I just got back from college and I've been wanting to do something fun with my family. My dad emailed my mom, sister, and I about this end of the year ice skating thing asking if we wanted to go. I replied and said yes, but he emailed me back and said that he was kidding. Why does he do things like this? He knows that we never do things as a family, and the one time he suggests something it's a joke.

My husband is very much into classic cars. He has a 55 Chevy and a 57 Chevy. He ask all his classic car friends where he could find a mechanic that would work on his cars and would charge a reasonable amount for the repair. They told him there was a great mechanic on 3rd street in our town that did great work and was not expensive. He told all his friends about the garage and how he really likes the mechanic. He told me he is going to take all of his car repair business there. He said it is VERY HARD to find someone to work on old cars. He is happy with the mechanic's work and with his price and so are his friends. I think he would have a big problem if I told him the mechanic he is using is my former husband. Do you think I should tell him or is it possible he would not care? If yes how should I do it? Guys, I would really like your input. My former husband has been out of my life for several years and we do not have any contact. I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR ANYBODY.

Whenever I'm around my dad he's too.. comfortable. Puts his hand on my thigh, always wants to hug.. It makes me. Uncomfortable. I don't know if it's really a problem, but I just don't like it. He's just acting too much like a pedophile! What do I do??

Ok, so my husband has never really done much of anything for me for Mother's Day. All he wants to do is attend the church picnic. Now I thought Mother's Day was about MOM, not doing what Dad wants. This year, he's already mentioned of going to the church dinner (they're having an early dinner in their banquet hall this year rather than a picnic). Personally, I prefer the picnic (better menu options). Now, DH has been driving me crazy with gifts for our kids' Godmothers and the babysitter. I had a friend from work ask him what he was planning, and surprise...all he said was the church dinner. Seriously?!? Am I wrong for being PO'ed about this? The Godmothers and babysitter are all wonderful ladies, but what about the kids' ACTUAL mother? I've told what specifically what I wanted this year (even gave him a couple of options): an afternoon to go a movie or a crafting class or a spa day; neither of which he agreed with. It's not what he wants to do. What you call high maintenance, I call being disrespected. He bends over backwards to ensure the other ladies' in our children lives are honored on Mother's Day, but nothing for the woman who actually gave them life. Wow!

I told my mom and she broke out laughing. She told her sister, my aunt, she broke out laughing. I told my 40 year old brothers, both and they both broke out laughing. Is this normal? I feel it shows they don't care a bit about me. I've tried to really push into my mom that it was really hard so she stops taking it so lightly.

I got a part time job as an intern at a computer software company. I am very lucky that I am getting paid as most of my friends that got intern jobs are not getting paid. My boss is a 27 year old single guy that is the greatest looking guy I have ever seen. His is also the greatest boss ever. He spends a lot of time training me. I brought a picture to work and put it on my desk. My boss ask me who it was. I told him it was my mother. He said "I see where you get your good looks". "Your mother is gorgeous". " She does not look old enough to have a daughter your age". Should I tell my mother what my boss said. Moms, would you be interested in what a great looking guy that was 10 years younger said about you? Also, was my boss hitting on me (oh how I wish)?

I like her

I love her in the sense that I don't wish anything seriously bad happens to her and I am cordial when I am stuck seeing her but I do not like her and would care less if I never saw her again. I am an adult so this is adult conflict and not a kid siblings spat. I was especially offended, even though it is not my kid, when she refused to stay long at Thanksgiving cause my brother's autistic son was there (she was being prejudiced about his behavior being different). She is narcissistic.

I come from a south Asian household and my mum is so strict and even at this age she dominates me in every aspect of my life. I'm not allowed to show my skin (not even wear sleeveless tops etc) I'm basically not allowed out if it isn't for work or uni Yesterday I had a 3 hour exam but stayed out with my friends as we were just chilling on the grass because of the nice weather but my mum was so mad when I got home saying I was meant to be home straight after my exam. On the days I am allowed out eventually, I have to be home before dark and she will always be calling me, basically not letting me enjoy myself Although this is my money I spend, she controls how much I do which is so irritating She goes on about how I always eat out etc basically uses it as an excuse for me to stay and eat at home She's not even religious, just really cultural and traditional and isn't letting me live my life, she's also really anti social and a housewife and is trying to influence me to be the same. Also she controls my siblings as much as she does to me even though they are older What do I do? (Moving out isn't an option)

It seems as though close relationships between parents and children of the same gender (mother and daughter /father and son) is now very rare because they don't get along with each other. But parents and children of the opposite gender (mother and son/father and daughter) get along better. This is kind of the reason why I don't want to have kids is because I'm afraid that I might not be able to get along with my daughter or if I had a husband, he may not be able to get along with his son. I just don't understand. Why does this happen? Why can't parents and children of the same gender be each other's friend instead of their enemy? Can't they have almost the exact same relationship like the opposite sex can?

The only family I have is my brother. Our parents died when we were 7/8 years old. And our eldest brother was stillborn. My brother was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 20. He is now 23 years old and has gotten worse and now I have to make funeral arrangements. Just some background on my mentality I want him to be cremated but my grandparents want a funeral. (we live with our grandparents) I admit I have not been dealing with this in a healthy way. I feel like my heart has been shattered to a million pieces and I feel agony but I know what my brother is going through much worse. Whenever I am asked what to do with my brother's belongings I feel defensive and sometimes feel offended. Like sometimes my other relatives joke about getting his stuff and I know they don't mean harm but it just makes me feel so alone and honestly, I am not going to cope after he is gone My grandma and grandpa have lost siblings and so have my uncles/ aunts from my dad's side but they all had each other and I only had my brother who has gone through the same things as I have growing up. I honestly do not want to do a funeral, I rather have him cremated and also to save money Do you think its bad if I don't want a funeral just because I don't want other people to attend because it's not like I am close to them? But i do not want others to get the wrong idea of me for maybe having the funeral and not wanting to attend

She says I have a problem and I'm abnormal, but quite literally I showed her statistics of how many people watched these (deleted them after getting yelled at) and that Im among the majority, especially with people that play any games at all. I get yelled at for asking if I could buy a training butterfly knife; like this https://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-BaliYo-Butterfly-Pen-Flipper/dp/B0052HQUT6 Or if she could support my hobby of parkour. But again just yelled at; fun.. My mom told me telling the truth it good, but it only gets me even more yelled at BY HER. I'm sorta ranting can anyone please help my sanity.

My kid sister is dating this guy They're 20. He might be 19. We go to the same school and he's a townie, not in school. He's a blue collar worker. His car is down and my gf has been driving him to and from work. He works the graveyard shift and last night my sister called me to ask if I could pick him up from work this morning. I didn't really want to. I don't like him. I don't dislike him. He's kind of .. I don't know... like plain oatmeal if you ask me. But I did. I wanted to see where this guy lived. I've never been in his apartment before and I told him I had to use the bathroom. Yeah I snooped as much as I could. This guy is Norman Bates neat. Plain oatmeal like I said. Then I went in his bathroom. I looked through his drawers and opened his medicine cabinet. Then I took a look in his garbage can. There was a condom in there and I wanted to kill the guy. It never occurred to me that he was having sex with my sister. Don't know. I kind of calmed down when I thought that I've been having sex with guys' sisters since I was 17. I've been thinking about it all day since then. Why was I so mad? And why had it never occurred to me my sister would be having sex. I'm still not okay with the idea. I still see her as my baby sister who I would chase around with a dead snake. Hard to see her as a grown woman. Is this in any way normal?

This is not a sexual attraction that most people talk about.....I would never do the things that would hurt her. While she was staying with my family (my wife and son) for a month, I fell in love with my niece (my father's sister's son's daughter). I just love everything about her...mostly her personality. She possesses many things that my wife doesn't have. I'm just so sad at the moment because I was ashamed of my self falling in love with my niece. What should I do? I'm so sad because I fell in love with my first cousin once removed. What should I do?

Im asking this because I'm addicted to watching television eight hours a day every day of the week it is a big part of my life but I know I'm missing out on real life I want to give it up for awhile a long while so I can wake up .and go out but I want if it's ok to kick it out and not worry someone is not going to come by my house and say you should have a TV here because you need one I'm not being sarcastic and please if anyone thinks this is a stupid question don't make me feel bad about it.

I don't know his friend very well and likely won't even do the guy's funeral so I don't really give a **** about it. My Dad lashes out at me when I mourn my parent's divorce or an anxious about being rejected the way they caused me to be rejected as a kid. My Dad's friend is dying of something called Saliva Cancer which I never knew was even a real thing.

He is 22, I'm 20. We live 5 minutes from each other in the same area. We both have 1 younger brother and 1 younger sister (same ages). Both our Mother's are Nurses and both our Father's Work for Companies. I really am attracted to him but the only problem is he's trouble. He associates himself with 'Irish Travellers' even though his family are completely respectable. He smokes weed & has done cocaine, steals, vandalises houses and cars and is known as a 'No. 1 Gangster' by his peers. Even rumours he was in jail for a while when he was younger. My father, aunt and cousin warned me off him. I just feel like from what I know of him he's good deep down and has a good heart but has no direction or vision in life. I really fancy him and have always been attracted to bad boys. I feel that I could set him straight and have a positive influence over him. We both have never really dated anyone and I think he needs some love, care and attention. Opinions?

my mom is always telling me how much my dad would have disliked my homebrewing. i grw up in the mormon church and mormons are dead against drinking.

I survived my childhood..amd although many of you went through some childhood traumas from emotionally and physically abusive parents...you at least have to try to see why they were that way. I give no props to parents who abandon their children. They are lower than scum.