I turned 18 this year and never had my room like a normal kid. I've always had to share a room with my parents because of personal situations. And don't tell me to move out or anything because I'll be a senior this fall and so not ready to move out for another few years or so. It's just really depressing me, I've always wanted my own room but now that I'm 18 I don't know if it would be the same if I got my own room now than if I did younger. I'm really sad. What to do?

So, it is award's day, I only got one certificate (All A Honor roll), and my mom is yelling at me for only getting one award. What should i say in defense to saying that it doesn't matter how many i get?

I want to Find My Birth Father But I Don t Know his name all I Have is his Nickname which Is Meek And my mom meet him in 1994 and got pregnant in august I was born in march in 1995 I live in Alexandria Louisiana and he is in the military he was just visiting Louisiana when he met my mom I know he was in his 20 s

My sister really loves the Beatles she said Ringo is gonna be in Virginia it's too far I wouldn't drive there for anyone. She said it's not fair it's the only time he's gonna be close to us. It's not close it's 10 hours away. She can't fly she doesn't do well on planes she doesn't have any other friends who like them. I made her cry when I told her I wasn't taking her. She wishes he come to Ohio or West Virginia. She said singers always start their touring at the beggining of the year she doesn't get why he's waiting till fall. She's really made at him not to mention upset with him. She's also really mad at me. How can I help her feel better ?

My mother married my father too young and when they moved to the united states from Ukraine, she realized that life wasn't as easy as it was back home. My dad who has anxiety and depression and possible adhd only has a high school education while my mom does have a college education. As a chuld I remember my parents constantly quarrelling my mother was very cold critical and mean to my father. She used to cut him down and tell him he wasn't worth anything and that he didn't try hard enough my dad would fight back as well. It was hell I used to hide out in my room. My dad had a few mental breakdown which I believe was the result of stress from fighting with my mother. He was the family scape goat and as a kid I didn't understand the fightinbg and took on my moms perception of my dad which was that he was agood for nothing. I have since reconciled with my dad and I really love him. Well my parents got divorced about 10 years ago and hear I am I have anxiety and depression im 33 and living at home and in debt. Im unhappy and just recovering from a marijuana addiction that made me lose my job. I don't feel like living often and my mother once calls me a loser now and all of her unfulfilled dreams seem to now all pointed at me. Im working on finding a job but the depression and anxiety is bad. Any advice please my mother does not see that she does any wrong and if u contront her she cries.

Ok well one example is social media. She will NOT let me have an instagram. Whenever I ask her she says I have to keep my room clean for a month. I kept it clean for almost a month until one day I bring it up and she says I can't have it because I have to ALSO do extra chores AND keep the bathroom clean??? She keeps adding more and more "surprises" to and the deal and adding more days. I'm so sick of it! I get picked on for not having social media. I begged my mom for over a YEAR until I finally got Snapchat! I have NEVER proven her irresponsible on social media but she still things I'm not responsible enough. Oh, and DONT get me started on Pinterest. It took me 2 years to get that. 2 years for pinning things to inspo boards? SERIOUSLY??

Hello, everyone. I am an Azn/Asian (Chinese-American/American Born Chinese, ABC) guy here who still lives with my parents @ the age of 29 years old. I am from the city of San Francisco in the state of California.

Should I be worried? When I was younger he always used to drink 1 glass of wine everyday and that was it. Now I see that his level of drinking has increased. I am never around the house to calculate precisely how many glasses he Has on average but once I noticed he had three glassss in a row (first red wine then white wine). When I bring up the question he always says he doesn t drink much. Before my mom used to get mad at him for it but now she too is saying that he didn t drink much and I m just overacting. My brother and sister say the same. am I just overreacting or should I be worried!? He just drinks because he is bored at home with nothing much to do (close to retirement). He s not the type who would listen to you

I need some advice. My father owns a company. I called the VIP to see if he would allow me to cater one of his events. He said yes then immediately started talking to me about private business matters. Mainly their accountant whom was also mine at the time. I mainly listened and nodded. I repeated one thing he said to my mother. She in turn told my father. The day of the catering event I walked into my fathers office and played dumb but started asking his VP questions in front of me then turned and looked at me and asked do you have any idea where mom would get this information. The gossip he was feeding me was not confidential,yet I did not want to out him as a source of gossip. Then I had a birthday party for my mom (this is 2 months later btw.) he again cornered me in the kitchen and started asking me where I got the info from which he new good and darn well the entire time. I refused to tell him officially although I know he knew .he then told me he was asking because his VP told him I told him that. The VP whom is trying to get the accountant let go called the accountant and spread the false rumor. My dad believes him not me. I find it crazy and am ticked off. This happens a lot with my father btw. How should I handle it? I called the VP and pleaded with him to tell the truth. In turn me father got mad that I called him. It s the most blatant lie ever told.

My dad's wive's son had touched me innapropriately. i was afraid to tell anyone until i finally told my brother. then everything went downhill. i mean he lied about it and everyone believed him. but i actually cant hold a grudge against him because hes my step brother. but he hates me. its been a year since that all happened, then today i tried following him on instagram, but he blocked me. i want to apologize to him. i just dont know what to say. i know he did stuff he wasnt supposed to but im not mad about it. please help!!

So my dad is a great guy, he goes to church and buys us what we need and supports the family. He is really honest too or so I thought. When we were in the car I saw a number texting his phone with hearts that wasn't my step moms so I was curious And looked when he went into a gas station. I saw messages from a girl and he was sending her pictures of us, her kids, and they were talking like she knew us. I scrolled more and there was a lot they were talking about and apperently they were together before I got with my dad from my mom too. I felt betrayed because my dad said he was on a work trip and I couldn't believe it. I looked at the area code for the number and it's a few cities over from where we live. I'm going to continue to dig into this and find out who this women is, I know it's wrong but without My dad my step mom can't afford anything and if she knew they'd get a devorse. Idk what to do. I'm going to tell my 2 closest friends but idk what to do and who to tell because his can't keep going on. If I tell my dad it will be too akward from then on

Hubby is younger of two boys and always does what MIL wants from divulging every detail of our lives to loaning $1000s. I've always been told that my SIL (BIL's wife) is no good and that I should distance myself because she's outspoken, and they don't like that. Last year, SIL had a life-saving surgery (from panic attack caused by MIL) and MIL told us to not care or ask about her. Hubby went along with it and so did I,but now I see that MIL is the problem.

This has been going around for two years and when ever I call the cops they don't do **** and never had. I have already been almost taken by child services once but I don't want to leave. I would never leave my mother behind and I'm just tired of this stupid **** that happens. He fights in front of my siblings and I but when he brings his spoiled brat son he complains about how my mom is fighting in front of him. The cops don't come by anymore when we call and for my dad I don't want in my life he constantly is on drugs, abuses my mother and makes her cry. I am sick of this I don't want some rotten man to treat my ma wrong she is beautiful and independent. she kicks him out leaves then he comes back the next day and they have makeup sex its ******* disgusting. For six years he has been calling me names like "Fat" "Retarted" etc I'm just tired of it. I want him gone but he just wont leave. he has sent me texts saying my mom is a dirty whore and pics of her and honestly I feel like crap the phone with all the proff send him straight into jail is broke and I have took to apple so many times they said t cant be fixed and I need to replace it. I want him gone he is a pathetic *** excuse of a man. F(13) also he is a very very very large musculare man extremely racist extremely rude and has been in jail around 6 times I hate him

I'm a senior in high school. One day I was having a panic attack and I called my dad to meet me, he said to stop acting like that whatever respect I have left in my mother's eyes will be gone considering she doesn't like me anyway. She always says mean things at my face like how I should kill myself or she'll kill me, that i'm nothing and I can't do anything. She wants me to go away so that she won't have to see me again. She's always hitting me one way or the other. She hates my friend(I only have one friend). She tells me to share everything with her and just when I start to she starts making fun of me or gets angry. She won't let me do anything let alone sit in my room alone. She'll always be like what are you doing. She won't let me listen to songs or read books, use phone. I do all these things behind her back. What do I do? I have been depressed for 3 years and have other problems too.

I recently found out that my dad that I grew up with is not my dad and that my biological dad has recently died. Long story short mi step dad hasn't been a good parent and I think hes using me to get my family to give me money and heres the problem I don't really care about their money I just want to get to know them and be apart of their life and I feel like if I accept this money they will think I'm just using them. What should I do?

Not saying that working moms don't (before anyone assumes) but why?

I live with my girlfriend and her 12 year old daughter, and I struggle to save money. I pay my share of the rent, my phone bill and I just graduated college, so I am preparing to start paying that off in August. I like to think I am fiscally responsible, and I loath overspending, but my girlfriend loves to eat out, which that along with groceries makes buying food our biggest expense. She came from a household with three other kids where food was abundant and her parents were grocery shopping on a daily basis. I let her know I am not okay with that and I would like to save up money to invest, and to go on a trip overseas in the next few months. I am tired of going to places only to have my card declined, and I'm tired of being broke, but I don't know how to create a budget. How can I do it?

Last time we went, she yelled at me to give her my socks and I told her that I would be more comfortable keepin them on my own. SHe told me that I cant do it myself because im "clumsy". she then proceeded to tell me to go take a walk outside and take a deep breath. Then when I went out, she yelled to come back and to not walk away with out her. SHe then thought that I hat her? She started to cry... I told my mom (my parents are divorced and I was at my dad's when this happened) and she said that she has mood swings Im kinda scared of her, but I want to go back. I forgot to mention that when we got home, she told my dad that I slapped my sister, and now my dad says that I'll be in trouble next time that I even have a tone wh=ith her.

I have been living with a family friend who has been considered my big sister for a very long time, for about 3 years now. Ever since I graduated high school. They have done a lot for me and I am very close to her and her children. I consider them my real family and always have. Lately, I have been in fights with my sister. She gets mad at me for literally everything I don't do right. I help a lot around the house. I do dishes, take care of trash, clean bathroom, help with the kids, and many other things all while having a full time job to pay half rent and other bill. She is a bit of a joker, she likes to laugh so she jokes around a lot. But some of the things she says to me or about me are very hurtful. She tells me I don't do enough around the house, she sends me mad texts when I'm at work informing me of everything I didn't do or didn't do right. She acts like she is irritated at me for the littlest things. I usually hold everything in but when I do let it out she gets very mad and says I am making her out to be a bad person. When that's not what I'm trying to do at all. She makes fun of my appearance but tells me she is joking. We have 3 other sister's that she never does or says these things to. I understand that we have lived together for a while and that could be part of the problem. But I can't help but think I'm either crazy or there's something dealer than just an annoyance from living in the same house. Has anyone else experienced this?

I graduated high school on Tuesday and when it was time for the ceremony, I was in a rush because everyone made it seem like we were gonna be in major trouble if we were there at any time passed 7. I didn't get any photos in my cap and gown with my family because I wasn't really thinking and I had even noticed people still taking photos but thought nothing of it,now it's bothering me because I was hoping to get some but my mind was everywhere that night and I feel bad because my mom told me it disappointed her, usually when I dissapoint my mom, I feel crappy but then get over it... this time it's different, it's been 2 days now and still, it's eating me alive, probably because it's a milestone. and I was even thinking about asking the rental place if I could just borrow their gown for a few hours since I don't need a cap, I have the cap. How can I let this go? I talked to my mom and she said we can make it up at college, I asked her why it was a big deal and she said because I'm a more stubborn child (true) but she's very proud of me how can I let this go? Whenever i talk about it she's like "You're still talking about this?"(lol) help?

I just discover I have more siblings( no thanks to my parents) and I really want to be closer to them, how do I do that? ps I'm really shy and what should I do if they don't like me? I really want my brothers and or sisters to like me

My older sister and her husband recently retired and they are selling their house and moving away this summer. (He wants to live somewhere warmer.) They have held family events at their house, including a large family reunions, for years (since my parents got too old to host such things). Plus, she has done more than her share in helping out with parental health issues. She is hosting a last family event at her home in July, I would like to present her with a special gift or something, but I am at a loss. Any suggestions?? (They don't need money.)

My wife and I divorced, and we had two daughters one was my stepdaughter I adopted. Now it pains me that my stepdaughter now is 24 is saying I molested her, which I absolutely did not. I cared for that child as if she was my own worked just as hard for as I did my other daughter. I did not treat them any different. The reason for my divorce was just that my wife seemed uninterested in me and just seemed she was perusing someone else. Late night calls, telling me that my stepdaughters father wants her back and etc. I just don t know what to do anymore, she is spreading the thought that I did that, which I never even came close to thinking of plus I was a truckdriver always gone. Does anyone know what should I do about this situation?

I know I asked this yesterday, but I forgot to include a few details and I think that messed up the answers I got. I have a laptop for school (we have a desktop but I'm basically not allowed to use it cuz Mom's always on it in the evenings). It's almost dying, the internet goes out at random times, it takes 5min to load a program, the USB outlets don't work, and you have to jiggle the power cord to charge it. They've said for months that they'll get me a new one. We even picked out one! The trouble is they just won't order it. Every time I ask they say "we'll do it tomorrow." Well, tomorrow rolls around and, "we'll do it tomorrow." And if I ask too often I get yelled at for nagging. I'm not asking for anything fancy, just something that works. I don't think they'd like me going to the library to do my schoolwork as they don't generally like me being out after school unless I can prove I'm with someone else's mom. I know they have money, they spend way more on things like buying extra shoes for Mom. I'm also not allowed to earn money or have a part-time job. Their line is that Dad makes enough so I should focus on my schoolwork and not worry about money. They do this a lot with non-money things too, like if they say they'll do something for me it just never gets done. The problem here is whenever I ask mom's playing a game and doesn't want to be interrupted, or it's dinnertime and they'll do it later, or they're going to bed and they'll do it later, or something. I've asked about doing chores and such and the answer is "no you have to be home, if you want to do chores we have plenty around the house." Which of course I wouldn't be paid for. Again, they don't see any point in me earning money, their idea is that Dad makes enough so I don't need to make money. I mean, I could do chores around the house, I just don't think it would affect anything. It's not that they think I shouldn't have the computer or haven't earned it or something (and they are adamantly against me sharing the cost). It's just that every time when it comes time to order there's something else they need to be doing and they can't be bothered to actually order the computer right then. They definitely have money, dad has a really good government job and they order more expensive stuff than one laptop for my mother all the time. And they tell me I'm not allowed to earn money because "Dad has enough money, you should just focus on your schoolwork." Also mom's basically always playing a computer game or doing something in the evenings - she's always on the computer if it's not dinnertime or something.

This past week I had a family get together at my home. We had a big party and cookout. I always like to have things to try to get all my family together. Well my family came over, and my husbands family. I went outside with the rest of the family to hang out. While my mother in law we inside, and my sister. Well today I found out my sister was busy be mouthing me while I was outside. My mother in law told my husband. She was also making rude comments to get her as well. I believe that this happened because my sister had been making underhanded, sneaky rude comments the whole time she was over. It's nice to know that you try to be nice, and have a nice time with family, and get talked about behind your back. Needed to vent. What are your thoughts?

We moved nearby my parents-in-law for his work. Now they are too nosy. They act like they are trying to help us but intrude in our life more. My father-in-law offered some money even without asking and force us to start savings and other stuff. We have some financial problems we are trying to handle. We can understand they tell for our wellness but sometimes we couldn't take it. They wanted to take control over our lives. Even my husband tried to explain them but they get easily offended. This situation is creating lot of stress between us. We fight a lot because of this in spite of dealing with our own problems. My FIL compares my brother-in-laws life with us, which is even worse. We don't want his money, nothing we need from them. How to stay away from them being in same town or how to take things easy. I am afraid this would ruin our marriage. Please help.

Once I graduate college, I plan on leaving my family for certain reasons. Due to those same reasons, I can't leave my little sister with my family. Her life would become hell. By the time I graduate, she'll be 15. What can I do so that she can come live with me legally?

My sister fell in love with giraffes since the April baby was born. We live near a metro area that has a zoo. She wanted to go but I told her I'm unable to walk far distance because of foot problems. She went ahead and bought tickets for both of us without asking. She doesn't drive so I would have to take her. How should I confront her about being so inconsiderate? Thanks.

She's 22. She has her own money. But she still expects people to buy her stuff or share their stuff with her. And if you don't, she'll attack you or try to make you feel bad. One time there was no food in the house and I ordered a pizza and she got mad because I wouldn't give her any and called me selfish and wanted to attack me. I didn't have to give her anything. It was my pizza that I bought with my money. If it was the other way around, she wouldn't share with me. If anybody's selfish, it's her. She only thinks about herself. She doesn't care about anything or anybody but herself. I'm sick of her. I don't like her. And I don't think she likes me. I wish she would move out already. I can't stand to be around her anymore. I'm tired of having to walk on eggshells around her or I'll be attacked. And I can't defend myself. I can't live like this anymore. I'm tired of having to live in fear. But there's nothing I can do.

What I mean by killer instinct, is trying to get into a fight and just go insane. My brother has a big problem. Whenever he is drunk, he goes insane. He is currently living with my sister, and yesterday he was drinking and came home. My sister told us that he broke the door, threaten to punch her. My sister cried, and my mom talk to my brother yesterday and started to cry. My mom told me, why did she born a son like this? I'm the only son who she rely on now. I'm a patient guy by the way; there's never a time where I get really mad, because I learn to control my emotion. I try to tell my older brother, but he is hard headed and think that he is always correct. Is there anyway to fix his temper when drunk?

However, not all uncles are creepy. My mom's from a small family; my dad, on the other hand, is from a large family. I consider my mom's brother to be normal altho he's a cop. Two-thirds of my dad's brothers make me feel uncomfortable. Not to brag but I've never seen my dad manifest any tacky or cringeworthy behavior towards my cousins in all of my almost 30 years of life. In fact, I remember him holding only normal conversations with a few of my cousins, especially the males. My only uncle-by-marriage isn't creepy. You might ask, "Why don't you just stay away from those paternal uncles who make you feel uneasy?" My reply may be something like, "I might pass by them for a snack/drink or to go the bathroom," or "They went up to me or I was at a certain area before them." I see plenty of questions on YA! and search [engine] suggestions about creepy uncles. The narrator for a true scary story I stumbled across mentioned that the uncle he was staying with was creepy so he didn't want to wake him up when something suspicious was going on outside at the middle of the night. And there are message boards discussing creepy uncles. Why do guys act weird/different towards their nieces/nephews, especially nieces?

I'm 15 and she's 16. Recently she's been creating different trash bags and categorizing which recyclables go into each bag. I tell her it does not matter which bag each recyclable goes into because when they get sent into the recycling plant they will get mixed up and later crushed in square shapes and to be reused later on. Then she proceeds to call me stupid. What is her problem? It seems as if when I try to tell her something she always tries to make herself look better. It's really irritating. Even if I'm somehow wrong she shouldn't be calling me stupid.

Ok so I met this woman who was dating my dad while she was married to another man. At first I got along with her. She claimed she worked for CPS, FBI, and had a gun. I never seen proof of that. What was weird was that she was staying with my father and she started acting as if she were the owner of the house and would get mad if I was in his room bc that was where she would stay and I needed that room to do my hw. She would slam the door in me and my dad's faces. She talked mess about me while she was with my dad's niece who bullies me and is a sociopath. She would treat her nicer than me and one time she was yelling at me and saying she was a 'real' woman while my dad just stood there and didn't say anything. He thinks what she did was acceptable but it wasn't. She would make mean comments whenever my dad would let me do my hw in his room. She would bring her children and her children's friends to stay at my dad's house. She would sweet talk my bully in front of me as if she were trying to throw it in my face. She claims she pays for everything, but I wouldn't think so if she constantly comes and stays with my dad for months, while her husband is back home taking care of their home. I don't think a woman this 'smart' would act like this.

My parents are rich. They own hotels and penthouses. The things is, they aren't the type of parents that buy their son gucci, bmw, etc. Heck!, I don't even want any of that. All I want is for my parents to love me and not blame me for everything and take out all their stress on me. Some things they say, "you are a disgrace", "If you don't approve of our rules, get out". Ps they're rules contain of no listening to music in the house and you can't you use phone except for calling. They won't let me be social. Also I wanted to train in swimming and soccer over the summer, and they're forcing me to go visit my uncles houses so I can learn how to do maintenance. WTF? They also say i'll never be a surgeon, despite being an mostly A, some B student. All my cousins have nice cars now, and they said "yeah, we're never going to buy you that since you're a terrible kid". Even when they know I'm doing hw, they tell me to get out of my room and come downstairs. What do I do? Ps: I am 16.

I m 15. My parents divorced a few years ago and I live with my mom. I hate living with my mom because she lets my sister physically abuse me ya know the usual. There s many reasons but I ll just save them so this isn t too long. I usually go to my dads a few days a week to spend time with him and I m happier over there except my stepmom can be a witch which is why I live with my mom. My brother is ftm. He was born a female and has now transitioned to a male and I love him and I m so proud of him!! My dad is not accepting at all and even though my brother came out years ago he still refers to him as "her". When I m with my dad I still say he because I m not transphobic and I accept my brother so I ll always say he and him and his. Today my dad texted me saying that I m not allowed to say "he" anymore around him and I have to say "she" whenever I m with them and then told me "I m warning you". My dad has a history of violence like hitting me and my siblings when we were younger and he would beat my mother but he hasn t touched us for a good 5 years. I ve had arguments like this with my dad before and it always ends with us not talking to eachother for months. I love him and I don t want to stop talking to him but he s so harsh and I m not going to stop using my brothers preferred pronouns. My brother lets my dad say "she" but it just doesn t feel okay for me to say it and I refuse to do so. How do I handle this without messing up my relationship with my dad.

I currently moved to hawaii with my family because my dads in the military. im 21 and will be working full time till January when i go to school for my associates and afterwards im going to move in with my bf who lives back in maryland the problem is my parents hate him and dont approve of him. by the time 2 years is up ill be 23 with my degree and thinking of going back and getting a job there and then going back to school eventually for my bachelors. im scared that my parents will complain about it, i dont know what else to give them. im going to school like they want me to its just they wont let me live my life with the person i love. i dont know what to do if i should tell them me and him are back together or just not tell them at all. we broke up in the first place because my parents didnt like him. its not what i wanted to happen at all.

So my many siblings and I grew up in a verbally, emotionally, and somewhat physically abusive environment. My father is a pretty big narcissist, and it was pretty rough. Now that some of us are older, I'm starting to get angry at how my siblings have turned out (but I don't want to be)! I've worked so hard as I've gotten older not to be mean to others, or yell for no reason, but it seems like no one in my family has even tried. My oldest sister, who was the scapegoat, cut herself out of the family, and only sees us every couple of months. She calls and emotionally manipulates my mother for money. All she does is talk about herself, and if I try to tell her about a problem, say with a guy, she just calls me a slut (even though I've never even been on a date, and I'm 18!). My next sister used to be the protector of the family. She would make sure all the other siblings were fed and clothed when my father was home and going crazy. Now, she is pretty clinically depressed. She will freak out and punch walls over the smallest thing, and the rest of the family has to walk on eggshells around her when she's like that. I have a couple of younger siblings, and I'm hoping they won't have the same problems. How do I stop being so resentful of my siblings? I understand that we grew up in a difficult environment, but I don't understand why if I can restrain my anger, they can't. I don't mean to sound high and mighty, but please give me some advice. I really appreciate it!

I am turning into a furry! can somebody give me the advice to end this? or if I should end it?

My mother and I never had a good relationship, over the years it got pretty bad. She was both physical and mentally abusive. She has done stuff such as cutting up my hair, beating me until I had bruises because I didn't want to go to the boardwalk. She has told me she wished she had aborted me, blamed me because her life wasn't the way she wanted it. At some point I had decided it wasn't worth it and to focus on school and focus on myself. She had painted me as the bad person and I knew that I reacted badly to the way she treated me. I harbor a lot of resentment towards her because I had always been there when she needed me. I took care of my sisters while she worked all the time, I put my life on hold for them and it bothers me that she doesn't see it. I would do all the house chores, miss school sometimes to take care of my sisters when they were sick and I was being called a disappointment. Fast forward to when I'm applying to student loans and I didn't put that I was going to school for the spring semester and so all the loans I took out ended up being refunded. The check came and I didn't find out until months later that my mom cashed the check. I told her I won't be able to continue to go to school because of her and she blamed me for not telling her about the money and told me to get a job and pay for it.

So today me and my brother found text messages from my mom to another guy. The man said he s hung up on some married chick who lives half way across the country (he lives on the west coast and we live on the east). she knows him from when we used to live there, she was saying how she knows they re soul mates and how much she loves him. she also said that she needs to stay married to my dad for the sake of her kids. should I tell my dad what s going on? there was more that we couldn t read because she walked in her room asking for her phone back.

My dad owns a small software company. He always wanted me to follow his steps. I wanted to be a singer but he always said that that's not a job. I studied computer science as he wanted me to do since he paid for my college education but I did a minor in music. I worked for a year as a software developer and I hated it. I was getting paid a lot and my dad was proud and felt like it was because of him. I eventually decided to quit my job. He didn't take it well but after two months he kind of accepted it. Today, I got a job offer where I would be singing and I was so happy and I told him and then he asked me about how much I was going to get paid. It really bothered me because I don't know why he always has to ask me how much I make. I didn't want to tell him but I told him that I'll make $13 an hour. I feel upset and sad now because he asked me how much I was going to get paid and because I replied to him. How can I deal with this sadness. I wish that I would not have replied to him. It makes me sad because I know what he thinks about it. Yes, I made double that amount when I was working as a software developer... And it's not just that only but he wants to get in all my decisions, I tell him that I am going to do something and he tells me what to do but I wasn't asking him what to do, I was telling him. I just hate that he does that.

So lately I've been extremely grossed out by my mother cooking. I've noticed that she never washes her hands when she's gonna cook. Sorry for the TMI but she's always scratching her lady parts and continues to touch our food with her hands. The other day she went to the restroom and didn't wash her hands so she came out to the kitchen and slided her fingers on my spoon that I was using to cook something. Safe to say that I ended up not eating that. I wanna tell her that its really gross and unsanitary what she's doing but she'll get angry with me and say that I am ungrateful and I hate her. How do I tell her that she needs to stop doing that?

I just got home from picking up my daughter at her friends house. Since it was hot out and I did not go in anyplace and was only gone for about 20 minutes I drove in my bare feet and left my shoes at home.

Yahoo, my Son is 700 miles away with his Aunt in New York. They went to visit his Grand parents. When I was asked could he go I was only told they would be gone for two weeks. Two weeks will be this Thursday, but now his aunt is trying to switch things up and now she's saying they aren't coming back until June 15th. I have damaded that she brings my son back tomorrow like she said she would. She ignores my calls and when I call to check on my son I always end up arguing with the grandparents because i don't want him up there that long . I just want my son back home tomorrow. They refuse to bring him back down. I don't have the means to go and get him. What can I do? Is this considered kidnapping?

My father is somewhere around 53 years old, and I know he chews tobacco. I always hear him coughing.. but today I was sitting outside, and my dad was in his car leaving for work. He was in his car for a few minutes and I looked over at him and for the first time, i saw him pressing something that looked like a cigarette on his lips. I don't think he saw me, but he starting driving and coughing. Sometimes, he smells funny.. like cigarettes and something else. Is that just his tobacco? I've seen his tobacco in his drawers and stuff, but I never seen cigarettes, or weed with him or near him. Please help! Do you all think he's smoking? If so, is it weed? Or just tobacco?

I have 4 little sisters and 2 little brothers All under 6 years old, but they never leave me alone, they are always getting me into trouble, advice?

Ok, I know the title sounds a little ridiculous -- and maybe it is, but right now, I'm absolutely confused. Just to break it all down, I'm 24 years old and disabled. I was born with a rare birth defect which has caused me to have severe breathing problems as well as epilepsy. I often have seizures, and cannot walk for more than a few minutes at a time, so I never really leave the house. That said, I've lived a very sheltered life with my mother, and beyond what we do on a daily basis, I have very few social connections. Anyway.. to get to the point: the other night I was in my room playing "My Little Pony" on Xbox 360 when I heard a loud thud from my mother's bedroom. Instantly I was worried, and after a moment of silence, I decided to rush down and open her door to see if she was okay. At first, I didn't see her, but when I called out, she stood up from behind her bed wearing only a bra from what I could tell. The look on her face was that of horror, which confused me, so I asked what had happened. She told me that she fell, and basically begged me to stay away. This seemed a bit odd and made no sense, so I took a few steps into the room and made my way toward her. This was when it got really weird. As a approached the bottom of her bed, making my way around to the other side where she was, she began to scream at me -- telling me to get out. Thinking she was just embarrassed from what had happened, I continued my way to her, worried that she was hurt. Well.. to say the least, that's when I became horrified myself.. Once I got to her and knelt down to help her up, I noticed that she had no pants or underwear on. To top it off, I saw that between her legs.. something was hanging -- dangling, and honest to god, it looked like a rather large penis. Naturally I flinched away.. as did she.. and for a moment we were silent. I abruptly got up.. took one more glance down.. I just had to, and to my terror, it was definitely a penis -- an erect one with rather plump testicles at that. Sickened, I quickly rushed out of the room and closed the door behind me. Since that day, about a week ago, we've not said a word to each other. Every once in awhile we'll run into each other in the house, but we always pass by quickly and basically ignore each other's existence. So that brings me to the question here. Is this at all normal? Can anyone explain to me, how or why my mom would have a penis? I've had no contact with my father since I was born -- apparently he wasn't happy with my health problems, but I really want to know what's going on here. Has anyone else experienced something like this? Is it normal for a mother to have a penis? How can this be? I know I'm grasping at straws here.. but I want to understand. I've had no contact with my father since I was born -- apparently he wasn't happy with my health problems, but I really want to know what's going on here. Has anyone else experienced something like this? Is it normal for a mother to have a penis? How can this be? I know I'm grasping at straws here.. but I want to understand.

Hey guys I am going through an extremely difficult time with my parents, specifically my mom. I'm 23 and currently separating from my husband (yes we got married WAY too young). I'll be finished with my Bachelor's in the fall and right now I'm working and saving money to be prepared for when we do actually split. My mom is surprisingly cool about the split except one thing. Right now we're stationed in cali (he's military) and my mom figured that I would move back home (to the South) after the split and start my life. I told her that I really like Cali and I would like to stay here to explore my options for work since there are so many opportunities to which she told me, "there are no opportunities there especially when you're alone with no one not even family." and I told her about me getting roommates and she told me "if you do that you will absolutely destroy us." because she thinks its not safe. Also I might add that she's VERY conservative and she calls democrats libtards (I know its awful), which is why I believe she hates for me to stay here. She actually asked me if I was seeing someone else and I told her hell no of course not. I mean it was hard enough for me to tell her I was splitting from him. Guys she's guilt tripping me and making me feel like such **** I don't know how to do what I want without hurting her. Also y'all should know my parents are not financially supporting me in any way. I'm just so tired of my mom being so negative and hurtful I don't know what to do. She won't even talk to me on the phone right now because she's so mad at me! I know she wants me to move back to the south but I think there are better opportunities here and I love it here. But she just keeps on undermining me. What do I do? I want to tread lightly. I love her but I'm tired of her controlling me. She wants me now to enter the Air Force because in her mind that will 1. give me stability without a husband and 2. get me out of Cali

My Dad won't go to court so he is partly at fault also. I want to see my Dad and my Mom won't let me. She is mad because of their divorce. She ruins my summer and Christmas by not letting me have a Dad. How can I please let her let me have a Dad? How can I get him to take her to court (he says he is done fighting her). I hurt and am only 13 years old.

He's 22 I'm 13. Haven't seen him in about a year. As a young child (and him a teen) me, my other cousin and him would have fun regularly, but now that they're older they have lives, studying and relationships :'( Now every time in at my grandparents it's just me and my stupid sister. I have seen my other cousins recently but the 22 year old I haven't seen him in ages. I REAAALLY would LOVE to go ice skating or macdonaldd or something with him once again. I'm at my grandparents house now, so HOW can I get to see him again? I'm really just sad that I've lost what was once my fun cousin. :'( does he hate me now or something?

I am 76

It is now World War III in the family because of their feud. I wanted to stay neutral but have been forced onto the cousins side by my Mom and step-Dad so am having to boycott the aunt and degrade her hourly.