Earlier this year summer I started taking online classes to graduate early(I am a senior) and join the Air Force. I am doing really well in the online classes and I am now back in regular public school as well as doing the online classes. Here's the thing, my school has a policy where every student must take 8 classes NO MATTER how many credits they have left (which I have 2 left) so I just didn't show up to the classes that weren't gonna give me credits and that I didn't need to graduate. Then the school called my parents and said I was not attending school, and now my mom is calling me a loser (which I am not, I have always done good in school, I have stayed out of trouble and have been in my local police departments cadet program BUILDING A FUTURE for my self) and she is now threatening to call my Air Force recruiter and tell the Air Force recruiter lies in an attempt to get me disqualified. I don't know what to do.

My ex and I have a 11 year old 6th grader. He gets out of school at 2:30 p.m. I live about a half mile away from his school. I get home at 7 p.m. on days ex has son (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday). On the week days I have him,I work until 2 p.m. so I can be there when he gets home. I do not want him coming home to an empty house and sitting there for 4/5 hours until I get home. My ex and I have been split for 10 years, never been to court, and have always figured out things on our own. But recently, she s been telling our son to walk to my house after school without informing me. Son was locked out of the house for hours yesterday and I just got a text from him that he s locked out again. Talking to my ex, I told her that I need to know when he s walking to my house during her time. She told me that she has a hectic schedule (she doesn t work, but does have a new boyfriend), so son s instructed to walk to my house if she doesn t pick him up from school. I told her that was unacceptable. If I was given advance notice, I d ask my Mom to come over or leave work early. We are arguing because she wants me to give son a key. She told me son s going to keep walking there when she doesn t show up at school - I ll continue to get no notice. And if I don t give him a key, he ll have to sit outside. My first thought was to resolve this is with court. But I m worried that son would get angry at me for it. I know she d get him involved. Any advice on how to handle this? Over the summer, I let him stay home for an hour while I went to the grocery store. He made Ramen and left the gas stove burner on and caught a towel on fire. The kitchen was destroyed, but he was safe. That was only one hour. And to be completely honest, I do not want my key accessed by her new boyfriend. He was in prison for 10 years -and is still on probation- for drugs (heroin user and dealer) several burglaries and involuntary manslaughter. Yes, he did his time. But I do not want him to have any access to my house. And - for those who are curious - I did contact a lawyer about him being around my son. There is nothing I can do because - thankfully - he hasn't done anything wrong as far as our son is concerned. I do think a judge will side with me. I have him at least 4 days a week and have for 10 years. She is unemployed and doesn't have a Certificate of Occupancy on her house. She is dating a felon. Son is in my school district. But...I don't want to start a "contest." I just want to know when our son will come to the house. I will always say yes. I always have said yes to any additional time. I just want notice. Billy, That is a good point. If he robs us, he's out of our lives until son is an adult. Thank you for that perspective. I wasn't trying to argue. I wanted to give all information. The judge information was given to me by an attorney based on Michigan's 10 factors formula for custody. I don't really know. I really appreciate you sharing your insight. I never thought about how - if this guy did something wrong - he's out of our lives until son is an adult. Almost make me hope he does.

I went through her texts today and found her saying: "School was whacked today. Her boyfriend was talking about *****!" That last word she said is a bad word. Then she said "WTF!" Which is a really bad word. 15!!! She's 15 and she saying these!

My mother in law lives in another town. She always calls when she is going to drop by. Today, she came home unannounced, and let herself in. I am a stay at home mom. The last few days have been brutally hot around here, and our AC quit. I was doing my chores, naked, when she came in. She made a scene because I was naked and so was my toddler son. I was so upset for her not calling, that I decided not to put anything on and just go about my routine. She said why don't you put on clothes? I said I don't have to, it's my home, she said she did not feel welcome and left. I know she probably called my husband to complain, I hate that she does this with me. Who is right?

My wife calls me and says they are in spain with a new man called carlo, he is a nice man or so they tell me.how do I win my son back from carlo? and is carlo into me?

Any time something happens between me and someone else I hold a grudge and I allow that grudge to prevent me from actually liking them or having a real relationship with them. My sister for example. My sister and I have gotten into several arguments and I remember every thing that she has said . Of course it's been months since but I still think about it and I allow that situation to remind me of the things I don't like about her as a person. Now I don't really like her and I feel this way towards my entire family. I have a therapist. I'm currently only going with my mom right now but for right now I still haven't really made any progress. Any suggestions? Can anyone else relate?

She does love the adopted son but when with just me and my brother she said "I got both my sons" and when someone said "what about Roger" she said "well he's adopted". She does love Roger though and was drunk when she said this. That said they say drinking brings out the truth. She is not an alcoholic but we were at a wedding. She has three kids, two biological (Roger is a made up name to avoid putting real name).

Does she need to pass the hatred towards her daughter along like this? Do I need to follow her hate out of respect for an elder? The daughter is no saint but is not that bad either. NEVER SUBMIT: So you remember me?

She is deemed a bad person because she has slept around and has two kids from two guys with neither guy in the picture now. Plus she had a felony at one time.

My parents weren't exactly the best care takers, and now i've got teeth that are starting to chip and they have nerve damage beginning to happen. My parents let me eat what i wanted, and my parents never took me to the doctors when i was a kid. Now that i am in college, a freshman, I have no insurance, and my teeth are declining. I have 15 credit hours at a university. The catch of me being in college is my parents wont help me do anything now. They've blatantly refused to help, since I am old enough to build credit now. They've also said I can get insurance myself now. What would you do in this situation? THIS IS MEANT AS A HOW DO I BALANCE EVERYTHING QUESTION

I'm 18 years old, and on the 7th of September I got married to my 29 year old boyfriend. How would I even go about telling my mother? I'm not looking for judgement, so if that's all you have to offer don't even bother answering.

Background: The house in question is inherited and both are names are on the Deed & mortgage. My father said for 15+ years that he never wanted the house. Fast Forward 7 years: Father blew threw inherited $250k+ with his now ex-wife in a little over 1 year - myself & kids got $0. Father & wife divorced 2 years after the $ was gone. Father currently makes $100k a year as an RN with a govt job. My husband and I make about $60k a year. Present: Father decided he wants to retire at 65 and make about $75k LESS a year. To do this he decided he should live with me, my husband, and teen child. He "guilted" me in to it by saying "it's my house too" and that he was going to go part-time at work and travel. After he moved in, it has been obvious that he has been planning to fully retire at the end of the year and was just telling me whatever it took to get me to allow him to move in to my home. He does currently pay about 1/3 of the household bills but pays nothing for food, doesn't cook, doesn't do his own laundry, doesn't clean, etc. Right before he moved in, I finally trapped him into a conversation about financials and he said that he planned on giving me XX a month but mumbled "for now". My question: HOW DO I GET HIM OUT?? and before you say legally... already checked... nothing I can do as he is part owner.

My parents used to say "we want our sweet innocent little girl hack" they said it to me all the time, I'm 22 now and I don't hear it as much. But I really want someone else's opinion. I don't get why they would say that to me all the time. I was sexually abused prior to them saying this, no I did not and have not told them. I had also started having sex and no didn't tell them that either i was around 13 when everythin started happening. I just started thinking about this randomly, so i thought I'd out it out there. Thank You for reading and it commenting

My Little brother is 10 and I'm 19. He is generally a good boy but today he broke my watch because of an argument. Now the watch isn't anything expensive nor its important. Our parents didn't say anything to him but I think he needs to be punished so he can avoid doing something stupid or dangerous in the future. He's pretty frail so I don't want to put pressure on him so is there a way that I can punish him without hurting him both physically and mentally ?

My Mom and Dad had a fight with my Mom's brother about how he treats his wife and daughter. His daughter is an Autistic adult and indeed he is very impatient with her. He is no saint. Come November he and his sons are going to be in town at my grandmother's house. I want to go see them. My Dad will likely ask me to boycott them because of how the father treats his wife, daughter, and how he called my Mom a ***** to her face in July when they fought with him. I am 31 so not obliged to follow rules but I don't like conflict with Mom and Dad who sometimes expect me to be mad at who they are mad at. How do I respond when Dad asks me to avoid Uncle Rick and his kids? I know it will be a point of contention. I can't lie as my parents live half a mile away and will see my car there.

I found a used condom in his room when looking for the car keys for my sister to take me to school. A heard a woman's voice in their yesterday laughing but he is older since he had a different Dad (same Mom) so he is 24 as is the girl. So do I need to tell on him to Mom since it is bad to have sex when not married especially in Mom;s house? Can she still ground him? He doesn't have a job but lives here jobless for 4 years now. Mom never gets mad. He also is an alcoholic and yet I am not allowed to drink alcohol.

I feel it was inappropriate and her son is furious with her for doing it here. She and her husband I think will be divorcing. Her kids are 13 year old twins and a 17 year old son. The 17 year old is the one who said this hurt him. I think my uncle (uncle by marriage) did have an affair but my aunt knew since last Christmas and announced it there as they are separating now. My brother laughed it off but my cousin (her son) is furious. Was this the wrong place?

By ***** I mean the friend of my mother's (not my Mom as I'd never call her that). All my extended family will be gathering as a family clan and we will be stuck with this friend of my Mom's who she likes to talk about about family with. The friend is a big mouth which is why I call her a *****. However, I am not an adult so I have to go where my Mom is and my Mom is good though some of her friends are bad.

is it true that in your countries children don't get financial support from nearly when they get 18 years old from their parents and they try to become independent financially?

I'm 17 and have to share a room with my 15 year old brother. We have a bunk bed squeezed in the corner and the rest of the tiny space is where my mum likes to hang the washing so she comes in when she pleases even when I'm changing or sleeping. I can't get a job because my school doesn't allow it and my mum doesn't work because she "doesn't want to". She likes to be a housewife so we rely on my dad and can't afford any more space but I can't take it anymore how can I have more privacy? There are only another two rooms in the apartment including a bathroom.

I'm homeless I feel helpless I'm not able to live with my mom because her husband doesn't know me that well. I'm not able to live with my sister. My daughter is able to stay with my mom but without her I'll be worried. I don't know what to do I don't want to feel sorry for myself but I do. I'm 22 and I feel so worthless.

im 36 my brother is 46 my mother is 67 my grandmother is 95 and in a home. my uncle is 76. we are dying. The world grows longer and faster and we are dying. I can recall how unsettling it was to help retrieve stuff from my grandma's house when she could no longer stay there. The place without her was something I don't want to go through again. She is happy though when I go and visit her. Im moving out for the first time in my loser life because I can now afford half the rent. My loser self was not on par with the rest of the planet and for that Im seen as a bad guy. I say fck it. i don't particularly like the world and am weird of my friends. my one friend i kinda have to room with in order to be able to do this. But tis only for a year lease air grows cold and the light is dim outside. Im not too sure I really want to make it to 40 and up. Not much fun there. As much as my family and I argued, I kinda just want to be with them when the time comes. This world is a cruel dark shytty place.

My daughter's dad stole my debit card yesterday and took out over $200. He went into my car while i was at work and went in my wallet. I never gave him permission to use my card and he figured out the pin from watching me put it in at the store and etc. I have never given him my card to use nor my pin number. Anywho, should I keep our daughter away from him? He hasn't contacted me to see her or anything but im asking for the future incase he ever wants to see her...

I've been with my Husband for 6 years, he had a son from a previous relationship that failed because his gf got knocked up by another man. She gave birth to the baby and made my husband believe it was his (he didn't know she cheated yet) .after caring for the baby for a year while she went out and partied, she told him the baby was someone else's. She basically used him to pay all the hospital bills and to provide free child care so she could go out and cheat. Anyways, he divorced her and met me two years later. His ex has been extremely nasty towards me, including filing false accusations, threatening me, showing up at my house to fight me,tried to get our daughter (mine and hubbys) taken away, and she's tried to turn my in laws against me. The police know her by first name just because she's constantly in trouble. Anyway, my step son asked if his brother (the one that wasn't my husbands) could come over and play (we just bought a new house). We told him unfortunately that's not an option, because if the boy is here, so is the ex, and we don't want any drama. We also told him we wouldn't babysit him for her either, so he'll have to see his brother at his Moms. I get that this doesn't seem right to him, but we want to keep the deeply disturbed ex far away from us, and bringing her other kid (the one my husband bonded with and then got torn away from) seems to defeat the purpose. I just don't feel comfortable. Advice?

I hate my school because it sucks. My dad thinks it would be good for me to stay until my graduate but I want to get the hell out now. I'm not being bullied but I want to leave is there any way how he'll change his mind?

my dad touches himself looking at other girls and not mom, mom had to go away because she had a bad mind that went tilt. poor mom doesn't know about what dad does in his room with these photos --I think one of them works with dad -- he made a mess on pictures. when I went in room for some shampoo I saw all these photos and not one was mom. if I tell mom what dad is doing mom will never get out of hospital. I don't know who is worse dad or women who let dad do it on their photos. my dad is married leave him alone, I want mom home making flapjacks for all. implausible is not the point. its sad mom is working on her mind in hospital while dad works on his photos.what is implausible anyways. everything is so sad and scary right now.. feel like crawling on glass. shattered, my life. keep in mind--my voice is a whiny high pitched almost crying kind while I type, ok,,makes all the difference in the world..shows the pain I'm in while writing, nobody has persevierd like I did through the horror of life, but look at me now, still hanging in there, ive done it, I'm still moving forward. will you please pick ne--who is it, who is the bad person here..My DAD or the OWMEN at work who give him dirty pictures to mess on--this makes me flabbergasted and dizzy that humans do this kind fo stuff, mom is in in therapy and group therapsy at hospital, she looks so fragile, oh mommy pull through, be strong, I'm here for you. who is it, I feel scared, empty and dizzy inside.

I recently reconnected with my ex that lives in a different state. We broke up two years and I missed her. I have been seeing (dating women). She came to visit and I had a good time with her and her kids. It was good to see her. She called me the other day and told me that she received an anonymous letter and a book at her job that said that said all of these bad things about why is getting back with me after I cheated on her and that I still a player. It was addressed to her job and had the return address to her home. When she tracked the package it was tracked by to a post office that is near where one of the women I was seeing works so I assumed that she sent it. I noticed around the same time this woman had unfriended me on fb and I'm sure she's mad because I'd stood her up several times and wasn't calling or making time for her anymore. When I text her to asked if she sent any letters lately she said no. I'm sure it was her but I can't prove it. How did she even get all of my ex's information in another state. Her and my best friend are close and I thought maybe he told her about me reconnecting with my ex and he wanted to get back with me for sleeping with a couple of his ex girlfriends. Why would she do that though? Why are women so vindictive?

My sister calls me ugly all the time but never to my other sisters or brother. She calls me ugly then guys will be all over her. I remember we were walking together and I heard this guy talking to his friend and pointed at me and say "ew look at the ugly one, I want the pretty one" I felt so hurt because she gets to call me ugly and gets all the attention but I get called ugly by her and don't get any. She is always picking on me with strangers and agree with on what they say about me. People would go up to her and tell her how ugly I am and she would reply "she's not my sister, she's my cousin"

I don t mean to sound petty or anything, and I get that my problems are really not that important, but I am seriously starting to think either my parents are crazy or I am crazy and spoiled. I just turned 17, and am a junior in high school. My parents don t like that I work so much (roughly 30 hours a week, I waitress) because I never have time with the family and that I make too much. Since I am balancing school, work. friends and relationships, of course I have less time for the family, but I don t think that should be unexpected. They are now asking me to pay for board since I make so much, when I already pay my dad to drive me to work and don t ask him for any money (I have quite a bit saved up from work), and I pay for my own food and clothing. They want 250 dollars a month for board. I think this is unreasonable. Do you think this is fair? What should I do? It s making me very stressed.. and they don t ask my 19 year old brother for board since he does not work. They constantly say that I am spoiled and that I need to help out, but I just don t see it. Am I crazy, or?? To add, I already spend $80 a month on my health insurance, which is a lot.

I fell asleep on the couch then I woke up looked at the tv and everything to close my eyes and turn around to see my sister sitting next to me and, I smiled and she smiled when my own voice but at the same time it wasn't is like in my head yeah she isn't going to live long., all day long I deal with negative that I try fighting off I get it for my mom, sister, and me but rarely for my dad or other sister, it comes strong like once I literally had a permission of my mother not being here and it scares me until now because I had a permission of my grandmother dying and just like how I envision all happened then my sister has rare cystic fibrosis that won't affect her she'll be fine but from August 2015 she caught a bug from me and my dad and get it different where she couldn't stop throwing up on and off for months then for one month she stop and then going into the next month she started and that's when blood was showing up and she went to the hospital and her cystic fibrosis was barely there they said it was a bad stomach bug, then I got it besides my mom to then 2016 around fall I got sick and everyone did including my sister, she thrown up once and then I'm February she was crying she wa nauseous with burning, in March she started throwing up with blood right away and no matter how many nurses, doctors, etc, try to make it stop it wasn't for awhile, doctors said she has a bad stomach bad and then gastric

Has anyone ever had someone dysfunctional in their life who pretends you're closer than you are? Because of an injury, I'm living with a parent, getting a degree so I can re-enter the workforce. Some family are visiting soon and my father asked "what did WE cook for them last time?". Sounds like a simple question, but it really felt, for lack of a better word, incorrect. 'We' didn't cook them anything. He cooked and probably remembers what. He's used this type of 'we' several times before. Once , in the past, he said, "we'll have to replace the water heater soon" and I thought, 'we?? what does he mean?'. I'd chip in if that's what he wanted. But no. He just wants to act like he and I are making joint decisions and working in tandem. When my step-mum was alive, he would cling on to her and guilt her if she did things with her friends or without him. He's not the worst parent, but he's a self-centred sad sack. I keep my distance for my own mental health. But when he asked what "we" cooked before, I really felt like he was trying to bind the two of us together. This seems to happen more when family visits, like he's putting on a show (of something that doesn't even exist). Does anyone have any experience of this "we"/"I" business? This ' ooh, aren't we just the best of friends' facade when I know he knows I have issues just being around him? Do I cal him on it? He lives to argue and will only agrees to change behaviour when he intends not to do it. Advice?

So she's 15, and she cries and yells like a baby every single day. She'll be crying over not being able to find her toothbrush! And it's SO LOUD. It's like a piercing and sharp schreech; you'd think someone was dying. Like people in the neighbourhood called the police once. My parents are extremely good. They're nice to her and they're patient, but they also try to discipline her. We've literally tried everything and she's just getting crazier and crazier. We have people who rent are basement and they can hear her cry and scream but my sister doesn't care. My mom brought her to a therapist but it didn't do anything. She doesn't have a bad life either! We live in a nice house and my parents have enough money to support our extra curricular activities. She's not bullied or abused and she has lots of friends. However, she says she hates herself because she's not "talented" (she doesn't work hard at anything, so??). She also says that she's suicidal (I guess it's because she has low self esteem). I really want to help her. I know she doesn't have depression (we've talked to professionals) and she hates therapists.

My real dad was an abusive alcoholic and hes been in and out of jail for basically my whole life. I hate him more than anything in the world. My mom married my step dad elliot five years ago and hes more of a parent to me than my mom or my dad. My real dad and my mom letting him stick around for so long really screwed me up. I'm angry all the time and it took me a really long time to be ok with elliot and I finally feel like I have a parent and then this happens. Elliot takes me and my brothers to this AA program for kids of addicts and after we left we dropped my brothers off and he told me my dad is I guess doing good on probation this time or something and he wants to see us. I wish he never told me that I finally was forgetting about that prick and I felt like elliot was like my dad. he makes dinner he shoots hoops he just talks to me like I think parents are supposed to. My dad never did that stuff. He was horrible what he did to us and elliot knows the details hes a cop. I dont understand why he would want us seeing him he hates him even more than I do I think. I thought he was like my dad and then he wants me to see my real dad do you think he knew I was starting to think of him as my dad instead and wasnt ok with it? I dont know what to do. Im so mad all the time and I hate being mad it takes over everything in me and I hate it I honestly wish my mom never even met him at this point its worse feeling like two dads didnt want me when I never even really got to have one

I met him last week and our last conversation was great he said he wanted to hangout and he even called me babe. However he hasn't responded to me in 3 days even though he's been online multiple times. He did tell me he works two jobs. Should I move on or wait?

Just recently I moved back in with my parents and purchased a new PlayStation 4 with a copy of Destiny. The day I got it. My parents took it away saying it wasn't healthy playing video games. I'm obviously pretty mad about this. I spent 500 dollars on it and barely even used it. May I also add that I'm 20 and I'm still getting treated like a child in my opinion. I know this isn't very important to some people. But video games is one of my only hobbies. It's like if someone told you, you couldn't watch football or binge Netflix, or hunt or read books. I don't really know how to approach it because my parents are very controlling as well. Any advice?

i just found out that is going to be this Friday and i didn't tell my mom yet and its will be a two hr drive to there and back , i don't want my mom to drive that far , i can tell my brother to meet up with my mom and i so i can go, it will be at 7pm , i don't know how would i get there if i wanted to without having my mom to drive that far from Prescott az to apache junction az.. it will be about 2 hrs and it might be past midnight until i get back unless if i stay with my brother

When my mother and my father were together, my mother and her generosity, sensitivity, empathy, etc, balanced out my fathers greed. This last year, my father moved across the country, got engaged to his mistress without telling us (my sister and myself) and has created a hostile environment to the point that we aren t allowed to speak to him unless through US certified mail. His new wife, we have never met yet she has total and absolute control over my father s social media accounts, email, imessage, etc. The two of them are sueing my mother and citing emails that I wrote over the last year after my father abandoning me and using it as evidence that I am "hostile, vile, and threatening" and that since I am this way he is asking the court to relieve him of his duty to pay my undergraduate tuition even after my mother bankrolled him during their divorce....my father is evil and vindictive and his new wife is doing anything and everything in her power to isolate him. What are the odds a judge sides with him?

Everytime I mention or speak to my grandmother me and my mom fight over nonsense. My grandmother is into old Italian ways of doing things she think isn't witchcraft or voodoo also he prays to god to make something bad happen to a person if they do wrong to her people think of her as a witch

I'm a 15 (almost 16) year old girl, and I'm an only child. My parents have the weirdest relationship in the world. My dad has never been in love with my mom, but my mom is infatuated with my dad. I was conceived as the result of a one night stand when my parents were 25, and somehow, my mom, the most manipulative person on planet earth, convinced my dad to marry her right before I was born. They've been married ever since. My mom is literally insane. She's an evil alcoholic/pain killer addict who can't do anything for herself and doesn't work. My dad is the COMPLETE opposite, though. He's a lawyer who works himself to death. He does EVERYTHING. He drives me around, cooks dinner, goes to the grocery store, etc.. My dad is literally raising me alone. I'm extremely close to him, but I'm not close to my mom. She never comes out of her room anyway. My parents have never acted like a married couple. They've slept in separate rooms literally since the day they got married. The reason they're still married is weird and complicated, but that's not what this question is about. Like I said, my mom has always been infatuated with my dad. It's clear to everyone that the feeling isn't mutual and that my dad wants nothing to do with my mom, romantically OR physically, though. (Continued in updates.) My mom is jealous of how close I am to my dad, so because of this, she says the most bizarre/creepy things. She never says them in front of my dad, but when he's gone, she'll start drunkenly shouting, "you know you're not really his favorite, right?! I have sex with him and you don't!! He's mine, not yours!!!" She's so perverted and delusional. She's acting like I'm trying to steal her husband, but he's my DAD!!! (I'm pretty sure that my mom's lying and my parents don't have sex but whatever.) I need to talk to my dad about the things my mom says, but I can't figure out how. I talk to him about everything, but we draw the line at sex, and in order to talk to him about this, I'll basically have to talk about sex and it'll be awkward. This whole situation is awkward.

My fiancé and I live in Provo Utah, my fiancé moved here to get away from him s abusive amd toxic family. His saint of a mother moved to Utah to be near her only sane son after she was bought out from her home by his father. My fiancé and I love each other but his dad said that if he and I move back to Nashville he'll lease us a place to stay and he can get treated at several cancer treatment centers, I could get a job working in either Nashville or a surrounding town but his dad is abusive and his brother is mentally ill, so much to the point to where he had a double amputation for no reason. My fiancé has Chronic leukemia and I'm terrified about his health right now. His mother amd I are trying to convince my fiancé to stay in Utah because it might not be perfect but he'll be in a loving environment opposed to being with his dad and brother? How should I go about this. I want to provide more information in Utah we have the Huntsman cancer research institute, while in Nashville there is St. Thomas and Vanderbilt. I don't know what to do.

Background: I'm a 20 year old African American Women who has recently been advised, by her mother, to find a job. This being because she doesn't like living with a busy daughter that doesn't have enough time for her and therefore I need to leave. The problem is I am in school at the moment. I study physics and play golf (that's where all my focus has been) and I don't want to give that up. I've already spent 2 years out of school because she has done this previously. Because I have the chance to prepare, I want to take advantage and plan ahead. I just don't know where to start. I'm hoping that someone will help me find school/housing in a foreign country. Or just point me in the right direction. Thank you all in advance!!

Just a little background about my family, I live with my mom and my two sisters. I'm 16 and my sisters are 17 and 18. My dad had to move to Virginia for work (we live in SC) when I was about 7. My dad talks to me every once in a while but I don't feel as close to him, a couple years ago I started to feel upset seeing all my friends with their dads but I beat myself up telling myself I'm being selfish to wish my dad was in my life more often. But recently I found out some terrible things about my father, he cheated on my mom several times and didn't want to be a part of my oldest sisters life at the beginning and a lot of other things. He's changed now but I don't see him the same way. Should I try to talk to him more? I don't want something to happen to him or me and I regret it.

What do I do? My girlfriend is 21 and I'm 22. My girlfriend is really beautiful, kind, intelligent, and caring. She looks like she could be a fashion model, and she is out of my league which she doesn't agree with. She is my first girlfriend, and we have been together for over a year. I always loved hot air ballooning all of my life, and I have been doing it ever since I was little. I started crewing and doing my pilot training when I was 14. I kept that up for several of years until some life events got in the way. I loved ballooning still but had to take a break for a couple years. After I got together with my girlfriend, she knew how much I liked hot air balloons and aviation. Her and I recently got to go up in a balloon and she loved it. She said it wasn't like something she has experienced before. My girlfriend and I spend a good amount of time together. She is definitely the one I plan on marrying. Now she is saying that she wants to pay for my balloon training and give me a little over half of the value of a hot air balloon. I told her please don't do it and I'll pay. But she keeps on insisting. My girlfriend makes a lot of money by doing beauty videos on YouTube. She also has a internship and makes a lot of money. She also comes from a wealthy family. It seeems I can't talk her out of doing these things for me. What should I do? Should I just let her spoil me?

It was 1am (now 2:22am) and my parents were arguing downstairs about something, I was actually asleep until they woke me up. Anyway they were arguing for a bit I don't know what about but my dad left and drove off and he has never done this before. I'm really worried that something bad has happened and I have school tomorrow and I can't sleep because I'm worrying too much. Do you think something terrible happened like my mum cheating?

Ok, I Smoke Weed. Like i smoke it occassionally but i got caught up w the school twice last year for smoking (at my friends house) and getting snitched on. I got put on a weekly drug screening and that ended after three months. But now i apparently had one random drug test a year later i had to do and thats where i am now. Dont get me wrong, my family is amazing like i know im throwing away an amazing life but im not actually throwing it away. i just smoke occasionaly and my dad makes it sound like im a fiend that cant achieve anything in life. And my mom it makes me cry when she cries about me. And since this test is going to come out positive for nicotine and weed they are going to either send me to juvie or rehab and i do not want to go. Ive been caught w weed by my parents three times now and this is going to be the fourth. I dont know what to do they havent seen the results yet and idk if i should come clean or should i run. I love my family so much but i do not want to be sent to juvie. I have a little brother and hes my only sibling. I quit smoking last summer and just strted again two weeks ago cause i just went through a pretty rough breakup 3 weeks ago. And i planned on stopping soon but i just needed a moment because my heart hurts from all this drama. Please, tell me what i should do. Should i talk to them or should i runaway cause last time they said if this happens again im going to either rehab or juvie. Please...

I want to hear what others have to say and their opinion on this. I have a friend "John" who works two jobs (sometimes 12 hour days, mostly on weekends) his wife also has a full time job. They aren t poor but they are still on a budget. They raise 3 kids total (2 oldest are in school).. John s mom lives about 10-15 mins from their home and has never worked a day in her life (she s early to mid 50s) and started watching their youngest at 6 weeks because they both went back to work. Around 3months John s mother started asking to be paid for watching the baby. It wasn t just a small amount she wanted to be paid exactly what they would be paying for daycare. Which they couldn t afford. They also never made her pay for anything the baby needed. They provided everything she needed to care for the baby they just couldn t afford or want to put the baby in daycare if grandma is available. She even went as far as to say they needed to sign a contract with her, for her to babysit during the week. I personally feel it is horrible to have family profit money wise off each other. Especially to take money out of your son and grandchildrens mouth knowing they have a 3 income household because they need it, not because they want it that way. But I want to know what everyone else thinks about this? Wrong or acceptable?

I have a non live-in housekeeper she cooks cleans does basic simple things and is paid.she is the second one hired because the last one was getting too comfortable and was unreliable we hired a new person howver she is always comlaining beucase of her 5 kids she has and whines over life in general, I have worked and my attitude counted I could never have the luxury to complain which I didn't anyways becuase I liked my job she has been told already if she is not happy she can leave.i just can't tolerate the hostile attitude or negative energy she brings.now she refuses to leave or says she needs her work its not easy finding a decent maid or housekeeper, with an optimistic attititude.plus she has no teeth,i sense a lot of resentment but why is my problem that she has insecurities?btw she is never on time always has a medical problem btw I do not know nore care for her family.mind you she is only a maid not a caregiver. before she got to my home she couldn't even break eggs. I explained this to my family we all agreed Its reaching to the point

I am 14 and when she divorced my Dad he took her to court so he could see me even though she said I never could again. Now it's a step-father but does he have any rights? I have a step-brother I like she says I can never see again since I can't see him.

THIS WAS A JOKE. I ASKED TO SEE IF ANYONE SAYS IT IS GENETIC. ONLY SLUT IN MY FAMILY IS MY EX-STEP-MOTHER AND SHE IS OUT OF THE FAMILY NOW.

Does it mean she dislikes me or just that she doesn't want an older relative on Facebook? She is a troubled family member with a bad reputation but she has my brother on and yet she sees me more often. Her brother did the same though he is still a minor so might have just not wanted adult family members seeing his misdeeds. Both are troubled cousins with bad reputations but since they are family I wanted to reach out. They did the same on Instagram where I also sent a friends request. Miller: I don't judge her at all, that is why I added her.

I'm 13 and my brother is 5 and he's gained weight and he has a potbelly. He's gained weight but my mom doesn't care at all. She brings in unhealthy foods all the time. I'm so worried because ever since my dad moved out, my brothers have been gaining weight. My mom and dad are in court for custody and we''ll most likely get to live with our dad (for personal reasons). I don't want to wait a couple months until that happens. My mom won't listen to me. I don't know how to help him.