I'm 12 my brother is 15 and he's always punching and kicking me and beating me up till I'm on the floor crying and nobody knows how much he hurts me my mum does nothing the only person who could is my dad but he doesn't believe me cos he always acts really good near him and just a miniute who he got a pillow and through it at me really hard and the zip cut me and when he's with a certain friend he always bullies me and locks me in my room for hours he ruined my tenth birthday cos I got a bouncy castle slide and it wasn't the one he wanted to he started wrecking my room

so 2 days ago we had a family gathering and her stutter is a lot worse when she has to talk to a group of people. so someone asked my sister a question and she tried to answer but couldnt really manage it... then he imitated her stutter and everyone started laughing. my sister blushed and looked like she wanted to cry, i felt so bad for her. of course that was not the first time this has happened, my parents have done similar things to her many times and at school her classmates keep making fun of her too. and now my parents wonder why my sister doesnt talk much at home... why are people doing this? why is it fun for them to ridicule her for having trouble speaking? i cant see anything funny about it.

To make a long story short, I have been living at home since I had a stroke. My Parents have generally been overprotective, with my Mother being the most controlling. More recently She has done Her best not to let me meet or even be friends with a guy from high school I reconnected with on Facebook. He has a steady job, supports himself, we have a lot in common, and quite frankly we really like each other. The problem lies in the fact that He is a recovering heroin addict with a criminal record. We were honest about this with my Parents because He(and I) thought it was the right thing to tell them, out of respect. However, ever since my Mom literally screams at me to get away from Her anytime She thinks I'm talking to him. Which is any time I'm on the phone, even when it's not him I'm talking to! Her behavior about it has been crazy. Frankly He has been the most accepting guy I've ever met andHe loves my personality. Yet my Mother can't see past his past.

I can tell that he's addicted to smoking pot. It doesn't matter what you take from him, he will always just think about getting a good smoke. My parents make him pay $200 a month, and he argues how that isn't right and they shouldnt make him do it. He doesn't care about anyone, just weed. He lost his family, pets, and is losing money but that doesn't stop him. Everyday he goes out to his car and smokes weed. He used to do it in the bathroom, or just in the house but stopped in August. I cry because Im scared that he's gonna hurt my pets by making them have breathing problems. He lives in my parents house but any time they're gone he's going straight into the car. Doesn't matter if Im there. Im scared that if I ever leave the house with out my parents there, he will smoke in the house and make my pets suffer. I havent talked to him in months, and Im not starting now. Hes a terrible brother and whenever it comes down to weed or family. Its weed. Please give me ideas to make him stop. Hes 19 years old and made goals to move out this summer but it has ended and he has no plans that I know of to leave. Im only 13 and its making me stress out alot especially with school starting. Please help.

My sons's father and i met at a hotel we use to work at we started, messing around with no strings attach. Well we were doing that for 9 months straight everyday seeing each other and i thought things were getting serious. Well by late October 2014 i found i was pregnant by him. He was very upset with the news and at the time i really didn't understand why. He asked me to have an abortion, he was very bipolar about the whole situation. He told me to move in with him and all that good stuff but soemthing in my heart was telling me other wise. After me telling him no to moving in he distant himself alot stopped coming to bby appts, calling me and my unborn child names, i had no idea why. Fast foward to Feb. 2015 i was 5 months pregnant, his first baby mama text me while at work to let me know he was staying at her house and sleeping with her since beginning of Oct. 2014 and that she never even knew i existed or that he would be a father again. When i confronted him he denied it all, he had denied me my child everything. I stayed away from him, June my son was born and i let him be in the room that is a whole other drama story. He would come around and visit my son, then disappear then come back around again he did this for a long time. I found out he was drinking heavily and using drugs. He went to rehab but for the past year was living on and off with the other woman now he has moved in with me but we fight every day do to the past. I feel like this will never work

My cousin is 11 with ADHD and she thinks it's funny. I don't know if it's part of her condition but I've seen her actually laugh when someone is crying! She will mock and remind that person of their moment for a long time too. It seems to make her feel superior or powerful when she makes someone else cry (especially if the person is older than her), and in her perspective that person is "a baby" or "weak". Kids start having inside thoughts at around 9 or 10. They'll eventually figure out that some thoughts are inappropriate to say to everyone, and some things hurt others feelings. Everyone constantly has to remind her about being careful what she says or does. If she sees someone who is sad, we all have to remind her sternly: "No, don't laugh! Don't look at him/her, move on to your own business. You need to be kind to everyone". Sometimes it doesn't work but she can generally tell when her parents mean it and want her to be serious.

Firsr of all i was adopted by a black family but Im mexican and they want me to attend a black college but im not even black i just have a black family

Her father is a total POS. I've never seen anyone ignore a child as much as this f***er has. He keeps the baby in daycare on his days off so he can game and get drunk. Very sad. My baby girl LOVES my fiancé. He does everything for us. I work full time and my she is always with me. My fiancé has a great job in Scotland and he has tried to come here but the jobs he's been offered are a joke compared to his current salary. My fiancé visits often and together we pay for everything. I haven't asked her dad for a dome. He can barely pay his own bills. Also, I'd love to live overseas. It would be a fresh start for all of us. What can I do?

My boyfriend doesn t really have family and didn t have the best childhood. He hates the holidays. Told me he d rather work or spend them home alone not to include him becuase my family is not his family and he doesn t want to be included in holiday functions with me and my family. This hurt me. Makes me feel like a glorified **** buddy. My family is a big part of my life I don t see them much and it s small but I want my boyfriend to be there with me. I want to share this together and he seems not to care.

I'm 30 and I still live at home with my parents. Yes I know most people have moved out by then. But I have friends who is the same age as me and still live at home. I've had my license for a long time now. I want to buy a car now but my parents want to give me their old car. So once I start driving do I have to tell them where I'm going?

but he had the house in his brothers name since he helped him get it now my grandpa's brother won't give them the house is there anything legally they can do?

mom him fight,dad says I'm sleeping on couch,but dad visits me before couch,ouch,it hurts so bad. my mom becca never gives sex to mom, so he takes it out on me, then becca smiles at me at breakfast in morning asking me if daddy took care of my needs, no mommy ! I too young for needs.

I'm a 17 year old girl with a dad who spends his time telling innapropriate jokes to me which make me really uncomfortable like talking about when he used to sleep with my mum and just being embarrassing, e.g. When we're in Tesco pointing at iced buns and saying 'sticky finger?'. He also dresses in women's clothes but doesn't know that I know. My mum has bipolar and is no longer with my dad, I live with her. She has a boyfriend (been together 6 years) and every time he comes round I am pushed to sit in my room alone as I have no full siblings that live with us. He has 3 kids of his own all around my age but makes no effort to see if I'm alright and ignores me. He talks about me to my mum behind my back calling me attention-seeking but I really just am lonely. I don't know whether to wait it out and when I go to uni become distant or should I do things differently? I'm always making jokes and asking him questions, also making an effort with his kids. But I see him around 2 times a week which is more than they do yet he ignores me and hasn't once even hugged me

I'm 19 and I have a 2 year old and 3 month old I've been with the dad 4 years I work 6 hours a day making good money and i do college online. I only have to worry about 4 classes at a time this semester and then I have a month off. My daughter never gets attention because my son is little and needs me a lot and I feel like it's affecting her and my boyfriend is saying he can't deal with our son he says he wants to kill himself and we're not happy our daughters not happy and our sons not happy but I don't this is true they're happy with me but he says my son cries the entire time I'm at work and he doesn't eat anything because he wants milk right from the breast. We never do anything or go anywhere and I used to take my daughter everywhere and do a lot but I don't mind this I expected this for awhile my boyfriend didn't I guess he thinks we should give him up but I don't want to I make enough money I love my kids they're my whole world I don't have any friends and my family doesnt have time for me to hang out or talk so my kids are literally all I have I know life would easier without my son but I don't care he's my baby and I feel like I'd be an empty shell of a person without him if you're going to judge my situation I don't care I know I was stupid but I don't regret kids I'd probably be dead without them. I feel like I can give my kids a great life I make good money now and I'm getting my bachelors I'm doing good in school and I know in the next few months it'll get easier

So I have an older sister whos 28. She lives with my mom, always has. She doesn't have a job or go to school or do anything with her life but leach off my mom. Even when she did have a job she NEVER brought in any food or anything, just ate my moms. So my mom just got a little settlement and since then my sister has been harrassing her for more money every week. My mom calls me yesterday saying my sister is following her around the house asking her for $600 to pay her bills. My mom said she already gave her over $1000 in the past couple weeks. Then my sister gets mad when my mom says no and starts calling my mom horrible names like hag, bag, etc. I told my mom she needs to call the cops and get a restraining order because she shouldnt have to put up with this. This abuse has been going on for ages and my mom will call the cops then cancel it. So today my mom texts me and says i'm doing nothing to help her. Like what am I SUPPOSED to do? Go over there and drag my sister out (my sister gets verbally and physically abusive) and not to mention I am 7 months pregnant and already stressed. I sent my mom a long text telling her I can't help and I don't want to hear about this anymore. I told her she is letting her take advantage of her. Was it wrong to tell my mom this? I feel bad because I usually stick up for my mom and listen to her problems with my sister but I am so stressed I don't want to hear it.

This may be controversial but I have had enough of children on benefits getting far more opertunities in life than someone from a just about managing family. I am currently in 5th year at high school and recently got turned down from a University summer school because I was not on benefits. To me this is absolutely crazy why do they get to have a free summer school and I don t? My family is just about making it. I have never been on a family holiday we don t have computers or Netflix. Yet I see all these kids on benefits with their flashy new Xboxs and designer clothes. I was also turned down for a career ready programme because yet again I am not in one of the more deprived areas of my town. Not only do the kids on benefits get free meals and bus fares (costs about £25 a week for me) but they don t have to pay for uniform and get money for staying on. I don t understand why people who work are worse off. The benefit culture is horrible. Surely they should be encouraged to work. HOW IS THIS FAIR????

She is treated bad since her etiquette and mannerism is different from the rest of the family. Even at the wedding my Mom acted miserable.

My mil asks to watch my son because she wants to. We've never neededit and I specifically work late nights to never need a sitter. However I do appreciate it because my husband and I can go out from time to time. We came home yesterday wnd he was propped in front of tv with kids shows on. Hes only 3 months old. It's something my husband and I dont want. I'd hate to have her not watch him alone anymore. Should I say anything?

My daughter is 19 years old and met this young man at the technical vocational school she is attending. He was a foster kid until he turned 18. He works full time at a shoe store and is going full time to school to be a barber. He is on HUD assistance, on food stamps and who knows what other government programs he's on the dole. But that's not my concern. My concern is his biological mother who is in prison for life for helping her boyfriend (who for all I know may be the father of this young man) kill a police officer while attempting to evade arrest for production of crystal meth. I know this not because the young man was forthcoming about his parentage but because he told me that he was raised by his grandmother until she passed away when he was 9. I asked what was her name for I knew people with that last name and wondered if I might have known her. Once I had his grandmother's first and last name I googled her obituary, found his mother's name listed as a survivor and googled HER name. They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and I believe there is a lot of truth in it. Yes, yes, I know it looks as if he is working hard to improve his lot in life, but how well does anyone know him? He could be cooking up crystal meth in his apartment right now for all I know. But my daughter thinks the sun rises and sets in him. How do I get her to realize for 100 different reasons he's not a good choice for her.

So I have 2 kids from a previous relationship (11 & 9) and one 3 yr old with my now fiancé. He got transferred to another state about 9 weeks ago & we have been here since. I brought my 2 older boys with us because I thought it would be best for them to be with their mother. Their dad still lives back home & is a great dad but misses them terribly. My older boys hate it here & ask to go home everyday. My 11 yr old hasn t even been able to hardly sleep. My fiancé has always been kind of "mean" to my older kids & they really don t like him. It causes fights between my fiancé & I. I just don t know if the kids & I should head home or try & stick it out. Feel guilty for bringing them here & hate seeing them so sad. Please help!

My brother was 16 years old at the time.

"My enemy must be your enemy" is a legacy passed down on my mom's side of the family. My mother did it also when I was growing up.

so me & my cuz was suposed 2 go to my homies crib to chill n **** & before we headed over he txt sayin he got hit by a car n' we can't come. like 3days went by &i hadnt heard from him & he randomly showed up at my moms for dinner. but he didnt have a mark on him. i didnt say anything cos my mom told me not 2 & tht something must of happened for em to cancel & he doesnt wanna tell me. i dont want to think he bullshited me. my mom said theres no way he got hit by a car doin 20 cos he doesnt have a mark on em but claims hes got 1 broken rib and a hurt elbow. is it possible to have a broken rib&still play basketball- lift weights & jummp on our trampoline or is my mom right??

Ok so I got into a fight with my mom and we started cursing and yelling at each other because she always stares at me and I don't like being looked at and I told her before that I don't like being looked at or stared at and she keeps looking and starring at me. Then I called her a dumbass and she said something else to me instead of dumbass while we were arguing and I feel like something is going to come back to me to prove and to prove that I'm the dumbass. I'm 17 years old. What do you think of this situation and what should I do?

I'm 16 years old and I got a job, which was really bad (I made 7 dollars a day and I worked 7 hours, which is where I live under standards) and I told them I don't want to work there, because people are horrible and money is too small. They made me go to work, but instead of going there I went to my friends every day and I lied to them that I'm still working. They found out that I was lying and they said that they won't ever forgive me for this and that if I were 18 they would kick me out of the house. P.s. sorry for bad english

Let me start with saying that my mother and father are divorced and live in different homes. I'm 19 and I have a little brother that's 11. Both my brother and I live with my father and our dog in a 3-bedroom mobile home. My father is 59 and has been seeing a 25 year old woman for about 4 months that has a 2 young children and a chihuahua puppy. I don't really like the woman he's bringing over because she doesn't clean up after herself or her children, she swears in front of me and my little brother, and she acts like she owns my home. My father often brings her over with her children and usually lets her stay overnight, sometimes about 4-5 days a week. When she comes over, my father lets her take over my little brother's room and my little brother has to share a room with my dad. There's definitely not enough room in my home to be able to house 6 people and 2 dogs. My father has always been a loving and respecting person that always put me and my little brother first before anything, but lately he's been different and seems to have no respect for me and my little brother. Anytime I try talk to him about it, he gets very defensive and even angry at me. I can't talk to him. I've been very stressed about this lately and I know my little brother is too. I understand that my dad wants to look for romance, but I just can't take this type of stress. I don't have enough money to get my own place. If someone could give me some type of advice, I'd gladly appreciate it. Thank you!

even my Mom says she notices me straring at her boobs and backside. My Mom said go for it, grandfather dies 2 years ago and grand mom needs love to. now I feel unconfortable knowing my mom knows I want grand mom for sex. grand mom is sexy looking, my mom is flat and sloppy butt, how did that happen? and why do you think my dad cheats on mom? so, that's what goes on in my house, how about yours?

My Dad's family is great. Yet, my Mom only wants to see her family and makes it about how she feels. She never lets him have them over except rare occasions like when his Dad died last year. She NEVER ever lets us do a holiday with them, ever. She forgives any offense by her own family but expects her in-laws to be perfect or else and does not forgive the only two times there were issues with in-laws. She knows I am close to my Dad's family and yet she never ever has offered to have my grandparents to my birthday. Yet she ALWAYS offered to have her parents. Though we do get to see my grandparents Christmas Eve or Day (my Dad takes me by), the only years we have seen the rest of my Dad's family for a holiday my Mom makes it one week after or several days before (like Dec. 20th or New Years Day). Yet her family is all together Christmas Day and sometimes Eve as well. My Dad doesn't grow a pair of balls and stand up to her because as he says a happy wife makes a happy man. So how do I avoid missing out on time with my Dad's family as missing out sucks for me, I feel terrible. I am 15 and a boy.

my dad committed suicide last week. For a while i thought i was the last person he talked to but i wasn't. I blame myself since he said weird things before he left and i didn't stop him when i could have and i was a wreck the next few days he was missing. i had multiple panic attacks and i didn't ask for help but my sister and mom helped anyways and i felt guilty since i'm not the only one dealing with it. but anyways one day my sister got mad at me for crying and told me to stop throwing a pity party for myself and that i'm not the only one who has a right to be sad. i know she's grieving but it still hit me hard since i am never emotionally vulnerable in front of others so for me to cry in front of my family is very different and idk i feel like everyone blames me. Distant relatives crop only me out of pictures of me and my dad and when people give their condolences they never mention me only my mom and siblings which is kind of a big **** you to me since my brother and him had a huge fight and i was with him everyday so it's not like i wasn't close with him. I know this is something petty to me upset about but i just feel like this is everyone blaming me for what happened and i can't stop thinking about it and it feels like i can't be upset since it's my fault.

I want to still go as most the family is fine. Yet my Mom is difficult unless it is just me and her. She dislikes both my brothers' wives. She complains the whole time they are over. Yet she praises my sister's husband. My Mom has a sister who comes and all she does is insult people who aren't there including her own son who she criticizes constantly since her parenting is all about her and not her kids. Lastly and most stressful of all my Mom gets mad when I go see my Dad and step-Mom. She sees it as a betrayal of her. As a result I feel stressed and when my brother goes with me he is in a mad hurry to leave and get home to Mommy as he fears displeasing her. So I dread Christmas and Thanksgiving and how do I handle the stress this year to make it happy?

Idk how to explain this, but here I go: My mom gets very emotional over little things. She either cries about it or yells about it. She doesn't have any understatement and just automatically assumes things. Let me just give you an example, this happened tonight So I was texting my mom and I asked her if she could bring me something to eat, she said no. I said okay. Then she said " You can have my sandwich" I told her it was fine I don't need it. It was fine. She gets home and asked me if I wanna go to Wal-Mart with her. I said no, because it was late. She got so mad at me. I could hear her complaining. Then she comes into my room and asks me who I'm on the phone with. I told her grandma. Apparently I yelled at her. So she got mad and started yelling at me, she was like "Don't yell at me and disrespect me in my ******* house!" I was mad so I hung up the phone and slammed the door. She came back in and started yelling, "Don't slam the door! This is my house! I guess I'll die going to Wal-Mart all by myself!" She was mostly yelling about Wal-Mart she didn't want t get shot. So she keep saying, "i'll just die". blah blah. So I tried to calmly explain to her that I wasn't feeling good but she wouldn't listen she got mad, slammed her door, and got ready to go to Wal-Mart. So I started to get dresses in a hurry to go with her. I was telling her that everything was okay and that I would go with her. After that storm we get into the car and she apologizes and said it wasn't right to yell like that. I told her it was okay. l. She does this a lot. The whole yelling and not understanding or bothering to listen to what I have to say. She also thought I was mad because of it. She was also crying while apologizing. This is very confusing to me and idk what to do. She use to be on Meds but idky. She was badly abused as a child

Every single time we go outside he's like I'm not coming because you're not wearing what I want you to wear. I mostly wear jeans and a top and he shouts at me and says "GO CHANGE INTO A DRESS NOW otherwise I'm not coming." Why can't he understand that I have my preferences and I'm free to wear what I want. He's the opposite to the type of parents who say don't wear short clothes. He literally interferes in everything and it's getting so irritating and I've told him so many times that I am free to do what I want but he just says no you're not and you will do as I say. It's not that I feel uncomfortable in dresses but everyone has their own choice. *sighs*

My aunt just cut my uncle cheating at a motel yesterday. He is my blood uncle. She is the breadwinner and kicked him out of the $2 million dollar mansion they share. He is in the process of moving into my grandparents house. (I live with my grandparents as well ) He fears because he committed adultery that he will be left with nothing even after they have been married for 17 years. You can imagine he probably feels like **** I don t know how I can help him does anyone have any suggestions? either legal advice or ways to cheer him up?

Not trying to offend anyone, but my sister in law gets a monthly check for 2 children with ADHD,but they already get Medicaid and food stamps, and they are not in anything that would require extra money for there ADHD. She pretty much just spends it to go out. She gets like 700 for each child, and hardly takes them anywhere. She doesn't really have bills because she lives with her parents. Which I think she doesn't report that anyways. Just gets me upset. My husband and I work hard and she just stays home and gets a check. She claims she can't work because of her back ugh. Thanks.

I'm 20 and I live at home while going to college to save money. I have 2 siblings also in college but my father always picks on me . He says I don't do anything , I dont pay bills and I'm a bad child . He yells at me constantly , causing me to have constant headaches . He wakes me up in the morning at 6 am in the morning to wash one plate that was left in the sink ( wasn't mine ) I'm an honor student and I'm tired of his shenanigans. How do I deal with toxic energy ? It's beginning to affect my mental health .

So my older aunt was talking and I really do not want to listen because most of her advice is bullshit. So I decide to play with a cute baby girl on the side because that woman was saying a lot of bullshit that I totally disagree upon. She believes that females aren't good enough and that we should be lower to guys. And that we shouldn't try to educate ourselves like males. But after that, she was so rude to me and would give me a snarly face like she hated me. It was pretty obvious because her face was full of disgust when she looked at me.

1 year ago I had a $30 knife that I used ,one day I had a dumb idea to cut up my chair.It was usable but didn't look good.My Dad later there's them away.1 year later now I was crying trying to convince them to let me buy knives again.I am in 8th grade and am a straight A student yet they still don't let me buy knives.Any suggestions to help convince my Dad("He is a tiger parent")to let me buy knives again?

Well I'd just be to uncomfortable to do it infront of my Mum and her boyfriend but I find much more comfortable when I get home from school (im 14) All of my friends just take off their uniform and get into their boxers when they get home and I don't see why I can't. Any ideas on how I can confront my Mum on this issue?

can u HONESTLY rate her looks from 1-10 from what u can see. can u also say if there is something that needs improvement in your opinion or a feature that you find unattractive? tks so much for honesty..will choose a best answer.

Well my father has never really used his phone and I noticed he has been using it a lot more than usual and every time I go over to see what he s doing he quickly presses the home button. I m not sure if he s texting or maybe he s just looking at things that might embarrass him? My father has had a history of cheating with my mom ever since they started dating. From what I ve heard is that he would buy my brothers toys and he would go to some girls house but since he bought them a toy they can t say anything, one day my brother told my mom and she left him but he eventually begged her to come back for the third time and she went back. He says it takes him 30 minutes to get to work but It only takes him about 8. He never wants to go anywhere with us either. i can t just check his phone because he knows how delete things and I know that he does delete them because I could search something up and the next day his history will be gone. He also used to delete all of his text. I mean I know there s no way you can tell me the correct answer but what do you think? And if he is cheating should I tell my mom or become angry with him and just practically hate him? Im not sure what to do I'm might be just jumping to conclusions but I don't want my mom to get hurt again.

I am 14, and my older sister just left for college this morning. We had our mishaps but I still really loved her and now I miss her? I know that she isn't gone forever, and that she is coming to visit in October and December over winter break. Is there anyway to cope with her absence? It's just that we were both kpop fans together, and now no one else in my family understands me. I have no one to run to and ramble to, or complain too. . .

the reason why i said i'm not going to keep my current job is because i want to learn new skills before i move out of the house. and i was desperately trying to tell him that, but he refuses to budge.i want him to be happy with my decisions for a change.plus on top of that, he doesn't think i can make it out on own. what do i do?

For example, when I last counted my money I had at least 40 or something. Now yesterday when I was going through my purse to pay for a candy, I had $22.

My mums father has just died. He died at 76 by a car accident. He was on his motor bike and something happened and he broke almost everything. We don t know for sure because the doctor doesn t know. They put him in a coma thing to try and stabilise him but it didn t work. I m 14 and I was very close with my uncle so this hurts a lot and I can t help but cry when I think of him. My mum is trying to stay strong for me and my brother but I hear her cry all the time when she s not around us. I don t know what to do and I m scared. My mum and dad hate each other and don t live with each other either so I can t ask my dad for help. I don t know what to do, I wanna be there for my mum and get better myself but I m so scared. What should I do to help her?...

A little about me: I'm Asian, in high school, 2 siblings, definitely not poor, and I have a very supportive mother. My dad and I are always arguing because I think he's controlling and selfish while he thinks I'm greedy and he thinks he is already good enough. Let's cut things short: My dad controls the wifi. Being in all the most advanced classes, I have a ton of homework, and when I have time I watch youtube. He sets my wifi to only be active from 7am-12am, and my phone's to be from 9am-10pm. I don't usually have time to go on my computer, and he won't change the wifi settings. I have good self control but he still treats me like a little child. He rarely talks to me, unless it's some bad news during dinner which I am forced to join. He is really cheap, and I got some examples: Yesturday we went shopping together, and I put 3 ramens in the cart because we don't really have anything else to eat. When I got the fourth cup, my mom took hold of it and looked at it and agreed to buy it, while my dad just Slapped it out of my moms hand and demanded me to put it back. A cup of ramen costs about 1 dollar. 1 FREAKEN DOLLAR. My dad is just really stingy even though he earns a lot. My mom and I basically buy everything during the weekdays when he isn't home so he won't do these things. I've always wanted a computer, and I decided to learn computer science im my free time. I told my dad and he agreed to buy me one and let me assemble it by my own and gave me a 500$ budget. I told many of my friends and I realized that that was a pretty low budget, and it's like the only thing over 400$ he every bought for me. To put this in perspective, 500$ is about .25% of his annual salary. He only agreed to buy me the parts after I supposedly 'understand' everything. Every time I try to talk to him about this or some question about computers, he starts arguing for some reason, he gets triggered, and he changes my computer time limit. Asking basically anything somehow triggers him into calling me dumb. My mom is too nice and she just agrees with dad. Just 30 minutes ago my mom told me that she can't say no to anything my dad says because he makes all the money. Even If my mom wants to say no, she always just wants to agree with my dad.

My moms bf is always telling my mom to do this and that and she does it. She forget to put the food on and he started yelling saying "he's hungry". My mom doesn't care though but when i ask what's for dinner she says "noodles". He doesn't have a job and doesn't help out around the house but i can't say anything to her because she'll just say "he's going to be gone soon" and shes been saying this for the past 10 months and i'm tired of him taking advantage of her.

Just a few minutes ago, I asked my mom which bus I should take to get to this community college not too far from where we currently live. She gets angry and tells me to find out for myself online, because I'm at the age where I can start finding things out for myself and even said that she "babies me" too much. I can understand what she means when she says babying me, but the rest I don't at all. She always told me that I should always ask questions when I don know about something, and now that I do ask an important question that can help me look out for myself, she gets the nerve to say some blasphemy like that. The websites I've visited are slightly inaccurate and since this is my first year at college, I can't afford to be late, so I want to know the exact times they will show up and where they stop, so I can make it on time. When she said this, it felt backwards to what she told me years ago. While I can walk there, that also means traffic I have to weave through, or walking by someone's house that my family is NOT on good terms with (too personal to explain). What do I do? And what do you think?

Ok I don't want to go into detail here why I assume she's a lesbian but after what I saw I'm very sure she is. and I think our parents should know about that. Should I tell them or not?

My uncle (dad's brother) got in a freak accident this weekend and broke his neck. He hasn't actually passed yet, but things aren't looking good and if he hasn't improved by tomorrow they're going to take him off life support. I'm expecting the funeral to be sometime this week. However, I just started my first year of college last Wednesday, and I've committed to rushing a sorority that has a 3-day recruitment process. I'd be missing at least 2 days of class, which could negatively impact my grades, especially since I have classes that only meet twice a week (and my tuition is over $11k a semester). My uncle's family lives out of state, and although I could drive there, it would be at least a 5 hour drive. My family, especially my dad, is devastated, and although I wasn't close to my uncle and hadn't seen him in over a year, I'd feel terrible if I didn't go—but I don't want to go since I just started school. I feel selfish that I'm putting my education before my family and really don't know what to do.

My 26 year-old daughter has no desire to make a life for herself, she is under the impression that I owe her something. To add insult to injury she added a baby to the mix and is of the opinion that I have to change my entire life to babysit and cater to her and the child. She is extremely ungrateful for all I have done. My daughter barely contributes to the house- she pays $180 per/month for rent only and doesn't help with any of the other household expenses. She constantly orders take out which is extremely expensive and makes no contribution to the food bill. I have to prepare food for her baby (11 months) or the baby feeds on formula, takeout or sugary icecream. The baby father disappeared when he found out she was expecting. He recently resurfaced and talked her slyly out of getting child support through the courts with a promise of $50 a week. Her naivety allowed her to fall for it. He has other kids and lives with a woman. He is using the kid to get to her and she cannot see it. Quite soon he will be gone again. The baby father is not allowed to come to my home. Her living at my home is placing a huge burden on my relationship and I take my frustration out on my partner. Am I wrong by asking her to move out? Lately see was physical with me because of my disapproval of her baby's father . As I sat on the couch in my room she approached me and proceeded to punch me over the head and chest. The police was called to the home. Am I wrong for asking her to move out?

My mom has always been reliant on everyone. My mom and dad divorced when I was eight. It's always been my father or her ex-boyfriend trying to save her financially. During high school, I lived with my dad and older brother. During that time, her boyfriend dumped her and she went to live with her aunt. My dad kept asking how she was over there; I said things weren't good, my mom and aunt constantly were fighting. I wasn't accepted to college. My parents were surprised about since I graduated with honors. When I started attending community college, my mom moved in with us which has caused a LOT of stress. It made me estranged from my dad because I didn't understand why he allowed my mom to move in. My dad basically told me to still follow with my education but suddenly my mom became my financial responsibility. My mom always complains how I didn't move away to college but my second chance was blown (she's here). I want to move because I need my own life, but my dad is saying if I move out I need to get housing at my school but my mom is always like "what about me?". My mom is controlling, hovering, and severely codependent. She has no man in her life so it's worse than ever. I am currently going to school (commuting from home). I am 25 years old, but I'm not even financially stable. My dad pays for a lot of my things still. My mom and I share a car. I am starting to really resent my mom big time. Should I move out or just try to make money while here and continue school?

My mom will likely think he paid for most of it. He didn't even buy her a card!