My Mother is the worst kind of over controlling Parent, because She believes She's always "right." On top of this, the Woman has emotional issues, as in She has never learned how to get over things and move on. This is why She can't handle criticism whatsoever or get over the crappy way Her Parents raised Her. Currently She has been unable to emotionally get past what happened to me(a massive stroke and almost dying. As a result She has become a detriment to my further recovering. Also, because She doesn't ever want to hear that She is wrong... Rather than face the truth about Herself from other grown women(my therapists) She'd rather go somewhere else and avoid them completely.

I usually don't really like being around kids, especially if they're younger cousins and siblings because I find it annoying with the crying and fighting. But at school I was around with the younger kids and I EASILY become friends with them. I act like I'm one of them too. We make up silly nicknames for each other, we draw funny pictures of one another. Now every time I go around the halls, I say hi to little younger kids around five times! Is their something appealing to younger kids about me or something?

I got like 1 picture with them, that's it. Like what the FOCK???

My sister is 18 her BF is 20. They have been together for 4 years. I have always been nice and they are both good people but my sister has always kind of acted like she was above other people and he acts like that too. He has always been super nosey and annoying. The other night he came over and he always asked "when is your boyfrirnd gonna get a car? Why hasn't he got his truck fixed" just stuff like that, I feel like it's none of his buisness what me and my BF do and I don't mind sharing my car with my boyfriend because he lets me live with him and helps take care of me. I finally got sick of her BF being so nosey and later that night I messaged my sister saying "hey I love you and I don't mean to be rude but your BF kind of makes me feel uncomfortable because he's so nosey and acts like a Day" anyways he called me and was just yelling at me. He wouldn't even try to work it out and he wouldn't even let me say a word hardly. I tried to say "I shouldn't have said that, it's just I feel like you are so nosey and kind of rude all the time" my sister won't talk to me and she says I'm the one that blew it out of propotion, but I didn't I called him a D, which I shouldn't have, but he's the one that over reacted, I told her we should probably just leave each other alone for awhile until everything settles down. Was what I said really that bad?

they haven't gotten a good fvking. My aunt was a feminist, now she isn't..My uncle nailed her good the first date.

I myself am named Heaven and though Valhalla isn't heaven but its like it in a way, and with my roots I thought it would be a good name.

So, I will try to put my friend's situation short. Basically, she is 14 (pretty young I know). Her parents are verbally and emotionally abusing her, making her do what they want and what's by their liking. If she does something for her own good, they start calling her "piece of ****", "waste of time" and saying her they hate her. Her friends think all about themselves and are rude to her. Everyone in school bullies her. Recently she started playing guitar but she only has guitar in school, which she can't bring home. Her mom told her if she did something her mom liked, she'd buy her a guitar. My friend did it, but her mom said she will never buy her a guitar. The only good think that's in her life is her guitar lessons, guitar teacher and her grandparents. But her grandparents like in different country and she can't visit them often. Few weeks ago she said everything kept getting worse and worse and she got the idea that she's gonna commit suicide in the summer. I tried talking her out of it, but she says she knows nothing is gonna get better, that things are only gonna get worse, that she has no hope for the he future, because her parents won't let her do anything she likes and that if she did what she loved, she'd be the biggest disappointment to her parents. I really want to help her, but I just don't know what to say. Have you ever talked with someone suicidal? How did you help them? I forgot to mention we live in different countries, so I can't tell anyone she knows

Today is the 1 year mark since my sister died. I literally survived this 1 year.. how can I look at this in a good way?

I am a primary custody dad of a 9 year old. His Mom has one overnight visitation every other weekend. So her time with him is limited. I cover his insurance. I take him to the doc. I buy all his clothes. I will even send him with food, just in case. So she doesn t have many expenses when she does see him. But she s played the "single Mom of a XX year old" card to get people to donate for her to get a car, pay her rent, gift cards, etc. Since son was very young, she has used son to get sympathy and help, even though I ve had him a majority of the time. And I m not just talking government programs (some of which she s signed him up and I have fought to get his name removed from). I m also talking about GoFund Me pages, donations taken up at church, just overall kindness from people that she exploits. I know it doesn t matter, but it irks me that she uses him. Most of the time, people later feel used or find out the truth of her situation, so she has to find another avenue for $. But she always seems to - and the hook is our child. Asking because I just saw a GoFund me to donate for son to go to a summer camp - a camp I ve already paid for. I ve requested for it to be removed. But I am curious, from an outside perspective, just wondering how much longer she ll be able to do this successfully. Does the urge to help a "single mom" wear off as a child gets older? Or is this something she ll be able to do until 18? Anon, that is very good advice. I do screen shot. There ones about needing to cloth him, that she and son are going to lose apartment, that she needs safe transportation for son to get to school, etc. She always mentions it's because she doesn't get child support. Which is true...because she doesn't have custody. My attorney took them to judge, who scolded her and ordered an investigation. When they saw she had a residence, found clothes for son and food, they called it good. No repercussion.

So I just found out my sister has quit her job to become my older sister's full time nanny. Should I be worried? I feel like this is just an excuse to be out of the house and not take care of her responsibilities like cleaning up after her dog and so forth. I mean it is a good idea for her to help out my older sister but I just feel like it's some sort of plot for her to have more freedom for her to do what she wants while my mom takes the bus to get to and from work and she takes my mom's car to do her thing.

Okay for my 16th bday party my mom said i could have some friends over and have a small party where there is no alcohol or girls, (i got a girl pregnant at a party a year ago so my mom doesn't trust me with girls in the house, that girl had an abortion anyway) .... so my mom left because she thought she could trust me on my own.... Anyway, my friends are a$$holes and no way would they settle for pizza and xbox all night, so they put the word out online and before i knew there were like 150 people in my house, and it was crazy and i admit i did get drunk, but then it got out of hand which wasn't my fault, people were throwing stuff from the balcony into my pool and having sex in every room in my house, anyway party concluded when police turned up kicked everyone out and now my mom has taken all my stuff away like my xbox, phone, etc to punish me and wont let me go out with my friends. plus i have to pay for the damage i caused. SHE CANT DO THIS. yes i will pay for damage, but this is BS i cant do anything now from when i leave school, i just stay in my room and all im aloud to do is study. WHAT THE HELL, i cant be the only one who thinks this punishment is out of hand, im dying of boredom, it feels like im in prison. is there anything i can do or say to my mom to make her change her mind about grounding me. IV LEARNT MY LESSON, but she wont believe me. ITs been a week like this, surely this is long enough.. i wrote this question at school library in case you was wondering, cause thats the only fricken place has wifi i can use for now.

I don't like doing anything for my children that costs money. I never drive them places. They have no money. They're homeschooled. I am not allowing them to get a job, because I will not drive them and I will not give them money to get cab rides. They cannot walk as everything(stores, jobs) is 13+ miles away and that is up to a 4/ 5 hour walk. I will not be buying them driving lessons, I will not be buying them a learners permit or a license as that costs money. I am not struggling money wise, I just do not like buying my kids things. I stopped buying them gifts for Christmas and their birthdays at age 11. Am I normal?

I was writing something about a party I was invited to on the calendar in our kitchen and my mum came up to me and started pushing up to me to look over my shoulder at what I was writing. It was so I was pushed against the counter and the front of her body was up against my shoulder and I was beginning to feel uncomfortable so I asked her to move away just touching her shoulder lightly as a hint. She moved away for about a second but then resumed her previous position. At this point I was starting to get angry and a little upset because I am very aware of my personal space and belongings (like what's mine is mine and vice versa please respect that) so I raised my voice a little and said "no seriously move away, this is my personal space and you are making me uncomfortable" she just brushed it off like it was nothing and laughed a little which really upset me so I pushed her back to get away from her. This made her very angry and she (as always) couldn't take no for an answer and moved forward once more as I was moving to get a drink and calm myself down and she ended up kicking my foot by accident. I feel like she doesn't believe that I deserve any respect from her although I am 16 and she seems to think I am still her child and can't make responsible decisions for myself.

So I am 23 years old, I live alone by myself now and pay by myself, I have a good job and am independent but my parents are still worried about one thing. I dont always use a car, sometimes I just love to walk, whether to work or just outside for a fresh air or out to the city for shopping, I love to walk alone by myself its relaxing but they dont like it, they annoy me with their nagging how they worry, how I should be careful, that I should avoid that and that and blabla. But every time when I tell them that i'm grown up and that I am not a baby anymore that i'm not afraid they say they are still worried cause I am their daughter. I appreciate that they care about me but sometimes they over exaggerate about it in my opinion. I saw once on youtube how Harry Styles walked all alone by himself without a bodyguard or a friend, he was with nobody. How is a world famous celebrity and multi millionaire allowed to freely walk alone without worries and me a nobody who is unknown gets always complains and warnings about not going alone anywhere?! And both Harry and me are the same age as well!! How can I convince my parents that they should not worry or is it normal that they worry?

they're so mean and disrespectful towards me, yet EXPECT me to ******* respect them . wtf i don't wanna grow old and bitter like them. ******* cun ts. i mean men are rapists ******* pigs and women are narcissistic selfish ******* harpies wtf is wrong with these people? ? your all pieces of ****

I am 21 with Autism Spectrum Disorder, depression and anxiety. I have a 23 year old sister with Cerebral Palsy. She can t walk and I have to put her to bed, on the toilet, make her dinner, make her drinks, make her breakfast, open and close her bedroom door for her, make her snacks, lift her in and out of her wheelchair. My mum gets paid £300+ to be her carer, but she only comes home for about 1-2 hours a day. I ve had to be my sisters carer all my life and possibly my mother s( until I was 19/20) my mum was an alcoholic so I had to look after her too and she was verbally agressive towards me.. I love my sister but I feel my mum only sees my purpose in life to look after my sister and clean the flat while I can t even look after myself. Some days I can t do things because of my depression and she comes home and shouts at me. I m fed up with it, but is she using me?

Every year my son s father gets to throw him a huge party where all of our friends and family goes. That s where my family yes my immediate family and our mutual friends go and bring all of the presents. This year is different I m very bitter. I do not want it to be taken out of my son of course not it would be his day it s his party opening presents I don t want to take that away from him. But at the same time I need my family to know that I need their help. This is why I say that this year is different. This last August we finally went to court for child support. Since then my child s father and his job have given the state a hard time trying to garnish his checks. So I have lived all of these months nine to be exact without any financial help from his father. I still continue to let him see his dad every other weekend because that is for my son. I need help I need advice I don t know what to do anymore. I need his help financially. Just for the record I call the state but it seems like without an attorney they re not going fight for me. Of course my family is not OK with him not giving me financial support but there still nice to him they re not hounding him and telling him hey your baby suffering because you don t pay. So if anyone has been in my situation or has any advice please feel free to tell me. I m just really thankful for the Internet right now because it s pretty sad that I don t have anyone else to talk to!

The title sims it up. We moved out of our home to sit with his grandma. His father works nights as a police officer and is super weird of having stranger s watch her. I can t blame them however.. he won t take the necessary steps into placing her in a home with people who can take better care of her. She had stage 4 dementia and Althimers or however you spell it. Anyhow.. I am awake at 5 every morning waiting for her to wake-up so I can help her do the things she does on a daily basis.. cook for her.. clean her bedding.. help change her clothing.. all of that While he sleeps or plays games on his computer and when my boyfriends dad comes to give us money.. he gives it to him.. he gives him 120 + daily.. if not more. I never see a fine of it unless i need something. He typically blows it on whatever he wants.. tell me.. should I be mad at this or..?

Joe- "You forgot to mention in your question that you're from the UK! Anyplace else in the world, enjoyment of sex is considered normal." --Except for thing. you are wrong and an idiot for making that assumption. I'm from the U.S.

He has his high school diploma, and has had various minimum wage jobs since high school ended for him. He last years announced that he is tire of not being progressed and will work on his degree and earn a real estate license. He is in community college online now, and in January 2018, will transfer to a college in our state, but will work on degree complete online. He has recently completed real estate school, and in a few months will go take the licensing exam for a real estate license. He will be about 39 when he starts a career based job, but he wants to sell real estate as soon as he earns the license. Is all of this a bad look for him at his age?

I don't like doing anything for my children that costs money. I never drive them places. They have no money. They're homeschooled. I am not allowing them to get a job, because I will not drive them and I will not give them money to get cab rides. They cannot walk as everything(stores, jobs) is 13+ miles away and that is up to a 4/ 5 hour walk. I will not be buying them driving lessons, I will not be buying them a learners permit or a license as that costs money. I am not struggling money wise, I just do not like buying my kids things. I stopped buying them gifts for Christmas and their birthdays at age 11. Am I normal?

When I was a fresh grade from high school, about 18, or 19, parents would always talk about my sisters' college plans. One is two years older and another 3 years younger. They would never bring up anything about me, even though I was in school and had aspirations. Whenever I would talk about what I wanted to do after community college, I'd get silenced with "Let's get you through (school name) first"

I come from 1 of those unfortunate families, where no one can get along, & there's MUCH favoritism. I wish I could post everything here, but I can't. Me living out of state, people become concerned that I'm always living somewhere, where I have no family. They say, "Well, you HAVE to have SOME family." I moved out of state because I got tired of outsiders blaming me for being taken advantage of by my family. 2 years ago, I came to visit my family once after 5 years, to be told that I KNOW that I'm unwanted, & to NEVER come back down there. So, I figured I would try to MOVE back to my hometown New Orleans, & get my OWN place, away from them, so that I won't have to worry about trying to VISIT & then not be welcome down there. I have some family that I barely know or never met, but I don't know what they would think about me. Both of my parents are deceased. I'm 33 years old. My family hate me so much that I'm FORBIDDEN to call my mom's husband "my dad", but he's the man named on my birth certificate. My siblings act like they want to fight me, if I claim being related to anyone off of my dad's side.

So I have attitude at home and have trouble managing my chores. However I'm suppose to fix it now and quite blaming people for my falts. If I don't fix it and now my parents are going to take me out of debate, forensics and band, and I love them all.The other problem is my mother died when I was an infant and my dad and stepmom feel that that is part of my problem because I'm angry at my mom for dying even though it's not her fault. They think I need to talk about it but I don't want to talk about my mother and her death. I can't let them take band away although it is reasonable. if it helps I also have really bad anxiety that they don't know about and it's pushing my friends away and it makes me sad. My parents want me to find friends I can do stuff with outside of band, debate and forensics. They just don't understand that my friends all work and there is no time for extra hangout. Give me tips please!!!

my parents fight nonstop, my dad dosent go about me. my mom says we will leave him, but she never does. every day is a constant struggle to please him, even though he knows all i do is do what he says. I work my *** off and get yelled at, and sometimes hit. i want them divorced and i want to go with my mom. how do i get this to happen? Is it possible that i can help this happen? If i needed to run away, how could i.

I turned 18 a couple weeks ago and originally said I wanted to move out immediately after graduating high school. But I realized that isn't very likely, so I raised it to sometime between 18 and 20. Hopefully by 20 I should be more financially stable. Many people say I should want until I'm at least 21 or 22 but I'm worried that if I wait that long I'll be miserable all the time. I've compromised with them, I'd appreciate if they did the same to me.

I've never taught my now 18 year old son how to drive, I took him out of high school at age 16. He can sink or swim. He needs to teach himself the things I never did. I put him out yesterday at 18, he has not much with him, I don't know how far he walked. I told my sister and she called me heartless, how? You are only a parent for 18 years, then you can kick them out at 18 and they can fail or do whatever. It is their choice.

I m 26 lol, but mum still calls me her baby.

i suffered a lot and he never helped me. i hate being around him and wish him to die. is this normal ? he always tells me that im not normal.

My mom just had brain surgery for her aneurysm. She is doing well and will be discharged soon, but she doesn't have a place of her own. She has $32,000 in debt for child support and God knows how long it has been since she has done her taxes. She has never been able to hold on to a job and when she does, child support takes most of it. There are other family members, but the pressure is on me to take her in. I love my mom, but I can't be responsible for her all the time. I will no doubt let her stay with me until she is fully recovered, but I don't know what to do after that is done. She will have to apply for disability and she can't get her driver's license back until her child support is paid off. She is 42 years old and I don't see that happening. My other siblings can't afford to help out and I feel like this is all on my shoulders. I can't be there for her all the time because I work full time. My mom has nothing to her name and she has had some drug history and that is another reason I am reluctant to take her in. She has always been more a friend than a mother. Out of all my other siblings, I am the one who is really independent. I live in a one bed-room apartment and even though it is nice, there isn't a lot of room. Currently, I am working with a patient advocate and a case manager to help with this situation, but I am so stressed out with everything. The pressure I am getting from my other family members is really starting to take a toll on me.

Hello, I am writing a story. The story is about a teenage girl who is left to take care of her younger brother who is merely six years old. Their parents are dead so its the older's job to take care for the young. Overtime, the siblings getting attached to each other but this causes problems for the sister. She can't have a botfriend (Even though she is beautiful) nor she can hang out with friends. One day, her friends suggests that she must put up the brother for adoption. What should the sister do at this point ? I really need some serious suggestions so I can progress with my story

Their parents give them what they want, they usually fail on their exams and I get As, their parents shower them with gifts, when we went to their house they had tons of Xboxs and PlayStations that had been Broken, they said that they don't care, they destroy our stuff and are not mannered, I am glad that my parents punished me and raised me into a good child, when we went to pray, they kept screaming, they had the same religion as we do, they hit their mother and steal her money, they once gave me a nerf toy gun, then they kept eating the darts and destroying the toy gun, I told them to stop because it was expensive, they said it is just a gift they gave me from them, how rude! I just don't know why? My family and theirs had the same amount of money yet mine raised me and my siblings well, At first I was expecting them to behave on trips, but they just won't settle or respect anyone, they keep mocking mom because she raises us better than their mom, but I can't fight them because they are fat and they are taking the advantage because they are better at making people mad and misbehaving, like What the heck?

It's practically my fault for not paying attention to him teaching and not knowing what to do to the point he yells at me. Sometimes he hits me in the back of my head for clumsily answering a question or burst out at me. I hated him for doing that because after a moment, it would calm down. But after hearing him yell always shakes me. I hate him to the point I really want to jump at him and kill him to let him know how I felt. But I simply couldn't because he's my dad and he loves me... but I really hate it when he bursts out on me

Is 15 old enough?

My mom put oil in a pan to cook chicken and then she went out into the garden. With my Dad and grandma. She asked me to go do the dishes. Im 12 and my friend was over and i didnt go do dishes right away. But our house burnt down. My mom said if I has went to do the dishes it wouldnt have happen cause Inwould have seen. Is it my fault our house burned like my mom says?

I've been with my boyfriend for 3.5 years. We are both 21. We are both saving for a house deposit. So far we have 18,000. We want to aim for 40,000 maybe 50 even. I'm still at uni and have one year before becoming a fully qualified teacher. My boyfriend and I planned to be looking for hourses in 2 years time. He is a person that has to have the latest thing. He is an only child, and in my opinion he is very babied by his parents. They pay his phone bill, he doesn't pay house keeping and whenever I go over to his we get no time together as his parents are always barging in his bedroom. My boyfriend wants a brand new van (costing 23,000). He only got a new one 2 years ago! His parents have said they will lend him the money. I've told him my concerns about our savings and that he should really think about it. (I think his parents are lending him money on purpose so that it postpones him moving out). He decided not to get van. Apparently his parents are really annoyed at me. His cousin sold a bag I got her for Christmas on facebook !

Imagine living in the country but with a few neighbors a mile or two away. There is this African-American man that is from Haiti who has lived in our area about the same time we have... and every evening, night, or midnight he will literally start screaming at the top of his lungs, sometimes start talking to himself LOUDLY, or will say random things. Sometimes he will scream things in his own language. It doesn't really bother me because I've gotten so used to hearing it so it's not really a huge deal especially when my parents are asleep. I'm just curious but what's going on with him? Is he drunk? Is this some sort of tradition he has brought from Haiti? Is he cursing or putting spells or hexes on people? What do you guys think? He has also lost his sister, dog, and some family members I think. Yeah I think he had family in Haiti and the 2010 earthquake killed some of his relatives.

All of this happened today rather in the morning my mom just recently forgave pops for something that went down couple months ago and we let him back into our house after kicking him out for the time being m. It's only been 2 weeks and we my mom peered into my dads phone and caught someone sending nudes and the sender from my mom was a lady who owned a cigar shop so to sum it up my mom who has dealt with extreme physical abuse from dad (as kids we were forced to run upstairs and hear the beatings so we're infourtunatley used to this) anyways mom decides to say to dad I'll kick you out of the house again and this triggered something in my dad to go full ape on my mom and I am trained to do nothing but watch and advise them to stop ( really a calm dude) but I end up getting dizzy from this and yell at dad to stop which makes him slap me across the face (ima dude btw) my little sister is 12 so for her to witness my mother in such a state was sad it also hurt more because dad said we had to sit there and watch.. my older bro came home though and pulled my mom out of it <3 but yeah any advice we locked him out and things have been hush hush for the most. I m chilling in bed and thought I need to get this off my chest or I'll be sick

My brother went through a bitter divorce several years ago, I helped him out for two years battling his ex-wife and her family so he would stay out of jail (his ex charged him with abuse when she was more abusive than him), and so she wouldn't get all his money in the divorce settlement. Now he is friendly with all his ex's family, including his ex-wife and stays at her apartment a few times a week, and tells me it's all water under the bridge, and now I am the bad guy because I refuse to speak to them and he says I'm mentally ill. We share a two family house and I want to sell it, I can't stand to look at his face anymore, he betrayed me.

I'm a fighter and that's all my dad focuses on. Of course he's always been a terrible man and would tear me down for other things but now all I am to him anymore is an athlete. At my last fight, I didn't do so well when's I fought a girl 100x more experience than me when it was only my 2nd fight and needless to say he walked out during my fight and treated me like ****. I don't want to quit, I want to fight more than anything but he keeps bringing me down as if my athletic performances dictate weather or not I'm worth anything. I want to move to my mothers so bad but I can't because I know I have a better life with him financially and academically and I feel like I'm running out of options

My big sister & me were best friends when we were kids but then we drifted far apart & she absolutely hated me more & more as the years went on. I didn't even like coming out of my bedroom because she would give me crap, call me names & try to bash me down mentally. My little sister & me always got along great until our big sister came around & my little sister would start to treat me like sh!t just to gain our big sister's approval. She would automatically turn on me. We had a single mom who was a man-hating feminist, always playing anti-man songs, always making women out to be victims & blaming men for everything, brainwashing us to think men are bad & women are innocent. She was always nice to me when I was her sweet little weak son, but when I grew up she turned on me. Even now she uses me as the scapegoat to project her hatred of men onto. She gives me the same evil look that my big sister always gave me. Ironically, they love thugs & bad boys. They love men who treat them like sh!t then turn around & take it out on me since I'm the nice guy. Whenever I'm nice to them their eyes get glazed over like they're drunk with power, then they start talking trash about me personally or about men in general. I tell them how this affected me but of course men can't have problems, we have to shut up & take the abuse. Then they feel guilty & apologize but do the same thing again. My female cousins also do this to me. Why are they like this to their own family member?

My husband & i grew up together because our dads were very close friends. My husband had a drug problem that I didn't find out abt until we were together. He got locked up because of it & neither I, nor his dad told my dad or family. As a result my dad felt betrayed by his friend when he found out & by me & my husband because he had a 1 on 1 talk with him about "anything" he should know. Me & my husband separated due to the fallout that ensued, my frustration with how he handled the situation &, i moved home for various reasons w/ our 4 week old. I understood his right to privacy but I felt that he could have tried to do some damage control. He reached out to reconcile after 7 month, he's sober, he's in individual counseling, working, enrolled in university & we are in marriage counseling. The issue is that my parents hate him; think he'll just live off of me & his family & they essentially threatened to never speak to me again if I reconcile with him..counseling has enabled us to see where we both went wrong, forgive each other, & preserve our family. There was a lot of hurtful things done from each side but I'm ready to move on cautiously based on evidence-based actions that show me he's changing. Idk how to tell my parents without them hating me. My husband isn't perfect, but I meant my vows. I believe showing him compassion and care will help him more than condemning him as a liar, criminal, etc & nurturing the seeds of greatness i saw in him when i chose to marry him.

In his later years of high school, he'd go off to work and then sometimes not even come home at all. He was still living at home. Later on, a while after he moved out, eventually some lady showed up at his mother's house with a baby saying that it was his. Apparently that lady later shacked up with someone else that she wanted to raise the baby (we still don't know if it was his or not), so my brother was "off the hook" for any paternity test or child support. Then he met this other lady. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She was raised by her aunt and uncle, who she called her parents. Very snooty family, so she was basically given everything she wanted early on. Then my brother married her. She's pushing 40 and has worked 6 months in her life. Got divorced from her ex years ago (the ex couldn't make enough money to satisfy her from what we gather by being around her) and married my brother. She had a stepchild (who is about 15 or 16 now) with the ex, so he has custody of their son 5 days per week. She wasn't working or doing anything with her life, so she didn't get custody except for on weekends. My brother had a child with her and my nephew is 6 or 7 now. Ever since he was born, we went down to visit with them and would watch my nephew. They'd usually call us up and invite us down while they went somewhere, so it was a pre-planned thing. They never wanted us to just come down and visit as a family - it was always a "watch my kid while we do x" thing. When my nephew turned about 6, my brother got really crazy. We stayed the weekend there and watched my nephew, then after that he started pushing away from the family. They were gone to Florida for a few days. His wife then started saying that our mother was "mean" to her, but yet it was his wife that was always going around turning her head and not saying anything. She acted snooty around us. The ex? He hangs around their house. An awful lot. My brother used to be the man of the house and tell it like it was. Now it is like he just changed out of nowhere. So much that my brother has paid his wife's ex to do work in their bathroom, on their floors, etc. Any time the ex would come over, she'd change into a skimpy outfit and focus her attention on him like he was still her husband. My brother would say nothing. He'd be running around try to do stuff. Now my brother has come up with something about how my mother "always judged our father's side of the family" and some weird stuff that I don't even know what he's talking about. It is like he doesn't have sense enough to know that her ex shouldn't be hanging around his house. He hasn't seen a lot of his family in years and hasn't tried to make contact, but he says that we're the ones that "aren't family" to them. Something has suddenly gone wrong with him for some reason. We didn't even know a lot of my father's side of the family. They were reclusive and kind of crazy. I didn't even know any of them, either...so I have no idea what he's talking about. I grew up with him the whole time, so he doesn't know anything that I don't. He has basically cut off his family and claims he's happy. He got offended when we asked why the ex is hanging around their house so much - and even defended the ex. I don't know of any person that would accept an ex hanging around. He claims that he's "happy" and that they're doing well. A bill collector called my mom looking for my brother's wife. A bill collector called me looking for my brother. Both were about 6-9 months or so ago. My brother denied knowing anything about it. What could be going on with this? How did it freaking derail? It is like he lets his wife and her family boss him around. He claims that her family has "taken him in" with them and such. He's not the same person for some reason. The last visit, there was beer all in the refrigerator, various alcohol all in the cabinets...it looked like a bunch of drunks lived there. Her family apparently drinks a lot. This doesn't even seem like my brother talking. He acts like he's in a rage or something. They just seemed so angry when they got back from their trip. He was never one to drink when we knew him before he met her. Any time we'd visit, he'd say, "Let me check with HER and see what we're doing..." Does it sound like she's just using her family as a stronghold on him or what? Her "dad" (uncle) helped him get his job. When he wasn't making enough money to support them, we helped them. Now he acts like we haven't done anything for them and tries to lord the job all over his family. He's trying to use my nephew as a "pawn" to get back at family by denying contact, refusing to talk on the phone, etc. Just seems like the man has lost his mind. What could be going on?

I have never met my father and I know very little details about him. At one point my uncle s girlfriend was fb friends with his mom nut since I don t even know who he is this made things very challenging. I was wondering if anyone has had to deal with something like this. For the record, Im only 13.

I found him on facebook and I have been "stalking" him. I have never met him, he left before I was born. My mom never talked about him and the past couple of years I moved out from my mom and I hardly talk to her. I am 16 and should I add him on Facebook? If I do what should I say?

So I m 23 years old and my brother is 34 we are very close to each other and my sister-in-law and I get very along together I always come over we always hang out and we have fun but I never truly knew if my brother is getting married should I as his little sister be in the wedding? And if so what part what I play at? And by the way the wedding is in Mexico on the beach

I was visiting my aunt over the weekend and some moments felt they had a little tense. I'll give some details: I'm 19 and my aunt is 50, we are biologically related and have been close for a long time. I certainly don't have a crush on her or anything, but she is fairly attractive for her age. For starters, she wore low cut tops pretty much the whole time I was over. Also, when we were making desert I got strawberry sauce on my finger and she open her mouth and pointed to it. I put my finger inside, she closed her mouth and we waited for abour ten seconds while the sauce dissolved. Both nights I was there she offered me backscratches that went on for ages while we watched TV. These events felt highly sensual, do you think she intended on this?

She uses me as a pawn by bad mouthing my Dad whom she divorced and telling he he does not love me because he can't love anyone and that his family does not love me even if they like me. However, the evidence shows this is not true when I am with them. My mother's words put fear in me I will be rejected. I am an adult living on my own but I see both parents. I won't cut me mother off totally but I see her less and less because of this. She is always making jabs at him but they divorced in 2001.

They're flying on Southwest airlines and I'm really scared they're playing my crash I don't know what I'll do if they die. I have to going to foster care? I'm really scared please help they just laughed and said planes don't crash when I told him not to go. Planes to crash I've seen in history books and I'm really scared. My grandmother even knew someone who died in a plane crash. I'm scared please help I don't want them to die. No commercial plane has crashed in the USA in 8 years so I feel it is inevitable.

I am an adult but have to see her some or I won't be able to see the rest of the family.

I do not know why but my parents do not love each other at all. They fight often, mostly about money and blaming each other for their problems. I feel like I am somewhat responsible for their fighting. Should I do something to help? Thanks for all who answered so far. My parents have a steady income but still somehow fight about money (they are Chinese) .I don't understand. I really wish my parents are more understanding and kind to each other. My dad blames my mom for being lazy and not having a job while my mom blames dad for this moodiness. This makes me wonder how they even became a couple in the first place. I really really want to try and help but they do not listen to me. They are both stubborn and adamant.

So I want to go live with my dad instead of my mom. Idk how to tell her though. She doesn't want me to go on dates, she won't let me do the 2 thing so love most next year cause she has to work. I feel like I'll have better opportunities if I live with my dad. My mom is a single mother and lives with me and my almost 1 year old brother. I feel really bad if I leave her with him alone cause my ex step dad life her too. How do I tell her I want to live with my dad?

Hello, yahoo I am a 21 year old Mother. Me and my mom had a falling out in March and every since then I was place to place. I don't have a family member that have enough room for my son and I. The family member whom house we were at always made slick statements about us being there so I've been sleeping in my car since. My son is with his paternal GMA right now due to me working, but he can not live with her. Nor can I. His dad who was my biggest help. Is in jail until June 15. I work at subway. Which doesn't pay much. I have A car that I'm not supposed to be driving. I didn't make the payment In two months. It's in my son's dad's name. I'm really depressed . I told my mom our situation but she lives in an apartment now and she says that we can't be there becAuse we will get her kicked out because we are not on her lease. Shes not on any public housing. She pays out of pocket. It saddens me. When I go over she rushes my son and I to leave. We had a falling out about money. First she said we could live with her now she says no. Yahoo, I'm about to lose my mind. The only time I am at peace is when I'm at work. Then I have to worry about where my son and I will go to at night. Shelters are not an option