Can I or those who I move in with get in trouble if I leave my parents' home at 17? I live in Wisconsin, have a good paying job, I've graduated, and only have 9 months until I'm 18.

Without legal **** and stuff? Long story short, my dad is an asshole (on a verbal/emotional abuse level, which isn't considered abuse here for some reason), my mom is an alcoholic, and my brothers have their own place. I wanna live with them instead, I'm 15. Can I do that? I really don't think my dad would care if I did that, but is he gonna have to sign paperwork or whatever?

My dad cheated on my mom and had a baby with another woman while they were still married. My parents eventually remarried when I got to high school. This happened when I was in middle school but I still feel a sense of hatred towards my dad. I try so hard to forget the past but I can't. Whenever I go to pick up my brother sometimes I have to see this woman. I remember every morning I would hear him talk to her on the phone before I went to school, he basically kicked me and my mom out of our home so this woman could move in, with her child and my brother. My dad even makes remarks today to me like "I only gave you car so you could watch your brother" or he says often that my brother is my responsibility. Is it wrong for me to still feel this way toward my dad after 7 years ?

When my kids graduated from college, they didn't want a big fuss made, so they didn't send out any invitations to anyone except their grandparents. There was limited space, anyway. A few of their aunts & uncles became angry and haven't spoke to any of us in 9 years. During that 9 years they have hidden all family celebrations, illnesses and even deaths/funerals from us. They also have dragged up all the things they thought they were suppose to be invited to. They family is pretty dramatic anyway. I have a couple of nephews and I don't expect anything from them. I wonder if you have family like this? I find them toxic and draining and don't care if I hear from them of not. Your thoughts?

Well, I am 17 years old and happen to live in Bangladesh. My mother used to be a government servant and my father is a reporter. My mother never understand my feelings. She sometimes says, I should be a lawyer and sometimes she says I should be a singer so do her brother who also happen to be a government servant. It happen to be at least 2 or 3 year since I have quit my school life. Student in a country like Bangladesh is so unpity and couldn t complain either. They know all the adult material and they behave so dirty as well. Now, I haven t gone to the school ever since and I happen to barely talk with them. I happen to hate them, cause they just try to insult me at every point in my life. If I ever said something that I want to be something different in my life, they just push me away and all the Indian tv series have drive my nuts. My aunt and her daughter who usee to live with us at some point had taught me all the bad stuff I need to know through the Indian tv series. At every aspects of my life I remember all the adult material they taught me and feel like I m going to explode out of my anger. I feel like I act very childish and I got humiliated just cause I don t have a good manner just like my father. Ever since I was a kid, they told me that I shall marry a woman that they like me to and that means I couldn t have a special person in my mind. And now even though I have someone I love i feel like I m not worthy of her. So, at the exact moment what shall I do?

My mother is an opportunistic drinker, I guess. It is usually late at night, and when my dad goes for out of town trips due to work, she will drink for 12 days straight and only stop when he comes home. She will be drunk 24/7 and not go to work. My parents have fought about it. Tonight my dad found a bottle in the trash, hidden inside other bags, he yelled at her and left in his car. We have both tried very hard to get her to stop and she promises every time but then she just gets better at hiding it. My mother is not a mean drunk og anything, she just cant stop and wont stop even if I beg her. A few months ago my cat was run over while dad was away. I had to walk several km to carry him home, his body was all squished and broken. I had to wrap him in a blanket to keep him right. Mom was too drunk to drive. Then I spent 3 days comforting her because she was so drunk she kept crying about the cat. I was really mad at her on the inside cause it was my cat and she just cried herself and did nothing for me i had to comfort her instead. How do you deal with a parent who drinks a lot?

ill start off to say that me and my dad do not have a very good son-father relationship. i'll stick with saying he shouldn't have ever become father because i'd rather not go into why. but i'm still really worried about him??? he's had a pretty hard life himself, filled with drug abuse at a very young age (14 is what he told me one time) and as well as being sexually abused. he asked me one time whether i could help him or not and i told him he needed to get professional help instead of taking his trauma's out on his family. he didn't bother doing that. but i have been seeing lately that he's getting heavily into pornography, with the people in it being VERY young. i've read about the effect's porn can have on somebody's brain, and considering it's involving young teenagers makes me worry even more what's it doing to him. i'm only seventeen, but when i move away next year on my own, i'll be leaving my four younger siblings at home, the oldest being my sixteen year old sister, and the youngest being my ten year old brother. i'm afraid that he might do something bad to them if i don't do something now. any advice??

I used to go there all the time growing up with my parents, and eventually my sister when she was old enough to travel, we loved doing the historic events, and driving around battlefeilds and the ghost tours as well. Those were probably my favorite. I haven t been in over 3 and 1/2 years now as i have moved out and away, and sometimes i will think about the place and just feel like a tug at my heart, or my heart sinking like i have a connection to the place, I never lived there and none of my family is from the area although my biological father was born in Lancaster PA, and his grandmother was apart of the Amish society. When ever I feel this way, I have a desire so deep that I need to go back and that I can not wait. Can any one explain to me what these feelings might mean?

I am 23. College degree good job gonna try and get some land next year and build a small house to start. I've worked in child care/education (ages 2-18) in one way or another since I was 14 and still am. I am excited to start my life and I feel ready but other people especially older women in their 50s/60s laugh and scoff if I mention wanting to have a child soon. I don't know what I can do to be any more ready at this point. I am not a teenager and I am better established than many people I know. I don't go out with friends and am good at sticking to my budget. What more do I need to do to start my life?

People tell me to do this but I have yet to pull myself together to do it. They say I am enabling if I speak to her again unless she gets help. My brother disowned her but said he would take her back if she gets help.

If hate were a river I would cause the greatest flood since biblical times.

My wife, who is the self appointed "better parent" conference my actions and it drives me nuts. She feels she is the better parent and specifically said so. On this occasion, I punished our daughter for tattling, which we'd already talked about and when she rattled, I told her to go to her room. Her mother wouldn't put her down and said she was hugging. I say that's not the point, I had given her a punishment and by continuing to hug even though I insisted many times that she needed to go to her room immediately, my wife and daughter just it bored me. And the problem is That it makes it very hard for me to parent my daughter as she sees the mother as the authority figure. And now when J tell her to do something, she immediately goes to mommy and says, "daddy told me to brush my teeth," instead of just doing it. And if I try to talk to my wife abiut it, it just winds up in a fight.

I've always found my dads side of his family to be odd. I believe my dads mother is a covert narcissist. They live far away so luckily I never had to spend much time seeing them. I thought it would be a good idea to go visit them with my dad. I booked time off work which was already a full week & not considered vacation. At the dinner table my grandma looks at me very angrily & rudely shouts across the table, "So you're the reason your dad can't visit longer?" I was shocked, confused, hurt, and felt embarrassed in front of everyone. My dad just sat there, didn't stick up for me about time booked off that we discussed before we left! Yeah so I got very cold vibes from her and everyone after that. Dad never spoke to me about it at all. I feel let down, and disrespected.

(story if anyone cares) My mom the abuser. My dad the absent neglectful one. Oldest sister, emotionally stable who abused me. Other sister, used to be full of drama, hate & jealousy but has gotten better/healthier with time. My brother who emotionally, mentally & verbally abused me. And then me, the second youngest who turned to drugs & alcohol all my life to escape it. I've been abused by my whole family and never abused them in any way. I was always a runaway. I eventually did move far away for a better life for myself. I moved back with was the worst mistake of my life. Ever since I've been back I've had a few failed relationships & depression because I've been facing life sober as much as possible. Only drink beer sometimes. I don't smoke or do drugs. Right now I just feel very hopeless being closer to family. They never seem to want to be happier & it effects me very deeply. I feel for me to live a very happy life would result in completely cutting them all off. They're stuck in their ways. Not sure if I give myself false hope because I have spent more time away doing what I want. There's something inside me that tells me I have a purpose in life to achieve great things & share myself with the world & make a difference. But I'm scared depression will forever hold me back because my family is the type that think i'm an over achiever, a know-it-all, and they all think i'm crazy. Til this day I get called pyscho.

Shes 19 years old, with an 8th grade education and nobody wants to hire her because of all the strikes against her.. Female, teenaged, with a bad education. Dumb and dumber for 2 parents. Can't keep a job. Has nothing to judge herself against and therefore, unlikely to improve. Bad attitude, big mouth, loud and obnoxious... i had to slap her across the face once, and put her out of my house a few times. She admits to being on drugs, and selling drugs. The last time i really saw her, she was 8 years old... That's why I dont have much to do with her, and i feel like an idiot trying to do a damn thing for her.... And I won't anymore.. If she wants to die or go to jail or both... I'm just going to let her.

My little sister just had her baby September 19 and i was there with her and everything. My sisters baby daddy isn't in the picture and he's in jail for attempted murder. I love this girl so much as if I'm her dad. I've bought her food and diapers. I told my sis just go to school, don't worry about this. As long as her brother has a job, my niece will be good. My mama watches her and gets stuff too and sometimes my brother does also so my sister is good. Now the problem is I live my daughter I don't see her much like once every few months. I plan on visiting her and stuff for the holidays but I just my baby mama. She's crazy and just wants my money, she keeps my baby away from me and then calls me a deadbeat. I dont even know if this baby is mine and I will get a perrernity tear but based on my situation is it ok to feel more love for my neice than my daughter?

My father n law passed away over the summer. My mother n law asked if we would move in with her to help her out for just the year till she figures everything out so we did. Anyways my parents and I have a rocky relationship and my husband and my mom have had there fair share of fights. Everyone is trying to be civil with eachother now but today my mother n law stated out nowwhere to me that my mother isn't allowed in her house because of the way she's spoke to her son. This seriously pissed me off because we pay half the house payment so in my opinion I don't think she should have the right to say that? My husband defends her by saying it's her house. She always is suing rude thing to me and he won't stand up for me. Am I wrong?

Im 21 and she is 58, we are extremely close. Its her birthday soon, i wanted to get her a custom made locket necklace with our picture we took in it. Along with the words engraved inside "Thankf for being my bestfriend" What do you think of that gift idea? Is it tacky?

So, here goes the story, My partner and I have been together for almost 6 years. We live together and this year has been quite tough. I've had a parent and 2 grandparents pass away suddenly very close together and just after all that I found out my partner had been messaging other people behind my back for nearly 2 years. I forgave him, but his family haven't exactly made it easy. His brother told him to leave me as they don't like me he'd be better off without me and I've never really seen eye to eye with his mother. His dad and stepmother are lovely but I get the idea they just put a front on when around me ( the fact I haven't had a birthday card from them two years running is a sign too) they're all really close and my partner loves them. I'd never stop him seeing them or anything a long those lines. I've just had enough and I have made it clear I personally don't want anything more to do with his brother. His brother and his wife constantly upset people and myself and I'm told I'm not aloud to say anything back or upset them and I have had enough and told them I am completely done treading on egg shells around them as they need to grow up and I want nothing more to do with them or their drama. Now this has just added to his family's dislike of me and I really don't know what to do. Despite what my partner did, he's lovely and does everything for me that I need to and I love him. Any advice???

She left him and is constantly poisoning our minds against him. We are barred from seeing him by her.

We are estranged cause our parents divorced. He is 21 and I saw him last when he was 13. We have the same father but different mothers. I got word through a cousin who has him on Facebook. How would I reach how when we are estranged due to our father? I have always hoped to meet him again sometime as I have no siblings on my Mom's side and don't know my father's many children (he has 7 or 8 known children). Our father I don't speak to and have not in 8 years, thus the reason I don't know this brother anymore.

She is a a 25 year old child (adult who behaves like a child). She is unlikable.

I was staying with my sister & my brother in law for a week. They're newly married. He acts odd around me sometimes other times normal. I've known him for five years but I'm just now getting to know him better. My sis and I are close though. Could he find me attractive? Just to be clear I don't like or want him and wouldn't do anything to disturb their marriage. Also I'm a lesbian (they don't know this). He'd often would walk around his house shirtless. Would make sexual jokes (not about me, in general) Touched my knee to get my attention Touched my butt several times as he brushed past me (maybe accidentally?) He would often talk to me normally then slow down his speech so it sounded lullaby-ish or sleepy sounding. There's awkward tension when we're alone (from him). I don't know how to describe it other than a vibe.

well first to begin with i'm wondering if what i am today is because of my parents. not to say i had a super rough childhood but i never felt like a normal kid and never felt comfortable talking to my parents about issues that i had. my parents are constantly comparing me to other people and i feel like it hurts my self esteem and makes me more unhappy when i'm around the people that they keep comparing me to (mostly other blood relatives). my parents will constantly tell me i'm wrong but will never admit when they're wrong. For example i had a phone charger that i know was mine because i know every nook and cranny on it, but one day my dad comes into my room and says i took his charger which i didn't. i leave the room and 5 minutes later he comes and gets me and shows me his initials carved into the side. of course i know that he used his car if pennto do that while i was away but i continued to play along like i learned to do to avoid trouble and let him win knowing what he did. ny parents think i'm stupid and that i can't put pieces together and figure it out just because they didn't tell me. they do so many things that they think they're slick because i let them do it without saying anything. i probably sound super spoiled right now but i remember these little things and they're just building up.

She's my brother's wife and I don't really like her.

I've noticed this on several occasions, they are very unfriendly. Next time they glare at us I'll tell them to take their fanny packs and shove them where the sun don't shine !

So i live with my grandmother and it's starting to get intense in the house because every little thing i do wrong she threatens to send me back with mother than I do not get a long with. She invited me to live with her a few years ago and now she always has me watching kids and cleaning more than other adults in the household. Any little thing i do she threatens to make me live with my mom. For example, if i forget to wash a pot but i been watching babies and toddlers all day while others in the house sit on their ***. Mind you im 16. Somedays i wanna just pack my stuff and leave but then if i leave i cant go to the highschool i attend. I believe this is wrong? What should i do?

My parents are so strict and I can't take it anymore I feel like I'm their prisioner. I literally feel like I'm in jail because they never want me to hangout with my friends. Since I'm 18 I thought they would back off and they haven't. They made me wait 2 years to get my permit and they aren't letting me leave for college and I feel trapped and it's scaring so much and it's give me so much anxiety. I can't talk to them about the way I feel because they'll call me a drama queen who has no problems in life and I should be grateful, which I am grateful but I also have emotions. My parent literally want me to fail in life so I can live with them for the rest of my life because my parents have issues with each other and they take it out on me and my siblings. so they don't wants us to move so they don't have to deal with eachother. I'm literally having a panic attack because I feel so trapped and alone because it's not like I can talk to them without them telling me I'm a drama queen. I'm so sick of living here and being put down constantly. Am I a drama queen and unreasonable for wanting to hangout with my fiends all the time because they make me happy. ????

So me an my mom have always been close but in the past few years she tells family we haven't seen in a while that I dont "pay rent" which is a lie I may not pay rent but I help with bills an give her money through out the month , most of the time I hold stuff in an ignore her but sometime I explode an it turns into a huge verbal fight I'm just sick of the back an forth

they said they were putting drugs in my food. I believe they were because I only had enough energy to eat and sleep. if I seek help and tell people this they may call me crazy. Ali they yell at me and tell me I don't do anything after helping them. I'm a blind individual how do I resolve this.

My daughter is 4years old.my daughter father is not involved in her life since she was born.im not to friend with the grandmother.yes she is involved in my daughter life.i do let my daughter spend time with her grandmother only when she come down here.i let my daughter spend The weekend with while she stay in a hotel.recently she been asking me to let my daughter go to her house for thanksgiving.im not Comfortable with sending her 4 hours away.i don't even know her house.she ask me that before I told her no she always askin it's getting Annoying.if she was living close to me I will be fine with that.plus I want my daughter to be close to me for thanksgiving

I was staying over at my parents as I live far away and I went out in the morning. When I come back to their house, I had my headphones in I walked into their bedroom to tell them I'm back when I caught them doing it. It's so awkward as I'm an adult, I think it's worse as you get older. Ew!

So I'm a 22 year old guy and I just have one sibling which is my sister, same mom and same dad. Anyways me and my sister are very close and talk to each other every day. Anyways my sister has a 5 year old daughter which is my niece, I love my niece to death, but there's a problem. Her dad has never been in the picture, he got my sister pregnant and has not been in the picture since. Anyways my sister is always wanting me to spend time with her daughter, because she wants her to have a male figure in her life, since the dad is not around. The thing is, I don't mind it at all because I love my niece. I'm always busy with work and school, I never have time to do anything. How do I make time for niece? And should I buy her little gift sometimes? My sister is really mad with me.

When I was 10 or 11 my mom said she would carry me to bed sometimes when I fell asleep. I know she carried me because she said I was getting too big or heavy. are moms just that strong enough to carry their kids when they're teenagers?

It's very stressful, i will have my things in my room or I will have my clothes in the laundry room or have something sitting in my chair or cabinet near my chair and members of my family will move things,take them, "put them up" even though they were exactly where i needed them to be. I feel so freaking hopeless i have to buy new clothes because i cant freggin find my clothes! then if i ask politely if they have seen it they flip and yell i get mad which just escalates the whole thing...then im told its my own fault because i should essentially hide my things if i dont want people messing with them...things put up in MY area's...I have no idea how to make them understand how much this stressed me out...they have moved my keys FROM THE KEYRACK! before and i've been unable to make it to college classes because of it and work...i honestly feel they want to see me freaked out and do this on purpose because ive told them this ^ all of this and its my fault ...never theres i dont just leave things out in the way my things are in MY areas...