Family: Question: Is this normal ?

Question: Is this normal ?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:52 PM PDT

My 24 year old sister is disabled she can't stand to hear women on tv screaming. When she's watching a murder show or a scary movie when the screaming part comes on she turns it down and gets upset about it. Even though she loves scary movies. She never did like hearing it since she was a kid. When she was younger our mom would watch a soap opera or a horror movie they'd have women either crying or screaming their heads off shes cover her ears or run in her room. I hope this is normal for people like this. She likes running around screaming herself but on tv it scares her. Is it normal for people like this ?

Question: I m having problems with my mother?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:52 PM PDT

So my mom and dad have been addicted to drugs my whole life. I m 17 now. I haven t seen my father much except for a few times sence I was 5. My mom has been on any drug you can imagine. After an invent full child hood I told her I wanted to move to the same town that my grandma lives in thinking it would help her drug habit. It didn t. For the past 2 years we have lived in an apartment and she is constantly doing drugs. Even offering me some. I have done everything I can to help her get off of drugs but all she does is find ways to blame me. Everything is always my fault. She has been to both rehab and jail multiple times. It s never helped. Last year I dropped out of school after finding her passed out on the floor several times. She has overdosed on heroine 3 times in 3 days. And she still does it. I m at a total loss here. All i have ever done is try to help her but she just yells. I really don t know what to do.

Question: My uncle is moody, drunk, and abusive to his wife. Yet my Mom loves being with him. Why might she stoop to this level?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:51 PM PDT

Question: My aunt hates her daughter. My Mom is starting to hate her niece for her sister. Should I join them?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:49 PM PDT

I feel bad hating the cousin. All she did was lose a job and have some bad habits. Her mother has hated her for about five years now and my Mom is beginning to hate the niece as well. I want to fit in with my Mom and aunt's hatred but I kind of like the cousin. We live in Ohio and the cousin they hate (their daughter and niece) in New York. I feel awkward hating a family member but my Mom and aunt are experts at family hatred.

Question: My moms boyfriend bought my sister some shoes and not me. i'm not jealous or anything its just weird (read description)?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:38 PM PDT

so my mom's boyfriend bought my sister a pair of really nice shoes that cost a lot of money and she hits him bites and and gets on his nerves till the point where he wants to hit her. of course he doesnt because she is only 13. but im nice to him and dont bust into his room and attack him and cuss him out and stuff i help him with everything he asks and whatever he needs i give it to him. he often says to my sister. why cant you be like your brother and not bite and be rude all the time. he didnt say that trying to be mean. but hes saying that she needs to stop. so he goes and buy these expensive shoes for her and leaves me with nothing. and this happend right after she said i hate you and i wish you could die and i wish you could leave and never come back. so it kinda wierd right? he gives the rudest person the best gift. odd... but any of you understand this? thx

Question: How can I report a child runaway if I know little info about them?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:36 PM PDT

I asked a child if she was lost, she said she ran away from home. The girl looks about 11 or 12, maybe even 10! I can tell she has a lot of anger and resentment towards her parents. She has money, food, and survival stuff in her backpack but it's VERY dangerous for a child to be out here alone. I'm talking about an inner city neighborhood full of drug addicts and homelessness. She apparently came from a suburb about 20-30 minutes away from the big city, and took random public buses to get here. She didn't even know what location she is in, and is planning on making that cabin her home. I don't know how old she is for sure, but judging by her looks she's either a pre-teen or a teen. I don't know her name, and she may not be staying in that exact location 24 hours. We are in Canada. BTW. I'm very worried for this little girl, and she stated that she doesn't want to go back home with her parents.

Question: How do I tell my little sister is making a big mistake?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:23 PM PDT

My idiotic parents are encouraging her to go on a mormon mission of two years which will put off going to college and I highly doubt they'll help her with school and work after shes done her mission. She is completely walking into a trap and my parents are screwing up her future by telling her to put off going to college and rather waste 2 years of time spreading the word of a religion that most likely isn't true. She's a lot smarter than they are and she is being brainwashed by a bunch of apathetic half-deadbeat bloodsuckers.

Question: How can I escape my overbearing Mother while being disabled?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:20 PM PDT

At the age of 28 I suffered a massive stroke, so I went from being completely independent to now being under the supervision of my Parents. The problem I have is that my Mother refuses to even leave me home alone(at the age of 33)and is controlling every aspect of my life including choosing a romantic partner. It appears and feels like She is purposely trying to keep me under Her control. I need help finding the resources and money to be able to move out. I'm currently on disability and have a small savings and a couple credit cards. Furthermore, when I try to address the problems I have with Her She gets angry and shuts down. I'm finding out She's kind of an awful person. My Parents even tried getting Guardianship over me!

Question: Is getting after me about not doing stuff kind of just a means of looking for something to complain about?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:16 PM PDT

Always complaining my family, but I did something good such as apply to college and when I told my step dad about it, he honestly could have cared less and then later yelled at me about something stupid. And my mom told me not to apply because she wanted me to wait for whatever stupid reason? Probably so that she can later complain about something else I guess, but my main complaint is that I did do something right and they discourage me and shoot me down, so why complain if they're going to discourage me? I'm very upset about this.

Question: Is it bad that my mom makes me use social media?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:27 PM PDT

I'm 15 years old and my mom takes professional photos of me. She gets me all dressed up nice to take pictures outside or inside. Last week we went on weekend and I could barely enjoy myself because she took pictures of me the whole time and made sure I had my hair and makeup done. I have not posted the new photos on my instagram yet she found out and screamed at me..I will post them tommrow when I want to..overall she gives me prep talks about how important it is to use Facebook and instagram and that she wants me be popular and show off my "good life"".. She keeps talking about She can't wait until my prom photos and boyfriend.,she's so annoying..is it bad that my mom keeps making me use social media?

Question: My aunt wants us to hate who she hates. I don't always hate who she hates. How do I handle this?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:25 PM PDT

My Mom is the same way but not as scary. She is starting to get through to my Mom and cause her to hate people unjustly the way my aunt does. My Mom is very gullible.

Question: My sister is a difficult person to be around. How do I love her since she is family?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:22 PM PDT

Question: My Mom is best friends with her brother. Might they be lovers?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:21 PM PDT

Both are married but unhappy marriages at times. Might they be lovers and siblings? They travel together and her brother is not even that nice of a person. They are soulmates.

Question: Do you have strict parents?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:20 PM PDT

Question: My brother's family will move in our house in 2 weeks. i hope it won't t get too crazy. anyone deal with relatives moving in?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:19 PM PDT

Question: Didn't get accepted into an academy because of my mistake, how do I tell my father?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:18 PM PDT

I got accepted into a early college academy because of high PSAT scores, and I'm going into junior year. I had to mail back a form that required my permission to go into it, but the deadline was before July and I couldn't get it in. My parents are divorced therefore I couldn't come to my dad's and mail it. I can no longer get in, I emailed a counselor there and said I basically cannot attend it because I didn't return the form. My dad just broke up with his ex, and now I have to somehow let him know I can't get in and get a free scholarship. I'm upset that I can't attend it, but I'm more afraid of how my dad will treat me. Deep down something in me didn't want to even attend it in the first place because of high expectations of students, but I only wanted to make my dad proud. I'm not as worried to inform my mother about this because she is very understanding. My dad excepts a lot from me and my sister, and now I can't go to this acedamy because of my mistake, what should I do? My dad is very scary, and he already told all his friends about my acceptance, and he cares about his image, he's a narcissist. Btw, I am taking AP classes next year, and passed AP Biology last year.

Question: Why does my 14 year old daughter call herself "trash?"?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:17 PM PDT

She'll just randomly say "haha I'm such trash." or "I'm literal trash." And then she laughs about it?

Question: My mum made me so insecure I burst out into tears?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:14 PM PDT

I'm so mad right now. Everytime my mums mad at me she targets me only. I have acne not bad but I do. My skin isn't clear and she calls me spotty whenever I do something or just in general noes she's started saying they won't go away cus u pick them and all u have it loads of scars. Today well just about 30 mins ago I came down and she said oh your scars and targeted me again for no reason I had enough cus my brother said ew and the others looked right at me and I felt so insecure and angry I just burst out crying and ran upstairs and she's talking to my dad idk about me she's called me a ***** and everything I can't deal with it anymore I want to ******* die 😭😭😭I'm sitting in my room right now crying my eyes out I hate my mum and my skin and my life😭😭😭😭😭

Question: Would advertising billboards pay well?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 11:36 AM PDT

My brother left us 20 years and never contacted his family until two years ago. A year later my mom passed away. My brother said he makes money from the billboards we see while driving. My brother will not give me any information about how he makes money even if I ask him. He always acts like he is so great even if he isn't. Is there a good chance my brother makes good money with advertising billboards or just a living wage?

Question: Dad drinks alot?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 11:30 AM PDT

Hi, I'm only 13, but my dad drinks alot and gets angry often. I wouldn't consider him an alcoholic, but he is pretty close. He drinks several bottles of beer and wine (the mini ones that are almost the size of your hand). He drinks, watches TV late at night, and often falls asleep at the kitchen table watching TV. My mom keeps telling him to stop, but he always says how good beer is. I always worry about him! I'm worried he might fall or something. After all, he is almost 70. Right now my parents live separately, but we are working on moving together again. Do you think he needs company? I don't know what I can do to make him lay off of his drinking! Any help is appreciated! Thank you

Question: Is this Dad being taken advantage of?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 10:32 AM PDT

My boyfriend of six years has a 22 year old son at home. i maintain my own home. My boyfriend is always talking about preparing his son to leave home. I recently found out (accidentally) that the 22 year olds best friend is moving into the house with them. And not only that, but the friends pregnant girlfriend. These kids have jobs and families and there's no reason for them to be crashing and eating at my boyfriends home. (he works till late in the evening). I have no rights or say, but I don't at all like how this is going down.

Question: Someone in my family passed away and there were two masses for them.?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 09:15 AM PDT

I didn't go to the first one but I'm going to the second one but I'm worried that the rest of my family will be mad that I didn't go to the first one. Do you think they'll be mad?

Question: How to encourage transition from childhood to adulthood?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 08:32 AM PDT

Looking for advice to give to an 18 year old.

Question: How can I get my dad to be more supportive in my endeavors?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 08:10 AM PDT

I just feel as though my dad doesn't really care that I'm in college. Whenever I am studying for my classes, he'll tell me, "You study 24/7, you need to get a life, school isn't everything." I am a Biology major with intentions to become a PA. I take hard classes, so I have to spend a lot of time studying. I really want to get into this field. My dad upsets me when he puts me down like that. Even when I used to get really good grades in high school, he even asked me once, "Yeah you get good grades in school, but anyone can get good grades what specific talents do you have?" It upset me when he said that. He's hard to please. It seems like no matter what I do he's never happy. I've worked very hard in high school to get to this point and am working really hard now in college. I am the first person from my family to go off to university. I just wish my father was more involved and supportive in my endeavors. Thankfully, I have the full support of my mother. She always pushes me to do my best. I just wish my father was the same.

Question: How can I convince my parents to remove my second name?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 07:47 AM PDT

Okay so in my country, nevermind how old the person is, if he or she wants to change their name, their parents have to sign the papers. I know, it's stupid Anyway, it's not very common for people to have two names. My second one is a very rough name, and I really dislike it. I like to think that a name represents the person's personality and I have found this theory to be very true. Anyway I am a very gentle and artistic person. My first name does indeed say that. But my second one is very rough and I just don't like it. Whenever I try to talk to my parents about removing it, they don't want to discuss it. I understand that it's not very nice but they are not the ones who have to carry it. They don't understand how much it hurt whenever someone in school or highschool called me by that name. And yes, I've told them everything I just wrote above and they still don't want to discuss it. Anyway, any tips on how to talk to my parents about it?

Question: What do I say to complaining sister who annoyed everyone at event?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 07:04 AM PDT

My sister wore heels to the park and then complained all day about the dirt and soft ground. There were too many bugs for her at the picnic, she didn't really want to go to the beach, she said the potato salad and chicked gave her a stomach ache, and she was on her phone the whole time not really participating in the discussion. I love my sister but she singlehandedly brought everyone else's mood down. The only thing I will say was that she was very generous buying everyone ice cream including all the kids present and also paying for bracelets for the amusement rides. Not that she rode any, she only got on the bumper cars not anything else, she said they give her a headache. She basically complained the whole time. What do I do or say to her?

Question: My fiance called his mom "baby" and it creeped me out a bit.. Is this normal?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 06:57 AM PDT

This has happened on a couple of occasions. Usually when he is getting off the phone. It's soo strange to me! I mean, baby, that's what you call your significant other/lover or your acutal baby. Not your mum, right? I'm just so curious how it ever started! I know they are close because she was a single mom and he was her only child until he was 13. It's just very weird to me. Is this normal? I mean I love my parents to the moon and we are very affectionate, hugging hello and goodbye. So it's not as if I object to affection..Anyhoo, the first time he said it on the phone. I said Who was that? And he said my Mom. I literally thought he was lying to hide that he was talking to a girl he was seeing or something. But sure enough, every now and then he calls his mom baby. Like Bye Baby or Love you Baby. It's weirds me out. Am I overreacting?

Question: My Mom and aunt had a big fight over how to decorate my late Granny's house. Might it be they have other issues inrelated?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 06:56 AM PDT

Now they are not speaking to each other all over how to decorate their late mother's house to put it on the market. They haven't spoken since April except once at a funeral. All over how to decorate. Is there almost certainly other underlining issues or are they both this petty? My mother is known to hold grudges and feed herself anger and my aunt is known for big dramatic blow ups. They are the only two women in the family (they have 3 brothers but they behave like adults).

Question: My Mom is best buddies with her brother as they gossip together. Yet, he is everything she is mad at her other brother for being..read below?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 06:54 AM PDT

She likes her brother who she is gossip buddies with's wife and so she forgives any and all transgressions he makes. Yet, she hates her other brother because his wife is not as nice and is more distant. So she insults him everyday and won't forgive any mistakes he makes. They are her only two siblings. The problem is the brother she is gossip buddies with and forgiving to has kids that are a lot older then me. The brother she hates has kids my age (I am 13) that I'd like to be friends with. I am not allowed to see them because my Mom hates their parents and over trivial things. So how do I get her to let me be friends with my cousin and this forgive the brother she hates? How can I get her to see the brother she loves and is buddies with has mistakes more then the brother she hates? The one she loves is cause he is nice to her even though he is mean to many others. The brother she hates is sometimes distant to her because he is tired of her insulting his wife and criticizes how he disciplines his kids (she says he is too easy on the one with Autism) The brother she hates is nice, just a little sarcastic. The one she loves has a huge temper at home and owns a family company of his wife's families so only works a few days a week and travels whenever he wants. The one she hates' only has trivial flaws like he can be sarcastic like our grandfather is. He can pull away when hurt that people insult how he disciplines. And his house is not pretty according to my Mom

Question: Should I punish my crazy daughter?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 06:49 AM PDT

My daughter thinks my brothers sisters and their children never liked or helped us during distress. I know they never liked her because of her bad manner and selfishness. She's very jealous and trouble maker. For her curses, my brother died, I had diabetes, my brother's brother in law died, my niece fell sick. She is never normal. God has punished her with heart failure. She has also been used for medical research. She thinks she doesn't deserve those pain. The hospital has gone against her. She deserves that. How can someone find peace by cursing others? She thinks she's superior than my family. How to stop this **** from tuning my peace?

Question: MY MOTHER makes us live in filth what can i do!? PLEASE?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 06:22 AM PDT

She never does her dishes, ever, she just lets them pile up by the sink and as soon as i cave and do them she starts some huge project like making homemade spaghetti sauce or something and of course leaves the mess. She never cleans the house either. i do that because i usually don't mind since i am living here for free while i go to school but i have always had to clean everything since i was a kid because she won't do it! and the other day when i went to do her dishes i found maggots in some of them i was so grossed out and threw them away and today i look in the kitchen and she literally took them out of the trash and said she cleaned them!! how disgusting is that?! also my little brother is getting like this too! my mom insists on having this dog who she never trained so it just shits all over in my brothers room and he will sit in there with it, without cleaning it up! he has autism but i don't think thats why i think its the laziness he learned from her and he literally just plays games all day and shits himself because he's to lazy to get up to go to the bathroom and never showers unless someone complains that he smells! what do i do? i can't move out I'm a college student i just turned 19 and i am trying to save enough to move to the other end of the country but if i get and apartment that will take years and i really need to get her to see how gross she is. please help!??

Question: What do you do when your family pulls douchey people into your life?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 06:09 AM PDT

When you have family that befriends douchey stupid people and you end up being in positions where you have to stay around them

Question: I have to go to my loser brother's 4th wedding this Saturday. What do I say in the toast to the loser and his new wife?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 05:58 AM PDT

He is such a loser but I have to go cause it is my brother.

Question: How does sibling rivalry help or hurt in a family and in development of the personality?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 04:27 AM PDT

Please do not make this about looks in your answers but more about the wonderful you might be on the inside and please tell me at least one thing you really like about yourself. Competition helps others to strive to be more and for families with only one child this might be more important and trying to compete with two brothers was enough competition for me and it doesn't mean I am dumb because in some areas I test as a genius and could of been a beauty queen but do not like to be in the center of attention but it doesn't mean I do not want any because everyone needs to feel they are cared for. This is not an ego issue but of about healthy character development. If you raise your children in a belief system of no ego development then they might feel not important and that is sad because everyone is important in the eyes of God. So competitions between siblings and ones of the opposite sex is also important because then you learn to have healthy relationships as an a adult and learn respect for both sexes and helps to have healthier intimate relationships also. These things should be taken into consideration when you get involved with someone. No matter what sexual orientation is chosen as an adult it is good to respect the choices of others and not force them into roles they do not want. I know a friend this happened to and it can make you do some coo coo things so sex education is good in school when it is done in a healthy scientific manner so kids grow up without hangups. Nothing is perfect but family values help. If you had some problems in your family life please do not discuss them with others or intrude in these matters because so many misunderstandings can happen. Abuse is wrong and there are extenuating circumstances so it is best to not judge. I have a friend who got in serious trouble just for peeing outside& hope he is forgiven for this because sometimes when a guy has to go they tend to water bushes & wish some crimes could just be forgiven because it's silly to make issues out of little things. Mike question was not about work but more about how the personality can become more healthy from the rivalry and thank you for your thoughts

Question: A teenager was staring at me theough the window, what do I do?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 02:50 AM PDT

I got finished showering and forgot to close my window, when i was in my room changing i noticed a teenage boy staring at me with binoculars. should i do anything about it?

Question: Ladies (help) got a crush on my step sister!?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 01:03 AM PDT

I really need help, because I feel that my step sister is being very unfair to me. We're both still teenagers (I'm 15 and she's 16). I have had a crush on her, and I did a few things that made her call me a "pervert". I admit I did steal her underwear, but I didn't ever think she would notice. She got really mad though, and now she found out that I have a medical disorder, that affects my sexual development. So she is making fun of me, and calling me her "sister". And she told some girls in school about my lack of manhood (cause I'm less than 2 inches down there), which is super embarrassing. Why does she treat me like that? Isn't what she did way worse than anything I did? I still have a crush on her, but now she got a boyfriend who she says is "ten times bigger" than me. I want her to like me, but she just calls me a pervert. And I always thought "size doesn't matter", but she says the opposite. Why does she think like this (honestly)?

Question: What should I do, my family is in peices on the floor?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:25 AM PDT

I am 13 almost 14 and my mom got married a while ago to my two lil sisters dad and ever since then he has been abusive to my mom but she won t leave him and seeing my mom getting abused gave me depression ptsd and really bad anxiety I ve moved from place to place and we were homeless 4 a while we got in our new house about 3 months ago and it has been hell. My mom has changed a lot she used to be my bestfriend and now all she does is yell at me and my sister but she will give the youngest ones what they want, and it breaks my heart everyday. I want to get imancipated but in Utah u have to be sixteen and with my mental health issues I get anxiety from working. My mom and her husband don t have a job so they are just yelling at eachother all day. And when I m with my grandma I feel so safe and all my worries go away but I can t live with her cause the place is to small. And it makes me so sad. And my mom tried to commit suicide and that roped my heart out of my soul over and over again. And I just don t know what to do. I m either doing something wrong or my mom is just plain upset with me. I NEED HELP PLEASE And one time my mom hated me and my sister that she dropped us of at a motel started yelling at us and left us there and my aunt saved us thank the lords 4 her. And my aunt would get a place bit her renters thingy is not good and when my mom came and got us she didn t even say sorry she just acted like nothing happend. I am heart broken and don t know what to do.

Question: Would leaving my job without notice be irresponsible?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:19 AM PDT

Okay, so I hate to sound like an edgy teenager, but I have a problem. I am starting my third week as a cashier in a supermarket and it's awful for my generalized and social anxieties. I haven't felt so disgusting and anxious in quite some time. To add to the fun, my mother disregards my anxiety and calls me a quitter. She also tells me it's merely a phase (despite me having severe anxiety since I was a toddler.) I am seventeen, my father has cancer, and my mother keeps stressing me out to the point where I am suicidal. I cannot bare to face my employer at all. Do I just leave without saying anything?

Question: How would you feel if you were me?

Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:11 AM PDT

Married at 18, left home. 3 yrs later divorced abusive husband. Earned my degree, been raising my 11 yrs old on my own for 11 yrs. I now have a degree, decent job, nice car & a home in the U.S.. I go home to visit every 2 yrs. When I do, I give shower them w/ $ & gifts. Last yr I gave my dad some $ to buy himself a nice scooter. One morning I walked down the stairs catching my dad showed my mom his wage & she asked, "did you tell her?" He replied, "Im not stupid." I went back upstairs. A yr later, my family had some issues with my aunts who threatened my dad (while my mom wasn t home) that they would reveal the truth about my bio father. This conversation was recorded by my niece & was later sent it to me. I went home this yr & asked my mom about it. She confessed she had kept a secret from me for 31 years. My dad is not my bio father. My little sis is my half sister. I asked & she let me meet my biofather who I looked very much alike, I had no desire about him whatsoever. My mom s reasons for keeping the secret from me were because she wanted me & my lil sis to grow up and love ea other like full blooded. My dad is on my birth certificate (not bio father). My dad is a better role model. My mom said, "your dad said he loved you as his own, not for your $" Now that is contradicting with what I mentioned above about his wage & "I m not stupid" answer. I feel I can t trust my mom. I wish I was created by my dad because I love him very much. I wish all I know now wasn t true.

Question: Should I feel upset at this or am I over reacting?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 11:58 PM PDT

So my cousin literally only textes my sister and plays games with her over text but on the other hand they never text me or even play games with me at all they only text my sister all the time and I'm kinda getting sad that they are only texting her like my sister isn't their only cousin would anyone else be sad about this ? Or am I just over reacting? I need other peoples opinions on this

Question: Is she my aunt?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 11:43 PM PDT

Okay, this is pretty ****** up, but please just read along.. My grandma got pregnant with another man. She cheated on my grandpa. She's 56, and she apparently hasn't gone through menopause yet! Sadly, the baby has Down Syndrome. My grandpa eventually divorced my grandma, and the family just fell apart. But, is my grandma's new child my aunt? My cousin? Who is she to me? Is she related to me or my mother? Is she part of the family? Somebody please explain this ****** up **** to me.. my mother can't explain it right.

Question: My teenage daughter (13 yrs old) is draining me. What should I do?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 11:38 PM PDT

All she wants to do is play video games, internet chat, and eat junk food all day. Her grades are very poor and she rarely turns in her classwork and homework. When I took her electronics away because of her grades she cut herself, screamed at the top of her lunges, and ran out the house screaming help me! help me! to my neighbors. This happened over a week ago, and ever since then she's been asking when I will give her stuff back. When I tell her that I'll give them back when her grades improve she throws fits and starts screaming, crying, and breaking things all over the house.

Question: Are my parents normal? I live in a 1 bedroom apartment w my parents & my dad is a hoarder; boxes & dirty clothes and useless things?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 11:23 PM PDT

Me, and my parents, 1 bedroom apartment, and my dad s a hoarder. I can t remember the last time I saw the floor of the apartment. the stench is horrendous.. Theres no real place in the apartment to have privacy or to be alone, which is to be expected. I share a room with my mother where I can t go 5 minutes without her criticizing me about something. I have to share a bed with her as well, so I can never be truly alone with my thoughts. Or have space. I never feel clean. All of that is out of my control. Ik there s folks out there who have it way worse. Bc of my dad s hoarding problem, and me sleeping in bed w my mom, sometimes I like to sit outside or in my moms car to get some privacy or just be alone or have some space.. to get away from all the mess, and my dad literally gets paranoid that someone is going to break the glass windows of the car and kidnap me while I m in the car (I can t make this stuff up) so he forbids me from sitting inside the car anymore or simply sitting on the stair case of the apartments. Even when I politely reassure him that the car doors are locked and I m right outside the door and we live in a safe neighborhood and my phone is right on me. So I am not able to sit outside of my house at night when I want to have fresh air to get away from my dads hoarding issue.. am I in the wrong? Or are my parents a little off? I am 20 yrsold and a student and saving up for my own car, I have a job and a life but in my down time I just like some space..

Question: My sister-in-law walked in on me as I was changing clothes, only wearing navy colored bikini briefs. How do I not act awkward now?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 09:46 PM PDT

I'm a pretty shy guy, but I decided I would go up with my older brother's family to hangout at their cabin and swim. He's about 12 years older than me and my sister-in-law, his wife, is super pretty. She won beauty contests early in her life, but is also a nurse and highly intelligent. Given that I practically blush just talking to her, it was extremely humiliating that she walked in on me as I was in the process of changing out of my swimsuit. It's a small cabin and there isn't a door to the bathroom, just like a sheet you cover. I'd taken my swim trunks off and put on my navy colored briefs. I was riffling through my bag looking for my shirt when she walked in, kind of bent over, making it look even more awkward and embarassing. I wear the low rise type of bikini briefs with a bit of spandex, so they are form fitting and stay in place. It makes them more comfortable, but kind of a bit more embarassing in the sense that they aren't loose, they really hug curvily to hips. She turned around pretty quickly and slid the cover back in place, but we met eyes; she clearly saw me standing bare in my briefs, the easiest underwear style to make fun of. She'll always look at me when I see her and picture me all exposed in my speedo underwear. She mumbled some sort of sorry, but then just quickly walked away. She clearly felt uncomfortable about it; she knows i have a shy personality and would never want her to know that i wear man bikinis.

Question: Should I move out of my hometown?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 09:28 PM PDT

As the years progress I realized that I find myself getting more and more emotional due to past bad experiences at home and in my hometown. I'm currently a full-time college, but to be honest I really hate school. I'm only going because everyone else wants me to go. I'm starting to get distant from my family and all I seem to want to do is move far away and start a new life elsewhere. What should I do?

Question: How many children have you raised?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 08:43 PM PDT

Question: How do I get my brother not to brag when he gets to do things I don't as it makes me feel sad and jealous?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 08:22 PM PDT

Question: Is this sexual assualt?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 08:14 PM PDT

so my grandma has a wife(long story). I have always known her wife as Nonni. Anyway, my Nonni's parents live with them. I went there one day with my mom and my Nonni's father who is almost 80 slapped my butt and asked me how i was doing. I was really stunned and didn't reply and stayed away from him the rest of the day. i told my mom and sister about it but they didnt think it was a big deal. I've also had problems with my Nonni. She used to full on kiss me on the lips and it grossed me out so much. One time when we were in the super market we were all talking and she leaned in and tried to kiss me. I made a gross face and my grandma noticed.after that i told my mom to talk to my Nonni about it and she eventually stopped. but even till this day she is really weird. When she walks by me when i'm laying on the couch she feels the need to grab my feet or my leg. I was outside wearing shorts one day and when she walked passed me she grabbed my knee really hard and she was about to walk away but she brought her hand back and rubbed her hand on my thigh and said "your legs are really soft". Keep in mind I know that my Nonni doesn't do any of this to be sexual she just doesn't know boundaries and it makes me uncomfortable. is this considered sexual assualt?

Question: Do you think my dad sounds like a jerk or is it me?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 08:14 PM PDT

I have a week off from school. I just finished my summer classes and I go back this thursday. My dad wants me to take his car in for an oil change. He also says he knows a guy there who can give him a discount. He told me to take it in for him and tell the people that I'm his son. I said I'll have him do it since it's his car. Here's the phone conversation between me and my dad: Him: Did you take my car in yet. Me: No I was going to have you take it in. I took it in last time and it's not my car. Him: *raises voice* get it the f*** done you aren't doing anything. Me: I just finished a college course that you couldn't pass. Go f*** yourself f****** b****. Yeah complexity theory? You don't know it shut the f*** up. Him: *hangs up phone*

Question: Is it weird to physically fight with your siblings?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 08:13 PM PDT

I am the second oldest of 5 kids, but I don't get into many fights with 3 of them. There is only one who i can't stand. He is now 13 and has finally grown and become more muscular. We get into bad physical fights, ie. punching, kicking, pushing, knocking to the ground. We never would take it too far, but this year he is taller than me and more solid. I am a gymnast so i'm not very big and he is in football. There is an obvious difference in body structure between us. Now he aims for your face and really tries to hurt me (slamming the door when my arm is there, push me down the stairs, ect) unlike before when we would hit each others arm or leg. (he is always fighting with someone in my family its not just us who fight) I just want to know how to stop him from really hurting me? and Is it normal to physically fight with your sibling?

Question: Should i feel bad for eating 2 granola bars?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 08:07 PM PDT

My father went to the grocery store and bought a 40 pack of granola bars and i ate 2 of them and now i feel bad because now there is only 38 when originally he bought a 40 pack. Should i feel bad? I am crying right now.

Question: If your father cheated on your mother, would you cut off all contact with him?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 07:59 PM PDT

I suspect my father is having an affair. If it turns out to be true, I don t think I could have any kind of relationship with him. It would hurt me so much if he was doing that to my mother. She doesn t deserve to be treated like that.

Question: My Dad likes to insult me since I am ADHD and so my social skills aren't the best. I cut myself as a result. How do I stop this and the hurt?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 07:51 PM PDT

The hurt from my Dad insulting me. Like I posted something on Facebook he thought was TMI (Too much info). It was nothing personal or gossipy but just genealogy. Maybe I went a little overboard. As a result my Dad insult me and so I cut my skin and put scratch marks on my back to get my embarrassment and anger out. How do I stop this and the hurt of my Dad's insults? I only cut when someone hurts my feelings which is like 4 or 5 times a year and almost always my Dad.

Question: My father is Hispanic, so does that make me Hispanic?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 07:47 PM PDT

Question: Which of my siblings ain't the same century as I am?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 07:34 PM PDT

My brothers will be ABC and D Bro A is from 1995, Brother B is form 1999, Brother C is from 2000, while brother D is from 2003. I am from 1999.

Question: Is it okay for a boy to physically fight his sister?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 06:59 PM PDT

I'm 17 and my sister is 15. We always get into fights that involve punching and shoving usually because she purposely makes me mad by throwing my things away or breaks my things that I've worked hard for. For instance, I bought myself PS4 and she dropped it and tried to act like it was an accident. Last week she broke my mac book and I got so pissed off because it was a birthday gift. I fought her while my parents were home which usually doesn't happen and now they're forcing me to go to therapy because they say it isn't normal for me to hit her. She's just as much to blame and she's very deceiving and they never believe me when I say she's done the things she did.

Question: How do I stop an 11 year old from playing the Blue Whale app game?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 06:43 PM PDT

Her parents are neglectful and won't pay attention to their daughter who happens to be at risk of danger! The Blue Whale app is an app that gives people 50 dares. The first ones are more appropriate ones such as hopping on one foot for 25 seconds or take a selfie. They get more dangerous (e.g climb on top of the roof, use a knife to "draw" a whale on your risk... and commit suicide). She just started this game, and I can't really stop her because I'm a teenager myself as well and I'm not her mom. I live in Canada. Are there any emergency hotlines or services that will deal with this before something happens? Oh, just so you know, they say that if you don't kill yourself or do something really stupid and dangerous someone will go after you because they have ALL your info from your device.

Question: I feel like my dad doesn't love me?

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 06:30 PM PDT

My parents have been divorced since I was 3 (I'm 16 now) and I live with my mom full time but I see my dad one weekend a month and one week each month in the summer. For the last two years or so, though, I haven't been coming over as much because I'm a teenager so naturally I'm busier and my dad works out of town. I completely understand that. But whenever I text him, he ignores me and whenever I ask if it's okay for me to come over, he either A) ignores the question or B) say I can't and tells me why (I'm sure he's making up excuses). Also, he never texts me first or invite me over to his house. I feel hurt about this whole situation...I feel like my dad doesn't love me or care about me. It's an awful feeling. What should I do?