So here's the thing 6 years ago my parents got a divorce from each other. Later in year my Dad now has a girlfriend who is really nice to me but my Mom is Jealous of her. What makes things worse for her that her boyfriend ended up dumping her, she did not handle it well at all. At that point my Mom started to Emotionally Eat to make herself feel better about herself but its causing her to Gain Weight to where she couldn't fit into her extra small t-shirts. I try talking to her about it but she was acting stubborn and blames her weight gain on her boyfriend dumping her. When I told my Dad's girlfriend about Mom's problem even she was showed pity on her while at the sames time she felt that my Mom should now better to have self control for herself. How can I personally help my Mother with Emotional Eating habit and get her to not be jealous of my Dad's girlfriend.

It's my brothers birthday soon and i dont know what to get him. He has plenty of toys and games so doesnt really need any more. I dont live with him or see him much so i dont really know what hes into except video games but im not getting him one of them. he says hed rather have a gift than a day out... any ideas?

They want me to be with them and them alone as well as their little safe immediate family so that I am safe. I am an adult who is out living on my own. They especially resent that I have a relationship with my Mom's side of the family as my mother has grudges against them. They see that as me being disloyal to my mother. So when they give me grief for seeing extended family and some friends how do I manage this stress it causes? I try to keep my social activities a secret but they interrogate and ask others. They don't like my mother's family cause when my mother's older brother abused her the family did not remove him from the family and turn him in. I agree that was a HUGE mistake but it is LONG ago and the pedophile is dead and in hell. The rest of the family is not violent. It means a lot to me to have family extended. Any ideas?

I see it quite a bit, I find it sad.

My sister is upset because our parents are having problems tonight. Our mom has been drinking a lot our dad is mad at her. We went out to the bar / restaurant for dinner tonight our mom was there with her friends our dad walked out and said some mean things to her. My sister wanted to go out and say by to her but our dad wouldn't let her. Our mom didn't get her medicine in this week so she's all over the place if you know what I mean. Luckily thru don't fight when she's like this they just get mad at each other. Our mom has a drinking problem. My sister is very upset she asked me to stay with her. She has to live at home because of her disabilities and health issues. She and her husband and kids live there. She said she wishes I wasn't her brother so that we could be married she kind of has a crush on me. Because of her disabilities stuff like this makes her upset easily. She goes on trips with a youth group for adults with mental disabilities they were going to a concert tomorrow night but she didn't want to go because it was late also she was afraid to leave mom. How can I comfort her ? What should I say to her ?

My fiancé and I had saved about 22k for a wedding. We then decided that we weren't going to have one and spend that money on Bora Bora and a small trip around Europe. My in-laws are now insisting on planning a wedding for us. They said that they'll pay for all of the wedding. I don't know it makes me uncomfortable having someone spending their money on something I don't even want anymore. I really don't know how to tell them that we don't want a wedding since my fiancé also doesn't want one.

I'm 16 and don't have my license because my mom wouldn't let me get my permit until I started cleaning my room on an everyday basis. Now, I've always got places to go. Like I was supposed to go to a football game today, school tomorrow for practice, then I was invited to a party on Saturday and another on Sunday. My parents don't want to take me to all those places, so I said I'd ask my grandparents to help out. My mom basically said it was ridiculous and I was "asking for too much of people," which I understand to a certain extent. But what else am I supposed to do? I asked different people to take me different places instead of just asking my parents to do it all. I would take a bus or ride a bike but they won't let me because it's not safe. Plus I don't really have money for a bike anyways. I still have a year before I get my license so I won't be driving anytime soon, but my mom is pressuring me to learn how to drive now. Idk what she wants from me because if I learned how to drive in a month I still couldn't drive myself places. I'm not sure what to do tbh. I don't have money for a bus or uber. I could definitely buy a bike lol.

I can't do this anymore. I'm always fighting with my family, and whenever I'm not, my dad brings up something I've done that was disrespectful in the past; making me mad. They refuse to acknowledge the fact that i probably have bipolar depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. Whenever I try to talk to my mom, she gives the excuse that she doesn't know how to help. I thought I could wait until I was only enough and stable enough to live on my own and sever all ties with them, but I don't think I can anymore. It's too much. I know I'm 13, and that it's an age with attitude and what not - but this is in NO WAY normal. Please help, because I don't know how much longer I can do this without attempting suicide. Thanks. Another thing: they practically alienate me from them unless I'm fighting. I can always hear my sister and my parents having a blast while I'm in my room. No sooner I go out to try and join them, they either ignore me or stop talking. I refuse to believe that I'm part of their family. Which, in return, is probably why have little to no respect for them - and constantly get yelled at for it. Though, in my opinion, you shouldn't NEED to have respect for someone just because they created you.

Like one time at party I wore silver earrings and and wore blue then my cousin posted a picture on Facebook wearing blue and same color earrings and at a party she did the same poses I did. AT school I see girls copy my hair style and copy each others hairstyles.

We don't get along. She ruined my life, is very controlling, bossy, toxic according to this book I read. Verbally abusive, and physically violent. likes frame and is bi-polar. Do I need to change my number???? I swear I don't care if I never see her again. honestly. *drama not frame. Auto-correct. She manipulated me all my young adult life and childhood and wouldn't let me make decisions, and always tried changing me saying I'm just like my father. she used to hit me and thriwmy stuff too. or threaten me.

When I was younger I told my mom I wanted to be a doctor and I haven't changed my mind since I was 7. I'm 13 now and my passions are in music. I want to be a singer and my mom says that if I ever change my mind, that I should tell her, and she will be proud of me no matter what. I want to tell her, but I feel like she will be disappointed. What do I do?