So, long story short, my 3rd cousin and I have been in a sexual relationship for the past 3 years (I'm 29 and she's 26) and somehow our WHOLE family found out and they disowned us. It wouldn't have been so bad, but a number of them berated us and then resorted to name calling. They said we were disgusting and a disgrace to the family. They proceeded to call me an "immoral, sex-craved, animal" and my 3rd cousin a "slut, who can't keep her legs closed." They have been spreading lies about me throughout the family for as long as I can remember, so it didn't bother me. However, my 3rd cousin was loved by the whole family and could do no wrong, so this was new to her and she took it pretty hard. She burst into tears. I was livid. I just lost it and said, "You're all a bunch of ******* hypocrites. Where were you when our great-grandparents did the same ****? No one said a damn thing. So, **** you if you have anything negative to say. You can all just ******* rot." After that, we just walked out. The expression on our family's faces were priceless and I just started laughing when we got in the car. This isn't just a fling. We are moving in together and have every intention to get married (not like anyone would show up for it though). I know many of you won't agree with our relationship and that's fine. But, my 3rd cousin's parents and my parents said I shouldn't have said what I did. But, I think it was justified. So, I was just wondering, was I in the wrong here?

My brother and I are both teenagers. He is two years older than me. Sometimes I just can't stand him... he gets really angry easily, and He hurts me in so many ways. Like today I accidentally hit him with a pillow and he takes his nails stabbing them deep into my arm. I apologized to him but he said," I'll dig that nail deeper if you don't stop." I could tell he was so angry... and it made me upset and I was physically in pain but also hurt. He hurts me mentally by telling me how I'm worthless and awful. I've tried to do something. I stand up for myself but I can't do it anymore. I try to tell my parents but it just makes more trouble. My brother is also very stubborn and thinks your stupid if you can't do something right, but he's lazy, ignorant and rude. I just don't know what to do anymore.... please help.

I'm a typical 21 yo guy. However over time I've come to realize I'm different from most of of my peers. Long story short my parents divorced when I was 10. My dad was/is a good father,but he and my mom just didn't work together well as a couple anymore when I was a child. They would fight and have arguments and I remember wanting to go to my friend's house because I didn't want to see my parents fight. Theyfought so much that when I went to my friends houses and I saw their parents exchange hugs and kiss and just calling each other "honey" that was so weird for me as my parents never did that. Also when I was a child I don't remember ever being hugged by my mom. I understood that my dad didn't do that cause maybe dads don't do such things even if they love you. I saw my friends getting kisses on the forheads by their moms and affection and I never got any of that by my mom and growing up I recognize that I'm not very good at hugging people. I think my dad raised me the best he could,he gave me good values but my mom did a mess with me. My mom had an affair when I was like 8 and she brought me along with her when she was meeting the man she had an affair with. He would buy me an icecream and I didn't know what was going on,then my dad found out,divorced my mom and I grew up without knowing what love was. I can't seem to find a girlfriend because whereas my friends know what to say,what to do,how to hug them whitout looking like an idiot I just can't do that. Advice?

He was already drinking before I flunked out of his alma matter but his drinking got so much worse after. It has been 11 years since I flunked out and I still feel so guilty. I am the only son though I have two sisters so not the only child. The two sisters are not blamed. My Mom blames me and gets mad when I tell her only he can change. I wanted to do an intervention but she will not participate and my one sister is in total denial of his drinking (the other admits to it and even fights with him about it). I feel so guilty I made my Dad an alcoholic and though I purpose an intervention I cannot threaten to walk out on his life as I am the one who made him this way I think. How do I get over this guilt? How do I fix him when he won't admit to being an alcoholic and his wife enables him?

Okay, so I'm 18. I just got a job and nowadays course my pants want me to pay for my own weave and wigs. Thry say I look like **** naturally my mom says if I go makeup and weave free I'll never find a boyfriend, I'll never get married and guys won't find me attractive. She's the same person that kept repeatedly telling me I'm never going to find a job, I'm too slow, and I should just give up because no one will hire me and I'll never be able to hold down a job. She made me turn down interviews and even one ******* job offer. Then just keeps telling me I look like garbage. My parents generally hate how I look and I hate having to go home to so much verbal abuse. I want to stop wearing wigs for a while but at the same time I don't want to have to deal with my parents belittling me, and yelling at me for how horrible I look because they've done this before and they won't stop telling me I look like ****. I don't know what to do anymore. I just want to run away from home. In public I'm told how beautiful, pretty, and hard working I am but at home I'm told I look like crap, I need to give up because I won't go anywhere and I can't do anything right even if I try. Can someone please help me? I'm 18 by the way. And please don't say just kill your parents because I've already been told that by several people.

My girlfriend is 23 and I'm 26. We have been together for 4 months and haven't had any problems up to this point. I recently, however, went out of state to visit family for about 1 1/2 weeks. While away, I had sex with my 1st cousin's best friend (who is 22 and married) and then I had a threesome with my 3rd cousin (who is 23 and has a boyfriend) and her best friend (who is 23 and single). I then had sex with my 3rd cousin another 22 times throughout the week (about 3-4 times a day). My 3rd cousin and I have had sex a number of times before, but that was before my girlfriend and I met. We text and call each other daily and are just really close. Recently though, she has been telling me that she is in love with me and wants something more. She has also become a lot more affectionate towards me in front of our family and I'm worried she is going to blow our cover, which would be a devastating blow to our family. I probably should mention that I have been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Type I + psychosis a few years ago. I also haven't exactly been taking my medications for it and my symptoms have been returning, one in particular is the hypersexuality. I refuse to go back on those medications though. When I'm on them, I feel like a big pharma zombie. Regardless as to what you all may think, I really do love my girlfriend. I just couldn't control myself. I decided I'm going to tell my her, because she really does deserve at least the truth and it's eating me up inside.

So I'm 22 and because my brother who is 19 is short on money I brought him something as a present that he wanted. However as soon as I give it to him my mum in particular gives me the evilest look like I've just done something really bad, then she asks me all these questions and her tone of voice makes me think she's very angry with me and feel like I've done a bad thing for buying my brother something. And I know later I'm just going to be told oh don't buy him things, don't waste your money when actually it was my decision he didn't ask I wanted to but I'm made to feel like I've committed a crime for buying him a present. it really upsets me I was only doing something nice.

I currently live in Michigan and would like to follow my dream to California for fashion. I have a 12 year old daughter and she is so excited to go BUT...I would only have a couple thousand dollars we would leave in June after her last day of school and we would have to stay in hotels (not so great ones) until I find a job. most apartments want you to be working at least 3 months before renting to you. So we would be in a hotel for I don't know how long. I do get a pretty good amount (about $2k) in child support a month from my husband who abandoned us years ago n barely ever talks to our daughter plus I get unemployment. I also have a car note and insur ($550) My question is am I a bad mom to take my daughter to pursue my dreams under these circumstances or am I overthinking this? I'm so torn idk what to do stay or go?

They are siblings

My mother is married to my father but my dad has been away for over a year 1/2 because he cheated on my mom and is living with his new family. Sometimes he comes to see my 2 sisters and I but its not the same. My mom has been acting strange and i got a hold of her phone. I saw messages between her and another man named Ben. It was a bunch of flirting messages but no sign of sexual word exchange which by the way would of got me angry ! Im a 17 year old guy and my mother is 53 i love her idk who this guy is or his intentions ! What angers me more is she is keeping this a secret. I onder if she stays late at work to see him. I have really mixed emotions and dont know what to do. My mother is still married she shouldnt be like my father and do the same ! Is it ok for my mother to be doing this ?

This is going to be long but pleasssee hear me out... I'm a very unconfrontational person, but I'm about to go to college and I don't want to leave my parents dealing with these reckless men that seriously don't give two craps about their surroundings and definitely have something against my family. There's many businesses and workshops within my neighborhood.. my dads workshop is just like 5 second walk from my house! And about a year ago another workshop was made right NEXT to my house. Our once humble neighborhood became race tracks to these men and a lot of things have gone down since then. They do things just to bother my parents and it really gets on my nerves. Evrytime my mom wants to go outside with my baby sister they zoom past the streets making real abnoxious noises with their cars that frighten my sister, they pop fireworks at our dogs and they park their cars right on our property. My dad started working on our backyard and they call the city on us all the time(yes my dad should get permission but he's not bothering anyone AT ALL and YES there's many reasons indicating that it is them who are calling) I'm tired and I don't want my parents to get into even more problems HELP

My parents divorced when I was 10 so I knew the basics of what was happening. My dad had anger issues, depression, and one other thing but I forgot the name (maybe ADD ) anyway my mom was cheating and left. He went through alot but was always trying to make my mom sound all bad and he was good. I believe him for awhile. Also through out all this my little sis and I where (are) living with with our parents half and half for each week. Later on I knew more and was more excepting of why my mom left (not the way how tho) as I grew older I would get into more fights with my dad. Since he shows love with physical touch like hugs I started to hate that and avoid him. I wanted to live with my mom but my biggest fear then was that he would kill himself, I still live half a week with each. What should I do, I can't really talk it out with him bc when I try it becomes a big deal and I cry. I also can't go to other people bc I don't trust many people in person and the ones I do I can't trust for these issues.

This morning I wasn't on the couch. He got really mad because he lost his favorite coffee cup (I know it's really dumb) and he BARGED into my room without knocking. Like what happened if I had my tampons out in the open??? He's done that before and it was really embarrassing! If I'm in my room, he knocks and then opens the door without waiting for a response, he lies by saying I told him to come in. Every time I try to bring this up to him, he tells me it's his house and I have no privacy?? Like what the heck? It makes me so mad because he doesn't respect me at all! If I try to tell him he just says he doesn't care!

There's just a few stupid rules for eg.. Bedtime is 10pm latest whether it's school, weekend, holidays. No phone/laptops in rooms, no reading or studying, sleeping only. Can't sleep in either. She doesn't go to bed until I am. No staying up watching movies or tv. Even if I have a friend over for a sleepover she enforces it on them too hence why I haven't had a sleepover for 4 years. I'm 17. Curfew is about 9pm whether she picks me up or not I believe, not that I stay out very late often. Is this too strict? Yes I will not live w her when I'm 18, I'm just asking for now. These have been the rules since I was 12.

Few days i had a fight/quarreled with my mother...they think im not a good natured person they now already knew. When i walk at home someone make fun of what im doing or where i went..does that mean they think i have problem or something? or am i weak? is it because what i did with my mother or is it because i have no job im only 21 yrs old...

so I'm a male ,21 and I've always wanted a big family, around 4 kids. But does having that many kids make a family dysfunctional? I grew up with just a brother and I feel like we aren't exactly close and my parents are ok but my dad and i aren't too close either tbh. i feel like my family is small and boring and I want a big family and I don't really care about money. As long as my wife can take care of them while i'm work then everything should be fine. But do you think having a big family causes families to be dysfunctional because honestly most of the "messed up" people I've know had several siblings.

An 11 year old boy steals his dads car keys and drives the car around the block wrecking it into a fence. The car is not an expensive car, just a Ford Focus but will need a small dent removed and the front repainted. What's a good punishment

My parents have been divorced since I was four, so I have gotten used to them seeing other people. My dad had a child with another woman and now I have a little sister. My older sister who is 23 (i'm 19 btw) loves her and is always playing with her and spending time with her and so does my mom. I don't hang out with her that often and my little sister is three now and doesn't like me that much because I rarely see her. My mom and sister are constantly scolding me about not spending time with her. It's not that I dislike her or anything; I just don't prefer being around little kids that much so i kind of just coexist with her, but I don't ignore her. Is it bad that i'm not close with my little sister? How can I start building somewhat of a relationship with her?

Our parents divorced and we have different Moms so haven't seen each other in two years but I still am so upset. He was shot at his school in the shooting that is all over the news in Texas. I am so upset. I love him and feel for his mother (my former step-mother). How do I reach out when they have not returned my calls in the past cause of the divorce? My Dad is his Dad so is en route to the hospital but I am not able to go due to the personality issues with my step-mother. I live in NYC near my Dad. How do I reach out so they know I care? I did not know he was at this school and so didn't pay attention when I heard of the shooting until my Dad called an hour ago. Now I am so upset. He might not live and then should I feel guilty I didn't fight more to stay in touch? I am so upset, what do I do? He was at the school in Texas where 10 died in the shooting. He was at school when it happened.

I'm doing a project for my high school AP English class where I'm looking at people of different generations' favorite memories. Please keep it clean and family friendly!

My Dad is not a bright person. My mother however is much more compassionate even though this friend of hers is a bad person.

She is brutal and mean but her two children are not. They are nice and now adult children. However they follow her way as adults and do not speak to the family accept funerals and there it is a brief hello only. So are these two adult children just as guilty of betraying the family as their mother who is a bully to the family?

I've bought a Nintendo Switch completely from my own money several months ago, and my parents took it away from me due to me having bad grades, apparently. I've explained to them that it's under my ownership due to me having bought it from my money only, but my parents said "Our house, our rules." It took a year worth of saving to get it; can I sue them?

He went over to their house and told them they needed to stop walking their dog in his yard as he sees them do it. They called the cops on him, saying he threatened them but he did not all he said was their dog needed to stop being walked in his yard he is 90. Neighbors are probably 50s or 60s. Is he gonna get arrested?