My son is 24 and his wife is about to turn 23. They have been married a year and they are both in school full time. They lived close to the university however my son has to pay for his school out of pocket due to residency reasons. They could not afford to go to school full time and work full time while paying bills. I have agreed to let them live with us and I'm unsure of how much to ask for before they officially move in. My son works full time making $12/hr and my DIL works part time making 10/hr. Any recommendation on what others are charging? We live in Oklahoma. Average 1 bedroom is $500-600 plus utilities of course.

I can't bear the thought of going on with life without one of them. We were always a pretty close nit family in that we never talked about NOT spending our future when I'm an adult together. The plan was always for me to go to college and we all still live together until I feel like moving out, but even then I had no plans to LEAVE. I want to be close to both of them. I can't imagine doing things and having a whole life with one of them only seeing it through pictures until one day they die and that's it. My mom talks about our future like I'll live with her, which is great, but what about my dad? I want him to experience everything too. My dad talks like I'll live with him but then what about my mom? I don't know what to do, everything I see reminds me that I'm about to just lose a family member forever. One of them is just not going to be a close part of my life and I can't imagine ever feeling okay with that.

I am on vacation in south korea and I do not want to be yelled at. She keeps yelling at me because I am drinking north Korean beer.i am drinking Taedonggang. She needs to learn that her opinion does not really matter. The only opinion that really matters is my dads because he is the one who raised me. She bailed.

Long story short, I'm a young adult and he made crazy promises for years when I was a teenager about how things would get better for us financially and I could move out from with my mom and live with him, and we'd live together for as long as I wanted and we'd have a normal life. (My mom was awful to us both, he moved out and told me these things when he'd visit or call). Well fast forward and we're still financially unstable, but he stopped all talk of 'the dream' and moved in with a woman I've never met, in a different city. He barely calls me and pretends like my financial struggles don't happen, he never talks about them, only sends money when he can, and never mentions all the empty promises he made. Trying to talk to him about it so I can at least get closure that he's leaving me is impossible because I'm 'unrealistic' for being upset that it was never discussed with me and that I was left to be homeless for a time with my mom. He even said 'well you didn't call me when you were, so don't say I didn't care' how was I supposed to call him? I'm getting off track because I'm upset, but serious answers only, should I just stop talking to him? What would you do in my situation? Rude/troll answers will be reported.

Long story short I'm 21years old and feel as though I've hit rock bottom. I have no good family and no genuine friends. I turned to smoking weed everyday, losing my motivation, struggling with self confidence every time I've tried to go back to college or reconnect with my family it always goes bad. I've finally decided I want to start over. I enjoy being by myself so I want to move far far away and just start fresh. I'm from Missouri and I've lived in South Carolina as well so no I treated in those states. What are some other affordable places to start a new....

I m so ******* tired of this. I m 17 years old and still treated like a baby. I have a god damn 10 PM bedtime. My parents fail to understand the concept of bedtime is retarded and also that I m a nightowl by genetics. How do I explain to my parents why they re wrong?

My brother is my twin, I'm a girl and he's a boy, and we're 17. We've never been that close because my brother's always been mean but we used to sort of get along when we were younger...but when we started high school a couple of years ago my brother got even meaner than before. He's really really popular and I'm not (I'm not a complete loser but I'm just not popular) and he never wants anything to do with me at school which is understandable, but it doesn't stop there. He's supposed to drive me home after school but he never does, he always runs to his car and drives away before I have a chance to catch up with him because my last class is on the other side of the school. I have bad anxiety and sometimes have panic attacks at school but he doesn't care or ever check up on me to make sure I'm okay...in fact he just laughs at me. He makes fun of me and embarrasses me in public and in front of his friends. If he sees me in the hall at school sometimes he'll shout really mean things to me so everyone can hear. Once he even purposefully knocked me over in front of everyone. He's screamed at me in front of his friends and called me a "little s***" just because I dated one of his ex friends. I'm borderline anorexic and he always makes fun of me for that by shoving food in my face or sitting next to me to eat and saying stuff like "this food is SO GOOD, don't you wish you could eat it like a normal person?" Why is he like this? My parents know about his behavior and they get onto him and tell him to stop but he doesn't. He's mean to everyone but especially me. He's very emotionally distant and just...weird. He always glares at people and unapologetically makes rude comments to everyone in the family

I'm 15 and I have a friend who's 20 now.. her foster mom took care of her from 6 years old to now. She's basically her real mom although she was never up for adoption. My friend gets hurt more easily. She was scared of relationships with guys for a while. She's extremely loyal and honest, but there's just something "odd" about herself in her words. As in, she might fear loss a bit more than most 20 year olds. Is this linked to being in foster care?

So im nearly 16 and my sister is 12. She has pretty harsh down syndrome (meaning she cant talk well much less ever be able to read, has stunted growth, and will likely need aid for her entire life). I have 4 other siblings, the only one who is younger than me is my brother who's two. often times I believe my parents are too soft on my sister who can be a real brat sometimes, which often leads me to being the strict person who tells her she did something wrong or that she must do something before another. A good example is last week when I said she had to wash her hands after going to the bathroom, her immediate reaction was to look at me, wave her hand, and say 'yeah yeah' and start walking away. I told her again, same thing happened, so I grabbed her arm (not harming her) and lead her back. which lead to kicking and screaming and after ten minutes of her tantrum she washed her hands. this type of thing happens a lot in other scenarios too, but will typically end with a parent hearing her yelling and coming in and telling me to not focus on the little things, completely ignoring her unreasonable behavior of something so small. I understand she wont be like other children and I do ignore a lot of things but all I want is for her to be not entirely dependent on others. I have tried the 'nice' approach but she just completely ignores me if I dont put my foot down which is incredibly frustrating and hard to handle. Am I too strict?? My family doesn't understand my issues, she listens to my parents with no hesitation (bc theyre adults) and my sibilngs could care less if she does something she KNOWS shes not supposed to do and only let her off with a 'dont do that again'. I know shes smart about what to do and not to do, she'll check her surroundings, peak behind corners, and listen for people when sneaking candy or sometype of food. This is why I get on her case so much, because she understands but chooses not to listen

Basically, she made my dad and i move across the country so she could be closer to her kids who are adults! Meanwhile my family lives days away. I haven't seen my family(besides my dad) since i was 13, and I'm 15 now. She spends our money on her seeing her kids rather than actually letting me visit my real family. I don't like having holidays with her family. I want to be able to spend time with my REAL family. It's been over a year since I've seen my real family. I miss my older brother and my mom. My family rarely responds when I try to contact them. I just want to go back to my original family. My family promised they'd visit but it never happened. My step mom and my dad promised that last summer and the last 2 Christmases I'd be able to visit my real family, but that never happened! Because my step mom keeps spending that money on seeing her kids! I've talked to my dad about it and he's always like " oh we don't have enough money.. " and " oh maybe next summer you'll see them. " Whenever I talk to my step mom about it she tells me I'm being selfish by saying i want to go back after I was so excited about moving away ( I used to get bullied at my old school a lot and was happy when I was able to change schools ) What do I do?! Am i being selfish?!

My son is 24 and his wife is about to turn 23. They have been married a year and they are both in school full time. They lived close to the university however my son has to pay for his school out of pocket due to residency reasons. They could not afford to go to school full time and work full time while paying bills. I have agreed to let them live with us and I'm unsure of how much to ask for before they officially move in. My son works full time making $12/hr and my DIL works part time making 10/hr. Any recommendation on what others are charging?

and her kids?

Okay, so I really don't feel like going to school tomorrow. Don't ask why. All you need to know is that I hate school and I am not bullied or anything like that. I tols my mom that I don't wanna go and she said that I am going and she won't let me stay home. I just now told my mom "Good luck getting me up because it's gonna suck for you since I am gonna give you a hard time since I don't wanna go to school.". After that, she said "If you give me a hard time, it's gonna be ******* ugly for you.". I am not worried about what she will do because I am not scared of her anymore at this point, but I want to know what she can actually do that will not be good for me. I am 14 years old, by the way.

At school I have to do a project where I have to interview a family member that is generations ahead of me and I was interviewing my grandmother by asking her questions but I also need to put her birthday. I know she is 58 and her birthday is on January 11th but I don't know what year she was born. She won't tell me because she is too embarrassed. What should I do? How should I convince her? I really need this.

He told me over breakfast he overheard the mother tell the grandmother that when I m not working nights I m out doing poker night. When he stick up for me she told him to keep his mouth shut I m just wondering what do you think she meant by poker night

Im a teen and today my mom flipped out over nothing. When i asked her why she said it was because nobody made her a sandwich. We did, well my sister did because i have the flu. It was just downstairs and she wasn't willing to go get it. Apparently it was also because we arent taking care of our stuff. And the reason she thinks this? Its because i left my jacket in her room. When i talked to her about eating upstairs she said I eat in my room too and under my beds there are many chip bags. This isnt true and under my bed is completely clean. She is now canceling our vacation because of the above reasons. Mostly because we weren't willing to bring her sandwich upstairs. (It also isn't just this time. She fights with my dad way too much and last time she was scratching And punching him bad and after the fight she told me "why did you hold me down, you shouldve held him down so I could punch him more.")

I've been spoiled my whole life and even In adult life she helps me. I was just wondering if there was anyway I could show that I'm grateful for everything she does.

i hate to admit it. but sometimes i just cant forget things. we grew up in a difficult family we looked after each other. we shared ups and downs. however things starts to go down hill whenever she is happy. first when i was a teen i found for her her first job. she started to act selfish and didnt want to help me and said she doesnt want to get involved in my issues anymore.  life moved on she had a breakdown in her life and i was there for her. we got back close.  then she got engaged she started to act weird again. i mean i wanted her to be happy and helped her to marry that guy but she started to act selfish again.  when her marriage started to fall apart we got close again.  then i moved away. she was supportive until she got divorced and had a new bf. she was crazy and obsessed about him to the point she actually called me names because of him. i was devastated she reminded me of all the abuse and betrayal i had from our family.  i talked to her about it she said she is sorry and she will respect me. however months passed by and i dont feel about her the same. its like she is just like the rest of my family.  we still help each other a lot. i call her once a week. i call her more than my mother. however deep inside i just cant trust that we would have sibling's relationship the way we did before.  do i have logical reasons? should i get over it? should i protect myself from abuse? i dont know what to do?

He constantly praises my brother for being an extrovert and criticizes me for not having as many friends as my brother. Talking to him doesn't work, he just insists he's right. What do I do?

I'm a college student and I'm starting to dread going home for breaks. A lot of my HS friends turned out to be kind of terrible people (that's another story, just trust me on this though) and I only have like one good friend left in my hometown. I'm also introverted. So obviously when I go home I end up spending a lot of time in the house. My younger brother is super extroverted has a bunch of friends (way more than I ever had) and he hangs out with them all the time. My dad is always shaming me and comparing me to my brother. I tried explaining things from my POV to him and he said "Yeah, I guess I should just not say anything and let my kids turn into wallflowers." My dad is also very extroverted and doesn't get my introverted personality. Anytime I try to talk to him, he just waves me off and defends himself (everyone in our family agrees he's stubborn). Anyway, when he says these things it really hurts. I try to avoid being around him as much as possible. Any advice on how to handle this? I would love to go do something every day, but like I said before I have no one to do things with... I guess I could go out alone but what kind of things can you do alone that are actually fun and won't get you seriously judged?

I am a teen but my parents are pretty poor I have to listen to my parents fight all the time due to financial struggles. They would fight about what bills to be paid first and stuff that can and can't be bought. It always made me feel like I was growing up in a verbally abusive environment, because my parents fought all the time. It sucks and it's kinda hard for me to enjoy life when my parents hate each other.

She sent me a facebook messages saying she wants to meet me. Here's the deal. Although, she can be considered my sister because we have the same father, I don't really know her. I've only met her twice. Once when she was an infant and once 10 years ago. And I have no relationship whatsoever with my father. You could say that I despise him. I don't want to meet this girl and in the same time, I dont want to be rude. Any advise?

Basically what I mean is, of your mother has a sister (your aunt) and she marries your uncle, and your uncle has a brother, what would you call him? Would he be your uncle too? And if your uncle's brother had kids, what would they be in relation to you?

BY break it up I mean not the marriage as they would destroy their children if they divorced but I mean break up the fighting and the problems.