Anyone else believe family is the only thing that matters? Boyfriends/girlfriends even husbands and wives come and go, parents, grandparents, siblings and all the others stay wether you get on with them or not, no matter what they're there

Ok my nephew and brother comes over every weekend as my nephew is loud at night does things to make himself laugh and I mean his laugh is really loud my mom told me to put up with it but I won't because it's making me not sleep well and sleep is necessary and they wonder why I end up being a grouch or they use the excuse that he is 3 but they expect me to be quiet and have my tv turned down I turn it up so I don't hear him is there any way to sound proof my room? I tried music it helps a little bit but not all the time they are not here right now but they come on weekends I shouldn't have to put up with it I'm asking for suggestions.

He does it non=stop, and he thinks it's funny and sexy. Yet I am humiliated y this disgusting behavior.

They make me crawl around everywhere we go. I'm never allowed to walk. They say my only other options are to be on a wheelchair or be in a stroller

Yesterday we were at church, and my dad brought a huge cooler of beer with him. When the pastor was talking he was just slurping beer. At one point, he took off all his clothes, propped his legs up on the seat in front of him, and farted. Then, about 15 minutes later, he had to use the bathroom, so he peed in a beer bottle, threw it at someone, pooped on his seat, wiped with a hymn book, and then he rolled around naked in the aisle, screaming "gah gah gay gay poo poo". All the kids and teens laughed uncontrollably like a pack of wild hyenas, while the adults were so outraged they trembled in fear and shock.

Any time he's the one who p*sses me off, he ALWAYS acts like it's my fault and tells me I need to apologize. In my 17 years here I've never once heard him say "I'm sorry" when HE is the one who causes everything. He is such an annoying pr*ck. Every time he tells me to do something I'll be doing it and he feels like he has to watch me do it and then comes and tells me what I'm doing wrong. It's so annoying. I want out of this house as soon as I turn 18 because I just can't put up with him anymore. He's the reason I never have anyone over anymore. He acts like he's the "leader" of our household even though he can't hold a job for more than 4 weeks and barely contributes to the household in any way. Is it wrong that I hate him? I just have no reason to like him whatsoever.

I'm chinese...yes being Chinese has something to do with this. My parents have really old iPads and won't get new ones. My first phone was a iPhone 4s and I still have that, my sister then gave me a Samsung note 3 on my 15th birthday. So I'm currently using that this year. Only problem is that the WiFi stopped working a long time ago and the Bluetooth doesn't work either. So basically...I'm stuck with a now useless phone. I can't really afford that much because I'm a kid. No, I don't get allowance as I said again my parents are Chinese (they're cheap okay?) They rarely buy me things it's all my sister that has been supporting me and my younger brother with electronics and clothes. Etc. Our parents are pretty bad parents, always going to casino leaving us at home with the cheapest food like Mcdonalds. (She buys a bunch a 1 dollar burgers and call it a day) it's our meal for the whole day too. :/

It all happened while we were shifting, there was a big bag filled with educational documents of my younger sister like her Alevels results etc. and I misplaced it. I don't even remember doing it but my sister said I was with it before it was lost so I tried searching for it in my old house, couldn't find it. I remembered hiding it in a cupboard and locking it but I also remember just leaving it hanging. I forgot to mention this but we only temporarily moved out to give space to another family because they had trouble finding a place to stay. i have asked this question before but this time my question isn't what to do. my question i how to react. we couldn't find the bag so i am trying to issue a certifying statement and have contacted the british council for it. my mom still nags me everyday about how nonchalant i am about the whole thing, how i am carrying on like nothing has happened and show no guilt. it's not like i tried to lose the bag on purpose and i am working on getting a copy for my sister. am i wrong here? should i react differently?

. And now my mother wont stop banging things, insulting me and cursing. Said she doesn't know what's wrong with me today. Even though I've been running back and forth helping her all day. Is it right for me to feel like the things I've done aren't that bad? And that my mum is overracting?

My mom / stepdad aren't good caregivers at all. I have 2 brothers who are ages 5 and 6, & they aren't given the proper necessities a parent should give them. The parents don't give them baths at all- they probably take 3 baths a month. They don't make my brothers brush their teeth & they're used to not brushing them. They don't know how to wake up on time for my brothers' school, even though the school is down the street. When I'm at my dad's, my mom cant wake up on time cause I'm not there. When I'm there, I still have to repeatedly wake her up cause she's lazy. My stepdad works overnight & comes home at 7 am yet I'm pretty sure he doesn't wake them up, not surprised, he's a horrible father. They don't give a bedtime to my little brothers, who sleep around 1 am even on a school day. They don't get the proper amount of sleep & are constantly late for school. Sometimes they're always absent for silly reasons, like them being "tired." I know they're struggling in work, I can see it. My brother who's 5 doesn't even know what a plus sign is or the difference between a b and d. I wanna talk to my mom about this, not my stepdad because well, he's my stepdad, (I want my mom to divorce him), but I'm scared to talk to her. How can I fix this bad parenting? What do I do? How do I talk to my mom and how should I tell her she needs to fix her parenting skills? I'm so young and I worry about this, that I have to force my brothers to brush their teeth, and sometimes give them baths myself.

my dad is controlling, manipulative, and very stingy and selfish. he only cares about money and himself. my mom left him but its very hard to pay for the expenses when you're living alone and have a low paying job, and on top of that she took his car. but now hes threatening my mom to not pay for the car anymore (its bad enough he doesnt pay child support) unless we take him back. im so sad and frustrated and i dont know what to do in this situation i hate him so much because he basically ruined our lives. im trying to look for another job to help my mom but she tells me to just focus on studying. on top of all this he has mental issues and tells me i have to visit him or he'll go crazy (he is paranoid of being alone) but i know this is a lie he always goes out with his friends and is just making another dumb excuse for his mental illness. idk how to deal with all his problems and i just want to cut him off but it never seems like i can.

I'm started I new job. It's a nice job. I like the company, the people and it's fairly easy. That's the pros. The cons- it's night shift 11pm-7am And it's about an hour drive away. I have a wife and a one year old baby girl. Baby goes to bed about 8or9pm. I miss her good night. Wife goes to bed about 10-11. I leave the house at 10pm. The question. Ive been trying to sleep when I get home at around 8am to 3pm. That's 7 hours of sleep. I normally feel ok with that amount. Now I reason- I like to pick up my baby from daycare at about 4pm have some time with her. Wife gets home from work about 6pm. I'll cook dinner and eat and watch tv and play with the baby for a couple hours. Give her a bath or what not. Lay her down about 8-9. I used to have time to play video games and relax. Now I do not. The big question- when is the best time frame to sleep and still feel good during work and still have family time. And maybe some me time. And my night off work are Tuesday and Wednesday. This is hard because I could be up late and everyone else is sleeping and it's very lonely. I honestly miss day shift and weekends off. How do I play family events or weekend get always. I just can't. And suggest are much appreciated. And yes looking for a different job is an option. But I just started this one. Thank you

Its a long story but i am a senior in highschool now the time it happened i was in the 11th grade fresh off from turning 17. I was molested by both of my uncles at 4 years old being passed back n forth. But to fastfoward one of them lived with me n my mom at the time to my cousins old room down the hall from mine. I wana know if he can be arrested. Im tired of fake forgiveness. The lock on my door doesnt work n i forgot to put my chair against my door that night by the time morning came as soon as i opened my eyes i looked straight down at my privates it was so sore. My panties were slide to the left with my leg in a laying arch position the same direction my panties were pulled. I was terrified i took a shower and ignored everyone for the rest of the day feeling helpless and like ****. I thought maybe if i took extra procaution and covered myself more it wouldve never of happened. I learned that was the victim in me talking n now i want him to be arrested. Especially considering my room is pitch black and to get to my room he has to walk past his room down a long halway to get to mine. And even if u stand at my door u couldnt see me sleeping on my bed based on how the room was structured. N thats what i think about a lot too. And why i hurted so bad down there what exactly were u doing not to have enough dignity to cover my vagina back up when u were done. I want to know if he can be charged at least i already have dealt with a lot mentally n i need advice?

My sister is 49 years old, only 3 years younger than my mom was, when she died from Muscular Dystrophy. My sister is flipping out over it :P

I have two big problems. One: I really need therapy because my head is a mess. Two: I need to move out of my fathers house (im 18) because he is a big contributor to problem one. Here's where things get tricky. I work and live with my father who is very controlling. He'll never want to/ or allow me to have (work always comes first) time to get therapy. However, I don't feel like I'm stable enough in the noggin to make it on my own yet, I dont know if i can handle all of it. I have 10,000 saved up for the exact purpose of moving out. It is pretty hard to find a place thar will take me though. In summery, what should I do? Should I move out? Should I stay? Any alternatives? All advice welcome, because I have no idea on my own. Thanks so much! Just to be clear though my father means the best hes just very stubborn, and... well... its complicated. Maybe doesn't actually but I just kinda hope he does and feel the need to defend him. Anyways, thanks again!

Hi, I m 17 and live with my 8 year old sister, my mother, and her boyfriend. I have two younger siblings (im the oldest) yet they were sent to my dads because my mother didn t want them anymore. My youngest sister isn t my dads child so she can t go there either. I can t leave my sister here alone. I ve delt with all of her abusive boyfriends/ ex husbands for years, both physically and mentally. Since I was around 9. One of my other siblings was sexually harassed by an ex of hers. Nothing was done about it. Right now her current boyfriend is an alcoholic and a meth addict. He leaves at night and comes back drunk/ high on meth. My mom leaves for work and I m alone with him during the day. I ve threatened to call cops etc but I m scared that I ll get repercussions from my mom. I m sared he will attack me or do much worse. I ve delt with him trying to touch me, and my mother knows. This has been going on for about a year now. He did go to jail for a short amount of time a few months ago. I feel like I m stuck, and just completely in fear, I deal with frequent panic attacks etc. My 8yr old sister has self harmed (my mother knows) and talks about suicide quite often. I can only take care of her so much. Please let me know what I should do and any advice.

Are you guys close? Are you his brother or his sister? Who's Older? By how much?

When I see parents doting on their kids or just treating them well in general I get so jealous. I had a bad childhood myself and an abusive parent. But I'm obsessed. I start to cry over seeing them and I feel depressed even though I'm a grown 23 year old. I'm a single loser with no social skills. I look at Instagram pictures of parents and their kids a lot. It's one of the main things I look at. I need this obsession to stop because it's wasting my life away and making me lose motivation for other things. How do I do that when seeing a parent with their child fills me with jealousy and sometimes anger?

Dad never accepts he is wrong. I'm an adult guy and of I don't agree with him he doesn't want to talk. He can't accept me being my own person.

I know this sounds horrible and it is, but I feel a strong resentment against my mom at times. See, she's a sickly person and has been since she was a child. Multiple food allergies (severe, requires epi pen), thrombocytopenia, and has no spleen. Well she decided to have two kids and twenty something years later I'm riddled with similar health issues. No thrombocytopenia, but I had the heavy nosebleeds associated with it as a teen and it faded quickly luckily. However I have many food allergies like her, some similar and some different. I'm unhappy and unhealthy and at times I wonder what she and my dad was thinking having kids. My brother used to have allergies too but thankfully he outgrew his unlike my mom and I. I realize two healthy people can have a sick kid of course, such as my grandparents in regards to my mom, but for her to already be sick and have kids seems selfish to me. I can't help feeling resentful.

I told her a lot of times I don't want it. She won't listen . In am adult. I know she doesn't want me to leave the family but I will. Is this a way for her to control me?

Like I'll be in the living room and he'll be in his bedroom and then he'll bring his clothes into the living room to put them on. So then if I get up and go into the kitchen he follows me into the kitchen to put his clothes on. So then I just went outside. And when I came back in a few minutes later he was like why did you go outside? What's his deal?

They say I'm being selfish. She has never had a job and I'd be working extra to cover her utilities. I have been working under my grant for a year now and. Have 4 months left but they want me to forfit it and take the two days I'm in the lab to work min wage so my sis doesn't have to. I already work to cover my expenses. Why can't they see they are the selfish ones for wanting me to give up my funded research to take care of their adult child? She's not my kid. Yet I'm being selfish.

Me and my partner are going away for a week In June, I'm letting my son stay behind and have his girlfriend over as they rarely have the opportunity to see each other for long due to distance. (England) She's not underage and she can't get pregnant due to being on contraception

So im 17 (male), and i just came out to my parents and my dad got mad and told me to get out of his house, but then my mum started to argue with him. Now im sitting in my room and my parents are still arguing, Did i ruin my family?

I'm a single mom and my daughter's (she's seven) father recently passed away after a car accident. My daughter has started acting up a bit in school and her teachers know of her dad's passing so they are understanding. I have talked to my daughter about her dad's death and she's so young she cant understand the vastness of her grief, i can barely understand my own grief and i'm thirty-five. I've scoured the web for help on this topic and i thought i'd try out this website too, even if it isn't a parenting page. Does anyone have any advice of how to handle the delicate situation? thank you.

I have a job and I m working on getting my own place for myself and most importantly my son. I have stage four endometriosis, chronic migraines, and a history of postpartum cardiomyopathy. I am working extremely hard to overcome my circumstances for not only myself but most importantly my son. I don t want murdered and my son being raised to think I was a deadbeat piece of crap. I have replayed every single incident over and over again in my head and every single time i swear I don t see what I could have done differently or what I may have done to cause it...I am always civil. I just make it clear that I am an adult now and that I refuse to let him or my so called sister (she is back in MS now) abuse me anymore...especially in front of my son! I will defend myself. He knows Hapkido though and is much bigger than me (as well as capable of being stronger physically). I refuse to buy a gun or pepper spray since I have a son. Maybe a taser if it is legal and there is a lock box for it. I really really dont want to have to hurt anyone, though. All I want is for the freaking abuse to end and to know my son won t lose his mother to it!! I m so tired of being the "victim" yet treated like I m the one guilty and in the wrong...I m fighting with all I ve got to provide my son as well as myself with the life I know we both deserve. Honestly, I m scared shirtless that a taser would just secure my fate even quicker by finally ticking him off enough to finally murder me. Please help...