My mom has been kinda worse than she used to be.. After her mother died shes been acting like a complete teenager since I was 11. She's been dating so many abusive men during my childhood, and she's been working a lot more and ignoring me a whole lot then usual. Recently she's decided to marry a complete stranger, who's tried to make a meth lab in our shed, stole her truck, get into violent arguments, cheats on her constantly, and he ignores all her phone calls. He's gone to prison recently for having a stolen gun on him, and my mom calls him a lot and video calls him. She always makes me talk to him by putting the camera in front of me when I'm in the kitchen or upstairs. He's getting out in about 3 years and I'm graduating high school around then, he keeps on saying he'll be part of my life but I don't want him around me at all... It's worse that my mom chooses his side over mine. Once, I was talking to her about my grades and my plans for collage and she took his phone call over her daughter. She always seems against me too, I got 2 pet ducks and she kept on telling me that they're a waste and I should just get rid of them, so soon I finally did and she told me I was a bad person for getting rid of them and stuff like that.. she always ignores me when I am talking right to her, or she yells at me when I talk about how I don't like her prison husband. I don't know what to do... and I hate to be home at all. I don't know what to do..

My dad his cousin has a kid but I don't know what they are called.

Hello everyone. I really love my mom and I really hate to see her disappointed. She goes off on me when ever she sees my room a mess. I truley don't mean to make her pissed off and I get disappointed in myself and down. As soon as she mentions it I go right to straightening the room. The thing that hurts me is how she I make her shout and her thinking I'm not trying. Of course I don't argue with her and apologize. She said I used to be neat and tidy. That also hurt because I want my mom saying only positive things about her son. I go to college full time and work full time but I'm trying not to make this an excuse anymore. It's not filthy, just unorganized. I started keeping the room as clean as possible. My question is, how can a redeem myself or make it up to her? I know of course to keep the room in check from now on but will that be enough?

I heard it has a negative effect on the whole family. I feel like I'm in this situation. My parents tend to pay more attention to my little brother with autism. I have anxiety and depression. My parents don't know a lot about my mental disorders but they have shelves full of books about autism. My brother is younger than me. They always come up with excuses for my brother and blame things on me. We argue a lot. I feel really unwanted and it hurts. What happens when a parent has a favorite child? What do I do?

Our youngest daughter Berkeley who's 6 has been acting out and having the worst temper tantrums ever since their father and I told her and her siblings that they'll be getting a new sibling. We've tried time outs on the naughty step, we've tried talking to her about how she's going to be a big sister and how much fun it'll be, we've tried to include her along with the other kids in the baby planning, but nothing is working she's still acting out. (SPANKING IS NOT AN OPTION) My boyfriend thinks that it's because she's been the 'baby' for so long that she's jealous of the attention being away from her. I'm not sure though

My wife and I have a 7 year old boy, today when we were driving and she told me that she has decided all on her own that he s allowed to swear if he s singing along to a song, I am not okay with this. It is one thing to let the odd swear word slip. But she made it clear that anything including words like f**k, c**t, s**t and everything in between is alright if he does it while singing along. I am not a person who doesn t swear or listen to vulgar music nor am I strict by any means. But hearing these words coming out of my sons mouth genuinely bothers me. I feel she is enabling him and encouraging him to use words that no child should ever repeat. And she has now tried to convince me that I am the one in the wrong. Any advice on how to deal with this situation would be greatly appreciated.

I love my grandparents way more than I'll ever love my parents. My parents treat me like actually ****, but I still feel guilty about preferring my grandparents...For example, my dad is a narcissist. My brother has autism, and my dad used to treat him like a dog before my mom got a divorce. Whenever my brother would forget how to say a word or when he was having trouble with school, my dad would laugh and tell my brother that he would never make it to college (which is his dream, btw). My dad also used to force me into stuff. I played violin for five years, and I hated it. But my dad made me do it because he wanted our family to look perfect. My mom is not nearly as bad as my dad, I actually live with my mom, so I am naturally closer to her I guess. She makes fun of my pimples and my depression all of the time, but she babies my brother. I know he needs attention, but I need some every now and then. I used to have a good relationship with her until I found out that she was cheating on my dad, and then the crap hit the fan. Anyway, I lived with my grandparents for a year while my parents were fighting in court, and it was the best year of my life. My grandpa made me feel beautiful, like I was actually worth something. Whenever my grandma saw me crying in my bedroom, she sat down and talked to me. She bought me the clothes that I'd never had, because my parents never wasted money on me. Am I being selfish? Is it bad that I love my grandparents more?

I have a really poor relationship with my dad. I hate going over there now let alone if it were full time. I m not saying I think anything is gonna happen to my mom any time soon but there s always possibilities you know? Would she be able to give custody of me to my step dad in her will. Also say I want him to be my legal guardian now. Is that possible? Would there be a way for both of my parents to have custody of me and my step dad to be granted a legal guardian of me? This is in Tennessee by the way and i m 14.

I have an extremely difficult choice that I must and have to make and I am just so overwhelmed and torn. Ever since my mother and father split up over a year ago my father has been angry and apparently has got it in his head that my mom and I have teamed up to ruin his life? That is not true of course butt things have happened and situations have occurred to the point that now my father whom I live with basically thinks I'm a piece of s*** and worthless he thinks and calls me a thief so I have taken nothing from him or have given him any reason to think that, and every time he looks at me it's just a look of disgust anger and disappointment... I do not see it getting any better and all of the negative energy and thoughts and words are really starting to get to me and I am torn and have to choose between staying here sticking it out even if it doesn't get better or choosing to pack whatever I can fit and carry and move out.. I have another place to stay if I choose to go that way I can stay with my grandmother but I know if I choose this a whole big shitstorm will come up and the relationship with my father will be forever severed... I do not know what to do... I should add that I am 24 years old so I'm going to know not a kid

About a week ago, I was raped during school by an upperclassman.. I feel like I need to tell my parents, but I really don't know how.. Any advice?

I m 16. My grandparents bought me and car & said i needed to get a job to help pay for insurance. My mom will not let me get a job because she says I have to watch her kids while she gets a job. My stepdad has a job that is really low pay but it s enough to pay the bills my mother just wants money to spend. Is there anyway I can get emancipated or something that the court can order?

I recently turned 18 and my dad called me in the other night and gave his ring to me and told me how proud he was of me then told me just to always keep it safe whatever I decide to do with it.. and I was thinking about wearing it of course. Not to make people think it s mine hell its from the 70s but because I m proud of who he is and that he actually trust me enough to hand it down

Hi! I'm a 21 year old nanny to a 15 month old girl. I've been with this family for about 5 months. (Since Aug) I love the family and they're extremely generous and pay very well. I'm curious if they would have cameras or not. What do ou think based on their personality and treating me so well? Ok not that I'm worried about them having them cuz I don't do anything wrong but I just randomly thought about it the other day because I was watching a movie about a nanny that was being watched so it crossed my mind. I started overthinking (typical of me) and started thinking that ok it's their kid but at the same time that would be weird and it's not your regular job where there would be a surveillance camera. I'm in a house, it is more of a laid back job. I would be a little upset if they did cuz of trust. we are pretty close. She gave me over $300 for my bday & xmas they ALWAYS pay me when I have days off, she lets me drive her daughter wherever I want. (I even drove her to beach that was 30 min away with her permission.)she doesn't care if I have friends come by so they seem laid back...she even invited me to her daughters birthday party which I thought was so nice to do. I've had other nanny jobs where it was strictly "work."I feel like they treat me more like family from what I see. So yeah pretty laid back but she has her moments where she can be controlling about little things more so about her spotless house not the baby! What do y'all think? Esp. Opinions form other nannies!

When my cousin first came to the United States two years ago I was really happy. She was the only cousin that I had who was the same age as me ( I'm older than her by 3 days). All my other cousins are either older than me or younger. When she arrived at the United States my family was glad to show her and her mom around. Eventually we went to a water park with them. Since she didn't have any bathing suits I decided to let her borrow one. When we were in the bathrooms changing she told me that the bottom half of the bathing suits was too big for her. She then proceeded to call me big thighs and kept mocking me about my big tighs and how short I am. Even tho I'm older I'm 5'1 and she's 5'3 yes my tighs are huge I don't have tigh gap even tho I'm skinny (100 pounds) because all my body fat distributes down their something like that I have "big tighs" . She kept telling me that boys don't like girls with big tighs and that I should get surgery to get a tigh gap. I ignored her but ever since we went to the water park she just won't stop japping about my big tighs. I've told her many times if she can please stop and leave me alone but all she'll say is awww you can't handle the truth and slap me. What can I do to make this stop. I'm not really a rude person so I don't know how to make her f*cking leave me alone.

I don't want to get anyone involved but how can I kind of stay in the shadows so the don't do anything else?

My sister is 5 years old. I would say she's very advanced for her age. She also picked up some traits from her biological mother that are indescribable. She plays with her self , curses , disrespects others and walks all over me and my parents. My parents are going through major health problems due to her behavior that put them at risk of having either a heart attack or a stroke. Me I'm vary big on helping out as much as possible weither it be cooking , taking her to the park , and etc. I really need to find ways to deal with her , because if not my mom doesn't want to continue to have custody of her anymore. Please help me. Any tips or advice on things I can start doing will help.

i am 18 and now my parents want me to pay $130 a month on a 2016 corolla we just bought today and my dad pays $130 too. is this a ok deal if i make around $130-160 a week part time

She's already 6 years old, and she's pretty much a spoiled child who can't be discipline. Cries for 2-4 hours straight everyday... and a 6 year old. Is that even normal? My parents already spoiled her enough though; buying her things she wanted, so they're partially to be blamed. Sometimes, I even think about hitting my sister because she cries whenever I don't give her the things she wants. I have anger issues too, which is a big problem. She would bite my siblings and kick them whenever they scold her. I completely dislike how my mother blames me because of my spoiled sister. She vents her angers on me instead of her since she's 6 years old. "I get it, she's still a child". But the fact that she stayed this spoil her whole life without any positive changes in her makes me doubt that she's ever going to change. My father also has anger issues; my sister crying makes him stressed out that he even stays away from the family for the family to handle the child. I'm just tired right now, I can't concentrate with my homework, I can only work at home... She cries so loud that I can hear her from a floor below. Any advices to handle my sister?

She invited me to eat after work. I accepted and she said she would call me to let me know where to meet. She calls me and tells me they're at the restaurant waiting for me, but it happens to be a restaurant I hate. I feel like my sister and mother should know my likes and dislikes since they are family and have been with me all my life. I said I was only getting a drink, no food. Then we argued and I walked out. What is the point of being family if they don't know me, might as well be strangers.

I really want a septum pircing, it's completely legal in my country to get a pircing at this age. The problem is how do i convince my parents, they think I'm too young to get a septum pircing &, they're probably right, but being young & immature are 2 different things. I consider myself really mature and so does my mom but it's so hard to convince them, because when i talk with my mom "alone" she is more of a "listener" and she understands and everything, but when i talk with "both" of my parents, she totally changes every single positive thing that she told me when we were alone and changes it to a negative answer and starts yelling at me. my dad thinks it's not gonna look good on me, but he bearly knows what a septum percing is (so does my mom). We have had only 1 conversation about "that" but it wasn't really serious. And i want to show them and explain them but i don't know how to make them listen and how to have a serious organized talk. Please don't let my idea down I'm just asking for help or some tips, i would really appreciate it :)

Normal? Like seriously ughh 😩

19, female, here. Recently I've notice my mom gets really weird when she has to leave my 6 year old sister alone with me. It really made me mad when I overheard my sister tell my mom that she doesn't like it when I wake her up for school in the mornings and that I'm 'mean'. I just figure It's because she's tired and doesn't want to get up. And so apparently I got in trouble simply because I was the one to wake her up. Even though it my job to get her ready! Because mom is taking the middle school sister to school. Then tonight Im apparently not alps to bath her anymore because I'm "mean". Whatever that's supposed to mean, and I just feel like I'm don't something wrong and people won't grow a pair and just tell me what it is!

I'm always sad knowing that I'm a loser. I don't mean this because I'm upset. I'm saying this, because I have nothing to do. My dad is very protective over me for some gosh darn reason. An I'm 17 and a grown man for crying out loud. I ask him if I can go hangout with some friends and he'll say "no". "Can I go out to party"? "Can I apply for a job"? "No". Simple as that, but with my little brother it's a whole different story he'll say "sure son". An I really hate this I'm trying so hard to do something with my life while I'm still young, but I can't. I have no real progress, not even my friends want to hangout with me anymore, because I can't do jack ****. An sure I have to think about what I'm doing, but honest to all I know what I'm doing I just. Then there's days when I'm home on the weekend and everyone's going out and my dad ask me what I'm doing. An I reply with the same response "nothing". An he'll ask me why don't I go out for a walk. An I'm like are you serious a walk? I don't want to do that I want to talk to someone hangout with them and heck go for a walk with them, but I can't even do that. An it makes me sad, I'm the toughest loving person on this earth who's only becoming weak and emotionally broken.

I have a cleft chin, but neither of my parents do, nor do any of my 9 other siblings. Does that mean I m adopted, that my dad isn t my biological dad or what?

I like her and she's my dad's third wife. My mother was his first wife and he's divorcing her, the stepmother. She did not ask for the divorce but he did as he has with his previous two divorces so I'm kind of mad at him. I also never liked how you talk to her. Everything was her fault. The woman he's with now is not as nice as my stepmother. I didn't mind His second divorce as much because that stepmother was not as nice and so I have not seen her since their divorce except once when I just ran into her by accident and I was polite. So do I need to disowned her stepmother or can I still be nice to her and treat her as a family? My mother has no opinion as she stays out of it and is just glad to be divorced

I am 15 and I feel really bad that all my cousins get together and my mom won't let me go because she doesn't get along with her siblings. How do I get her to let me go? I'm worried my cousins won't like me because they don't see me that often.

To start off my Mom has been dealing with her X for quite some time now over a year almost a year and half. Whenever I call her she always talks about him and this and that and her other x it's complicated, but one thing that bothers me is that she never asks how are you and family and your girls I never have had 1 call that just talked about us and how we are it's all about her x and she keeps saying I wish you lived closer. I feel bad because I don't want to hear my moms consistsnt problems I'm 26. I want the relationship we had. Now her x is her normal conversation. Even my sister is tired of it she's 16. Am I in the wrong of how I feel and not want to talk to my mom for awhile. I get stressed half the time and make excuses to get off the phone.

Like in this group is one batch of about 30 people that are close to know each other. And there's another batch of about 20 people that have met but don't know each other very well. Then lastly there's a third batch that has never met the family and I've heard broke off at some .6070 years ago and there's about 30 of them. So where do I draw the line? Do I invite the ones that broke off from the family years ago but are still related to us? Do I just have the 30 close relatives? There's a reunion mean everybody?

I'm divorced and one of the things my ex-wife and I fought a lot over was the disrespect of each other's families. We were young when we got married and I'll admit we were both very wrong. Constantly complaining about the other's parents or families. My sister recently got engaged and every time I see her she complains about her future mother in law. I finally met the future Mother In Law a couple weeks ago and I think she is actually a really sweet women. My sister and her boyfriend are constantly making fun of the MIL and joking about her. Sometimes my sister is serious and says she is really annoying and I've heard her complain about her to others. I overheard her complaining to her fiance on the phone and when they got off the phone I told her she should stop complaining so much about her future MIL and learn to respect her as that can cause problems in the future. She insisted it's a joke between her and her fiance and that I'm a "loser" who needs to "mind his own business". All I was doing was trying to help her and she attacked me. She kept on going on screaming about what a loser I am and how pathetic I am and how I should find someone else to pick a fight with and mind my own business. I was so upset I didn't really want to argue with her so all I said was "if you want me to mind my own business then stop complaining to me about her". Was I really wrong to say anything?

So hello guys. Im a senior in highschool and im going to college soon. I got accepted to this private college but i did not got accepted to their nursing program. My weighted gpa is 3.60 but they put me on a waiting list. It's like 2nd round of admission. What can i do? I feel so stupid. Like im not good enough to be a nurse Im a guy btw

Me and my mom got in an argument about getting my nails done (i know. it's dumb) but anyway ive been punished so basically she was calling me a bad daughter saying i dont listen to her. I told her she excessively punishes me and she told me that I do dumb stuff and just calling me all these stuff. then says to me "you hate yourself" It hurts more than it should because i told her how i felt about myself. she knows what ive been going through and she just used it against me basically. I dont even wanna talk to her right now. I haven't even spoke to her after. What should i do? because im deciding to not talk to her anymre. she has a disease she's self conscious about and i NEVER use it against her so what should I do?

Me and my sister are madly in love. We act like we're married. We kiss , cuddle , have sex , shower together , hold hands etc. yes even sleep together. She loves it. Is this normal for us ? I'm 19 she's 17

When I was 6 my cousin Max hung himself. He was 16 & he did it bc he was depressed after his parents got divorced. I wasnt close to him& didn't get to see or know him much but for some reason that I can't figure out I've had the urge to want to connect with him and have been really upset. But I've kept it a secret bc when he died me, my bro, and my sis were told he fell out of his tree house bc we were too young to know he hung himself. After suspecting that he didn't really die tht way, when I was 11 I figured out through research that he hung himself. no relatives xcept for my bro and sis know that me, bro and sis know how he died. Except my grandma knows that my sis knows how he died because she told her. anyway I'm not sure why I want to connect with him so bad over the past 3 years. There's many unanswered questions that I have about him since I didn't really know him but I have to keep it concealed. I kind of remember what he looks like and I've seen some pictures too so that helps. But the one thing I do know is that he was the friendliest, funniest and biggest hearted kid ever. I didn't know that until I researched him, because before he died I was only 6 and I was afraid of him because he was a big guy and I always tried avoiding him. I really want to connect with him and I've tried everything these past 3 years since I've known about his death and wondered about him but nothing seems to work since we never had a special connection. Any help would be great, thx.

Im 14 years old and i really want to live with my aunt, but it would be so complicated. My mom cheated on my dad and my dad stayed with her, but they are always fighting. I have major anxiety and depression, but i am on nothing for it. And their fighting and this situation stresses me out even more to the point where i have panic attacks every night. I go over there every weekend, but if there is a weekend i can t i get freaked out and try every way possible to get there and be happy with them. With them i feel like a part of a family and at my house i feel like a left out piece of a family that has fallen apart:(

I'm 13 and my Mum and I don't always get along, but this time it's got worse. She gave me bloody condoms. I feel sick and disgusted. I feel like I'm the only kid to experience this gross and disgusting moment. I threw them back at her and said "nope". I want to forget this horrible moment, how do I lessen the anxiety?

hey my little brother is 10, and he's been feeling really sick, he threw up a couple times, seems to be okay now but he is still really nauseas he's sitting on my lap cuddling with me but I'm not sure what else to do with him, he's going to be out for 4 days, it happened today, and we already had the day off, (Tues-Fri he's gonna be out) but I want to help him feel better, I've given him Gatorade and saltine crackers but he's sleeping on me right now and my other two little brother are now too, they're all sick but the 10 year old is the worst, they all have the flu

Is it a way of getting the alcoholic to hit rock bottom and get help or is the gossip just mean and opinionated people like my mother and her step-sister?

Over the years he's one that if he's just pleased he let you have it and so I'm nervous about that. It's like a late Christmas visit as I haven't seen him since August. He's a good man he was just raised in a strict military family so he shows love by being stern and critical. My mother died three years ago so usually holidays I'm with my dad and his wife.

I just got married, I have two wonderful new daughters in their teens. Their mother has left them and they are angry and resentful. I want an outlet for them. They are smart enough to know they are abandoned and they are very hurt, and having problems in school trying to cope. I want them to vent in a healthy way. We have regular talks as a family and they are clear about how hurt they feel about their mom gone and I understand. I need to give them a physical healing outlet. I want something that will not hurt them but they can get the anger out. Any ideas please they are 10 and 13. I want them to express there anger and hurt and do a physical action for release. I thought of breaking dishes but am worried about them getting hurt. Thought maybe water balloons against a wall. I just need some healthy ideas. I want to be safe and correct in their release of anger without confrontation from someone who will not hear them. But, I can't handle watching the tension build....they need a physical outlet any safe ideas will be appreciated we need healing. Please help!!

My brother's wedding was a few months ago and I am really close to both my brother and his wife. I'm 15 year old and my sister in law did not have me as her bridesmaid nor was I in the wedding at all. I was a bridesmaid in my other brother wedding so when she didn't ask me I was a little surprised but I just told myself that she probably only had close friends in her wedding and I honestly totally understood. At the wedding I saw she had around 12 bridesmaid. It really hurt to see she put all those people before me. I'm still a little upset about it, should I say something?

I dont know what to do. Since October, my parents have been extra mean to me. My dad never ever screamed at me or got mad at me, ever, and suddenly in october its like my parents made some kind of agreement to just be stricter to me (not my sister) for no reason. My dad screamed at me for the first time in October when we were eating dessert (we were in a hotel and called room service) and he was being kinda rude to the guy bringing it up, so I was joking around about it with my sister and mom and my dad started lecturing me and my sis about how people cheat you sometimes (which had nothing to do with the conversation) so when he was done my sister and I started giggling and my sister said something about it being irrelevant (in a joking tone) and because I LAUGHED, not said, but laughed, my dad slammed my dessert plate on the table and told me to "respect food" (what does that even mean?) and he screamed at me and cursed at me so hard that I ran to the bathroom and cried and my mom, who never takes my side, told him to "slow the f**k down" because she didnt think its right either. He then proceeded to tell my mom he could do whatever he wants which left 2 girls in the room crying and my sister just being awkward in the corner. So I got screamed at so hard for giggling at a joke I didnt even tell, and my dad had never screamed at me like that before, which honestly really hurt my feelings and left me not talking to him for days. After that day he started looking at me and shaking his head saying "no." or "no. we dont do that" whenever I did something small, like say something about a place or a restaurant that was negative (ex "That restaurant wasnt very good), or tell my sister that shes an idiot or something small like that (we do it all the time to each other) and he'd shake his head and say "no." I just really want to tell him that I'm not a ******* dog, it just pisses me off more and more every time he does it. So on Saturday he was grumpy at everyone, so I just decided to do what my friends told me to do, just simply not talk at all. So I asked if we could eat, which one of the only things I said to him that day, and he got mad at me for wanting to EAT. He said I was wasting his money and I cant be eating food al the time. (I hadn't had lunch or breakfast yet, he knew that.) Yesterday, we went out again as a family. My mom, my sister and I went shopping w/o him and we wanted dinner so we were heading to a restaurant we loved, because we were ALL craving it really badly. My dad called asking if we could pick him up, so we did. He suggested crappy restaurants, and I was silent in the backseat, not saying a word. He asked for my opinion. I veto'd 3 restaurants (when my mom and sister veto'd about 20 restaurants) and I suggested the place we were gonna go to before. He started screaming at me, leaving my mom and sister speechless and awkward. He started saying "life is not all about you! You're trying to make us go the restaurant YOU and only YOU want to go to. Is that how it works? You have to understand that people around you dont wanna do the same things you want to do! We dont live to please you" which was really mean when I didnt even do anything. So I just said "go whereever you want, you asked for my opinion and I answered." and he just scoffed. I stay in my room most days because when I come out theres a 100% chance I'll get screamed at. I got screamed at many times by just being in my room and not bothering anyone. they wonder why I never want to hang out with them when this is clearly the reason. I'm not old enough to move out. I dont enjoy their company because everything I say or do is held against me. My dad told my mom not to buy me anything or let me buy myself things (I dont know why he did that) and somehow got my mom to turn on me too. I've talked to a lot of people about this but they never give me honest answers. Help?

I'm 18, my gf is 16 we go to the same high school.But i want to take her to my house but i never had and i still dont have my own room. The house is not really small but the rooms are arranged that i cannot have my own room. I sleep with my dad in the same room. I can be with her in the "living" room but the room next to it is were we sleep, so if i talk to her my dad can hear everything so its awkward plus he goes to sleep very early like 7-8pm i cant even invite friends at night. I dont want to have sex with her, just to hang out watch some movies etc.. What can i do since it's winter i cant just go outside with her like in summer

My dad uncle and grandfather had it me and my brother do not my son doesn't and my brother son and daughter do not either

We never do anything! All we do is sit in the house all day and night! I go to school I go home and go to sleep! That's it! On weekends we just sit in the house all day! They have lying problems too! They always promise we will do something and when I remind them they say they didn't promise anything I'm sick of it

Ok so earlier I was drinking from one of those Capri sun juice pouches and my sister was saying how she read or saw somewhere that people have found bad stuff in there or something I don't really know, so basically she took it and ended up throwing it away. i mean, even if it is true that people find things in it, I feel like I'm old enough to decide if I want to dispose of it or not without having to be told. I don't know maybe I'm making a big deal out of it or whatever but she always does stuff like this and makes decisions for me and she never does this to other people and I feel like she's a bit controlling and overprotective. Am I reading too much into this? Also, I'm 16 and she's 28.

So I think I have abandonment issues, but I'm not really sure, mostly because Ive never been REALLY abandoned. My parents had to work alot when I was a kid they still do, but that I could/can handle. What really bothers me is that my dad is never around. He's always traveling for work. So I barely get to see him. my parents got divorced a couple years ago and i haven't been able to handle things the way I used too. Now I'm 15 and my dad is planning to move to Europe like he's always dreamed of, but I just dnot feel good about it. I've already researched symptoms of abandonment ( and I already have a lot of the symptoms) So I am I just being spoiled or?