second day of living here, I drove 2 hours away before being caught in attempts to go back to St. Louis, where I moved from. After that incident, my parents said there was absolutely no chance of me going back and staying senior year, and are very reluctant to even let me go back and visit. What can I do to earn back their trust and ultimately convince them to let me stay with a relative senior year?? Also, please note that they are very adamant right now that I go out and meet people, which I have been doing, although I still don't have anything close to a friend.

real dad was absent or didn t have time for me. My 1st step dad treated me like I did everything wrong and my little sister a princess. My 2nd step dad abused my sister and tore family apart but until she told us she abused we thought he was a good guy. I am working on forgiveness and healing are there any songs that I can listen to for father s day. Only real dad had is the Lord

My husbands sister is always making decisions for hairbrained ideas then hits the others up for money to pay for them. We are retired now and are on a fixed income and it is exasperating he is passive and just sez ok and never crosses her and gives her the money. Of course he gets mad at me for getting mad at her.

My dad was in prison since I was a baby but my parents say it was for check bouncing but they also say he isn't getting out till I'm eighteen. Are my parents lying to me about what he did? I live in Wisconsin

If you had a family meneber who was always a different person while your spouse was around, meaning, they were distant, cold, deceitful, rude, etc. would you distance yourself? Or what? My spouse and I have chosen to distance ourselves from this family member due to a whole series of events of this particular person completely causing ridiculous drama based on their own insecurities/control/jealousy. After 8-9 months of silence, my spouse talked with this family member (who like I said, has a history of manipulating things to come off as an innocent victim) and said they had "no clue" they had been hurtful -which again is false and has been an issue for almost 2-3 years now. This family member has tried reaching out to me asking to talk ASAP. I politely let them know life is crazy until we go on our family vacation and we will see each other soon. This person didn't respect that, as controlling as they are, and replied with wanting to just talk right away so their "misunderstandings" don't get worse and pile on top of other "misunderstandings" and was "hurt to find out that I actually hurt you" See a grown up would be thrilled and easily want to engage with someone like that, right? But like I said, this has happened before. And for this person to call heir intentional and hurtful, borderline deceitful actions "misunderstandings" and had "no clue" Sounds like save face, I can't be a bad guy drama, once again, here we are , history repeating. So what do I do?

My cousin got in engaged yesterday and I know my aunt will rub it my face since I'm divorced. When my ex and I were getting divorced my aunt and uncle were saying nasty comments about my ex husband and etc.

My sister is adult now and she isn't making the best decisions. I understand I'm supposed to be caring and helpful but I don't know how to do that, especially when she's making it difficult for the whole family and me. She takes me things constantly and doesn't return them, but also gets mad when we (rarely ever) do the same to her (and return it). My sister has problems saving up money and constantly relies on weed for EVERYTHING: eating, sleeping, coping with emotions, getting work done, etc. She doesn't understand when we try to help her, and always pushes us away, and doesn't accept the advice we give her. My sister only hears the criticism and judgement so she just assumes we don't want to help her and we don't care. We love her but she thinks that we're out to get her and she has no friends to tell her right from wrong since they're also bad people. I overheard her, talking to someone she knows on the phone this morning while she was leaving the house, (after she asked me if she could borrow $200) saying that that she wants to kill herself. What do I tell her? She's mad at me for telling my mom about taking my stuff without returning it and she said I'm "breaking our sister bonding". Thank you so much for reading this.

I'm 19, yes Im trying to look for a job but no one's called me yet, and yes I'm trying to move out but I need money for that... Other day mom and her hubby made bfast and sister could smell so she went down to eat, I can't smell so I assumed there was food and when I got down they were all happily eating without me and all the food was gone so I had to awkwardly make my own food while they ate and no one seemed to care... Last night mom told me to go buy groceries for them so I left, come back w groceries and they're all halfway through dinner and happily enjoying a movie, again like i dont even exist so i was just in the kitchen putting all the groceries up... I said "thanks for waiting for me" and no one replied so I made my own food again... Everyone seems to act like I dont exist and I dont know why... Annoying part is mom started pushing me to graduate HS early, get a job, get my car, all started at 15. Now she's "abandoning" me bc Ive been jobless ~3 weeks, when my sister is 17 and mom hasn't even made her get a liscense yet, much less a job... Every time they want to do something i have to come down to entertain their dogs, while sister gets to stay in her room care free watching Netflix day and night... I do chores, I do my own laundry, mom doesn't "pamper" either of us but shes pushing me harder and I dunno why... Gives sister $$ anytime she wants to go out with friends, I don't have friends but if I ask for money all I get is You have a job, Wheres your money?

Two weeks ago I was at home with one of my friends. We where at the living room talking about random things and eating snacks while playing video games. My mom was with my dad at the grocery store so we where home alone. The thing is that I had feelings for him and I think he does to. So we started kissing leading to a make out, touching, pulling, biting and everything. My parents walked into us and found us. My parents are very religious and I've dated girls before, I like girls and boys. My mom screamed at us and kicked my friend out of the house, she came up to me and slapped me in the face basically she beat me up, then ground me. I had no phone for a week, and I am not allowed to talk to him or any of my friends. She won't talk to me or my dad. They only said that I was going to burn in hell, that God will never forgive me for being gay. I am not gay, I am bisexual. I am more angry at them than they are at me. Always trying to control me and obligate me to have the same beliefs. What should I do?

I recently joined Facebook (again) just to see if I could find my dads side of the family and I did. I have not saw them since I was 16 and our relationship was great then. My mom stopped all communication between me and my dads side of the family after I asked to move away with them. Now that I am older I want to reconnect with them but I have no idea how to start a conversation or what to say. I know who I want to message (my aunt) and I would love to visit asap but I just can't find the right words. Any advice?

My Uncle (her husband) recently passed away. They lived together in Glasgow, and I live 10 hours away from them, so I never saw them much anyway. I've had a few phone calls with them but only for about thirty seconds, you know a quick "hello, how are you? That's great! I'll pass you back over!" To the point: My Uncle had been battling diabetes since he was in his Twenties. I was never close with him, not because of arguments, but we lived to far apart to see each other regularly. He died a couple days ago age 57, because of the Diabetes. Turns out, the only day they could book the funeral was June 22nd. This is also my 18th birthday.. I'm turning into an adult, I can buy myself alcohol, finally. I planned to go out with all my 18 and over friends to celebrate. I've been looking forward to this since I turned 17 lol. So, why does my Aunt think I'm selfish? Well, she booked the funeral on my 18th birthday. (Not intentionally, I understand there was no other date available) But am I wrong for not wanting to go? I don't think I've ever met this uncle in real life except for when I was like 2 years old.. My Mum is on my side here, saying "he doesnt know him" and honestly nobody in my house did because of distance.. My parents have no problems going without me. (i'm an only child) I'm happy my parents are sticking up for me. Why should I go to a funeral on the most important birthday of my life? I'm glad my parents are sticking up for me. What would you do? My aunt is harassing us with phone calls and messages on facebook saying things like "Tom would've been disappointed" "Tom would've hated you for this" trying to make us feel bad.. We didn't even know him well. Does she really think that's going to change our mind about going? Most likely it'll make us want to stay away even more

Could he be mentally handicapped? He is overweight as well

My sister is 7 she still sleeps my with mom and stepdad and every now and then my mom and stepdad would have sex or he eats her out on the same bed as my sister while she's sleeping. I keep telling them it's weird and they keep blowing off and it's really pissing me off, I told them to go in the bathroom but they never do

I have been married to my hub.1 year & are college sweethearts. We're 23. Main issue? My husband's cousin. For identity sake, I will name her Lily, who is married and 29. Lily has always been "hot&cold". She is very spoiled, which makes her act arrogant condescending, and insensitive towards others. Despite her insecure&stand-off-ish personality, I chose to look past that out of love for my man,& ask her, along with her younger sis (who is the joy of their family; smarter, prettier, etc) to be bridesmaids. They are like his sis's. However, Lily was nothing but a hassle& created drama on our wedding day. Since then, Lily became increasingly disrespectful towards me. She was nice whenever my husband was around, but the second he left, was indifferent,& condescending. It all went to hell when I went to her baby shower. At the end of the night, she proceeded to get pictures with the few family members that were there, while I stood& watched. I WAS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON IN THE ROOM, as Lily began to repeat 3-4x, "I want JUST my aunt, sister, and aunt-inlaw in the pictures"while giving me a snide look. Since then, my husband& I agreed to distance ourselves. However, he recently talked to my cousin after 7 months of silence. After protecting me& confronting her, told me their convo was "amazing"& she felt awful,& "didn't have a CLUE she came off that way" She reached out to me& asked to have a"heart to heart". Honestly, I don't think I want to waste my time. What do you think?

Last night, I was looking through Instagram and found a photo of a kindergartener that just graduated and the caption said how this is Class of 2030. I decided to research to make sure if this is fact and it is. Like wow, guys. 2030... I don't know why but it sounds crazy to me. If you think about it, one day, a group of people including myself will no longer be called "The New Generation". Someone else will take that place. Time really does fly, y'know? What did you guys think?

A day doesn't go by where my family doesn't scream at each other. My parents are so focused on arguing with each other that household duties such as cooking and cleaning gets neglected, so I end up doing it most of the time. My older sister is 16 and has a son who she abandons for her friends and partying, so of course I end up being his primary caretaker. My little bro who's ten is addicted to gaming to the point where he's failing fourth grade because of it. Sometimes I feel like the only thing that holds this family together since I end up doing most of the work, but it's exhausting and taking a major toll on me. My aunt and uncle have offered to take me in for a while and my parents re more than happy about it, but I'm really afraid that if I go all hell will break loose. I'm especially worried about my nephew since i was the only one who put real effort into loving and caring for him. I know it's better for me leave but I can't ease my fears.

So I got this job for pool gate attendant for the city. I was supposed to start today but anxiety got me and also my parents and I are leaving in like two weeks to Mexico b/c something happened to my grandma and we'll be staying there for a week or two. I'm about to be a senior in two months and my older sister tells me that my mom thinks I'm crazy and not right in the head for not going to the job. Then my sister she tells me that she's been working since junior year and I can't even go to one job... also this job that I got is like 20 minutes away from my home and everybody works in this house so there will be nobody to drop me off. My anxiety is fighting at me right now for this.. even if I went I would only work for 2 weeks ( they will not pay me on the first week) bc of my grandma. I seriously hate myself right now and I don't know what to do. Everyday my mom tells me I'm not right in the head . It's really getting to me...what do I do?

im a 15 year old muslim girl who lives in the Middle East. Ill be traveling in 6 days w my dad, my aunt & my brothers to London. I have been asking my dad for months to let me show my hair and he refuses. I cover up my hair and body & I'm fine doing that in my country but not in foreign countries. my dad is very sexist and he always comments on my appearance, saying things like 'cover your chest, its showing and you look like a mess' and then when I cover it up, he's like 'not too tight!' I don't think he realizes that I'm 15, I'm still a child and he thinks of me as a woman. my brother is almost 12 and when I was his age he treated me like a woman but he now treats my brother like a kid & lets him do what he wants. I'm the kind of person who raises their voice when excited and I do it without realizing it & my dad gets embarrassed when I do that & shushes me. I'm aware that in our community women should be covered but he's taking it too far. whats bothering me now is that he is refusing to let me wear a normal shirt and jeans in London. he says the shirt has to be long enough where it reaches mid-thigh and I have to also wear hijab to cover my hair. I'm not comfortable doing that and Ive tried to negotiate but he won't budge. last year we went to paris and he didn't even let me wear a long shirt, jeans and hijab! he forced me to wear an abaya! hes making me so mad and I don't know what to do! he is constantly doing this and I know I can't change him but this is upsetting me

I have to go to my grandfather's 90th B-Day since he is terminally ill. I feel I should go. I am missing the family gathering on the other side of my family for the first time ever. It feels so unreal and I feel guilty like I am being disloyal. I know I owe it to the other grandfather even though he is not as close. How do I make it up to my Dad's family which I am closer to that I am missing their annual gathering for first time in 26 years? I feel like my summer is wrecked by this. I can't be at both. The 90th B-Day is being held Saturday even though the actual B-Day is tomorrow.

My granddaughter is 5 years old and we (my husband and I) have never been alone with her. My daughter-in-law feels that she has to go everywhere with her. My son sees nothing wrong with this. There has to be some type of law to allow grandparents alone time with their grandchildren. What can I do about this annoying problem? I AM entitled to alone time with MY granddaughter. She is part of me and my husband since without us, her father would not exist and she would not exist. I don't need my daughter in law involved in everything.

Im a 16 year old Junior in high school. I have been having problems with my mother since about 4th-5th grade. She can be very verbally abusive. I have been told before that I am worthless in every way possible and that I am the reason that her life is stressful. I give you example of what she did the other day. I came from school because I got in trouble from skipping 1 class and when I came home she grab and threw me on the ground and took her feet and step on my head and call me every name that makes you worthless as a human being. No matter how small the mistake, even if I didn't do a mistake, she still calls me stupid, a dog and a idiot and a dumb excuse for a boy at times. She hits me usually with anything that she can find first-- Brooms,sticks, belts, etc, but now they don't hurt as much because i'm broader and a little bulkier. She screams instead of speaking at a normal voice all the time. She has also told me before how she wishes she had a little girl instead of me (i'm a boy) and she goes on about my flaws, and when I tell her that I didn't exactly wish for her as a mother, she told me that she didn't wish for me as a child either and at one point told me that she wished I should have kill myself and wish I was never born. I know she provides me food, shelter etc but If you don't show love to your own son? How am I suppose show you love and respect back? Everyday I'm depressed and I can't leave my room beside going to school. I don't what to do right now

My girlfriend and I have been going out for 1 1/2 years. She's the love of my life, and I plan on proposing on our two year anniversary. She is perfect in every way, and genuinely a good person. My parents hate her because they believe she doesn't have the money she says she does (she owns a business- I've seen the amount of money she spends/ invoices of what she makes- not fake at all.) And I've shared this with my parents. They don't even believe that she owns the business. My parents for the last year have threatened to disown me if I don't leave my girlfriend. My girlfriend knows this and has tried everything under the sun to get them to like her- even buying them lavish gifts, converting to Catholicism for their benefit. We moved in about six months ago, and my parents have no clue we live together. Last week, my parents told me I need to choose between them or her. I can't break up with her, but I also can't just abandon my family. I need to know what to do, how do I get my parent's to understand? Or what should I do? Has anyone been here before?

When I met my boyfriend it was love at first sight for both of us. He told me him and his brother were buying a house together and he wanted me to move in with them. At the time we all got along and it seemed fun. I noticed right away how controlling his brother was in the house. He would take pictures of my things if I left them out and send them too me. I used to take tests for ovulation because my boyfriend and I were trying for a baby, he would find them in the trash, take a video of him finding them and send them to me with him saying "I hope this isn't a pregnant test" He knew we were trying. When I got pregnant he threw such a huge fit to his whole family I actually considered getting an abortion. I was so happy and he completely ruined it. He told me I had to choose my dog or the baby. And if I kept both he would make me cry for 9 months straight. Which he ended up doing because I kept my dog. He told me to go **** myself and didn't talk to me my whole pregnany and up too my daughters 6 months of age. He would lock me out of the house. Tell everyone in his family my business. Never said congrats when I brought the baby home. He acted like we both didn't exist. My boyfriend would just try to keep the peace and say "just keep ignoring him" "it will be fine" But my anxiety is always so high and I barely leave my room with my daughter. I can't live like this anymore. I want to move back home with my mom but I love my boyfriend and don't want to be away from him. Help

Their parents won't let them come over much anymore cause I have an alcoholic Dad.

My Dad (who raised me) is a great Dad but he has no desire to discuss heavy topics. His parents seem the same way and they to are wonderful, just not the type to sit and talk out emotions with a kid-teen. My mother won't discuss it any further and is mad I am upset. I have no close friends. I am 16 and a man friended me on Facebook around Christmas last year and I accepted. He is my Dad. My mother looked worried and told me to block him immediately it is a scam. So I did. I later unblocked him and messaged him back. We had been talking behind my Mom's back and his son looks so much like me I realized it was real. He told me to break it to my Mom before we meet and so I did. It was Mother's Day Weekend. She admitted to it and then lashed out at me for talking to him behind my back. She let me meet him after school was done for the year and I did. I have been so confused ever since. She says "I let you meet him now stop, when your out of high school you can get to know him but Dad is your father". She is mad and Dad ignores me. My siblings are younger and unable to help. I don't feel safe talking to this bio-father yet about anything heavy. He is no more then a Facebook friend my Mom said I can see over Thanksgiving weekend next. I am so nervous. It is summer and I want to be having fun but I am so nervous. Are his parents my grandparents? Am I supposed to reach out a lot? I feel I have been disloyal not to know him or of him. How do I make up to him? HELP I always understood Dad is my bio-father and my parents just weren't married when I was born. Turns out that was a lie. I am glad I have this opportunity. but feel so nervous it has all hit me. My parents surely will never take me to counseling as they hate psychologists and it is summer so I can't talk to the school counselor till September. I wish so much it was school year believe it or not.

My mother has suggested I block her as she uses me to get info on others since I have some autism and tend to give too much info.

IT IS.... I don't know what to do. My mom doesn't even know I have a kid. The girl whose the mother is flying from NYC to Orlando to come see me with my three year old son. I went to NYC two weeks ago and took a DNA test. The mother and I are taking our son to see an eye doctor here where I am to an expert who can fix his amblyopia. Im terrified of how my family is going to take me springing a three year old on them. Its just really nerve wracking. English is my third language, I speak Ukrainian and Russian fluently. I was visiting Brighton Beach where my aunt and other family and friends are when I ran into the mother of my kid. I didn't know she was living in USA now. she wanted me to meet someone special. She introduced me to this kid and said it was mine. We agreed id get a DNA test done, and he's mine. So we're talking about my kid and her coming to Florida to visit and we'd go to Disney or Universal maybe see a movie or two. the mother of my son is a great woman and I don't know how to

My brother has not spoken to or sent birthday cards to my son in four years. He has not spoken to me in two years. My son has not said to invite him. My mother has made the biggest stink that I am being mean and am not keeping the family together. I have made every effort to call my brother, text, send him birthday cards with never a response but somehow I am the bad guy. I just do not want this really special day for my son to be uncomfortable because he may show up. Please advise.

At a young age, I was separated at birth-- taken away from my mother and sister to live with my father due to the law. Soon at age 5, my mother brought me to United States where my father cannot reach me. Thanks to this I was able to get better education and a new door of hope opened for me. Now I'm 13 and I'm really grateful for everything that my mom have done for me. However somewhere inside me is telling me that my mom loves my older sister more than she love me. My mother is always busy on the phone and barely talks to my sister and I even on the dinner table. As a young teenager I understand that I have to help my mom out and help her do chores. What's strange is that whenever both my sister and I are going out with friends/anyone else, I have to be the one that needs to stay home to do all the chores. At first, everything is equal-- My sister cleans the floor and I do everything else (bathrooms, bedrooms, living room). But not long after last year, I started doing all the chores around the house. Since my mom is quite a picky person, she's never quite satisfied with what I do and makes me do the chores about 2-3 times a week. I understood it and did as she said. Later on today, I was getting the rice cooker ready and forgot to dry the bottom of the pot. Since there was guest in the house at the time, when the guest came to my mom for a conversation, she was really calm and polite. Right when the guests left, she turned to be and started yelling at me... Idek anymore.

Me and my gf moved in withe her mother and she is very strict.She gave me some rules that i have to go by in order to live there.I have to do my chors be in at my cerfew and she gave me a bed time.When i come in for my cerfew i have to be striped searched.And breaking the rules will result in getting spanked with a wooden spoon or a belt.

My parents have been fighting a lot lately but making up again and then start fighting. I feel like they're only staying together for us, because they were about to divorce a couple months ago, but ended up not because of me and my brother. Can someone give me advice? I'm sorry, I'm not trying to get into there business I'm just kind of scared.