too much which is why he is always mad and acts abnormal. They're all backhanded compliments. My dad mentioned a time when my grandpa, whilst drunk, told him, "you see this( a bottle of alcohol) it's my blood and you have to drink it!" Whatever that means. My aunt once said to me, "look at you. You walk and talk just like him. How can you be so similar to a man whom you've never met before?" Well, I don't know either. If he were a doctor or an engineer, then I would appreciate the comments, but he's not. He's an old alcoholic with mental issues who lives in an apartment by himself. My grandma divorced him when my dad was young.

My parents fought last night nothing 2 serious my dad got offended and went bed I don't know what happened then but this morning my mum looks really sad how can I help ??

My mum, likes him to an extend but thinks he's lazy and has no drive, he absolutely hates her, because he read my Facebook conversation with her where she was worried he was Verbally abusing, and now bitched about her all the time. He hates my dad, we don't have a good relationship but have been trying to build bridges since my son was born, he dead set against it and refuses to even meet the guy My estranged brother recently got in touch ( he used to send me death threats) but was being civil this time and making an effort, he would t let me respond to him, My 2 best friends he hates them both and thinks there a bad influence says our jokes are childish and they are trying to turn me gain at him. Even my boss who has never met him, thinks he's possessive and lazy, and uses me for my earning. To be fair to my partner he stays at home to loom after the child while I go out to work. And I love him dearly, he has never raised a hand to me ir cheatsd and even quit drinking when I asked him to, I think he's a good guy, but with everyone around me always getting down on him and our latest disagreement over a comment my friend jokingly made I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do in an fed up of everyone fighting around me and through me. I feel like no one really knows him, but these days I start to wonder if I'm the one missing something?? I'd like to know based on the above what others hunk? Thanks to anyone who responds

I'm 38 weeks pregnant and It's starting to kick in that I can be a mother any time now.. I can't help but be scared that I won't be a good mother to my daughter and that I'm going to hurt her in some way. I don't ever want to hurt her. I'm just scared that I will because of the way I was raised. I was beaten and raped I don't want my daughter to go through that at all. I just don't want a chain reaction to start because my great grandparents did it to my grandparents, and grandparents did it to my parents, and my parents did it to me. Now I don't want to do it to my daughter but I'm scared like what if I do? I wouldn't be able to deal with myself. I would never be able to forgive myself at all.

Okay, so on January 27, I m seeing twenty øne piløts with my dad and older sister at 7 pm. We got general admission floor tickets, but the floor is very big, and we would like to be towards the front, since I am 5 0, my sister is 5 1, and my dad is 5 3, so we wouldn t be able to see anything if we we re far back. We also just want to be up close since this is our favorite band. I know that the best thing to do would be to camp out or get there early in the morning, and we all wish we could, but my sister and I have school and my dad has work. We had the idea of scheduling an early dismissal at school, but then the earliest we could possibly get there would be about 1:45.. So basically, I need help either convincing my parents to let us skip school (not likely), or tips on how to get to the front (not particularly front row, but just near the front). Also if you think 1:45 is plenty early and we ll be fine, if you ve been to a tøp concert before. Thank you! Stay alive| -/

My parents have been divorced since I was about 6 years old. All I remember before that was fighting. I am with my mom most days, and with my dad the rest. I think I want to move in with my dad tho. I know both my parents care about me, but I'm scared cause I don't want to hurt my mom by moving to my dads. I'm 14 by the way. My mom keeps way too close an eye, shes overprotective, and pardon my French but her rules are bullshit. There not the normal be home by 10. My dad is kinder and more easy on me and I want to consider moving to his house. What do I do???

She is freaking nuts. Just because she works hard to bring money, she thinks she is a good mum. Actually, her only job seems to bring money, because she has never supported me nor cared about my feelings. She just keeps insulting me and calling me a wh**e because I hang out with my best friend once a week. She never asked me if I am happy or how I feel. She is taking to herself sometimes and mumbles how stupid me and my dad are and that she was cursed by God for having me.

This isnt about me, but my brother. Hes currently 21 and is a dental hygienist. He lives on his own with his fiancé. Well, yesterday we had a big family christmas party and he jokingly arrives like 30 minutes late with his fiance in the decked out, sleek 2017 black dodge challenger. My family and i were pretty impressed with his new car. He works hard, he deserves it. But, all he has is an associates degree! Hes going to school to become a dentist (they make the big bucks) but its like whoa. Anyone know in particular how much a dental hygenist makes?

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How would you deal with a father with these characteristics? * Lives 700 miles away. * Frail health. * Lives with mother and adorable poodle (who I like fine). * Very strong, controlling/domineering and selfish personality. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder. * Always was a terrible father; almost nobody likes him. My brother doesn't like him and refuses to visit. * He has threatened to physically harm me in the past. He can try to hurt me in my job and disinherit me. Recently: * I gave him and my mother a gift card for Christmas to a store that they frequent. They did not like the gift card. I was going to give them another gift, but then my father emailed me (through a secret account with my mother's name on it (!?)) that he was going to return the gift card to me, demanded a new present (which is what I was going to give them anyway) and told me that I was not to tell my mother, since she'd be upset. * I gave him the additional gift and blocked all of his email accounts. * I am planning to wait until my mother says, "why won't you respond to your father's emails?" and then, once she confirms that she knows about his emails, forward his emails about the gift (which he said were to be a secret), since I can then say that "I understood that they were no longer secret." * I am also planning to visit my mother and poodle, but we'll get together somewhere else in town- I am not visiting my parents' home, with my father there. Any other suggestions are appreciated! Thanks.

He has had lots of problems and is immoral. However, that is his problem. He did good for Christmas and we enjoyed our time with him. However, while in town he has now sneaked out of our parents house with their Vodka to go see his druggy friends. So we suspect he is relapsing. My mother's comment was "next Christmas we need to go to Florida so he won't do this". He is 24, will be 25 next year. We can support him but not babysit him. So now I, aged 31, and worried because next Christmas I will be faced with either leaving what I liked to for Christmas to go with parents and siblings to Florida to babysit 25 year old brother or just stay home and get hell from my mother for betraying the family and seeing her brother whom she doesn't speak to but I see (he'd likely ask me over if I'm up here alone). So while a year is a long time and things can change, how do I get her to see it is up to him now how to act and if he wants to relapse then that is his choice? He is has intermittent drug and alcohol problems (more alcohol) as a way of impressing friends (though he may be an addict also).

She is mad because her Dad is an alcoholic. It is our great-grandmother's 95th birthday. So we can go to the celebration for 10 minutes only, see her and wish her a Happy Birthday, and then leave fast. I feel embarrassed because my cousins will be staying for the evening and lots of relatives from Texas I have never met are coming to town for it and we won't get to see many people in the 10 minutes we will be there. My mother is calling it our "escape". Christmas my cousins all got together for brunch and we missed out because my mother never lets us go because she is hurting us to get back at her Dad for being an alcoholic. He is not violent or anything, just in a bad mood when drunk. I don't think I should have to miss out on knowing the whole family because my grandfather is an alcoholic. My Mom's behavior of hurting us to hurt him sucks. So what do I do? How can I get her to let us stay longer? She is always insulting her family but expects me never to criticize mine. She is what they call a hypocrite. It sucks cause I don't even know my cousins because of my Mom. I can visit with other people then just the alcoholic Grandpa. Help me to know how to get my Mom to grow the hell up and stop doing this to us. She spent all of Christmas Day insulting her family as well. The holidays she insults them the most. I am only 13 so I can't go see who I want. whyskyhigh----What?

So, I've grown up with my parents always behaving like this and therefor I've always thought that it was normal to have strict parents like mine, but when I explain it to my friends they always say that I'm exaggerating but I'm really not. Growing up, when I was at the age between 1-10 I was always scared of my parents, just because they would always yell at me. My mom has always taught me to call her ''mother'' and everytime I ask a question or answer her, I always have to add up ''mother'' after the sentence to be respectful. Example, when she calls me I say ''Yes, mother?'' and when I ask something I say ''what time is it, mother?''. This is the same with my father, and I still do it today (I'm 16). However, if I forget to say this, I'm a dead corpse. Seriously, my mom would scream at me (hit me sometimes) until I started crying and then just leave me in a dark room alone and let me cry there until I went and apologized to her. When I apologize, it isn't just ''sorry mom'', I have to bow down to her and say ''Forgive me, mother'' and tell her that it's my fault. I PROMISE, I'm not exaggerating. Anyways, this still happens today at everything that I do that she dislikes, for example, not doing my chores at home, getting bad grades, not dressing the way she wants me to, wearing makeup, talking back at her and so much more. Sometimes she also throws away things that mean alot to me as an extra punishment. Is this too much or am I exaggerating? I really need an answer. Also, I forgot to say that this isn't everything they do.They do alot more than this but it's all that I could fit in the question

this is my last week of work after 10 long years, my contact is up and I am taking some time off to be a stay at home mom until my kids are big enough to go to school. Their ages are 1 and 2.5. What can I do to keep them busy all day. I don t want to sit around watching tv all day everyday. Any ideas?