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I am 23 and my sister is 20. We are best friends like twins and are very, very close. I love my sister a lot, but lately, I have been sad when I see her spending time with her significant other. My sister used to answer my texts and give me big hugs when we saw each other. Now that she's moved out into an apartment with her significant other, we rarely see each other. It hurts a lot because my sister is literally my best friend. It's hard to describe how close we are. I'm shy and she understands me and makes me laugh and smile. We never fought so that's not why. I don't like our shifting relationship. She lives 10 minutes away, so I stopped to say hi. Both their cars were in the parking lot, but when I knocked nobody answered. They were ignoring me. It's not like we even talk often because she works two jobs and goes to college, but still. How can I overcome my sadness?

After the passing of my grandmother, my moms drinking had gotton out of control. She has depression and anxiety. She goes to a doctor every six months for her refills for something for depression and xanax. I haven't been home lately at night and didn't know that she had a problem. This past 2 weeks; she's been a mess. I find her Xanax on the floor, I have to help her to bed, get her water, and basically babysit her. I took her xanax away one night. She takes her recommended dose for the day at night (she doesn't take her xanax during the day). Drinking wise, she drinks 5 beers I think. 3 mg of xanax and 5 beers is not okay!! Last night, I had to carry my mother down the stairs (on my butt, with her sitting on top of me) because she was banging into everything. And she was just laughing like it was fun. I told my dad about the xanax being on the ground and that I think she might be taking them in her sleep and my dad told my mom that I said that. And she took it all offensively, like why would I do that. I'm scared one morning, I'm going to wake up and she's going to accidently overdose. My parents sleep in separate beds and I don't want to create conflict. My dad works early in the morning so he is sleeping when she gets like this. I'm 18 years old and in college right now. I don't want to be kicked out over this because my mom is going to be angry for "telling on her". How do I explain this to my dad?

I am roomatiing with my half-sister, and I recently discovered that she has no respect. We are both students. We have never lived together so I didn't know about her habits, such as the loud music and loud phone conversations. In addition, she literally washes dish by dish, off and on, nearly all day and clangs them. Until I can move out, how can I get her to stop playing the music so loud? She doesn't seem to understand that the walls are thin and that the muisc can still be hard loudly when the door is closed. I have talked to her about it in the past, and she says okay but she soon resumes the "noisy" behavior. So, after reading the suggestions I will try it again. Thanks for the suggestions!

A few years ago I met the most wonderful man in the world, he took me from the pits of depression and brought me to the highest mountain of the world, he made me feel like I was the most beautiful person in the world and he never asked for anything back only friendship. I got diagnosed with caner less than a year ago and was given 3 months to live, I was so sad, we had planned on travelling the world together and living life to the full,We little or no money but somehow he got us flights to Rome and we had an amazing time, just as we were about to go he gave me an envelope with over 10000 euro in it, he took out a loan and just bought one return ticket, he told me to "travel the world and see all its beauty and Ill do the same and well meet again some day and talk about it then". I havent much connection with my family only my Mom so I wrote to them and did it, my Mom visited me and was so happy, she gave me a travel book and more money and with all her love wished me well. its been 4 months since the news and I'm going downhill a bit now, Im sending him my travel diary and a thank you note with a gift and whatever money I have left when it happens, he thought me to live in the moment and be happy and not to worry about what others think, Ill be at peace knowing I lived the way we would have now I want to leave a special quote for him, Im just looking for suggestions as he loves poetry and books and always pulls quotes out.

I m a big fan of travelling and so, when I m older, I might want to move out of state to live in. However, my mom wants me to stay. Is it selfish to move away from my parents or is it okay to follow this particular goal of mine? I left out information about my dad because he is fine with me moving away as long as I have a plan as to become responsible and financially fit.

im teacher 32 years old. my father 64 year has diabetes, cant see or walk good.. he doenst want to go for a check up and he lost his brother and sister by heart attack. i'm in worry all the time that he could have a heart attack or fall at any moment (even if the doctors will say he is ok).. cant focus in my job, always thinks that i will get a call that he fell and therfore cant focus in the teaching.. what can i do

I was swimming in the pool at my home and my brother and his wife were visiting me. I was swimming in my pool and my brother's wife Jan came out of my house and ask me if she could join me in the pool. I said sure. She said I will be going skinny dipping. I said wait until I go in the house. I went in my house and told my brother Bill that his wife was outside skinny dipping in the pool. Bill said she has a great body and she likes to show it off. Did you get a good look? I told him I had NO DESIRE to see his wife nude. Bill said that sounds like you are gay to me. Does me not wanting to see my brother's wife nude mean I am gay?

My mom and step dad had sex last night and their bedroom is next to mine. They thought I was sleeping because I have school today. I heard my mom and step dad having sex for 45 minutes, trying to be quiet. I can't even last that long and they're older. I heard my mom moaning and them talking to each other saying pretty f-ed up things. I am pretty creeped out. Although I know everyone has sex and my brother heard my dad having it one time with a prostitute but I can't try to make it sound any better in my head of what happen? Not a troll!

Ok so this was a while ago , and I'm wondering if I was sexually abused or molested . I want to say I was about 8-10 years old, and I would go lay down under the covers and I would have my doll and I " fool around" .. I'll try to explain the best I can..I'm sure I didn't know if I was being sexual or not, but I think I made the doll and I " make out" or sex.. I'm not exactly sure, but now thinking about it I don't think that's typical behavior ? I remember making my barbies have sex and I would keep them topless. I also remember always having rashes down there but that could have been from Baths or my bathing suit. I don't remember if any molestation happened to me or not but what do you think ?

No contact with a relative before? What was it like for you? Who was it (if You don't mind my asking)? What did you do to go no contact? Thank you for your answers.

I'm a 14 year old Muslim girl and most people think my life is great, it's definitely not. My dad died a month ago and my mom and him were divorced so I live with her and my stepdad, my stepdad is overly religious and abusive and I have a sister that's 2 and they abuse her both psychically and mentally, every time I try to defend her they tell me to shut up or they'll break every bone in my body. I live in egypt which this type of behavior is normal in. She also emotionally abuses me and I never get to go out and have fun. I really don't know what to do and there is no CPS in egypt I guess?

My dad says he is broke and has no money but he has money to give to someone this man that treats bad behaviour,problems etc and this guy talks **** about me saying I need mental help what the hell my dad keeps giving money to him for no reason the he says he is broke and says he is fed up of life I am sick the guy talks **** about me and tells my dad all of it and my dad hits me for no reason I am sick what do I do?

Me and my sons father have joint physical and legal custody of our two year old. My sons father was very abusive when we were together, I didnt want my child around it, so I left him. I was scared of him and never mentioned the abuse to the courts. Which is a bad mistake on my part. I always worry about my son when hes there. His father has a girlfriend for about 5 months now, which is when he became abusive towards me. Im worried he'll start being abusive towards her and my son will be around it all which is what I didnt want. I can't ask her, she's really rude to me and has called me names. She's started a lot of problems lately but I usually just ignore it. But there's no way for me to know what's going on over there. My son comes back from his dads and he's horrible. Is it too late to mention the abuse to the courts? Will it matter if I bring it up now?

Need some advice, Have step daughter of 14. WE had a great relationship it was more friendship and respect and she could come to me about anything and no i would treat her as adult. At the weekend she went to town with her friend, and kept changing her plans, first the friend's parents were going to bring them back. then he wasn't and they had to walk, then she asked if her friend could sleep over, then the plan changed to her sleeping over there.,etc etc she then lied to me about my husband agreeing to something he hadn't. she had lied and changed plans every 30 mins i had, had enough. with this i punished her (no shouting just explained) and stopped her from going to her friends to sleepover. as i was waking downstairs i heard "i wish i hadn't wasted my money and brought her a b-day present she dont deserve it!" - she didn't say it quietly. The thing is, i dont have kids of my own, i am not maternal.. I didn't like kids when i first got with my husband but slowly accepted them into my life and became close to both of them. I cant take "oh she is only a kid and doesn't mean it" as at 14 she knows exactly what she saying! and then to not care or give a crap how it has effected me just makes me what to want nothing more to do with her! i haven't even received an apology. am i taking this to heart to much?? should i just let it go?? it has taken a lot for me to let my walls down with them, now i just feel i should add barb-wire and electric fences. Please help :-)

He took me last spring so it is my brother's turn but I am 14 and SO-SO jealous. They are going to New York City for my brother's 11th birthday. I haven't told anyone I am jealous and I keep downplaying it as "oh, NYC that is all, he took me to Canada". When it was me we went to Niagara Falls and ADK mountains of NY. How do I get over my jealousy?

Everyone in my family lies pretty much all the time. If the're caught in a lie they just shake it off. If I even try to lie about even small things, I feel so bad about it. Why is it only me? I feel like it's a weakness, so why do only I have it? I'm the youngest in my family if it makes a difference, although I am an adult. Anyone else feel this way? Also people in my family didn't say I was terrible for lying at all...they always just ignored it. So it's not like I got terrible reactions for lies specifically.

I bullied him as a kid somewhat. I was 4 years older. It was never major bullying but things like immitating him stutter or calling him "chubby". I liked poking him in the stomach and saying "can you get through the door". He killed himself at 22 and by then I hadn't bullied him in a decade and we got along. However, I still feel guilty like it may have triggered something when I bullied him. He was highly sensitive and had known emotional problems. How do I get over the guilt I feel as I feel like I caused him to kill himself by being a bully 10-15 years earlier.

He usually doesn't let me cause he is so afraid of my Mom being mad. She refuses to see them cause her Mom, my maternal grandmother, gets mad when we see family other then hers. Also my Mom feels like an outsider in my Dad's family cause his family thought he was too young to get married when they got married. He was 22 and is 41 now. I am 16. I feel really bad like someone else described on her being the only grandkid not their along with my siblings. But my Dad's family lives one our away and my Dad is afraid of making my Mom mad by making her Mom (my maternal grandmother) mad who my Mom fears all the time.I only have 3 cousins on my Mom's side and they are all much older.

She and my Mom are semi-estranged for 3 years. She is self consumed, maybe a narcissist and my Mom is tired of it. My cousins from my uncle's family will see her (other uncle doesn't live local) but my Mom and I won't most likely. I feel like I am being unfaithful. Am I or should not feel bad? The aunt is nice to me but does use me to jab at my mother.

My sister and I have always been close, but she has been very difficult to deal with these past few years. She talks about her job constantly. She's an oncology nurse at a prestigious hospital. When we have conversations, she doesn't seem to listen to me, cuts me off or one ups me. I've had a difficult life...my only daughter died almost five years ago. I'm doing my best to navigate the grief process and heal. Since she passed, I atoppped teaching full time and became a teaching assistant to give me time to heal and try to enjoy life rather than being stressed all the time. I feel like my sister uses this as a target. She knows she has a better, more involved, and more intellectual job. Also, I've been thin my whole life. She struggles with her weight and constantly shames thin women. A few days ago, I zoned out during one of her one sided work conversations and she got upset with me. I told her I was sorry and I'd try to be a better listener. In all honesty, she's exhausting and I don't think she cares at all about what I have to say. I told my husband that I'm done with dealing with her. I feel like an awful sister but she's so draining and unsupportive. Any advice?

My parents hid my parcel for no reason what should I do?

Hi, i'm a 15 year old girl. I'm usually a super positive person. I have a job, all a's in school, bought my first car, got my license, have a boyfriend of 3 years, adopted a cat, etc. But i'm alone, family wise. My mother went through a divorce after being cheated on by my father (he cheated with a minor, my brothers ex!) Which i get is stressful, but it's making my life hell. She takes my money to go to the bar, i don't get allowance, she doesn't buy me clothes etc. I have to use my money for food for me, her, and my brother, because she works 10 hours a week (she wants to work less) and i work 20-30, and her food stamps go to her boyfriends. She tells me to kill myself, i never help her, i don't understand her, i'm fat, disgusting, worthless, a burden, she regrets having kids, etc. This hurts especially badly because i weighed 78 pounds last year due to anorexia.. i gained about 30 since then but it still hurts. I have to clean the house because it's my grandfathers home and i want to be respectful. I see him probably once a week however. My brother is not home much, he's a recovering meth and heroin addict, relapsing lately, he talks to me and he said part of his relapse is due to stress on how our mom treats him. She told him he's never going to quit for good when he was 4 weeks clean.. she said alot of hurtful things. She's not physical but she emotionally hurts me and i'm so stressed doing her job as a mother. What do i do?

I am 36 years old woman. I have mba and work in a bank full time. I have disabled son 15 years old. My ex husband left three years ago when they diagnosed our son. After he left he refused to pay any money to our son. After a long fight at the court we won that he will pay monthly allowances. I needed help at the time as I was going through difficult time with the court and my son didn't had school ( all the schools rejected him), so I got special education teacher at home to teach. I needed to continue my day job as well. I didn't had money to hire lawyer so I was representing myself. I have spoken to my mom who lives in Singapore with older sister and brother. I requested her to come and stay with me a month or so, in order for my son to familiarise himself with the new teacher and because my son is not verbally she could give me feedback. My mother flatly rejected my request by saying she is busy. She said your brother's wife is pregnant and I am staying with them. I heard the three of them went for holiday together. I was genuinely hurt by that action. Little background info. Whenever my mother visits my house in Kuala Lumpur - I would ask her lets go out as I am taking my son for playing or swimming etc.. my mother will refuse and give me excuse that she is sick. Once we go out and I come back home she goes out with her friends. It has been on going for few years she never wants to go out with me and my son. I realised she doesn't want to be seen with my son. To make matters worst, she would tell me how her friends and my relatives keep telling her that nobody will marry me now because I have disabled son. My mother anyways lives in Singapore and she is raising the kids of my sister and brother but doesn't like to be around my son. All she does is she calls me as the calls are free to ask me the generic questions hi how r u? so now I stopped answering her calls. I feel disgusted from her. What would u do if u were in my place? My mother never paid her own ticket whenever she visits me. She calls me and I have paid for it. She never asks me even if i have money or not. When she comes to my house she constantly asks me for money which i have always gave her. However, she never asks my brother or sister and instead gives them her money and uses her money when she is traveling with them.

My mom spy my dad in how he uses his money and gets very angry when he share his money with his relatives. Yesterday, I saw her picking a receipt of his garbage in order to see how he spent his money. Is it wrong to do this?

So I m old enough to be a legal adult, and me with about 5 other friends and classmates want to go to Disneyland for a week. We ll be driving and staying at good hotels and not splitting up. The only problem is that my mother doesn t know them and just outright says no with no reason why. I want so badly to go on this trip, since it s during the break from college and I ll be saving up the money myself with my friends pooling their money all together with mine. How can I convince my mom that I want to go on this trip, and that it s nothing to worry about?

My grandmother died last 2 months ago. I didn't cry when she died. I tend to cry not in front of people. I did cried when i was alone in my room. During the funeral I shed a tear but no one was looking at me. My cousin then told me that I was heartless and didn't have feelings because she didn't see me cry. During the following days my aunt constantly telling me If I loved my grandma. I did loved my grandma and I told her that, but she assumes that I was lying because she didn't see me cry. I feel guilty because I didn't cry with them.

My ex from 6 years ago had my child and I've been trying to find my daughter but i gave up. A few friends said they seen my daughter and i want to meet her. I never met her b4. But i need to. Where should i start by looking for her? In my town people rarely use phones thats why it's hard to find her but pls help

Hi there, I'm 25, and I'm currently living with my older half-brother (53). I'm also currently recovering from anorexia and I can get pretty stressed out when it comes to food, and I don't want to be around it any longer than necessary. I've told my brother this many, many times and yet, he always wants me to cook him whatever I'm cooking for myself, doubling my time in the kitchen. Most of the time I go along with it, but deep down, it irritates me and once in a while I'll slip & let my irritation show. Like, for example: this morning he asked me what I was making myself for breakfast and I told him oatmeal. He asked me if I could make him a bowl... I was already feeling kinda stressed before he had asked me that, so I said to him, "Why can't you make it yourself...?" He said, "You gotta earn your way here. That's part of it." I was like, "What, to cook for you all the time?" Then he got all pissy and said angrily, "Nevermind... You're so f**king selfish." He also called me stupid, and then told me not to talk to him for the rest of the day. I don't currently have a job, so my brother pays for everything, including all of my food, clothes, etc. I pretty much stay home all day every day, but I DO clean up the house and do the dishes every single day. I also clean up my older sisters messes while she sits around like a bum. I thought I was earning my keep here by doing that, but my brother makes me feel like it's not good enough. Am I really selfish? Thanks

This is my first year joining my children's PTA meeting. I'm the treasurer. There were like 15 people total in the meeting. A day before the meeting the old treasurer showed me everything I have to say in the meeting because she wouldn't be able to be there to help me )she had to work late) anyways when the president told me to talk I froze and didn't know what to do and got nervous but the president played it cool and did it for me instead. I'm good at doing the treasurer work but I'm nervous to go to the next meeting, should I just quit or what do I do? I feel so embarrassed! By the way I'm Arabic, maybe one of the reasons I'm nervous is because my culture because we're not used to having women talk in public.

I'm graduating in 2018 and my dad bought my brother a condo when he graduated last year but my dad said he won't be buying me one since my mother already bought me the car I wanted a while back. My dad said it won't be fair to my younger brother and that he's going to want a car and a condo too when he graduates. That's not my fault and I want a place of my own and my dad needs to buy me one.

My parents got divorced when I was very young, and my dad began dating this woman, we'll call Jess. Eventually, they got engaged, and Jess became pregnant with my little sister. Right after my sister was born, the engagement was cancelled, and I never saw Jess or my sister again. My dad wouldn't tell me any info, and I got in significant trouble if I brought it up. Now it's 13 years later, and I finally traced down Jess yesterday. I asked her about my sister, and this is where things get crazy. Jess told me she ended up marrying a man a couple years later who was "legally not allowed" to be around children. So she gave my sister up for adoption, and Jess's mother and father ended up adopting her, and is being raised thinking Jess is her aunt. Here's the kicker, though: Jess's parents are purposely raising my sister to believe they are her biological parents, and they are not planning on telling her she is adopted, ever. After all these years of trying to find her, it did not occur to me she would not know, and would never be told. I want desperately to be a part of her life again, especially since I've come so close, but while she is living with her "parents" I won't be able to, and after she grows up, I am scared that I will be the one to tell her that her family has been lying to her her entire life. I need outsider's opinions. Should I leave her alone, and never talk to her? Should I try to message her "Mom"? Should I contact her when she is older?

I think it depends on whether if they know right/wrong and their influences. I've heard that younger siblings are more likely to become prisoners when they grow up. Some parents are manipulative and rude so the children can easily "inherit" those traits. On the other hand, plenty of younger siblings turn out well. A whole family can be all good or all bad. I don't think that subsequent ones show behavioral issues that firstborns don't have. There's rapists and murderers out there who are the oldest of their family. There's people who cured certain illnesses and made a huge difference in someone's life who were the youngest of six kids.

I have 3 aunties on moms side, none have the same father, they all died shortly after my grandma gave birth (within 5-10 years)

I am 36 years old woman. I have mba and work in a bank full time. I have disabled son 15 years old. My ex husband left three years ago when they diagnosed our son. After he left he refused to pay any money to our son. After a long fight at the court we won that he will pay monthly allowances. I needed help at the time as I was going through difficult time with the court and my son didn't had school ( all the schools rejected him), so I got special education teacher at home to teach. I needed to continue my day job as well. I didn't had money to hire lawyer so I was representing myself. I have spoken to my mom who lives in Singapore with older sister and brother. I requested her to come and stay with me a month or so, in order for my son to familiarise himself with the new teacher and because my son is not verbally she could give me feedback. My mother flatly rejected my request by saying she is busy. She said your brother's wife is pregnant and I am staying with them. I heard the three of them went for holiday together. I was genuinely hurt by that action. Little background info. Whenever my mother visits my house in Kuala Lumpur - I would ask her lets go out as I am taking my son for playing or swimming etc.. my mother will refuse and give me excuse that she is sick. Once we go out and I come back home she goes out with her friends. It has been on going for few years she never wants to go out with me and my son. I realised she doesn't want to be seen with my son. To make matters worst, she would tell me how her friends and my relatives keep telling her that nobody will marry me now because I have disabled son. My mother anyways lives in Singapore and she is raising the kids of my sister and brother but doesn't like to be around my son. All she does is she calls me as the calls are free to ask me the generic questions hi how r u? so now I stopped answering her calls. I feel disgusted from her. What would u do if u were in my place? My mother never paid her own ticket whenever she visits me. She calls me and I have paid for it. What ridiculous comment to make by darkness. I was asking her to help me for a month as she is my mother. that is what family is for.

So last year i believe when i was 13/14 me and my mom were in the car going back home from my speed training and my gym and an argument started and there was yelling and my mom started cursing and yelling at me to get out and she pulled over on the right shoulder about a 5 minute walk from a exit. She says that she did what any great parent would do and that it wasn't a big deal. I actually was almost at the exit and they were doing a lot of construction to it and a worker walked over and was asking what in the hell i was doing walking on the other railing side of a highway and ended up driving me to my gym and i got a ride home from a family friend at the end of the day. She says i earned it bc I'm "the worst person shes ever known". Yet her best friends have 2 older sons one who is addicted to weed and the other addicted to pot and kicked his father in the chest and yet I'm the worst person ever? I mean nothings gonna change in my mom without God but i just wanna know is that just something any other hard ***, strict parent would do? And to a 13/14 year old girl with no phone along with it?

My dad tried to buy an case of beers in the self checkout at Walmart amd the manager ran over and started yelling at us and my dad got very angry and threw the case of beeers at him and he got banned from he only store in town. Mu Dad said me and Ricky aren't allowed to go anywhere with his credit card cuz he doesn't trust us and thinks we'll buy drug store with it so we can't go alone to get groceries what to do

My parents use to physically beat me even with "items" when I was younger but not anymore. My dad purposely says to my brother and I to get a job everyday when i'm unemployed. He even said that when I was underage and he clearly knows that he's looking for a fight. I've worked many jobs but I quit them because they weren't for me. My mom never could think for herself and agrees with my dad about everything he spews from his mouth. She yells VERY LOUD and is almost like a slave to him. My brother is a delusional convoluted idiot who will believe everything the news says and will try to pi.ss me off if I disagree with him. As you can see, this is a very dysfunctional family. I've been under this pressure for over 19 years and i'm almost 20. They expect me to be a miracle worker but they are living in their own fantasy land by saying that. I've never had anything given to me, they beret me if I disagree with them. I can't seem to find a decent job with some decent people in it and not idiots. But i've been enjoying the hobby of learning now. My parents wouldn't help me with college in the first place so i've been self educating myself with online classes from the money i've saved up from previous jobs. I can't just move either or I would be homeless so that's illogical. I would like to know other alternative ways in coping with this bull.sh.it. I don't even want their filthy inheritance and i'm sure they took my name off of it.

Growing up my parents divorced when I was 8. My Mom told me my Dad left her and therefore he did not love me. She said had he loved me he would have been a better parent. She also said he'd fight to see me if he loved me. She threw away presents he sent the first Christmas after they divorced and I didn't get more. He would call her to see about visiting and she said no. He was with a new wife and Mom told me he loved those kids now and abandoned us. Come age 16 my Dad got in touch with me. My Mom had softened some (not a lot) and agreed to let me see him. My Dad had gotten divorced again and wanted to start visiting. My mother said no at first and then when he threatened to take her to court she agreed. My Dad was so much better then I'd thought he'd be. So now I have a large amount of shame that I believed my Mom that my Dad didn't love me. I used to write notes saying "F.U. Dad, I cant wait until the day God puts you where you belong in hell". At age 16 I stopped cause I saw my Dad and realized he loved me. Now I feel SO-SO guilty that I wrote those things and believed my Mom. Sure my Dad was not perfect but my Mom used me as a weapon against him. I am 31 now and still carrying this guilt. My Dad died in March. So I am taking a poll, am I at fault for not being close to my Dad as a child and writing those foul notes? Am I at fault for believing my mother that my Dad never loved me?

I am 12 years older then the oldest cousin. So I am in my mid-30's and host a family reunion with my late mothers family for the day each July. Last two years we have had a good turn out except very few from my generation come. One even said to my aunt when she tried to recruit her, "but I don't know anyone there very well, it is all the older people". I feel sad since my cousins are so much younger so don't know me well. I am closer to my Dad's side of the family since we do all holidays with them which is why I set up this party each summer now to get closer to my Mom's side of the family. All my Mom's siblings and cousins see me a lot. Yet, my generation only sees me at funerals and weddings. How might I recruit them to this reunion for future years? What activities would people enjoy who are ages 15 to 25?

He is like Groucho Marx.

My sister has a bachelors and masters in Computer Science. I'm a guy, and I have a bachelors and masters in Paralegal Studies. Whenever either my mom or dad have a problem with their smart-phone, smart-TV, or laptop, they want me to fix it, ir explain to them how it works. I've told my parents many many times that technology is not my forté, that they should ask my sister. But my parents always come to me for their troubles with technology. Are both my mother and my father sexist?

I'm 20 years old a female, I'm at Home but my father is very controlling and my mother gets the manipulative characteristics from him too, so they both are manipulative, aside from that my family is failing miserably, my brother is 28 and still at Home no wife or anything doesn't even have a real job, my sister moved out to live with her bf, I got an apt to get away from my manipulative parents which they are paying for, I don't have a car or a license yet because my parents are too lazy to get me going forward I have to beg for anything and it gets very tiring, I had to get my aunt to at least start me going on getting a license which things happened and we never got too, I want to be free and independent and happy what do I do, how should I be living my life right now? ☆ Sent from iOS Dr. Know! 1.0.03

My daughter is 19 years old. She's a freshman in community college, which I pay for. I pay her car insurance ($2,000/yr), car repairs (thousands of dollars over two years), and she lives here rent free. I also buy all her food and toiletries. She's in school about 9 hours a week over three days. I don't think she has much homework. She has a job where she works 2-3 days a week for about 10-12 hours on average for the week. She only pays for her gas and for clothes. Should I continue doing this? She always says she's so busy but she spends more time with her boyfriend than she does at school or work and sometimes getting her to do chores around the house becomes a chore for me.

I truly love my Mom. But she has torn me mentally and emotionally. I still have scars in my life emotionally and here I am now an adult. Growing up she woul do do so much to me that I still remember. Like tell me I wasn't beautiful inly my sister, tell my boyfriend he should talk to my sister instead of me and put me out for her dates and all types of stuff. She's never happy for me, she constantly compares herself to me. If I accomplished anything she go on to talk about her accomplishments and turn it on herself. She left my little sister on me when I was 19 and she was 9 months and married a new guy. I still have my little sister so therefore my life has been on hold. My mom still claims her and get food stamps and refund for her since she's been born she's now 10. I get no help whatsoever. I'm in school and about to graduate. My mom only calls me when she needs money and sometimes I give it to her because she comes up with lies about being sick, she's getting put out and all types of things. Ive suffered from depression for so long and now that I'm graduating I brought a 5 bedroom home and her and her husband lives in a hotel they can barely afford and wants to live with me until they get on my feet. I'm much happier when it's distance between us and I just want to work on mysellf. Im thinking of cutting contact for a year but worrying about her well-being. Any advice

I'm 13 years old and I am at home with my parents. The thing is there is no food and I don't have any money. They don't have any money and they've been sleeping all day and they will not get up.

He usually doesn't let me cause he is so afraid of my Mom being mad. She refuses to see them cause her Mom, my maternal grandmother, gets mad when we see family other then hers. Also my Mom feels like an outsider in my Dad's family cause his family thought he was too young to get married when they got married. He was 22 and is 41 now. I am 16. I feel really bad like someone else described on her being the only grandkid not their along with my siblings. But my Dad's family lives one our away and my Dad is afraid of making my Mom mad by making her Mom (my maternal grandmother) mad who my Mom fears all the time.I only have 3 cousins on my Mom's side and they are all much older.