These 13 year old girls are in 8th grade. I notice that lots of them are more opinionated and able to reason than my daughter. Not that my daughter is unable to, but they show the maturity level that is ahead of her. They are all middle schoolers and my daughter is the youngest of the group. I can't see any differences with my naked eye, they all look and act the same, but I notice some differences in conversations. Also, they seem more likely to know that they are responsible for schoolwork, time management, etc. Could the jump between being a preteen to being a young teen be that big of a difference?

My grandfather passed away 2 days ago at age 90. He was a Marine who landed at Iwo Jima and saw LIVE the raising of the flag. He died peacefully at his home in his sleep.It just bothers me so much that I'll never see him again. After he got discharged from the United States Marine Corps he enrolled at the local university and became a family physician until he retired. He's had 2 kids. a boy and a girl. We are making funeral arrengments,well my dad and my aunt are,I just help them out. I mentioned that it would be good that on his tombstone we might have the following: DR. ..... ...... MAR 23 1928 + AUG 29 2018 PFC US MARINE CORPS-WWII SEMPER FIDELIS....................... the fact is that my granpa loved being a doctor and loved being a Marine so I think he would have appreciated the "SEMPER FIDELIS" whereas my dad and my aunt don't care much about his military service and would just stick with the basic "Loving husband,father and granfather" How can I convince them to put that on his grave? If not the whole "pfc usmc" at least "Semper fidelis" maybe with a globe eagle and anchor symbol. Advice? M2J: that supposed to be funny?

I am 17. Long story short, I know my dad is cheating. He's been doing it for a while, he's a pilot and has been taking time off work to go to another state to be with her. My half brother's wedding is in two days. I am a bridesmaid, my biological mom is not invited, and this woman will be there with her son. I do not want to speak with her, interact with her or even share the same space with her. The problem is, my dad doesn't know I know. I am sure he will try and introduce me to her, and that she will be sitting with him at the wedding. I don't want her to have any part in my life, whether she ends up with my father or not. She has ruined my family by knowingly being with my father even though she knows he's legally married and has two kids with my mom. And I'm angry at him for calling himself a good person yet cheating on my mother and giving up entirely on religion. I never thought I would have to come in physical contact with her, and obviously have no desire to. He told me this morning he was going to the airport to pick her up, and I know he's with her right now and it makes me sick. I don't know what to do.

I mean rarely i was, there where some moment i could say it but as a teen i hated saying thank you to any of my parents because it felt like being weak or some other stupid stuff like that. Also, I was absolutely polite to anyone else, just not to my parents. I just find it weird looking back at it.

My Mom was also not kind to either of her mothers in law and especially the 2nd one (2 marriages). Apparently my step-father's mother did not get along with her husband's mother. Lastly my brother's ex-wife strongly disliked my Mom at the end of their 6 year marriage and wouldn't even speak to her. So do most mothers and daughters in law dislike each other? Last night I was with my aunt who was ranting about her husband's mother being weird and they neglect her I know though that is more her husband's doing and his family.

She is a monster

ugly women are spared the bother and indignity of men constantly hitting on them. poor, wretched, beautiful sexy women are forced to endure men constantly flirting with them and showing them unending attention. hot women are forced to suffer the pain of never being able to enjoy a moment's peace out in public away from men's desires and prying eyes. ugly women are so fortunate that men won't give them a second glance and find them invisible. ugly women have life so good, don't you think?

I live with an older woman who is trying to convince me to put my 5 month old son in day care when I attend school. My mother offered to watch him during the day because I don't think daycare is necessary because it's insanitary and hippies aren't vaccinating their kids. She's trying to find daycares for me although I said no a million times. He's my son and I don't like my life controlled.

She wants me to move back home and I do not want to. She does not text now because she said she needs to hear my voice. It is ceeepy because she threatened to drive here unwelcomed a few weeks,ago. My mom is very controlling and causes drama,a,lot. I refuse to ask for money too. Im not happy where I live but it beats living at home with a very controlling and both physically and verbally abusive parent. she lost me as,a,son. Do I need to change my number? shes been promising me money from a house sale but everything with her comes with strings attached and dictating my life or she raises hell.

My son was failing in Math so the high school recommended a tutor. They gave me a list of tutors. I started calling and most of them had all the tutoring they could do. I called Lisa and she said she was available for 1 hour 2 days a week. From day 1 of her tutoring my son's grades starting improving. She was only getting paid for 1 hour as that was all I could afford but she often spent much more time with my son. After a month of tutoring my son came to me and ask me to please get another tutor. When I ask him why, he said Lisa was so beautiful, hot, and sexy he could not concentrate on math when she was with him. The next time she was here I looked closely at her and she was gorgeous. She had a figure to die for. She told me she is a college student and also has a part time job as a swim suit model. It just does not seem right to tell her she can not tutor my son anymore as she has done wonders for his grades. She is also a VERY NICE person and it is not her fault she is so beautiful. It is my son's fault he can not keep his mind on math with her but I can understand how teenage boys would be distracted by such a beautiful girl. I also do not want to waste my money for a tutor when my son will not learn anything because his mind is on something else. How should I teach him he is going to have to deal with beautiful women all his life and he has to get used to it. Can somebody please give me some advice on what I should do?

I did not leave cos I care about your mum or you being on good terms with her. I left cos she said you were a child, no matter how adult you felt, and I couldn't offer her any other counter argument, other than I love him and he's the most manly man I've ever met. Which, even had I been a proper adult with a job and financially security that could pay for your school if you **** your parents off, would could have just meant I'm in love and losing any ability to think straight... But John, I had nothing to offer you. I couldn't take care of you financially, I was out of my mind traumatised,and I had a guy who lived to torture me and get revenge on me after me... I was a mess, and not in any cute way, and the climax of Abdul's revenge the ultimate hellish thing he could have done to me was to harm you badly or kill you...and he was not a well man, he was getting progressively brutal and reckless and a lot of the times he acts and then thinks later... I left cos you were 15 and I wasn't anything close to sane or even human at that point. I felt like an animal you kept pressuring to act human. To make choices an animal isn't capable of... I'm not going to leave you over anyone else or over any of our shortcomings... Don't rape me, hit me, abuse me emotionally in a deliberate way, don't rape any children and we'll never have a problem again. Our problem was you were 15 and I had no idea what exactly to do with that fact, not your mum, or even Abdul. Had you been 22 I'd tell you the truth about Abdul and we'd fight him together but you were 15. 15 and 21 is a huge difference....As I'm sure you understand now. Now please come back I'm so tired of being depressed and physically ill all the time... I love you. BTW, also don't cheat on me. I wouldn't exactly leave you, but I would torment us both for 5 to 7 years probably, at least 3....I love you John, come help me feel human again. Please hurry.

My family saysI should get over it but when shewas in hs she use babysit me and wrrstle me and fart on my face am I wrong should I get over it this wasn't aone time thing it was regular I even threw up once

My parents got a divorce a few years ago. Years later my Dad has a new girlfriend who I met and she's very sweet, smart, and kind to me, I like her but my Mom not very much. I personally think my Mom is jealous of her. When my Mother and Dad's girlfriend met I can tell she wasn't really happy, when she was telling us about herself my Mom didn't smile once and when I asked her about how she felt about her she said she doesn't really care for her, probably from the face that my Dad's girlfriend is everything my Mom isn't, she went to College, she has a great paying job and treats me like her own son. What makes my Mom's jealousy of my Dad and his girlfriends relationship worse is that My Mom's boyfriend ended up dumping her. He decided that it wasn't working out with him and my Mom so he dumped her. This led to my Mom feeling very bitter and even more jealous of my Dad's girlfriend to the point where she is comfort eating just to make herself feel better out of pity which is making Mom gain weight. What's your opinions on this situation and how can I help my Mom not feel this was anymore.

So, last year I stayed after school for classes and stuff but I made the horrible mistake to stay to long in school and my parents would get mad at me. They don't really trust but at that time I was in a bad place in my life and I told them but they don't care. I really need to stay tomorrow because theres this collage thing. How do I deal with them?

In my experience, these kids seem like normal people. Some of them might gravitate towards the "wild crowd" or school troublemakers. But people seem to exaggerate that they're uncontrollable, violent children who cannot socialize properly and go out committing serious crimes. I can't think of anyone who fits that description unless you count the hardcore drug addicts with tons mental health issues (and were that way for a long time). But I don't know what they're like at home, just who they appear to be at school...

My dad is not a physically abusive drunk, but he is emotionally abusive, faces extreme memory loss, and falls hurting himself when he is drunk. My whole family has tried to get him to stop. My mother even threatened to divorce him if he kept drinking which we thought he stopped but it turns out he is hiding alcohol all over the house. I just don t know what to do.

So I am a 21 year old who lives with parents. My father is a police officer. Things have not gone will I fight with my parents and they fight with each other. My father is had to sleep on the couch. I heard weird moans and groans and my elderly great dane is acting odd. I don't want to come fourth say what I am thinking in fear of making things worse and I love my dad but I feel guilty if what I think happened happened. -Danke Mike

I care way too much about what others think to the point of me doing things to strictly just impress them. It's taking a toll on me emotionally and mentally because now it's causing me to start doing things that I don't want to do just so they don't make fun of me anymore. The latest one is moving out of my parents home. I'm a girl in her early 20s. However, strangers often think I'm 16 years old because I have a baby face. So they luckily don't think anything of me being and living with my parents. It's the people that know our family and know that I'm really 20-something that are starting to talk. My dad's coworker told him recently how I should be looking for a place of my own soon. Here's the thing though, my family and I are of European background. My culture believes that kids should stay with their parents until they get married and not only that but I get along super well with my mom especially. We've always been really close. I go to college and help her a lot around the house and she doesn't want me to leave and I don't either but I'm contemplating about moving out anyway just for people to shut up. I told my mom this and she actually got really sad to the point of tears. She kept asking me me why? And that she'll miss me. I really don't want to go but at the same time I'm tired of people making fun of me. I don't know what to do and I'm crying now. Why do people care so much?

Back in July my Sister-in-law moved in with my wife and I so that she could attend the University campus close to our house. She has been really nice since she has gotten here, and her and myself have gotten to spend more time together and getting to know each other better. But some of her behavior recently has had me wondering. For instances, she really likes being around me a lot right now. She likes to sit and talk with me and has been telling me more things about her personal life. Some of which has made her a little emotional and I had to talk to her and calm her emotions down. She also laughs at a lot of things I say and will give me little playful slaps on the shoulder and on my arm. And she sits really close to me where when she moves her arm or leg, she brushes up against me a lot. She even mentions and talks about how handsome I am. A few weeks ago my wife, her sister, and my self went on vacation. The hotel room we were in only had one bed. I told them to take the bed and I would sleep on an air mattress. My sister in law made a big deal and insisted that we all three share the bed. And then yesterday while I was at work, she folded my clothes I had washed and left them on the bed for me. My wife hasn't even done that for me yet and we have married for 3 years lol. So anyway, is she just being nice to me or she is sending signals out to me or flirting? Any advice would great. Thank you so much!

Hi my step dad chokes me punches me kicks me calls me names like idiot retard dumba** he has kicked me through a door once and i'm 13

I have three kids. When I met my partner, he was part time Dad to three of his own living overseas. I did my all to include him in our family life and we were working well. A few months ago, his daughter came to live with him. Now days out involve them both going their own way, he makes no effort to maintain a balance between his daughter s happiness and ours, and has told me that her happiness is more important to him. We have no alone time any more, every time we sit for a chat, she joins us, every time we walk together, she pushes in between us. She treats my home with utter disrespect, rubbish thrown on the floor, chewing gum on the kitchen table, my daughter is bullied for her games console constantly and my youngest son called "the demon child". Our future plans as a couple have been trashed. He barely talks to me any more and it s constant arguments and disagreements. I wanted a balance to include everyone involved, he can t see where my issue is and keeps telling me that things change, but I can t see how if he makes no effort. Things were so good for so long, a part of me wants the good times back, but a part of me says it s time to go. Thoughts?

Our mother just called the police to make a point to him. He is hallucinating some also.

So my little brother is getting married next year and I don't like that at all. I have a fiancee in vietnam and I am supposed to go meet her a few years ago but ended up not going due to money issues. I am now having to wait until 2020 to go meet her. My family is putting all the effort and lending my brother money to help him with his wedding. They don't want to help me. They told me that they will help me with mine whenever his wedding is all done and said. I told andy and he said to me really rude stuff. He said to me your gay so why are you wanting to marry a woman. You let some guy screw you and plan on doing more of it with him to get money. Well I have to do what I have to do to get money. I am having to do this now to get money for my wedding. Andy says that I am a selfish homosexual. I'm not gay and so I don't get why he keeps on calling me that. Why does he think that I am selfish ?? Why do people think that I am gay for doing what I do ?