I hate being with my dad, he doesn't treat me well. I'd rather be with my mom but I don't know what to do about that. He treats my sister way better and he doesn't have any trust in me so I can't even leave the house. My sister's birthday was yesterday and he bought her a bunch of nice things and had a little party, my birthday was a few weeks ago and all we did was go take my drivers test. I just want to run away and never come back. Help?

I live with my mom and stepdad. My step aunt Lauren has a 9 year old son. She's always struggled with money a little bit, but her husband has always been there. They just got into a huge fight and they're getting divorced. She has no cable, something just happened with her car so I don't think she can drive, struggling to afford food, and she really can't afford her apartment. My stepdad is a Scrooge, as his mom calls him lol. He doesn't care for his sister too much, but around 6 years ago she was very depressed and wasn't with her husband, and was almost as broke as she is now. We have an inlaw in our house and my stepdads mom and dad live there. His mom is very optimistic and loves all her kids, she's a really great mom. She was asking him if Lauren could move in with us, we have a finished Attic we don't use, and if it was too much to give away the attic, she'd let Lauren stay in the inlaw. My stepdad said no, especially cause Lauren in a MAJOR slob. I mean plates under her bed with moldy food, dirty clothes everywhere, etc. I'm not the cleanest person, but she's a whole new level of disgusting. My opinion is that she REALLY needs somewhere to stay because she has a child, he doesn't deserve to be pulled into this. I've been in a similar situation. My stepdad and his mom are fighting now, because she thinks Lauren should be able to stay. My stepdad says he doesn't want his house destroyed. Who do you side with? Would you let your broke sister stay with you?

I am at that age I need to write my will, I am not leaving my daughter, step sister, step brother one thing. When my husband passes, everything is left to me, I go, ofcourse everything is left to him...When my daughter finds I passed, she will literally break into my home to strip it of everything she can...how do I stop her from doing this, is the form of a letter telling her to stay away upon my death? Thank You for your help...I know some of you want to know why I have eliminated my daughter, step brother and sister from my will...my step brother and sister are alcoholics, use to take drugs...my daughter smokes way to much pot is also taking other forms of drugs, they take what ever is left over, they will kill themselves...how do I keep them away from my home when I pass..?

I'm 19, in college and going to be independent. I'm going to get a job and find an apartment for me and the baby. I probably won't be able to do college full time.

Hey, so I am 17 currently, but when I turn 18 I plan to move in with my grandma. Im fed up with the bs at my house plus I am her favorite so im sure she d appreciate it as her husband passed away and is a little lonely. I hate to think about this, but what happens if she passes away? She already gets a little help since she s retired and her husband was the main income. Would I have to pay all the bills? Ect.

I m 20 years old, nearly 21 actually, and my mom has an awful habit of nagging me into attending parties/social gatherings. This is probably the #1 cause of strain in our relationship, and it s been going on for years, and I have never been able to make any headway with her in the idea that she needs to stop this. This time around, it s due to a cousin s birthday party. This same cousin had another birthday party two days ago, which I stayed at for the whole three and a half hours, and I don t see a need to attend another one when I ve already made it clear to my cousin that I love her. To my mom, though, this is simply an indication of how antisocial and depressed I am. (I would like to make it clear that I am neither of those things, just fairly introverted and appreciative of my alone time. ) Her excuse for pushing me to attend is that I still live under her roof and I have to obey her--but this is the same argument we had last summer which caused huge, explosive arguments in which she physically hauled me around (my mom is much taller than me). I can t move out until the end of the summer and even then who knows if the nagging will stop? Someone please help me. I have no idea how I m going to deal with the hell the next four months will be if she does this every time I m not at her approved level of sociable. Is there any way for me to change her mind--to show that as I m an adult now, it s inappropriate and controlling for her to force me to attend social events?

I honestly feel like the worst sister in the world right now and I just want to cry. This will be a long story... my sister started dating this guy, I didn't like him from the beginning but I dealt with it because it was none of my business. As time progressed I started to dislike him because he was so crontrolling. She couldn't come see us that often because her boyfried wanted her home as soon as he got home and he always came with her when they came to our house basically. Now that's normal I mean they're dating but it came to the point she got frustrated because he was always paranoid she was cheating and was always asking her where she was 24/7. I got scared when her friend told me she was scared at one point he would hit her because she lost some money (she later found it) and I kept researching signs of domestic abuse and I became increasingly paranoid that he was being agressively controlling. Today I had the opportunity to end it because her ex bf texted me a message he received from her saying hey wanna have dinner later?. So her ex sent me a screentshot of a message saying "lmao I want to send this to her bf just because" he knew I didn't like her new bf and instead of telling him not to i egged him on saying "lmao I dare u" and he did. Her boyfriend kicked her out of their apartment and she started crying about it and I just got this sinking feeling of guilt... how do I say it was my fault...

hey, my brother calls me a whore, pig etc. he makes me eat less and workout more,,, even though im a healthy weight.. and my brother gets EVERYTHING. friends, animals etc. he also thinks he's smarter than me, can someone help?

Okay, so i need help with this situation. My cousin and aunt have a dog which they bring to our house every single day. my aunt literally drops it off in the morning because he barks and picks him up at 4. my family does everything. we take him to the vet, give him his medicine, walk him, feed him. i dont understand how this happened either and its honestly annoying. i dont know why my family allows this. it sits all day on the couch and barks out the window and i get dogs bark but this is barking nonstop. ive tried getting my family to try to train him and they dont want to. ive tried to get them to take him on walks cause hes overweight and hes overweight cause he refuses to go on walks and they feed him table food. tonight my aunt gave him a piece of ham and said

So my mom threw a fit when I moved from Texas to Chicago when I turned 18. I have a newborn son now and she tells me about how its "unsafe and awful" for children to grow up in this weather. Which is bs because she made me play outside and run errands for her n **** in the 100 degree weather. And I wish I grew up around snow and seasons. Every time she's visited, even in summer, she has to pick out the most ridiculous warm clothes. She tells me constantly about how Clayton's childhood he will suffer because of shoveling snow and being in the cold. She tells me its wrong to raise children here too because they will "catch pneumonia."

I'm a senior in high school and as the school year draws to an end, I'm starting to feel bad. I'm my parents last child in high school and I'm going off to college 4 hours away. I feel like haven't helped out as much as I could have and i just wanna make it up. I love my parents a lot and lately they've been stressed out about money, College, and other parent-y things. I really really love my parents to death. I just wanna get them a big spectacular gift that says "I love you, I'm sorry I've not helped as much as I could've, I appreciate all the sacrifices you've made." I just don't know what. I want something really heartfelt. I just want them to know that I appreciate them so much. Please help me.

My mom is older than my dad.

My friend likes balloons and her kids like balloons. However, she doesn't let her kids to pop balloons. She said that kids should respect their toys and that popping balloons is not a nice thing to do. Is my friend correct to teach her kids like this? Why?

I'm 16 and a friend of mine is getting me weed this weekend. I just don't know how to hide it from my parents. My dad smokes it himself (he does it secretly because I've never caugnt him or found anything. I only know because my grandma told me) I still have to hide it from him because he's a hypocrite and will say something like "This is the first step to ruining your life" and then I'll be in trouble. Idk if my mom knows that he smokes it or not. Anyway, how do I hide it from them? I have this small safe in my room but Idk if it will still smell. What should I do?

She is not close and refuses to come to any family events the daughter of hers she hates is at or the sister she is estranged from. However, sometimes when she is visiting our grandmother I slip down and say hi. I do less and less as my Dad has cautioned she is using info I give against her hated daughter and the good aunt I like who this other aunt hates. So I see her once a year on average. The others haven't seen her in two years. So would she count as estranged from the family or is estranged when there is no contact whatsoever at anytime again? Also can one be estranged but not do to a fight? This estranged aunt has two other kids one of whom she loves deeply and we never see them due to the estrangement. However, those two kids have done nothing wrong. My Mom also has a cousin she has not seen since 2001 but not due to any fight, just because the guy has never been close and loves in Seattle. With the aunt though there is a fight with as she behaves like a narcissist (not sure if she really is one or is just self-centered).

I have a friend who wants to live with his mother so he can help her with medical and financial issues as well as his father who lives not too far from the mom. Honestly, he's had his share of medical issues lately and he doesn't have a job yet where he's relocating. He said he feels pressured to come back, but it seems like he would be more of a burden to them (their medical issues aren't that severe at this point, she's in her mid-70s). Should he do it?

I moved across the country in september to enter law school. I immediately became super close with my friend Nicole. Nicole has been recently obsessing over this gay flamboyant guy in our cohort. She's obsessed with him on a friend level and all she ever does is hang out with him, post pictures of him and talk to him all day long. She doesn't talk to me anymore. This sucks as I dont have family and friends here. She was my rock for almost a year and now I dont have her company anymore. What would you do and how would you feel?