My parents are emotionally abusive, they neglect taking proper care of me (I m underfed), they make me take care of 7 (will be 8 soon) autistic siblings and clean up and make food for them like a maid even though I m just 11, and I only get to leave the house for mass and road trips ( I think they re worried about me calling the police or something if they leave me home alone). I can t call the police or child abuse helpline because they will hear me and hurt me even more. What should I do?

I'm a 19 year old single mom. Before I had a job my daughter was in daycare but my mom took her out because I started my new job. Recently, my grandma moved in and I thought she would help babysit my daughter for free...boy was I wrong. I had to pay my grandma to babysit my daughter. My job schedule was very confusing. I'll work 3 to 4 hours only. Then all of a sudden I'll get more hours like 5 or 6. I have siblings but they go to school and when I wanted my schedule changed my boss said NO. WHEN my grandma leave to go out of town I have no one to watch my daughter. SO eventually I had to quit. My mom is shoving words in my face like "your useless". I need a little help do anybody Have any answers? Please help

My daughter is on vacation for 2 weeks. We agreed to watch her dogs. She insisted we keep her one dog in a crate while my husband and I are at work. I felt bad leaving the dog in the crate for 8 hours so I let him have free roam of the house. I came Home and she tore up the house! Chewed my couch, tables, everything!!! I'm absolutely furious!!! I want to tell her to come get her dog and place her somewhere else as I can't deal with it anymore. Am I wrong to insist she leave her vacation to get the dog? This is not my responsibility!!

Let s just say my name is Jay, okay I m 16 and will be turning 17 in 5 months my mom and stepdad are emotionally abusive towards me this may sound like a typical teen against the whole parents thing but it s true my parents control everything such as my money my dad sends me for my birthday and etc or any other money I get from family because they need it more and they spend it on things like cigarettes and alcohol and things "they need" they aren t doing drugs or stuff like that but they do have problems my mom makes it so she gets her way and her way only if she s not happy no one else can be I want to leave and yes to go live with my boyfriend I would go with other family but I m 2,000 miles away from them because my mom couldn t live near any of them which I don t know why so I have no family and my boyfriend has seen my mom just go crazy on me some days are good but most are bad and she isn t happy where we are living anymore and wants to move even further on the other side of the coast and I have one more year of highschool i am a honor roll but and have colleges that want me but I can t take the emotional abuse anymore with hearing things of how stupid I am or things like you ll never make it in life or to just leave with your dad (which is an alcoholic) I don t know what to do anymore I need help and I can t be emancipated because I can t get a job because my mom won t get me a ID and even if I did I m to involved in school to do that so I m literally stuck

So anyway my family member is a very sorry person she always ask to drive grandad car she always goes to clubs and parties but yet can't pay her bills she walks around half naked in her panties she always talks back so what is wrong with her

Okay so I'm 14,I'm from an Arab culture since I was 7 my parents abused me so much,they hit me with a belt,a wooden stick,a slipper, pull my hair,bite me, when I turned 14 I moved to Sweden,my dad didnot come,at first when we left UAEI was FORCED to wear hijab , I hated it but I was still forced,few months here in Sweden I had to wear it, icried in secret I wanted to suicide and the reason was the forcing On me when I wanted to take it off momslapped me and hit me,then after I changed schools,finally!I am feee from hijab and finally allowed to take it off , but have to wear again in the begging of the next yearwhich I won't, I know I'm going to get abused so much , but I'm not gonna wear it again, anyways , so the hitting I'm getting had decreased, I only been getting yelled at but when I get hit,I scream and shout of pain , last time my head was hit really hard on the floor I don't feel safe in my home , I am called names by my big brother and my mom , they dragging me down but sometimes when I decide to report for not feeling safe , I always have something to stop me , is it really worth it?what's gonna happen to me,my boyfriend is from Sweden he wants me to report my mom,but I'm still not sure, I'm not getting hit much anymore, but I'm emotionally breaking down from them,few days ago when I told her I want to wear short she hit me so, I'm scared, I'm weak I don't know what to do , all I want is to be in my boyfriends arm, but forbidden for me to even hug s boy,(I'm in LDR)

Hey guys I really need your thoughts in this. I live in the inner part of Dallas that is kind of ghetto and bad with just me and my mom. My whole life I've been living with her and I've enjoyed it. But I've never got to live with my dad. My dad lives in a nice house in Rowlett with my two younger half siblings (I'm 17) and my stepmother. I know this might be a stupid idea especially since I'm going to be a senior but I honestly want to say in a real household. I want to live in a nice area and go to a nice school for once. I'll fit in there more than anything. One thing is that my mom is a great parent but is very unreasonable and unrealistic. She doesn't understand what I go through or what I want to do. Also one thing I might feel that stops me is that I love to play games here and there (I know this feels childish) but my dad isn't a video game type of person. Which I totally understand. My whole life I've just sat down and played games since my mom never let me out. I want to get out there and experience life for once. I mean how am I going to live out in the real world?

were really close and hang out every day, it was only on my phone for one night and I looked up multiple weird porn subgenres out of curiosity, I really don't know what to do, I don't know what he thinks but I still want to seem cool and not disgusting

My parents think I am being stupid when I tell them I am a legal adult and that I make my own decisions now. They have just crossed the line too many times. 1. They "accidently" opened my mail a few times. They opened on it on purpose because they love to be in my business. To solve this issue I went and opened a PO box and my parents found out I had it and they told me I have no right to have a pox box and that I have to close it immediatly. I never closed it because what they said to me is bull ****. 2. They try to control or tell me how many hours I work and threaten to call my boss LMAO to cut my hours back. 3. According to them my bank account which is under MY name and my name only is there business and they want access to it. I also I am not allowed to use my credit card which I pay off every month because I only use it for gas. I have never missed a payment date and I have never gone over my credit limit. I know solution to all this is to move out but I need to a way to cope with all of it until I can afford to do so. Hopefully this summer.

Talking about my ex-gf( and mom to my 15yo daughter) just sets me over the deep end quick. I became a dad when I was 15. Her mom left when our daughter was about 2 because she felt she was " missing out on life". I've never forgiven her for that, and it's just a touchy subject. I've always kept my responses to my daughter's curiousity about mom PG rated, but, she recently asked again. Figuring " Hey, she's old enough" I gave her a more detailed response. I did however call her mom a " useless and selfish b***h who didn't give a s**t about you or me." Her mom has never sent a card, and has never called. After I went on this tirade, my daughter seems to be walking on eggshells around me, which, I don't want. What do I do?

numerous restraining orders against her over the past 14 years. She has caused my husband, myself and his children enormous grief and tries to divide any place that she can. No one has said anything to his sister. My husband is very hurt and I am angry because of this. This really doesn't help our situation - in fact it has made it worse. I feel that I should say something to her. My husband said it is fine if I do. Should I? I am really angry and it does take a lot to make me this way. I just told his sister that she has hurt my husband too many times for me to associate with her until she fixes it. She keeps sending me Words w/ Friends game requests even after I had unfriended her months ago for having his ex wife and his children over for Fathers Day. I did the right thing.

My boyfriend thinks that our parents won't meet until our wedding (God-willing) happens. He doesn't think our parents will get along, and although 1) our wedding won't be for a few years and 2) I am making an active, above-average effort to connect with his family. I am obtaining proficiency in their language and initiated communication since they are in Europe and I in the U.S. I think my boyfriend appreciates my efforts. I don't think he realizes how hard it was for me to forgive their borderline racist and insensitive comments, though. I never assigned blame to my bf. However, he thinks my parents are "too American" (but they don't own guns, aren't conservative socially, etc) and he doesn't like the accent. My bf sees my parents about 3 times a year. He doesn't think they are intellectual, yet he can't even do basic addition in his head and my parents graduated from world renown schools. I feel as if I'm "good enough" to be considered for forever, but it may not happen because of things beyond my control (despite my active efforts). Any advice to my perfectionistic boyfriend? thx

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What do I do? I don't want her boyfriend there, I want my two parents to see me graduate but my mom is insisting her boyfriend come & not my dad

I really have to call my dad. He never calls. He is very narcisist. He use call ugly names to my kids for fun, he was always drunk and had lot of money he saved and stop working. He has five children with mistreses that he only idols two..you cant say anything when they used to spy on our fb and show our bikini pics..like if that was wrong..so we dont have contact with none of them. Blocked fb for bothering my family. So he has been kicked out from all resturaunts etc because of bully. He doesn't reconize has a great lineage because my mom was immgrant. I take him to th doctir and he treats me in the car has bad as to cry..saying he can yell to everone he likes, making fun of my son in law work..all my children studied in college and are great . All his life is about how much money has and how mediocre are people beneathe him. One daughter is a compulsive liar..but because both studied medicine they are goddesses..and my sister doest speak to him anymore, the otherthibks if she doesnt he will no leave her money when she dies, my other sister speaks to him but tells him or shouts if he gets out if hand and doesnt allow him to speak about his 5 children who moms are by the worst kind. And me well i keep shut when he bullies me..for the sake to the family be united.. but i am tured and i as well don't speak to his other kids. Do i have to deal with him?

My sister in law is a sarcastic mean ans so hypcrite. She tells the family which I dont see anymore that I dont let ger see tbe kids who are adults now, she even said that my daughter husband was writing emails to her so she hurt my daughter, she treated ger son like with bad names. The last time she was at my house was talking about this women who was after my husband. She spread rumors about me my kids and were not true. She kept asking my son about his wife exes. So this is about a portion of her. Ive hadit with her. She said my daughter would not enter the military airforce because she was not good enough..all my children graduated in college and are military ..proud of them. Her son is in college but keeps crasking cars drunk..and she really treated him with awful names raising him, though she took care of him..in food school.. now the question is do I or my children have to invite her to every event..i stpo doing it because i suffer depression and she makes me worse..but myy hubby doesnt really care..but i see he is uncomfortable. .do i need this cruel woman in my life????please help my adult kids don't contact her unless she calles them.

my fiance told me awhile ago he had a bad childhood and has told me all the reasons why. he only sees his parents 6 times a year for holidays. But when I ask about them now, all he ever says is "they are the biggest pieces of sh*t in the world", "hates their guts" "hates seeing them one time a year" Is he hiding his real feelings? why does he describe them this way?

She criticizes everything and expected everyone to listen to her. Whenever we have a normal conversation, she ends up complaining.. In the morning she argues with my dad, then I woke up and she criticizes me in the car or at night. It's pissing me off, but I can't move out yet. How I feel and live my life are somehow effecting her and make her unhappy. I cannot express my feelings or problems with her, she'll change the subject or gets defensive and said I'm being ungrateful or I shouldn't talk back to parent etc.. It's very draining and frustrating. Please help?

The grown up daughter is an unemployed attorney again. She has been unemployed more than once. She is currently on vacation to south america with her boyfriend. The mother paid for her college degree and law school degrees.

"A true warrior is not immune to dear. She fights in spite of it."

So I m 19 yr old college student, I will be 20 in 3 months. I m still living with my parents and I work at Walmart. My dads business has been going down and he s not making as much money as he used to. His business use to be great! It was a time he was making six figures! But he let all that slip away by making stupid business choices and spending his money carelessly. He doesn t even have a penny in savings. He s so irresponsible with money. Now he s asking me to help with one of the bills. I understand I m an adult and need to contribute if I m going to live here, so I don t have a problem pitching in 80-100 dollars here and there but he wants me to pay 260 for this upcoming bill which is too much for me. I bought my own car, pay my own car insurance and healthcare, buy my own things! I never ask him for a penny! I take car of all my financial needs (which can get pretty expensive)! I m also saving for a new car so I can give my little brother my old one it s not like I m just a couch potato, I m trying to do things with my life. I feel like I should just give him whatever I can help out with I just thing 260 is too much.

I'm outraged with my older sister. My parents already gave up on her. Since she was young she stole my credit card number and did internet shopping and I reported to the credit card service cause I didn't know It was her ! It turns out she has been always sneaking into my room since she was little and stole lots of things. Now she's almost 40 and we live together and she keeps doing the same old ****... I'm so sick her coming into my room stealing my cash my things like make up shoes bags etc many times I found my items in her room and she keeps lying she didn't take them. I bought a lock and put some expensive stuffs in a bag but I can't hide everything in there. Even today I came back home and my stuffs missing turned out they were in her room... Many time I confronted her not to take my stuffs ask me first then I will let her borrow it but she does not listen she keeps doing it again and again Long ago she even stole my expensive bag and she sold it .. Also she stole my mom's bag and sold it .. She always drinks too and she always takes stuffs and lies about everything she is very manipulative and selfish please don't give me an advice to move out and live by myself cause for now I have no choice but to live with her.. I can't put a lock in my door my door doesn't have a lock..,, I don't know what to do I'm very stressed out I wonder if a drinking problem is related to stealing and lying?? I don't know what to do I'm so furious !!im about to have a mental break down.

So I have borderline personality disorder,always did because of the way I grew up and people always leaving me and being alone majority of my life and emotional abuse by my own mother.. I'm 21 now and live with my dad...So I have a boyfriend who really does love me,wants to marry me and spend his life with me.He spoils me and wants to take care of me when we move together so he's not a bad guy..So he's a lawyer and owns his own law firm so he's extra busy and these past 2 weeks we haven't talked much because he's been so busy with work stressed out and exhausted . A part of me was getting mad at him because we weren't talking much,and thinking he doesn't want me or care anymore when it's not that or crazy paranoid cheating thoughts as well ... when I know he's NOT and it's just stupid thoughts . I know it's just my BPD talking We don't text as much but he does and has been trying to text me here and there as much as he can and I know that.. so why do I still need reinsurance that he loves me ???

Currently near 23 y/o. I have been asked quite randomly on several occasions if I have siblings, by teachers, friends, etc. Are there behaviours that give off such vibes of being a single child? **I actually have 4 siblings, 3 are half.

My mom emotionally and mentally abuses me, so it is not physical abuse, my dad died when I was 6,my stepdad used to bully me&my sister, this affected us both as we would think we were worthless. My stepdadleft us 3 yrs ago, this was blamed on us by my mom my sister went off the rails drugs, pregnant at young age, mom kicked her out, then it was me aslone with her. I was made to clean, shopping and cook, I felt and still do feel like a personal slave. And if I was to tired or didn t wasnt to dfo something I would be called names and I would be told I m going to turn out Like my sister, these words still dance around in my head sdo I stasstasrted to hasng round weith the wrong people, but I get like I belonged somewshete like I fitted in,but I was just the 13 yr old new girl in the gang. I didf everything I was told. I d rob things,hit people,break windows,get arrested. I felt safe with them I could rely on them but they was bad for me. I smoked so many fags I couldn t function without them, then it was weed, I ve been so depressed I ve trued to kill myself 6 times, I self harm nearly everyday, this is my only option I ve tried anger management, counseling, everything

What can a grandparent do to appeal a court decision not to place children in my home? McLennan County Texas. Denied for legal aid and no money.

I'm a 20 year old male and I have a 9 year old sister, who is really ill. She's suffering from tuberculosis. We're orphans and we didn't have enough money since 2 months ago and I must pay for my sister's treatment, otherwise she'll die. I used to work in a big house as a janitor, but I didn't get paid enough, so I talked to my boss and I told him about my situation, because I wanted more money. I'm short and skinny and he told me that he likes my body and then he dropped a lot of money in front of me and he told me that if I stripp naked, he'll give me more money. I didn't have any other choice. My sister was dying. I stripped naked and he started touching and kissing my whole body. He told me that I must do it everyday, so I did. It's 2 months that I'm doing it and I've become very rich and my sister is recovering, but yesterday my boss dropped me on his bed and he raped me. If I leave him, I'll become poor again. What should I do? I feel like a porn, although I don't want to be. I did all these things for the sake of my sister.

I am a 40 year old father of four two biological and two stepchildren. I just recently lost one of my step daughters and I feel like I got kicked in the nuts my heart is absolutely hurting and I feel really empty inside. Always thought you couldn't have loved your stepchildren as much as your biological children boy was I wrong I was just wondering has anyone else ever felt this way

I'm just curious I lost my stepdaughter about a month ago. I feel sick to my stomach I feel like my nuts half been pulled out of my body my heart just absolutely aches. I am a 40 year old father of four I have two biological children with my wife and two stepdaughters recently I lost one of my step-daughter's to an illness. I always thought that you couldn't love your stepchildren as much as your biological and I was wrong when she passed away I wouldn't talk about it for weeks I was just wondering if anybody else felt this way

This is going to be long, but I desperately need somewhere to anonymously get a second opinion on this situation. My husband's business partner and best friend (who he's known longer than he's known me) is a man named Will. Will has a 19 year old daughter named Morgan. He was only 18 when she was born, so he's still pretty young. He's 37. Morgan's mother passed away before Morgan turned one, and she was an awful person who was never present. Will has always been a single dad. He's never married, and he's only been in one serious relationship that I know of, but it ended about 6 years ago. Morgan is his only child and he's extremely close to her. Morgan is ALWAYS with Will – she's gone basically everywhere with him for as long as I can remember. From the time she started Kindergarten, Will would go pick her up at the end of the day and bring her back to the office with him. He very rarely had a babysitter or family member pick her up from school – he always wanted to be the one to do it. Morgan has anxiety issues so she quit public school and started doing online school when she was about 12. When she started doing that, she'd come to work with Will every. single. day. He set up a room at the office for her to do her school work. No one had a problem with it because she's very well mannered and likable...plus, Will's the boss so no one can tell him he's not allowed to bring his daughter to work daily. But until she was 17, she was ALWAYS there. It wasn't just the office. Morgan would go wherever Will did. If he left the office briefly to run an errand, she'd go too. She'd go eat lunch with him. She'd go show property with him. She'd sit outside in his truck while he attended meetings at the bank. She was like his shadow. If you saw Will, you knew you'd also see Morgan. Will pretty much became known as "the guy with the daughter" because during the work week, he'd never go anywhere without her. (The weekends and personal occasions were different. Will wouldn't bring Morgan to hang out with his friends or anything like that.) She started helping him with work stuff when she was about 15, and he paid her to be his assistant for a while. When Morgan turned 18, she stopped following Will everywhere, but she still visited him A LOT. She'd come by the office at least once every three days and just sit in Will's office and talk to him for while. Then she'd leave but come back a few days later and do the same thing. Recently, though, she's started being at the office consistently again because she and Will are going to officially work together flipping houses. They're going to literally work together and be together 24/7 because she still lives at home with him. Just the two of them. Morgan and Will get along great. They're constantly laughing and joking together. You can tell their bond is very strong and runs deep. Morgan isn't mentally disabled or anything like that. She has some anxiety issues, but other than that, she's COMPLETELY normal, so it's not like she has to rely on her dad to take care of her. She's actually gorgeous and very outgoing. She's 100% capable. She drives and everything. Why do you think she's been following her dad around her whole life? Wouldn't they have gotten sick of being together constantly by now? Is this bizarre to anyone else?

I'm having a difficult time figuring out if I should let my mom know that my younger brother is constantly lying to her about where he's going and that he's smoking weed every day. The dilemma is that I'm three years older and I know what it's like to occasionally smoke weed, I don't see any issue with that as long as it's not affecting your daily life in a negative way. My younger brother though, who's 16, is at the point where he's smoking every day, not going to school, and lying to my mom about where he's at. So, the safety and his lack of care at all is what's worrying me. He hasn't been acting like himself lately and my mom recently found weed in his room again, though I've been smelling it daily from his room. A few months back he had lied to my mom about driving an hour away with friends to go to a college party, and she found out because another kid drove them back and got in a very bad car accident, totaling the car on the highway. It was a big reality check for her but now he's back to lying again and smoking daily. I don't want to be the sister who rats him out but I'm really concerned for his safety and his future because I know he has potential, but he's just getting high and lying every day now and I'm not sure how to go about it. Also just wanted to let people know, there aren't any bad family issues or other huge reasons why he might be acting out like this. We live in a very open and comfortable household and we both constantly have support from our parents with everything that we do usually. It seems like he's just really pulling away and completely fine with never taking any responsibility for anything. We were very close last summer for the first time ever really, but now he's always gone or locked up in his room.

I've been a free babysitter for my sister for over a year she has two kids 5 and 16 months shes a single mom I take care of them from the moment I get up in the morning till my sister gets off work usually around 6 pm I'm usually the only one who takes care off them even when shes home she always goes out with friends and runs around with guys and leaves me with them on the weekends I'm also the only one thats does house work she lets me live there rent free but I still think she sould pay me a little money I've been living off my savings since I started babysitting her kids I even have to buy the baby formula sometimes cause she "forgets" but shes always buying her new clothes and shoes and make up ect. While I all my clothes are falling apart and theres less then $50 left in my savings I want to quit and move out but she says if I do she'll lose her job house car and her life will be ruined and it will be my fault cause shes cant afford to hire someone else and I just dont know what to do

I've been a free babysitter for my sister for over a year she doesn't pay me a dime she lets me live with her rent free but with all the hours I babysit I should still get at least a little money my sister has two kids one 6 and the other 16 months I babysit them from the moment I get up till my sister gets off usually around 5pm but even after she gets home I take care of the kids till they go to bet and I'm also the only one that does housework and sometimes i have to buy the baby formula because she "forgets" and since shes not paying me i've been

It's a hard reality to accept because I always dreamt of me being the first to wear it after my mother... just a sentimental thing and I see a picture of my cousin trying it on.... my mother is beautiful and everyone keeps saying how my cousin looks just like her with her brown eyes and dark hair.... it makes me really insecure about my green eyes and light brown hair. No one ever mentions how I look like my mom and it hurts because I'm her daughter, not my cousin. I'm very close with my mom and I want her dress... my cousin keeps stealing everything that was supposed to go to me. :(

I'm 16 and have a full time job, I work 6 days a week, 8 hour days, and just a little peek in to my home life, I work from 9-5 and as soon as I get off work I have to come home, clean the entire house, that excludes the living room kitchen bathroom my room my dad's and step moms room, and all 3 of my younger siblings rooms, then I have to cook dinner, help my siblings with their homework give them baths and put them to bed, my dad made me drop out of school on my 16th birthday, and start working, every Friday when I get off work, as soon as i walk threw the door, I have to hand them my check. And the last 2 weeks I've been having to work until 6 in the evening, and those nights I wasn't home to cook so they went out to eat and didn't even get stuff for me to eat when I got work. For the last 2 weeks the only reason I have are is because my boyfriend brought me food to work on my lunch break, and on top of that I dont even have a bed, I have a blanket and have to sleep on the floor, before I dropped out of school I had been talking to my councilor and she said that I could actually be out in foster care because it is considered neglect, however I can legally move out at 17 so i don't want to that because if I go into foster care i have to wait until im 18, i know i could probably stick it out for thr next 8 months but honestly I dont know for sure.

Am I depressed? I am alone majority of the times. My mom is never really at home during the day or at night. My parents are separated so my father lives far, he doesn't visit me much. When my mother is home, i don't like to be around her but i don't like it when she is gone. Its like i hate being lonely but i don't enjoy anyones company either. When my friends come over all i can think about is how it will be when they leave. Why do you think this is... help pls? comment anything, thanks. (im 17)

She isnt my birth mother but she adopted me when i was 2 along with my 2 older brothers she met my dad and he had us from a previous relationship. She has 3 kids of her own, her and i have never gotten along she used to be physically and verbally abusive treating me like trash growing up. Im pregnant with my second child this one a girl she has hinted to me this whole pregnancy about how she has 14 grandkids and none are named after her so when i found out we were having a girl i called her up and told her her middle name would be after my mother she said she was happy but idk And every time i text her about this baby it's like she doesnt care today i told her my dr is gonna schedule my c section a week before my due date and that hes expecting her to be over 9 lbs cause im type 2 diabetic and all she replied with was "cool" i just cant make her happy idk maybe its cause i look just like my dad and he left her for another woman or what but im trying and i feel horrible

I m 14 and my big brothrr moved away 4 days ago and I m finding it so hard to cope... I hate not having him here in the room next door to me... he came to visit yesterday and I didn t realise I missed him so much until he had to leave again, he was in the front garden and I was at the door standing behind the baby gate inside the house *the baby gate is for my dog not a baby* and he said before he left *come and Give me a hug" but I knew I couldn t because was about tobhrst out crying and if I hugged him I would, I just kept saying I can t the dog is there, so my dad lifted the dog away so I had to go out and hug him, and the second I hugged him I started crying and said please don t leave,I know its not fair to do that to him, I think I found it so hard at the same time because that was the first time he d hugged me since I was little like 5 or something, I stil feel bad for doing thst to him, so...how do I try and get through this? I Miss him so much

I have a family friend who is expecting. However, her child's father is not wanting to be a part of it's life. He does not have a job, a car, a license, and is losing his place. My friend is in the exact same position, and because she is expecting, most places will NOT hire her now. They both are discussing​ me/my family trying to get custody or adopting the baby. She is close to being halfway along, but still has a few weeks til she hits that mark, but we are trying to figure out everything now because we need to make a decision before the baby comes. I have a job that pays extremely well, I'm currently living in a nice house that is spacious enough for myself and a child, I am looking into getting a car that's better than my current one, and I'm going to start doing online courses with college in the fall. I already have discussed with my mother (who lives no more than 5 minutes away from me) and she agreed that when I would work, she'd watch the baby for me. I already have a crib and the mattress that my mom gave me, I have already bought the baby a couple things, and have made a huge list of what I'll need so I can go through and make sure I can prepare as needed IF I can go through with either one. The question is: which will be easier- me getting custody now and a few years down the road adopting the baby, or trying to adopt it shortly after it's born? What are the requirements for either? Also, can we have a mutual agreement written out beforehand?

My sister and her bf argue bad like cussing yelling stomping slamming doors. He has anger issues. Its not usually that bad but this time it was. I hear him saying "How does that feel? How do you like that?" And then my sister yells "get off of me!" I run into their room and my sister tells me off to go away that they are just arguing. But he was ONTOP of her looking like he was choking her. I even heard her coughing when I was walking away. Shes defending him but I don't know what to do.

In November of last year, me and and my mother left the house and didn't tell my father. When he came from work that day, he started sending me text messages like, "Who let you borrow the car?" or "If you don't pick the dog up I'm going to kill him!". It was just a bunch of vile text messages. I was scared because I thought that he was actually going to do it, but he was just lying because he wanted us to go back home. Anyways, it's now April and he is begging to see me in person or call him. I don't if I should call him because he scares me. He said that he had a gun and that he was going to shoot someone he didn't like. He also said that someone made him take drugs to another state, which scared me most. I don't wanna meet up with because of all of those things. Afer he said those things, he said that he made them up. My mother told him why and he said he didn't know why. I told him that that he could see me in November but he says it's too much. I told him a million times and he just doesn't want to listen to me. He is so immature. He acts like a victim when he knows that he verbally and emotionally abused us.. I am an adult (18 years old) and I am allowed to choose when I want see him but he just sees me as a kid.

I am a mom to a 20 year old named Jesse. By husband died four years ago. I'm only 44. I was cleaning my sons room. He had clothes under his bed. I went to clean them. I almost fainted. A naked picture of a woman with my face photahopped onto it. My son has been telling me how beautiful I am for a while. I thought it was non sexual. Is this normal behavior?

I don t care much for my brother s wife. If I ever won a large some of money and decided to give my brother a lot of it, could I make then both sign a post nup saying if they get a divorce, the money and everything he bought with it, like a house and car, is his? Could I also make a will out of it and say if he ever dies, I get it back and she gets nothing, that the house, cars, or anything else he bought with it, goes back to me, and she gets nothing? He has her down to get his life insurance policy, but could I make that be the only thing she gets? She s the type who would divorce him to get half, if she knew she would get half. That s why I want to make sure my brother will be able to keep all the money I give him.

Hi everyone👋🏽 I recently found out about 2 weeks ago my dad was diagnosed with stage 3 Colon cancer. He was living alone across the country so my family and myself all chipped in to get him a flight so he can be back home with us. I work two jobs a full time and a 20 hour I don't have a set schedule unfortunately neither jobs allow it.. I keep stressing out that I want to be more around my dad but my full time job won't allow it and I get insurance through that job that's why I won't leave it and I get paid more in my part time job. I'm the only one that is taking full on responsibility for my dad. I want to be by his side at all times helping him. I'm a VERY private person so talking to a family member or friend is just really hard no one really knows what's going on. I find myself going to restroom crying out of stress. He hasn't started the chemo and radiation just yet but when he does I want to be there. I seriously don't know what to do. I just want to be by his side and help him as much as I can but with rent and bills my full time job doesn't cut it and the part time job makes odds and ends meet.😢

Live with my dad It's get a little weird sometimes cuz he puts his hand on my tight is that what your dads did to????

We dated for a couple dates but these things made me feel he was trying to get rid of me so I got rid of him first. One for New Years he told me the ticket was going to be $100, he was a photographer and wondered how I saw his pics and was wondering if I saw them online, after a great date he said let me know if you want to hang out with my brother and I tomorrow. *and if he gave me his card. (which seems so business like)

So I met my dad for the first time when I was 18 he fronted to me on how he was a good person and bunch of crap which i knew wasn't true. And told nothing but lies and one night he told me the truth on how he never really did care about me and to go away and get out of his house. I was visiting him and never said anything bad to him and he just bluntly told me what a dead beat father does and just that he never cared or anything that his step kids and his gf our his only family. He blamed what he said was because of one of his gfs nephews had past away and was taking out his anger on everyone, but he told me this before the kid had died. So now he's trying to be buddies with me now that I have a career going and plans for my future. So should I just cut him off he never called or tried reaching out while I was smaller. I have him on Facebook and rarely answer his messages. Should I just cut off ties?

Hits me on my back stomach legs arms boobs everywhere and I don't even do anything what should I do????? 😓😓😓😓 I kinda can't fight her when I am 13 years old and she is 48 plus she is way bigger then me????? I don't do nothing bad she just get angry a lot and takes it out on me :(

My sister is stupid and my cat broke my bed. HELP!

This happened minuites ago I was beating it and he opened the washroom door (which I DID lock) and he saw me doing it. He said wtf closed it and went and told my sister now she had a talk wth me abou the porn being in healthy and **** and be safe and lock the door my brothers calling me Nasty and **** and ik he does it he's 15 I'm 11 I jus wanna die. He also told my friends in an instagram group chat the left of courses I denied it but knowing my friend he's ganna believe my brother. He's threatening to tell my mom dad and everyone else he knows Is my friend. I know i shouldn't be doing this but isn't this normal ik the risk of watching porn and also he's calling me a freak and shot and I jus wanna end it all I'm already emotionally ****** up cause of him now it's almost to a point where I'm done with life he's cut me given me a black eye and many other things and I can't take much more abuse and no I ain't calling the cops the worst thing is I can't talk to anyone about this I have to make this anonymous cause I ain't trying to get embarrassed

Ok so my friend is 16 he plans on leaving to New York from Florida in the summer to live with a relative of mine without his parents consent. First I would like to know if it's ok for him to even do that. Second I would like to add that my friend wishes to leave because he gets hit by his parents often and I'm talking about like a real punch from his dad and scratches from his mom. Also he had absolutely no freedom to like what he likes or even to leave to hang out with friends or somthing. They recently told him the he needs to get out by the time school ends and they don't want him anymore. But the problem is they will not give custody over to anyone. I would like to add they show that they show favorites with his siblings and he's the worst. Yes he has call the police and they said he's a load of crap and he's a lier.

Basicaly they won t let me drive around with my friends who are 16 and have their licence. I asked them why (because when my older brother didn t have his license he drove with his Freinds to places all the time. Like literally.)And they just said " because we care about you" . Like I know they care about me , but like why change your mind about me . Is it because I m a girl? Or maybe you didnt care as much for my older brother.( He is 22 now btw.) And another thing... this is kinda off topic... But my older brother kinda got his girlfriend preggo in college . And they always give me "concepts" about how I SHOULDN T date s guy because it always leads to sex.. And therefore pregnancy. And straight up I knew they got that idea from my older bro. And I know that even if that issue didn t happen with him then they still would, but I noticed they got an idea from his situation because they repeatedly told me that this could happen to me too. And drop out of college and how my brothers situation was so disapointing.. And blah blah. But I mean hey he still managed to graduate and raise a child so that s good. Anyways my answer goes to the driving. And if you want to know why I don t drive . It s because my parents don t take me driving . Ps my Freinds dont drink or smoke and have never been in a crash

This happened minuites ago I was beating it and he opened the washroom door (which I DID lock) and he saw me doing it. He said wtf closed it and went and told my sister now she had a talk wth me abou the porn being in healthy and **** and be safe and lock the door my brothers calling me Nasty and **** and ik he does it he's 15 I'm 11 I jus wanna die

I sent my friend a have a good day text, with a cute video of bugs bunny dancing with a caption saying "don't forget to smile!" to maybe make their day a little better. She responded with "I love that" Do you honestly think I made their day just a tiny bit better?

She's honestly really strange so she doesn't have any friends. She's one of those people who hate talking about things regular people would talk about, instead she's always rambling on about very random things. She's already sixteen but still makes my mom sleep in her room because she's "scared of ghosts" and she also gets annoyed if she doesn't get her way, for ex. if we choose a restaurant that she doesn't want to go to, she starts being rude. Sometimes she yells at me for no reason and calls me a loser and no lifer just because I don't have many hobbies. But how can you blame me for not pursuing many hobbies because I just started highschool and am a bit stressed. I think she may have a developmental problem too. She's also immensely scared of learning to drive and says she'll bike to college until she is 20.. why is she so.... weird? I mean at times, she's an okay and somewhat nice person. But a lot of the time, she's kind of rude.

I found out I'm pregnant again with my second baby I'm scared to tell my husband but I know how much he wanted kids. Our daughter isn't his. How can I tell him ?

I am 22. They use him for money and have such a big sense of entitlement. They think he should pay their bills and spoil them. My grandfather is 79, my dad is 57, and my aunt is 61. How can someone their age be so ungrateful?