Yesterday I invited my nephew over for dinner and I recommended an apple pie and custard for pudding, he made the pie at home and brought it down with him. We both wanted custard with the pie and he suggested he make it from scratch, I said "I prefer tinned custard, I have never eaten homemade" and he said he will show me how, at first I said no because I am tired and want an easy life to just open a tin and heat up the custard in the microwave. He insisted it was easy to make so I allowed it. Well he fiddled on with vanilla pods, cornflour, milk, beaten eggs and sugar and in the end I wanted tinned custard and it was too much hard work and my boyfriend/life partner refused to eat it and said he wanted tinned custard too. I had some and I told my nephew that processed foods taste better than homemade. I could have easily got a ready made pie and a tin of custard but he had to make it from scratch and follow the recipe exactly as it was stated. Is he suffering from paranoia to be avoiding ready made foods?

Idk what to do. Our family bullied her a lot and she is 22 now. They kicked her out (sweetest and most innocent girl in the world) when she was 19 after they broke their promise to send her to school which she waited and worked for. They kicked her out to live with a man they believe was "rich and had a rich family". She was scared and she was always poor and didn't care for money. He wasn't and he abused her and she attempted suicide this year. It's been six months since her hospital visit to the mental ward. She had laid in my guest room for 6 months and is now in her own apartment. She eats one bite of an apple a day but often the hospital forces her to go back and use a tube until she is well again. She is 95lb right now 5.7ft. She can't look at any photos of family or her ex or the city because she gets seizure like episodes. The doctors won't even let me open the windows of her apartments and she just stares at the ceiling. She smiles when she can but it's the saddest smiles I've ever seen. Idk what to do. What can I do I'm just her cousin? She is and always was the kindest most gentle most loving personality in this world and now she is, I can't believe I'm saying this but she just seems dead inside.

6 months ago I went to an interview at a large company. I have been trying to get into this place for 2 years. It's hard to get into and every interview is usually done by a different person every time since it is such a huge place. Anyways, I did not get the job. Now the hiring manager called my sister in law and told her they were going to be having another opening with in their office and she really liked me but couldn't hire me last time because I didn't have enough experience. She told her to tell me to add more experience to my resume, told her when the job add would be going up, and said she was only going to keep it up for a few days because she didn't want to get a lot of applicants. The day it went up she emailed her Telling her that it was up and for me to apply. I revamped my resume and applied that same day. The add was takin down 4 days later. This company usually has them up for 7-10 days. 2 weeks later I got a call for an interview the next week. I went on my interview 3 days ago. I sent a thank you email the next day and the lady responded saying she enjoyed the interview also and continued to tell me that it must be awesome to almost be done with school since it's hard working full time and going to school. I responded and that was the end of the conversation. Anyways, I am now being flooded with all of these doubts. Do you think she would go through all of this to not pick me? I really want to work here.. 😩

Since 16 I have always paid board to my mum even on apprenticeship wage, always budgeted for travel expense, paid for clothes, toiletries and driving lessons myself. Bought my own car etc etc all on my own (she is unemployed and lives off benefits - she is now married to a man who works full time on £24k per annum) I give her £300 a month and I have a substantial amount to pay on fuel for work for my car, phone bill and other bills. She complains this is not enough & treats me as her sole income as her benefits have now stopped - I have a younger sister of 18 who is also constantly transferring money over to my mum and her working partner. I decided I have had enough and I am moving into a lovely home with my partner which we have worked hard to get. She has now demanded money before me leaving and even threatened to withhold some of my belongings if I do not give this to her. We are also expecting a baby and she has said some awful things about how karma will get me back I've refused to give her any money as I need all the money I can get to move house / can someone enlighten me is this me being unreasonable or is this genuine abuse? She seems depressed and says she can't work due to her arthritis in her foot

I really don't have any friends, so I basically sleep outside in the cold weather at night. My ex-gf's mom would probably keep me. I usually walk to work. I get a paycheck every 2 weeks, and I have to pay her $125 for every paycheck. Why? She calls it "responsibility" but she tells me she doesn't need my money, and also other reason I took my paycard out of her purse when she wouldn't give it back

My niece (not giving out names so I will just say Niece A) had a baby girl and called her Rachel, my other niece (Niece B) is upset because she wanted to call her baby (if she has one in the future) Rachel after her sister who died; Niece A and Niece B are cousins. Niece A refuses to change her mind on the baby's name and her husband told me to mind my own f-----g business. The day Niece A got out of hospital I barged down there with my boyfriend and sons, my sons had wheel braces to confront her husband for swearing at me and I tried to get her to change her mind and she refused, I called her a selfish b***h and she told me to get out her house, I refused to budge but my boys pulled me back and we went home. Niece B is heartbroken, she wanted to call her baby Rachel, what should I do? The family is falling apart.

I had ahuge fight with my sister result of which was her hitting me in the eye with an edge of a heavy book. That resulted into really big and very tall oval goose egg directly under my right eye so I think I'll end up with a black eye. We settled on peace but we don't want our parents to know. My eye looks like I got punched by Terminator. Any idea for a solid lie? I'm 18 female, my sis is 16.

I go to school (8 hours a day), sleep for 8 hours and I'm technically left with 8 hours spare time. Now let's cut out approx. 2 hours for house jobs, eating etc. Now we're left with 6 hours. A few hours are lost due to homework and I'm left with a few hours for myself. Now what the problem is is that my little sister is screwing me over every single little thing and my parents have her *** covered. Also she has much more rights than me (so I m basically oppressed in my own house) and I can't yell or raise my voice because I would get silenced immidiately (punishments included). My parents are always frustrated and they make small things seem big. Like you can't drop a ******* toothpick without them turning around and yelling at you. But when they wake up early and start purging around the house it's all ok. So now **** is collecting inside of me and it isn't pleseant. It's getting quite depressing and I just need some help. How are you stereotypical American teens able to say "shut up" or "leave me alone" to your mothers? I wish I was in your boots. AGHHH SO MUCH ANGER INSIDE OF ME AT THIS POINT. I need freedom and justice the most. Also I've tried talking to my parents but it doesn't seem to be of any help. I know I'm a teenager and depression is normal in my age but I really gotta do something to raise my position in the family. I just need your help guys. Thanks in advance

So basically, I'm an 18 year old male and I still live with my parents. However, my mum wants to live with me forever even after I have a job and a family and I simply cannot do that. As a result, she thinks that I don't love her and I'm not a good son just because I don't wanna live with her forever. That actually really annoys me because I love my mum very much and I would do anything for her but I don't want to live with her. I don't know how to explain it but I just don't think our relationship would be good if we lived together in the future when I have a family and ya know.. I just don't know... it's hard to explain. What can I say to make my mum feel better or change her mind in thinking this way?

She's 4, will soon be 5. She's not a bad kid, but when I put her in timeout( he never does). Not long after, he'll just ask if she's sorry for doing what she did. Of course she says yes and he decides that " yes" is good enough to get out of timeout. I get it, he wants to be the " good guy" and doesn't want her mad at him, but to undermine me is irritating. His whole argument is, " Well, if she's sorry than why punish her?" All she's learning is that Mom is going to put her in timeout, but Dad will get her out and all she has to do is say " sorry". What needs to happen to " toughen him up" per se?

I'll still be cordial at the family events.

We are all so scared when she comes.

I travelled abroad and went to Ukraine and Russia as well as Kazakhstan, France, and England. This girl I met while I was in Kiev and began a whirlwind romance with messaged me. She explained that she couldn't get in touch with me and couldn't find me after she found out she was pregnant. The child is 3 years old now and looks exactly like me. The mother lives in the USA now in Brighton Beach NY. She met my grandfather at synagogue and he remarked to me how much we look alike. The child has vision problems just like me and if I am the father I will need to help with paying for surgery on his eyes. I live in New Jersey so I went to NYC to speak with her and the date the child was born was the last day her and I had sex before I flew back to America. How can I go about this? I feel so crappy about this. Advice please

so a few years ago we were visiting my cousins family and my mom and i were just talking randomly and she said i can marry my cousin. First of all he is adopted plus i do not know if it is wrong to marry your cousin. Anyway i asked her if she was joking because i was so shocked by this statement she made. She assured me several times she was not joking and said he has a good job and is a huge kid or something like that. It still was weird to me then because naturally I never EVER IN A MILLION YEARS ever had a thought that he was cute/attractive. But after she said that, i had to hang out with him and i was so nervous and kept blushing basically... Mind you before this, i basically thought of him as a scrawny nerd guy who is younger than me...i mean i knew him when we were like 10 LoL like hello??? I'm not a superfically picky person when it comes to who i would date. Age and looks is not what is important to me. But seriously???? Now i think hes cute and keep noticing how cute he is. Recently my mom said it again. Why she is telling me and not HIM that we should marry is odd...she knows im not gonna make any moves. If she really wants us to marry she should tell him. Anyway the real problem here is that now i have a random crush on my cousin for no reason. THIS WAS NEVER MY IDEA. What do i do? I literally cant get this idea out of my head that i should be liking him or find him sexy and it makes it 100percent awkward to even be near him.

My parents come visit me every month..i go to college out of state.. they drive 14 hours.. they bring me so much stuff from home that i do not have space to put them all.. they come into my house im living in and i live with roommates and my mom just cleans the whole house and reorganizes everything and invades everyone's privacy and it is embarassing. it is kinda getting annoying.. i know it is because they care about me..but.. i wish.. i can live independently.. and not worry about my parents having to visit me so often.. They are going to come again next week.. I finish my midterms which means i get a break.. i just want to sleep and catch up in life and it is halloween.. i might be doing some stuff.. i just do not know how to tell my parents that they dont have to drive so far to see me again.. ill be going home during winter break. they might also come during thanksgiving... it won't be so mean right? They say they will see me because they are going on a vacation 6 hours away from here so they will just drive 6 hours more to see me.. and i have a friend like relationship with my parents.. i can tell them anything i thought i would finally get privacy and be able to live the way i want but.. apparently not.. also when i lived by myself my parents used to come every other week and my mom used to stay with me for so long.. that is why i moved out and decided to live with roommates so now they think they are giving me independence by coming every month.. is it really? do other parents do this.. they also send me 2 boxes of food every week because they are worried i will starve myself.. i fill up the whole fridge and i feel bad because my roommates can't put their stuff in there.. i also end up throwing so much food away because i dont have time to eat and i dont eat a lot anymore because im trying to lose weight.. why wont my mom understand even tho i try to explain this to her.. hm

OK so here are the details. Me and my twin brother, along with our youngest brother have been in foster care our whole lives. IDK why considering the fact that Child Protective services kept out oldest brother and our other brother. When we eventually got adopted, my twin brother decided it was time to find our birth parents...and we did. We found our dad but he treated us hateful and we found out mom but we cannot seem to get her to remember us. She as hateful too. They both acted like they didn't know us. So fast foward, Since we found out birth parents, we also discovered that one of our brothers were deceased. And this is where it gets creepy. This spirit, that is our brother, keeps visiting us. He tickled me one day and one day he hugged me. And another time he grabbed my shirt as if to get my attention. Why is he visiting us? Our family doesn't even claim us! Such as our parents and our Cousin and our Memaw. Our brother is too focused on his music to pay us any attention... I just don't know. He doesn't give us a full name. It's only M. And that's the letter of his first name I think.

I have someone in my family who has a major role in keeping the family from crumbling financially and in many other ways. Though they can be aggressive and verbally abusive to me and my other family members. It s gone to the point where I debate on calling the police, But I know if I do it ll get rid of the abuse problem only to bring more (like loss of stability) I do love this person but I don t trust them due to the fact that I know they can get dangerous

I'm so scared they are gonna kick me out.

So my parents are divorced and I live with my mom in Florida and my dad lives in nyc with his brother. My mom and dad still are friends and my dad helps my mom with bills at our apartment. I currently work a part time job at the airport and I've been living here for a year. I plan to tell my parents that I want to move back to nyc where I use to live with my grandma and brother. The reason why I want to move back is because I haven't had any luck with full time jobs here in Florida and everything is far. In New York it's a whole city so I can travel easier and have more opportunities than here in Florida. Now the problem is my mom wants me to look for full time here keep in mind I havnt told them I want to move to nyc yet so I'm nervous about telling them because they might force me to stay here in Florida and not allow me to take risks in life and learn and be happy. I'm 21 years old and sometimes my parents think it's okay to make decisions for me and i tell them I'm bothered by it and they won't listen. Another thing is that my mom said before that she doesn't feel comfortable me living with my grandma because she's gettjng older and stuff but the thing is that my 27 year old brother moved to my gmoms house after college for the same reason I'm doing to move to nyc for more opportunities and my parents were ok with that. What should I do in this situation?

The only question my parents ever ask me is "what's the matter?" If I say nothing's the matter, they yell at me about giving them "attitude," even if nothing's the matter. I don't say it in a rude way or anything, I just say nothing's the matter. Why do my parents always assume I have a problem, and why do they seem to think I'm lying when I tell them there isn't one?

I feel ashamed cause it is my family even though it wasn't me. He is a long known alcoholic and now he killed 2 in a crash. My Mom says he showed no remorse on the phone. The crash was last Saturday and two teens were killed and they were sober, Dad was drunk and struck them. As the son I feel ashamed like our whole family is scandalized now.

One is an aunt that is hostile to my mother (uncle's wife). Another is my Mom's sister who is hostile to everyone in the family. The third was my maternal grandfather who was an alcoholic but he has since passed away. So all 3 are on my Mom's side of the family. They used to expect me to avoid a cousin of my Mom's who we were close to until he had an affair on his wife. So for five years I was instructed not to speak to him. My parents have resumed contact with him though now that he is not with the mistress anymore even though he's divorced now.

My Mom told me only losers do drugs and yet she mourned for this loser. Why? I was only six so though I saw the guy I was too little to remember though I vaguely remember the event. He picked Cocaine over his two children who never recovered.

We live in the middle of nowhere. In a township called West Branch. There is no public transportation or ride share here. I want to move back to phoenix Arizona. My cousin is to overly protective, and he treats me like I'm a mental patient. I'm 27 and I am more than capable of living on my own. I did for almost ten years. If I leave, he calls the state police and says I'm a danger to myself. They eventually catch up and take me to a hospital where then my cousin threatens to commit me. I'm not crazy, I just want to move out. The nearest bus stop for greyhound bus is 6 hours by walking. In a little town called Roscommon. There is no station there just a stop. You can't buy tickets at these remote stops. The nearest station is 103 miles away in flint. If I try to leave again he says he will hunt me down, and commit me. What can I do?

Is it wrong to get turned on by seeing your future step mom with her legs up in stirrups giving birth to your dad's baby? I'm 22, she's 27.

If so. Is it hard to stay on both your mom and dad side who had other children from their previous relationships? BQ: do you and your family live in the same state as you or do they live out of state?

I hate being home. My parents always put everyone elses responsibility on me. When one of my sister had alot of dogs, it was my responsibility to feed, clean and play with them while my sister was off just hanging out with friends. my brothers 10-12th grade years of high school my mom basically made me do all of his homework plus mines and now my sister's child. They always try to make me watch her and take care of her EVERYDAY and when i say can her mom watch her for just one day my parents try to make me feel bad. And the thing is we are all grown. Im only 19 my brother is 18 and my sisters are in their 20s(and the one with the child is almost 30 with no job so im really confuse on to why i have to take care of her child. They put everything on me they dont care how i feel or how stress out i am. The one thing i regret is not doing better in high school so i could had went to college and got away from all of them. I want a job far away from here that i would enjoy, i dont want a job where i have to return home everyday, i never wanna come back here. Please give some suggestions on type of jobs like a crew member on a cruise or a job that'll pay well enough so i can support my self.

Is it hard to stay on both your mom and dad side who had other children from their previous relationships?

My sister has schizophrenia. My mom is dead, my dad is a POS. Nobody wants to help her out. I'm a jr at an engineering school. I'm in the top 10 percentile as far as academics. I want to continue but she's gonna get kicked out of her nursing home when she turns 26. I'm torn on what to do.I can make ok money as it is but id be giving up years of work and alot of future potential. i'm 50/50 on this

I am 15 and my Birth mother hasn't been in my life since I was 4. My stepmom is the only Mother I have. My stepmom can be annoying and jump to conclusions. A couple months ago I went on a diet because I looked awful and fat my parents didn't approve because didn't think I was fat I did refuse to eat more then once. Last night before dinner I told my stepmom that my stomach hunt she didn't believe me and made me eat dinner. After dinner I got sick and my little sister told my stepmom that I was threw up. My stepmom came in my room look at me and said I know you're bulimic then she started to search through my room looking for diet pills and laxatives. She even check under my mattress. When didn't found anything she said I am going to talk to your father about you being bulimic. Then she came back in my room and said hand over you phone and iPod which I did. This morning she gave my phone and iPod back. Then said I read the text messages that you friend sent you she telling how to hide your bulimic. When you father gets home we are going to have a long talk about your bulimic . I am not bulimic I was really sick last night. We had that long talk I told my parents that i wasn't bulimic. I told them the truth about the text messages my stepmom saw. My friend and I were talking diets and eating disorders she did send me text messages about how to be bulimic and hide it. My parents asked me if I ever made myself sick I said no.

So I live with my dad and I've had a hemorrhoid problem my whole life. I didn't know what it was until I was in 10th grade. That was about 4 years ago. I'm 20 now and about 2 to 3 times a year it gets kind of bad and I have to just rest for it to go away. It usually lasts about a week or so. My dad doesn't understand at all. He is very active and is always working on something and always wants me to help him. When I have a hemorrhoid I can not help him. It feels like I have a knife in my butt. And every time I bring it up he asks me if I'm gay and says that only gay people get hemorrhoids. He goes on and on about how I never want to help him with anything and that I'm just using this as an excuse to get out of helping him. What's his deal? Why is he acting like this?

Her son is 22. His mother resents him cause he does not reflect her glory and majesty. His sister she praises, him she resents. Also he does stuff with his Dad, her ex-husband. So another aunt who he lives next door to put a little family birthday party together for him last Saturday (his birthday was Sunday and he was with his Dad that day). The aunt who is his mother did not come but was invited. He kind of shrugged it off but said they did not get together though had seen each other after a funeral last Wednesday. So should she be held accountable for doing this? She is mean to this other aunt also.