Family: Question: I am scared of my uncle. How do I get my Mom to stop making me see the mean man?

Question: I am scared of my uncle. How do I get my Mom to stop making me see the mean man?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:09 PM PST

Question: My Dad lied for years and years to my Mom about his finances. They are divorced now. Is he a bad man because of this and should I hate him?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:08 PM PST

My Mom wants me to hate him and his new wife but I can't help but to still feel love for him. How do I stop and should I hate him for lying to my Mom?

Question: My father lies on a frequent basis. How would I go about disowning him so I don;t get hurt anymore?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:59 PM PST

Question: My Dad is mad that my school is closed for MLK Day tomorrow after 3 snow days. Does this mean my Dad is a racist?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:57 PM PST

Question: I have a potential stalker/peeping Tom? What do I do?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:21 PM PST

I am a 16 year old female who sleeps downstairs where the window is on the ground. The rest of my family sleeps upstairs at a decent level of height. All the girls in my family aside from my mom sleep downstairs and last night around 8 I was on my phone when my mom called me upstairs. As I was leaving, for some reason I turned my head, looked at my window (I don't have curtains. Only blinds) and saw a shadow move away from it. But because it was only a quick second I brushed it away. Later on after I came back my gut feeling told me to check my window and I found footprints in the snow leading from the road to our front yard right towards my window. I then walked into my sister's rooms and checked their windows too. To my surprise, the person had walked around from my window to my sisters. I then alerted my parents and my dad went outside to check it out. When he came back, he said that the footprints were brand new and that it had been walking around the house. My mom then rushed me and all my sisters to sleep in my brother's room upstairs. I am very creeped out by this and afraid it might happen again. My dad plans to buy a security camera and alarms for the doors. But my question is, what can I do to prevent this? How do I cope with it? I've read stories and people say to have a weapon nearby in case something happens but I don't have knowledge in protecting myself. We don't know what to do at this point other than to get curtains and secure our doors and windows.

Question: Would you still be friends with someone who called your sister ugly?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 12:42 PM PST

Question: My Dad persistently breaks promises and fibs. Now he is getting me to lie to my Mom for him. How do I get out of this?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 12:31 PM PST

he wants me to lie to her to avoid conflict.

Question: My sister only thinks of herself and is aged 24. Is this still young and do many people grow out of a selfish phase like this?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 12:28 PM PST

Question: Life help question please help I don’t know what to do?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 11:51 AM PST

I moved 800 miles to be with my boyfriend of 6 year now but 4 at the time and I moved away from all my family and friends. We ended up having a kid and I work part time bringing in between 400 and 500 dollars a month with free daycare while I work. I do literally everything at home cleaning, cooking, bills, taking care of our son, and everything my boyfriend needs done. He goes out with friends often while I am at home taking care of our son. I literally do nothing but stay at home. He work 8 hours a day sometime more sometimes less and then comes home eats and watches tv all night, and he has the nerve to say I have it easy I get to spend alll this time with our son, but he freaks out when I didn't get something done or if I ask him to do something small he gets mad and then we fight about how I don't work that much and blah blah blah. And how everything is his because he paid for it and I am living here for free. We fight about it all the time and he won't listen to me and think about how I feel. Should he be treating me that way or does he have it worse than me and I should just take it?

Question: I might lose my home. Can I take any kind of legal action?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 11:38 AM PST

My friend and I have been living with my grandpa for two years. We have been helping him, taking care of the house, and trying our hardest to be good to this place because it's very important to us and the family. However, just two days ago, my grandpa passed away and while it's sad, it is also causing some of the worst strife we've ever been involved in. My grandpa never updated his will after all his grandchildren became adults. He didn't think it would happen so soon and had plans to fix it so we wouldn't have to worry about a place to live if something happened to him. However, now that he's gone the house falls to his two step sons, my father and uncle. My uncle wants to sell the house, but my dad says no. However, the only agreement is that if the house isn't going to be sold, then my friend and I have to be kicked out and my cousin (a known violent offender and drug addict) gets to stay instead. The thing it, my grandpa said he would NEVER allow my cousin to stay here because of the kind of things he's done. Do we have a case or do we have to let them do this to us?

Question: Anything that can help my dad?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 11:31 AM PST

10+ years ago, my father was doing his job as an undercover cop when a drunk driver slammed his car from its right and pushed it into a large ditch. unfortunately, my father had several injuries to his neck and spinal cord. miraculously, nothing broke. however, he comes home from work and 8 out of 10 times, his neck is sending shooting pain up into his head and back. he uses spicy food to distract him, and then he goes to sleep, usually with a bit of bengay. he does not need to go to the hospital, as there is no way to fix his condition without rewiring his nervous system, which would take away his ability to smile and read facial expressions. he does not need medical help, but does anybody know of a non-prescription medication that could ease his pain?

Question: Am I wrong to not what an abortion?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 10:49 AM PST

Im only 17&a student. I'm 12 wks pregnant&have known since I was 3 wks. Family are strict&since I told them theyve said that its my decision which I choose but if I don't decide a termination I'm living in a council flat. with my boyfriends family saying we could live there for support. Im not allowed to do that.im learning what struggling means, but if I choose a termination Id be flown to Dubai 'business class' for my birthday&if the reason I want to keep the child is because I want to be out my house, theyll happily rent out anywhere I want, as soon as I finish my ALevels&abort but if not Im getting no support. My boyfriend&family are overjoyed.its nice to be surrounded by them because it makes me feel like I havent committed a sin and I am okay to be happy&excited over it. I was booked in for an abortion, I didnt turn up, something inside me knew, I was doing it for parents.Im stuck theyre getting to me:how anyone who is thrilled is just wanting to trap me and its the hardest route, making it the biggest mistake. They have high expectations (a great thing).I understand their disappointment.I have an older sibling, the perfect child I know I'm being compared to her and being considered 'an idiot for throwing my life away.' My family are pressurising to choose.they're waiting to hear 1 thing&if I go through with abortion its for them but because im indecisive, im not sure whether I am being naive&maybe they are right ill struggle®ret it once its too late. anyone help?

Question: Am I wrong for possibly deciding not to attend my brothers wedding?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 10:48 AM PST

Before my brother met his fiancé, he and my mother had an ok relationship. My mother has always been the type that has shown tough love and is just a blunt person In general. She talks to my wife and I the same as she does my brother and his fiancé so no favoritism. A few years ago mom said something that his fiancé took the wrong way and she has since avoided my mother. She sent email to my mom 4 paragraphs long telling her off and also got her mother involved by sending a message saying things like "it's no wonder you are divorced and bitter". Not sure if brother knows about this. Mom has apologized and offered to sit and talk but his fiancé refuses. He said apology didn't sound genuine enough. They have not seen my mom on Christmas for three years. The other day I found a Reddit post stating that his fiancé refuses to have my mother at the wedding and hes starting to not have a problem with it either. He also said in the post that only reason he wants to invite her is bc he doesnt want to make me mad and alienate me from his life, which we aren't even that close anymore. He also made some comments about me, saying I have issues and that my dad not being around "really messed me up" (parents divorced when I was 18) Would I be in the wrong for not attending if he didn't invite her? He asked me to be best man, but I don't support the way he is treating her. If I go, I feel I'll be saying that "I'm ok with how you are treating Mom" It's his choice, but I can also make my own.

Question: Feel like my dad is bullying me?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 10:33 AM PST

I just somehow keep getting on his nerves because I'm quiet. If i'll just sit there, and listen and not say much because that's just how I am, he gets annoyed that im not talking and keeps pestering me about it. He shouted at me earlier, resulting into me crying. He does it in front of everyone in my family, which makes me feel embarrassed and ashamed, although I have done nothing wrong. He started shouting at me because I wasn't talking. He was like you're so hot and cold, sometimes you can be loud and excited and then you go moody. I just don't say anything cause I don't want to start anything. I'm not being moody, I'm just quite a reserved quiet person but yes, I can be loud and excited. Then my mom takes his side. And then my mom told me to go sit down with him so he can hug me etc. I said no, cause he just shouted at me and made me cry? I just need space. None of my siblings say anything because they're scared of him. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I'm just being me. im 14 btw

Question: Why my sister have small hands?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 10:24 AM PST

Question: I think my dad hates me?? please help.?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 10:22 AM PST

I've been home schooled ( i do it online he doesnt teach me) since this school year and ive been trying my best, i used to be bad at school but im doing good now. i was bullied hardly since kindergarten. im very depressed and have low self esteem and very bad anxiety. ive seen 6 therapist, been in the mental hospital, talked to 3 teachers at school all for help. my dad thinks its all fake and an "act" just to get pout of school. he is always getting s mad at me for little things, every single day, for example: today i needed tape and i said i need the wide type and he handed me a small type and i said "not that one" in a calm voice and he just went off and threw it at me and screamed. he does this type of stuff every day. then later my aunt called and asked to go grocery shopping and i said im busy because im working on something and my dad knew this and he said i embarrassed him for not going with her. i dont understand how. she seemed nice about it!!! and he told me before that i "ruin every damn thing" and one time he was mad at me he called my uncle over and my uncle basically beat me, he choked me and threw me agaisnt a wall. hes a body builder so hes very strong. and my dad didnt do anything. he called him over that day all because he was yelling at me and i didnt say anything because if i do then he'll get more mad. so i stayed calm. this makes me want to kill myself. no one in my family seems to like me, i want to die already, im 17 btw. im scared to even go to family events because of the hate.

Question: I hate my stepdad???

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 10:16 AM PST

I'm 20 so I don't live with my parents anymore and I honestly hate spending time with my step dad. He's so ignorant all the time and just really ******* rude I can't stand him at all. Every aspect of him makes me mad. He's never been like a father figure to me just some guy living in the house who pays the bills. Throughout my teen years he was so rude to me. I will never forget when I was struggling with depression when I was about 15 or 16 and got sent home from school for being suicidal all he did was make some joke out of it. I've never heard this man say I love you, he's never gave me a hug or kiss or just done anything fatherly. He has real daughter a year younger than me and he favorites her and I have no clue why when she's not the best person and I feel like it's just because she's her real daughter. He always talks about all her achievements and brags about her when it's really nothing that big. It makes me so mad I don't understand why I'm treated like crap while he favorites his real daughter. I've known him for most of my life. Why is he like this??? I told my mom think and she always tells him but for him it goes in one ear and out the other

Question: How should I have handled this situation?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 09:58 AM PST

My sisters husband Joe works at the same place I do. He was getting behind on a project he was working on and he ask me to help him. I said sure and I worked with him during my lunch and sometimes after work. He was afraid he would loose his job if he did not get his project done on time. It was a struggle but we got the project completed on time. I got an email from my sister that said "I hope you remember all the help Joe gave you at work and all the time he spent with you so you could keep your job". My first reaction was that I should take that email to Joe and tell him to tell my sister the truth about who helped who. However on more thought I didn't do that. I thought why start a family fight when it can be avoided. If Joe wants to keep the truth from his wife, I will not interfere. However when Joe needs help again (which he will) I am going to be not available. Please tell me if you think I made the right decision. How should I handled this situation? THANKS

Question: What would you do if you drove by and you saw an 8 year old do this?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 09:24 AM PST

(This is a true story and i'm still embarrassed about it to this day) So when I was 8 I was coming back to the car from the beach. My sister didn't want me to go into her car without changing out of my bathing suit because I would dirty her car. Keep in mind that the car was parallel parked on the side of a busy street. So I stand to the side of the car and start taking my bathing suit off under my towel. I bend down and then suddenly my towel falls off. There I am, exposed to a busy street full of pedestrians and drivers. I always wondered what the people were thinking when they saw this horrific sight. What would you think if you saw this?

Question: My mom said she always be embarrassed when she’s walking with me bc i’m too fat.?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 09:12 AM PST

Is she love me for who i am or for just for a size of my body?

Question: How to get my son to stop looking at gay video game and cartoon porn?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 07:20 AM PST

He doesn't like pics of women for some reason

Question: I'm so lonely, i dont have a friend that I can till everything?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 07:20 AM PST

I feel so lonely,,,,, I can't hang out with my friends or cousins because my mom is so bossy she thinks I'm hers I can't go anywhere I was at home for a year never went out just to school but my brother can go anywhere but me no I can't she doesn't let me do anything without her bossing me around like legit any little simple thing it's just god so annoying she treats me like a slave I just wake up she makes me sit with her until the night and when I want to call my friends she says I'm better than them and I'm done I really don't wanna say this but Im starting to hate her

Question: What would be easier to convince your parents to let you get- Snapchat or Instagram?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 07:15 AM PST

my parents are pretty strict about most things they don t really approve of social media in general and don t really want me to get any i would really like to get snapchat or instagram everyone at school has at least one of them or both i don t know how to persuade my parents to let me get one? which one would be easier to a) explain to my parents and b) convince my parents to let me get? thanks

Question: Family issues are affecting me a lot.?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST

My parents keep fighting constantly every single day due to financial issues and all sorts of things. My parents have been married for 28years and now my mom wants a divorce but it's not easy she's got nothing to stay with and it is ripping me apart every single day because of them I cry every single day. I thought of speaking to my moms elder brother who I feel is the only one that will understand my problems and maybe sort it out by talking to my parents. The problem is my family and him are not close and they only speak occasionally if they meet at a party or so. I don't know what should I do as I don't have a job or anything enough to move out. Please help me out if I should speak to my uncle as speaking to my family didn't really help me out.

Question: How can i make my mother happy?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 06:31 AM PST

I love her to death.

Question: How to embarrass a shy person?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 06:26 AM PST

Question: Stepdaughter hates me?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 06:13 AM PST

Why does my stepdaughter who's 5 years younger than me hate me. And compares her self to me. I'm married to her father and we have 2 kids of our own. She also hate him her own father.

Question: My aunts teamed up on me cause I accidentally asked the same question more then once. Now they wont speak to me. What do I do?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:49 AM PST

Last June there was a party and I asked Aunt A and she didn't call back so called Aunt B and she said party was cancelled. Later that day I saw my grandmother who said "are you coming tonight" so I went. The two aunts were furious and one in particular. They have not spoken to me since other then a cold hello from the one who saw me at Christmas time (the other lives out of town). The out of town one blocked me from her Facebook as well and had her kids do the same. This all hurt. It is my late mother's family and since my parents divorced before she died they never reach out to us anymore cause we went to live with out Dad (I was 13 when my Mom died). So as an adult I want to be close to her family also. Our grandmother is the only one to reciprocate regularly (grandfather died when I was little). There are three aunts and an uncle. Uncle and two of the aunts won't invite me or my siblings to anything. A 3rd aunt is civil but brief and was not involved in the incident last summer. The uncle gave me the silent treatment that day but wasn't mean. So what do I do? I don't want to be estranged from my Mom's family. Just because they hate my Dad for the divorce doesn't mean I am bad. In fact my Mom was the one to file for the divorce. I am so upset about this and it made Christmas hard. My cousin had Facebook pictures that showed the whole family gathered Christmas Eve and excluded us. What do I do? I did see them at a public event a few days after Christmas but the family event we were excluded from. I am 22 years old and awkward socially cause of ADHD and Anxiety which is why I asked more then once to be sure I knew when the event was last June. It was not like I asked over and over though the way I did as a kid.

Question: My mum won't let me do anything.?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:41 AM PST

I'm turning 18 this year but I'm not allowed to meet friends, have sleepovers (same gender), go out alone (during daytime of course),play computer games,stay up past 10, eat sweets, wear shorts (not booty shorts, normal ones), grow my nails,wear makeup, watch movies/tv series, dye my hair (normal colours) or get an ear piercing amongs many more things my classmates are allowed to do. Of course I don't want to smoke or drink like a lot of my classmates, some of which are only 15-16 but I would at least like to have sleepoverd.

Question: My mother allowed me around her sister's brother-in-law who is a known child abuser. Is this neglectful parenting?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:24 AM PST

Trying to see cause she wouldn't let me meet my Dad who had alcoholism but she let me near a pedophile who was not related (the aunt's husband's family). We'd see the pedophile every Thanksgiving and Easter as her sister would host those events. Yet, I was banned from my Dad in particular on holidays cause he drank too much. I resent my Mom cause she used me to get my Dad back but was okay with me seeing other far more toxic people like her alcoholic uncle who was a bigot or this pedophile. So was my mother neglectful in doing this? Should I point this out to her next time she tried to defend alienating me from my own Dad?

Question: My uncle verbally abuses his wife and broke a bed in a fight with her. He never has hit her though. So does he count as an abuser?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:18 AM PST

No one knows why his wife has put up with it all these years except that she apparently was abused for years by her now estranged father.

Question: Why are my kids worthless **** bags? I hate them I really have hated them for 15 years?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 04:42 AM PST

I am 56 my kids are 18 and 19. They were both home schooled neither have friends as I never put them in any activities both refuse to get on welfare(they call it stupid) both refuse to work(they say not getting hit by cars is more important). I never taught either how to drive, I never got either driving lessons(my parents did for me at 16 but my kids are different they don't deserve transportation). We live in a town where the bus is 30 miles away(we do not live in the city), they both refuse to walk it. Neither will walk 8 miles(3 hours) twice a day to go to the shopping centre near us for jobs as both refuse to walk in the middle of the highway we live off of(the sides are boarded up with fences and nothing to walk on). Neither owns a birth certificate ssn as i got rid of them 5 years ago. Can I get a restraining order against them? I get angered and punch them at times

Question: Why is my older sister so emotionally weak and shy?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 03:58 AM PST

Question: ALL MY SONS PLAY How does Kate try to calm George down and show they have nothing to hide?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 03:50 AM PST

Question: Will this work?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 03:18 AM PST

When me and my family takes a vacation to Mexico, I plan on running away and telling some family I find that I'm abused and abandon and try to get then to take me in and take care of me until I'm 18. Basically become my parents.

Question: Should I tell my parents I was sexually abused as a child?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:12 AM PST

It happened when I was 7, maybe 8 years old, this "friend" of my father's had been entrusted to look over me and my little brother while mom went out to buy something. I had no understanding of what had happened, and did not talk about it to my parents, just as he instructed me. A few days later, he left the country and has been gone ever since. Recently he once again got in contact with my father, and asked to see me. I vehemently refused. My parents don't accept me being rude to this "good friend", but if I tell them it will break their hearts.

Question: Am I wrong to be hurt by this?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:28 AM PST

I met a girl in August who quickly became my best friend. She had just moved from another state to live with her dad. In late September, she told me that her and her family were going to move back to their home state. At first she said it was probably going to be around November, but the date keeps getting pushed back because nobody's buying their house. She met a guy a few weeks ago online. He lives about an hour away and she's already gone over there about 3 times and spent the night but tells me all the time she's too busy to hangout. For the first time in a while we hung out the other day. My phone was being slow and I needed to check something so I asked for her phone. It was open to her messages and I saw one to someone about her moving in summer, and got curious. She was telling someone that she probably wasn't going to move until late summer (which she had never told me). Her friend replied something like, "I'm so sorry. Just be patient." The part that I took personally though, was that she replied, "I'm actually gonna be sad now though, because of my boyfriend." It hurt me because she's known this guy for 2 weeks, and he's already more of a reason to stay than I am. I just feel really unimportant to her now. Am I overreacting? Or is it okay I'm a little hurt by this? She tells me all the time that I can talk to her about anything, but I keep a lot of stuff inside not because I think she'll judge me, but I just feel like a baby complaining all the time. :( (Please don't make this about me snooping through her phone. We go through each others crap all the time and don't care lol.)

Question: How to stop a mother rejecting her kids?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 12:34 AM PST

My son and daughter-in-law lost their 5 year old daughter just over a week ago. She had been sick her entire life, so although the death was not a shock it was still tremendously heartbreaking. The issue we are now facing is that my DIL is refusing any sort of interaction with their two remaining children. Their oldest, 6 desperately wants to talk about her sister, but isn't allowed. The little one is only a baby and doesn't understand why her mum is pushing her away. Before the death, her & all 3 girls were very close so this rejection is sudden and unexpected. My son and I are doing what we can to help them grieve but they are really longing for their mum. Any advice or suggestions on what we can do would be much appreciated.

Question: How do I leave my toxic family?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 12:28 AM PST

I m 20 years old my situation is so bad I can not type it all I m exhausted I want out of the situation I have no car I have an education my mom takes my money I have no money I m just ready to leave I m being physically and verbally abused but, it s so hard to go to a shelter especially when you aren t really homeless I have a dad I can go to that s an option but, he is a drug abuser. I have mental issues of course so I was thinking I could maybe admit myself

Question: Should I move out of the house once I turn 18 ?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 12:21 AM PST

I'm 17 right now, will be 18 in 8 months. Anyways I don't live in the U.S and in my country u get driving licenses at 18 so I have to be 18 to get a job cause I'm not able to drive on my own now. Also I'm in 11th grade right now so when I'll be 18 there will be one more year of high school left (12th grade). Should I move out next year ? Or stay with them ? Actually in the house, my parents don't have rules so I feel free, I can leave and come back to the house whenever I want so basically I'm free. I just feel like at 18, I should be on my own. What do u think?

Question: Really need family advice?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:59 PM PST

Recently my family has hit an all time low , my mom got a ticket for the first time in 10 or so years, my brother has to go to court soon, my dad just got fired, and now I'm really scared my parents are going to get divorced and I don't know what to do ?? My dad came home later than my mum and he was locked out and he got super mad and no started yelling and my mum literally Called The Police and after that whole thing my dad said he was going to leave and get a divorce but he was, super drunk so I don't know if that affects anything and he's said that more times that i can count on my fingers and nothing happened but I'm still really scared... and advice really helps:((

Question: Why is my sister like this!?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:28 PM PST

Okay so I have an older sister who always has to be the center of attention and always acts like a victim. I have tried to ignore this but I really can't take it anymore. For example: I recently got a little cold nothing much just a cough and a sore thought. I had complained a little about how my throat was sore and I had been coughing but that was it. The next day sister was complaining about how her throat hurt so bad and now she is coughing too but it sounds so fake and she coughs so loud to make everyone hear it. I get that viruses spread easily but this always happens when I get sick, she somehow does too but she always makes it out be be much worse. She also goes around self diagnosing herself with mental disorders and making sure everyone knows about them and blames all her misfortune on them. I just want some advice as of how to deal with this. We are really close so I could talk to her but again she makes herself a victim and gets offended of everything. I would talk to my parents too but they would just say to ignore it and dismiss me.

Question: Should I let my 12 year old daughter go to an 18 year old girl’s religious/cultural birthday party?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 10:12 PM PST

Young girls often have these religious events on their 18th birthday in her friend's culture. This is not our ethnic background, however, I assume that my child will attend more of these when she gets to that age. She has lots of schoolmates who are of that background and their ceremonies will be in five years. From what I've heard, this is perfectly okay for children to attend. Smaller children often go to these parties of their older siblings, friends, relatives, etc. I know exactly where to pick my daughter up and what will be happening there. There's no other concerns that I have.

Question: When conservatives talk about "family value" do they mean good old fashioned "Face To Face Quality Family-Shaming Time "?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:43 PM PST

Question: Where is the video "Wilted Rose" that shows animals trying to escape from a factory farm. I want to share it with my daughter.?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:40 PM PST

Question: Why do people point out flaws?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:25 PM PST

my brother does this. i have no idea why bc we have a good relationship. he has pointed out my weight numerous times. i love my body but it just hurts bc its as if he says what he says to make me feel bad. he repeats himself i guess bc i always just nod or ignore or say "yuup" and again he just repeats. i assume he wants a reaction but i dont see why since he is my brother and arent they suppose to lift u up. beat up any guy that says anything bad abt you. anyway he points out other "flaws" too and when he does im just like "whhaaa i didnt know that was a flaw of mine. hmm i guess it is"

Question: My mom is really depressed. What are some ways to help her or things to do to destract her.?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 08:23 PM PST

My mom found out that she's pregnant and my twin and I are about to graduate high school and my grandma ( her mom ) just passed away. What are somethings that we could do as a family that would help all of this stuff get off her mind. All she

Question: Why is it so risky to report child sexual abuse or to get CPS involved?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 08:15 PM PST

Even a parent is worried sick about their child, there's a lot of other things to be concerned with in the long run. Family and friends often think a lot before mentioning that they suspect abuse. It's usually so they don't receive controversy or get accused of any inappropriate ideas. In my experience, a lot of parents of sexual abuse victims speak to a therapist or doctor BEFORE trying to confirm anything. Sometimes they try getting info out of their kids by asking about their daily lives. They alert friends and neighbors to be aware of the child's behaviour and to look out for them - but never bring up the "dark" concerns.

Question: I hate my family so much. I’m a 16 y/o girl and my step mom took my phone away and my dad did NOTHING. What should I do?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 08:12 PM PST

My mom passed away so it's just me and my dad and my 22 year old brother. He married this ugly witch who has a 29 y/o son but since he's old he only visits. So he was over and asked me to clean my room but I said no because I was watching a video. And he said stop being disrespectful and I said I wasn't and then he flipped out and was like stop back talking. Then he grabbed my phone out of my hand which was rude and he scratched my wrist in the process which hurt. And he gave MY phone to my step mom. I don't pay for it but it's MY phone and my step mom DOES NOT pay for it my dad does. And when my dad came home he was like if an adult asks you to do something you need to do and blah blah blah. And then I asked my brother to get it back and he STOOD UP FOR THEM. I HATE my fmaily. (I'm on my computer) you try to go without a phone it's HARD. What should I do? Is this abuse?

Question: What do i do??

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 07:27 PM PST

my parents... they are very over protective.. i go to college out of state.. at first living away from home and from my parents was hard and depressing.. but now i like living away from them.. but they think i hate living away from them so they come visit me every few weeks by driving 14 hours and they also make me fly home every month also but now.. i just rather not do that.. and i want to live away from my parents and figure out my personality and learn living alone and change and mature up and become independent but my parents dont seem to really understand and think of me as a little kid.. if i tell them i dont wanna go.. they think im doing something suspicious or they get very disappointed..

Question: My parents are killing me.?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:47 PM PST

I have depression diagnosed, my sister bully's me calls me names not even on a sibling butting heads thing like she told me to kill myself before. My dad and mom treat me horribly and I tried to tell them all how I felt no one seems to care. I have no idea what to do anymore I can't move out I'm not of enough yet or financially stable at that.

Question: What do you think, be completely honest, no surgar coating please or "wording ur way around". Just be straight 4ward plz.?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:42 PM PST

I'm 16 n my chores r: Bathroom - sink, toilet, bathtub, replacing the trash bag, sweep, and mop. -My bedroom - sweep, mop, make bed, and occasionally making room neat again. -Living room - sweep, occasionally. -trash job - replacing 1 bathroom trash bag. N occasionally taking out the big trash bag with every1's trash in it. -Sometimes washing dishes. That's all the chores I have. Here's y I'm concerned: my 15yr old friend has a job, more chores than I do, is ready 4 dual enrollment (as in, is ready 2 start college even tho still in high school), n has a sibling n another on the way which means more responsibility, plays guitar, and already knows wut he wants 2du in life. Other of my friends on the other hand, seem as tho they don't do as many chores as my 15 yr old friend; n they seem 2b doing just fine, tho dis might b an assumption cuz some have pretty serious extracurricular activities, so I could b wrong. What do u think, tho? Am I late on my resposiblities? Most people start a job at the age of 15 or 14, I'm about 2b 17 and still I don't feel ready 4 a job. My parents say that I'm doing more than good w/ my chores, but compared 2 my 15yr old friend, I may be way behind. But he's probably way advanced beyond his years, so I'm not sure. I'm trying 2 increase the numbers of my responsibilities but am not doing a decent job at it, can't even keep up w/ current 1's. M i really falling behind in the normal rate of maturity or am I being paranoid? What should I do? Advice?

Question: Does my niece like me ?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:36 PM PST

My niece is 3 months old every time she sees me she always smiles at me she always wants me to hold her she wants me more than her mom and dad. When I'm around she's always watching me she watches everything I do. I played my guitar for her the other night she fell asleep right on me. In a way it's really cute but in another way I find it kind of creepy. A lot of girls like me even little girls seem like me I never understood that. Does she like me ?

Question: All-In-One printer situation. Details below.?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:19 PM PST

Based on the info below do you think it would be wiser to just keep the machine i have or purchase another one?????? Ok here is the situation. I have a Lexmark all in one printer i bought it new in 2011. I haven't used it that much over the years but am finding i am starting to need it much more than i had in the past. When i say more i use it more regularly if not a couple of sheets a day as opposed to maybe weekly or monthly like the past. Lexmark no longer supports Inkjet printers, which in itself is an issue. The ink is VERY expensive if i can find the name brand ink at all. I have tried the generic ink twice, first time the ink seemed to run out way too fast and i hadn't used it that much (so it must have been defective), and currently one of the ink cartridges just leaked inside my machine and occasionally prints all blue... Also both the name brand and generic are not sold in stores. Third concern right now is i need to buy a new 'printer head' as mine seems to have something wrong with it and that will run me like $30.00 + SH Now my question to you all is this; do you think it would be wiser to buy a new all in one printer that is supported by its manufacturer and has ink that can be purchased in stores and isn't outrages ---OR---- should i spend the $30 for a print head and continue to chance it with generic ink? ***I don't print pictures but i do want color option. Please let me know your thoughts AND REASONING some specifics please!!!!

Question: Parents: If a grown child lived with you, would you charge them rent?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:14 PM PST

My friend is having some issues. She's 21 and still a little unclear about what she wants to do in life. She's had a minimum wage job for a couple years that's part-time, but gets decent hours with it. There really isn't much room for advancement, but she stayed with it because she really enjoys it. Her goal is to save a good portion of her paycheck for several years to go to college later so she minimize her debt and get things figured out. She does keep up with her personal expenses like car insurance/gas/etc. However, her mom thinks she should also be paying rent, but her dad says it's fine for her to live rent-free so she can save up more. Which side would you be on? Also, if your child worked a low-paying job, would you force them to apply for better jobs or let them make their own decisions?

Question: My mom and I can’t talk about anything?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:30 PM PST

Whernever I want to talk to my mom about something she immediately gets pissed off and doesn't answer me. We have good talks sometimes bug most of the time it's like I annoy her. She's always saying she's tired or I'm not easy to talk too etc. I don't have any problems talking to anyone else, hate that is with my mother.

Question: What is the nae nae and is it inapropiate ? also does "whipping" refer to the actual violent acion of whipping someone? (i.e slaves)?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:03 PM PST

my son keeps whipping and nae-nae-ing and i think he s in a clut is he? as a young catholic boy he should not be doing thes kind of actions...

Question: Am I the black sheep of my family? Are my parents ashamed of me?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:58 PM PST

My parents have told me many times to make an greater effort, and to get my life together, but they have never told me anything in a hurtful way. We are 3 sibblings, my 2 older sisters, and me the youngest only-male. All 3 of us have a masters degree. The difference is my sisters are climbed up the corporate ladder extensively, and I've never been able to get a job that requieres a college degree. One time, my mother told me she was proud of me for NEVER having smoked a cigarette in my life, never having drunk alcohol ever, and having tried drugs. Yes, I've never done those things. At least I'm not in rehab, I don't have a shot liver, or gone crazy because of drugs. But that's comparing myself with the bottom of the barrel. The fact is, I've never been able to get a good-paying job. I can't afford the things my sisters can. I hate it that my sister often buys me gifts such as laptops, tablets, airplane tickets, and I can't afford to give the anyting more than some house-decoration. Sometimes both my parents and sisters help me out with rent money. I would basically live on ramen noodles if not for my family. My parents and sisters often take me out to expensive places. I hate mooching off my family. I hate not being at the same level as my family. Am I the black sheep of my family? Are my parents ashamed of me?

Question: How can I tell the calories of gum on the street?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:51 PM PST

I need to know I'm on a diet.

Question: How should I tell my sister I hate her?

Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:42 PM PST