So earlier today my little brother dropped his water bottle on the floor. My dad heard this and asked what happened. My little brother told him exactly what happened but my dad didn't hear it. My brother told him again but he still didn't hear it. Keep in mind this was at a normal volume. So I yelled it out. My dad got mad at me for doing this. I got confused, saying "what?" , which made him even more mad because saying "what" in confusion is apparently a bad thing to him. I don't think this makes sense because he couldn't hear my brother say anything so I naturally raised my voice to make sure he heard it. I didn't even say it with any attitude or hostility towards him. It's as if he's blaming me for not being able to hear anything. Not only that, but I don't think saying "what" is disrespectful as a whole. Of course it's how you say it, but in this situation, I said it because I was confused. This whole situation made me feel really angry because I don't think he has any valid reason to truly be mad at me. Am I right for feeling this way? I really don't think I did anything wrong in this case, but I want some other opinions on this situation just to be sure I'm perceiving it correctly.

Recently I quit/took a break from my sport because it really wasn't something that I enjoyed doing anymore. I've done it for about 7 years and have achieved lots in it. I was on the top. It caused so much pressure constantly and anxiety for me. Our practice schedule was so intense, and I had little time for anything, our coach lacked interest in the team and was not supportive in anything we did. I wasn't motivated in it anymore and I'm worried that my other teammates will think that I'm a loser. Doing the sport made me feel very unhappy and a little suicidal. After long talks with my parents, I eventually decided to take a break and see how I felt after a few weeks. My mom always complained about how I achieved so much, and now I want to throw it away. She "respects my decision" but every time we have a conversation, she has to bring up my sport 24/7 and talk about how much of a quitter I am. I know deep inside she hates that I took a break/quit. She says she needs time to "process" this. I understand this, but she always has to make it about her. To me, I was doing my sport for her happiness. Every time I won, she would be very happy and proud, but I wasn't, and acted like I was. My mom said that I can find other hobbies, and so I did. I asked her politely to take me there, and she said she didn't want to. I got really really mad today and wanted to vent my feelings somewhere. I honestly don't know what to do. I can't talk to her because I know what she's going to say.

I always hear the phrase, "your mom knows you best" so I asked my mom what she thought was good about me, and she told me that she won't tell me, because I have to figure that out myself. Whenever I ask her what she thinks my strengths are, she never answers me, but she'll tell me what my weaknesses are in a heartbeat. *I'm 20

I am 31 but family is important and I never had any siblings. My cousins are mostly college age with one or two still in high school. Asked a week ago, just asking once again for a variety more of answers. No need to reply if you did already,

Ok,um my older sister and I started going to our old churches youth group. Our mother started detoriating fast. (She had breast cancer). Everytime prayer was asked,everyone started to pray for my older sisters mom. Saying it's her mom then looking straight at me and not saying a word. I'm used to being ignored but that did hurt. Not even acknowledging that she's my mom too.

I am a female with a father and four brothers . I often wish I had real traditional men in my family . The type of men that take care of their parents and the women in their family .Instead the Males in my family always need taking care of . Our dad is disabled, I am the only one who does anything to take care of him .Like give him his eye drops and take him to his appointments. My brothers constantly get arrested and are always being bailed out by other family members. They don't act like gentlmen at all and don't offer to do anything for me and my mom , it always takes my mom begging or threatening them to do it .My parents complain about having money problems , yet I constantly here my brother joke about spending his money on " liquor and Hoes" . My youngest brother is on food stamps and doesn't seem to be getting a job anytime in the near future. The rest of my family seems to dismiss all of this behavior as them just being immature young boys (they are all over 20)It's the age old "Boys will be Boys Mantra". They seem to get the PERKS of being the Males of the family and not any of the RESPONSIBILITY. Meanwhile my parents make it their favorite pass time to make rude hurtful jabs at me when they feel I am not acting like an "appropriate young lady" . Do You understand how this pisses me off to no end.Do you think since my brothers happily enjoy the sexist perks of being males of the family its only fair they be given the traditional duty of being the Males of the Family

Nearly 5 years ago I used to live in Bronx New York with my mom for a little while, on the first of the month my father would request that I sent him $150. I collect disability and I'm on a fixed income. He used to make up these stories that they were going to take away his car because he didn't pay for his insurance. Then he said it the second time when I live in the Bronx. When I moved in with him you said the same thing, only this time I asked him do you have any proof, he would tell me he doesn't have to show me any. Then when I should tell him that I have bills and other things to pay for. A year later I moved in with him, because me and my mother wasn't getting along. I remember one night I was using his laptop and I was looking up information about manipulators, somehow he got up and came out of nowhere and told me that he needed $170 on the 1st. Whenever I wanted to leave his house my father would say you got cable and Netflix I don't see why you would want to leave. I told my father that my stay in your house is temporary. Then there were times we said your grandmother need some money to borrow from you. My father should tell me your money is never used to pay the rent is used for bills. He charges me $400 to live in this house. He tried to tell me that if I ever want to move out of his house I have to give him $400. He says that I'm not considered a man in his house, yet them 34 years old. Uses big words to make me look to.

im so happy for you pearl.

She's always so awful to me, yesterday I spent the night at her house and I was at the table eating dinner and she slapped me because I got food on my face and it was messy food. She also cracked my phone screen when she got mad bedside she through my Phone. Yesterday night when I left I dropped food on the floor and she EXPLODED and slapped punched etc me and I still have bruises, she also tried to stab me with scissors

When I first got my car at 16, I noticed that my parents had plugged in a Humm by Verizon. The car was given to me by my grandparents and I pay for gas, insurance, registration and any other expenses that come up. I am now 18 and they still haven't taken it out. Yes, I still live with them and they pay for some of my other expenses such as food and housing. Does this give them the right to keep a tracker in my car? If not, how do I ask them to remove it? Should I just take it out myself?

Driving, doing housework for, and paying bills for an adult sibling with health issues that prevent the sibling from doing these things?

It is 4am and I have just found out that my grandmother died. I've only met her twice since she lives in another country so I don't consider myself very close to her. My dad is a person who doesn't really find hugs/affection likeable. My maternal grandmother passed away and the hardest part of that was helping my mother grief. I don't think I helped her much since I was only 7 and it has made an impact on my life. So this time, I would like to do it right and to be there for him. How should I do this?

I have a 5yo nephew. When my sister gave birth to him, his biological father wasn't there to sign the birth certificate due to incarceration. She and the father have not been in a relationship since the baby was born. When the father was released, he moved to Texas with his mother. She and the son reside in Indiana. She insists on letting her son go to his father's a few times a year, and they refuse to return him when she asks. She does nothing about this. Here's my question: If I'm able to adopt him, can his biological father fight for rights, despite not being on the birth certificate? I understand he can get a paternity test to prove he's the father, and would be able to get an amended birth certificate. But can he still do this if the child has been adopted by another person?

A family member I live with is an angry drunk, always doing shots of whiskey & drinking beer then angry. I get out of their way all the time. I work Monday through Friday in the mornings and then try to stick to go to the gym afterwards and mind my own business for the night. They also seem so happy and then bi-polar the next angry. Then when I do laundry at night they get mad at me for doing it and claim I don't work, and I could just do it tomorrow 😒. Like I have work, and everyone else (the person and my dad) did their laundry this weekend and I can only do it at nights. What can I do?

Yesterday my step Grandma moved in with us. We don't have much room. Yesterday my dad and Stepmom asked me if minded sharing a room with step sister. I told that I didn't mind but step sister flipped out and said that was going share a room with a silly teenager. My step sister is 20 years old. Anyway my step grandma say she didn't mind sharing a room with my step sister. My step sister cussed out my step grandma and told to her keep her opinions to herself. My step sister gave my step grandma a sermon about being responsible and said grandma you should had manage you money better she called my step grandma burden. I saw my step grandma crying felt so bad for her. I told my dad and Stepmom I wanted my step grandma to stay in my room. My step sister got mad and cussed me out because she doesn't want my step grandma living with us. My step grandma doesn't have anywhere to go. And My step mom doesn't want to put her mom in home.

I'm a girl and about to turn 20 and I always loved my mom. My love for her grew stronger with the years. My dad left us 2 years ago and it's a huge ongoing battle (physically verbally and legally) with him. I never had a great relationship with him so it didn't take a toll on me as much. But It feels like now I'm super attached to my mom, though. She has a boyfriend and occasionally goes out with him or sleeps over at his, and I almost always miss her extremely to the point where I'm crying in my room. I'll spend the whole day with her by her side and the minute I have to go to school or out with my friends, I feel inside discomfort like I want to run back into my house to my mom. I can't even be at my boyfriends house because I want to be at least under the same roof with my mom at all times. I don't even like thinking of her passing away, I truly feel like I'd die from a heart break. I have a younger sister who's 16 and she seems more detached, like she isn't going through this especially after my dad leaving. It's as if she's unphased. I even left to Florida for 5 days with my boyfriend and cried the minute I stepped out of the house with my luggage until I got on the plane. I felt super empty without my mom. Why do I feel this way??

I'm really confused about this. I'm 32. Unfortunately for the time being I'm living with my mom. I fell on some hard times. Although I'm soon moving into my own place again we do help each other out with bills etc. My mom gave me a car on the agreement of paying the car note and my portion of the insurance. This was also so that she could get another car. Well she recently had her car taken from her for faulsifying where she worked so they took the car back. So in her desperation she's been looking for another car instead of just sharing the car she has and working out a way both of us can use it. As long as I get to work I'm fine with that. Well, that wasn't enough for her and I guess she didn't want to help with the car that she gave me. We could have shared it. So she went and purchased another car. I can't go into detail because it's a lot. But to sum it up, I gave her the car note money. I believe she used it to help towards her new car. Then after 3 days I asked had she paid the car note several times and she's told me that she has. Straight to my face. But when I checked the car payment website it says it's past due. Meaning she has not paid it, even after I've given her the money. I use the car she gave me to get To work. So this is pretty upsetting. Should I say something or just wait to see if it gets towed and taken away for non payment? I'm really hurt and confused And I need advice.

have known this girl for a few years and early on she tried to get my attention and acted flirty. Like she blushed around me and got red couldnt look me in the eyes. She couldnt even say hi first and when I did first blushd and smiled. She got giggly and laughed at all my jokes. Found any excuse to be around me, get close as possible and talk to me. Could only approach me with her friend besides her. Her friend couldn't talk to me. Well her bFF looked at her when I entered a room and said her name. Her BFF helped her approach me. She stared @ me in school. A teacher she talked to told me she talked about me. Well her friends stare at me when they see me around town. Then like family members noticed me like her cousins and they stare at me. I see her around town he places herself in spots she can c me and Ill see her.Well her and her mom have done mean stuff on my fb like they unliked a picture announcing my dads death when I blew her off. Then her mom removed my dad on facebook. Shes done dumb stuff like that. Well I go to the same college as her and she saw me in a class that is her next class. She walked in and saw me then sat down and stared at me for a few seconds. She showed up on time but after that. She shows up 30 minutes early before everyone else and then walk by the room looking in and then walks by the door when its open. She walks by at least 4x then stands in the doorway and then waits outside for when I walk out. She doesnt have her friends to help her.

I don't think it's enough, especially where we live. My dad does Uber and my mom works as a housekeeper and there are 3 kids in the house. My dad makes more money than my mom (he makes around $200-300 a day). This is terrible because 2 of the kids need special needs! Both of my parents don't want to get new jobs or jobs that pay better for whatever reason. My dad used to make a lot of money but quit his job and does uber now idkw!? And since we are not making a lot of money, my smart dad buys unnesseracy stuff everyday, meaning it is hard to actually get stuff that we actually need (tooth brush, pads, etc.). My dad isn't really a good person and he isn't very understanding either, what can I do? I'm not stable enough to get a job btw!

My mom practically does all his homework for him every night. He refuses to go to school because hes "sick" and he stays home and up all night playing fortnite. He has almost all F's. And he tells me what a piece of **** I am and parents say im a failure compared to him? I've also caught him listening to Ariana Grande and one direction many times.. He refused to use the bathroom at school unless my mom drove up there to wipe him up until he turned 11, which was about two years ago. And if my mom was busy, I'd have to wipe his butt And he doesn't wear deodorant and he hates showering he went over 3 months without showering..

We are great friends and graduated college together. I got a job right away but she hasn't worked for six years and just takes trips around the world with her mom. She is highly talented but has both depression and social anxiety. However, I don't think that should stop her from working.

I am a 21 year old male who wants a test to see if I have low T(highly likely. I can't even do 50 push ups) but they refuse to take me. Any time I bring it up a nasty fight breaks out. I can't go on my own because I don't have any means to go. I don't have a license and there is no public transportation. My fat ***** mother is home constantly and they'll know that I went to the doctors. Plus I'm not sure if insurance companies will cover my parents are elderly I do not have a job

Not being able to afford college because every piece of change you get goes towards rent. I look at other people my age with parents who help them and it makes me bitter. I already am vertmy frugal with my spending. I use coupons and dont by expensive things i dont have a car. Im typing on a old cracked android. I dont party, drink, or do drugs. Yet all the money i earn goes to soley bills. I've had to drop out of college because i cant afford to be there and i cant get a loan. And FAFSA will only cover so much of my tuition. I feel like im in a never ending cycle of failure and feel like it'll always be this way unless i hit the lottery or go homeless until i save enough money to go to college. Im sick of minimum wage but cant get anything better.. What am i suppose to do?

so my dad is very narcissistic to the point where i feel the tension and that anything he says is untrue. he's lied to me on many occasions and has put me down on many other occasions even once said i was only there to serve him. my mother has always been the one who cares about me but i can see my father is starting to have some influence on her and decisions that she makes. i can hear him say stuff to her and then she'll say something to me so that instead of me getting mad at my dad i'll get mad at her. i want to leave when i'm 18 but i'm afraid i won't be able to financially support myself. i need help on how to save and plan my future.

my mom was yelling at me today saying that Im stupid and retarded for using a scrubber to scrub the sink? and she also told me that im retarded as f** for using the shovel to sweep every dirt I see. she believes that i should sweep the dirt out of the house because sh says its like sweeping the negative energy out.