Tomorrow is Memorial Day. In 2005 my brother was killed in Iraq. Let me take a step back and tell you about him and my family. We were 3 brothers. He was the eldest. We weren't one of those perfect families. We fought a lot sometimes but at the end of the day we all cared about each other. He wasn't perfect either,I remember that he broke my present for christmas one year lol.. Growing up we all became wiser and we started caring about each other. In middle school I was being bullied by a guy who would torment me everyday at recess. My brother came to defend me . When high school time came we all became a little closer but we were not lovey dovey,we had a little rivality that goes on in every family. We took some good family trips with my mom and dad during those years (early 00s). After 911 he decided that he wanted to be a Marine. He liked helping people,he was kind,funny. Sometimes he would get in troubles too like one time in high school where he and his buddies went out of the high school perimeter to go across the street and play bowling only to get busted by a teacher that had a day off hahha, I also remember one time when at the grocery's shop while mom wasn't watching he raced on a chart with my other brother since there was a slight hill between the grocery store and its parking lot. These are just a few glimpses of a life that ended one saturday morning in Iraq. too soon. So if you want to have a bbq just make sure you remember them. I miss his smile,his laugh. I miss that I'll never ever see him again. So if you wanna have a bbq it is FINE. please do it,but take a moment to remember those who gave their lives so you can enjoy your family

In the mornings, when I see my mom, she always says something "mean" to me. Not mean, but definitely not uplifting. I was looking up some books that I'm going to order, when my dad comes in my room and tells me the computer isn't allowed in my room. I thought it would be ok because I'm ordering books, but apparently not. Can you help me with this?

I moved out of my moms house and into my boyfriends parents house about 4 years ago to help out with his mother who had cancer. When she died, I stayed to help the family. 2 years later his dad starts seeing this girl who now practically lives with us after dating for only dating for 3 months, This girl and I got along until one day, after shmoozing the family, decided that perhaps, I was too alpha for her in the house hold since I had been the primary woman. She made up all these rumors about how I was pregnant, how I talked about how much money they have, my personal problems with my boyfriend (all were untrue statements except for the part of me having trouble with my bf at one point in time). Even though, i misproved her, the whole family is ignoring me, I feel very un-welcomed, and after 6 years of being part of the family, it seems as though half of the family is on my side, and the other half is on hers. She ripped apart my garden, knowing that if I blamed her, it would make me look childish because what evil 50 year old would do that? She puts on this act that everyone is buying, and I just can't do this anymore. Do I move out, or show that b*tch that I'm not going anywhere? She refuses to talk to me, and his family doesn't care to hear my side of anything that happens. Because the dad and her are dating, she will always be above me no matter what the circumstance may be. My mother is psycho, but at least she isn't a passive aggressive POS! What should I do?

I just got a job interview where the manager likes me and approved for social security. My life is slowly getting better but what's getting to me is I made a BIG mistake that has made my family turn their back on me. I have a small family my dad and two sisters. My dad is still on my side but wants me out by the end of June but won't physically kick me out he doesn't really want me to leave. We still joke and have fun but he's hurt by me. I said something in a way that indirectly made people question my dads ethics and could have him locked up. I didn't say he did something but what I said suggested that. I said it years ago but now some one repeated it and is telling EVERYONE including my sisters. I know this hurts my dad he has sacrificed so much for me and never gave up on me even when I disrespected him. Today I messaged my sister about the interview not a word for days. I want to cry but if I do my emotions will take control and I won't go to the interview. If it weren't for my dad I would even applied for a job I didn't think anyone would hire me but he persistently encouraged me. I have somewhere to go. But I don't know what to do. I can call from my dads phone but i don't want to "force" it. I don't have any friends either. I tried talking to one but she sounds uninterested or tired and i talk about interesting things like world current events or funny things. I'm tired of forcing myself on people and getting nothing good from it. I need advice. Any suggestions?

My dad told me that uncle died a couple of weeks ago. I told him I wanted to go to his funeral and asked him when it was. He started acting weird like he didn't want me to go. Then my dad told my mom that my older half-sister was coming to the funeral because my aunt told her about it. My mom told him to tell me and my brother about the funeral but he never did. Me my mom and my brother all think it's very strange that my dad acted this way. He does this every time a family member on his side of the family dies or even sometimes around family events. He will either tell us at the very last minute( like right when he is about to leave) or he would just leave without saying anything. I think that my dad believes that my brother and I favor my mom's family over his family. I told him that it wasn't true but he is convinced that it is. I want to address this issue but there are some things that are holding me back. I know my dad is a good guy and he means well but he is passive aggressive and holds onto grudges a lot. If you make him angry or if you argue with him, he will bring up things that happened years ago. It's extreamly frustrating to talk with him then because the thing he brings up have nothing to do with the argument or it will be something really stupid and I really don't want to deal with that right now. Another thing is that I understand that my dad is going through a lot now and I don't think talking to him about it now is a good idea. How should I approach this?

Like it's really hot here, the land is really flat, it's really crowded too. So, is it actually an invite if they are saying those things?

Tengo 15 años, desde los 13 eh querido tener un bebé pero como era muy chica espere a los 15 , tengo novio el me apoya y trabaja el tiene 17 años, la cosa es que quiero seguir con mis estudios ,y me da asco tener relaciones sexuales (soy virgen), mi novio No entiende esto pero igual me respeta , se que realmente es una gran responsabilidad, eh cuidado a mi hermana menor desde que ella era bebé (ahora tiene 5 años) así que se que podre cuidar a un bb, ¿que deberia hacer? ¿que piensan?

I read about a post on Facebook posted by a woman who had a baby in tenth grade. She is now a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) to provide for her baby and she considers herself to be successful. She talks about how she actually accomplished something in life despite people saying she wouldn't. How is making a bit above minimum wage 'successful'? Anybody can become a CNA.

Ever since I was little my mom had sex super loudly with my dad in the night time. Now since he passed away she has a new douchebag husband and they have sex all the freaking time. Day and night. Loud as they can possibly be. Like dirty talk, moaning, slapping, everything. My fourteen year old little sister has to hear it all the time as well. Also, up until we were about thirteen my mom and dad would always smack our butts or grab them playfully to startle us when we weren't looking. It made me really uncomfortable, but the fact that it did just made them laugh. And my dad would pull down our pants so our butts were bare and spank them in front of everyone up until age thirteen. Do all parents do stuff like this? Because I feel damaged beyond repair.

My mother has always been controlling, but for the past few years, she has been clawing her way into everything to do with my medical condition. She wants to accompany me to appointments, monitor my medications, and even discredit the doctors with information she found elsewhere. Not to long ago I was experiencing seizures, and without my knowledge, she sent a sample of my medication to the lab for testing to make sure it wasn t the cause. She s hidden bottles of medication from me, and even keep old, empty bottles of my medication for what reason so don t know. I m 23 years old and I understand this is wrong. How can I make her stop?

I got job offer that involves relocation and housing assistance but my loved ones do not want me to leave. But I feel like staying here my life isn't going anywhere I'm very frustrated. My bf swears he will propose and move out of his mom's house but I don't see it happening. I come from a very toxic and abusive home where my mom told me for years I was autistic which I'm not and my siblings would call me names and leave me out of everything so I've never even had a relationship with them I found out my brother molested my sister my parents let him be around me for years. The only reason for staying is a usps job that pays 17 and hour I only work 28 hours a week I get to stay where I'm familiar with things but idk

My son has been dealing with bullying issues all throughout middle school. He has told me, "People call me names, they tease me, they've thrown things at me, they've physically hurt me, etc." I brought the bullying issue to his teachers and the school's attention, but they've done little to nothing to try to help him. I've tried putting him in a new school, but the bullying problem followed him. The school year is almost over, and he will be starting high school in the fall. He's looking forward to a fresh start, but he's worried that the bullying will still occcur in high school. I hate that he is going through this. I'm not sure what I can do to help him stop being bullied. What can I do?

My nephew is 30 (I am his aunt) and he only prefers hanging out in small groups. He only has 2 friends and no girlfriend and very rarely hangs out with anyone else. He says he gets along pretty well with people at work but doesn't hang out with them outside of work. He never goes to parties, large gatherings and will never start a random conversation with a person he sees on the street or on the bus. I think he is either rude, depressed. hiding a secret or has a mental disorder (like autism) he insists he is fine the way he is but I think he needs help to be more confident, everyone else is very extroverted and to be that shy and quiet is a sign that something is wrong, I have asked him many times about his feelings and he gets irritated at me (could this also be a sign something is wrong) Me and another relative (who lives in Canada) were talking about him last week and she agreed with me that we should help him come out of his shell. So we have decided that he should move in with her. She lives in a very small town and he will be able to get a job and make more friends, this will help him be more talkative and more open. When we told him our plans he refused and said he is staying where he is. I told him his introverted nature and only having 2 friends isn't normal and he should be more open and see the world but he wants to stay put and keep his job (a job he doesn't like that much anyway!) But he only has TWO friends. What should I do?

My wife's sister's oldest kid "graduated" from the eighth grade on Friday. Tomorrow they having a graduation party for her. They even sent out invitations cards. This all sounds like a grift grab to me. It's one thing to have a high school graduation party. It's another thing to have a middle school graduation party. (Seriously when did this even become a thing.) So when I graduated from high school in 2012 $25 seemed the going rate from aunts and uncles. My mom's younger brother who became like a second father after my dad died, gave me $50 for my high school graduation and then he gave me $100 four months later when I graduated from Air Force Basic training. I absolutely expected nothing at all from him, and was ecstatic that he came to it. At the time he said, "It's nothing to graduate from high school. They push and prod you along the whole four years. But to graduate from military boot camp, is an actual achievement." This niece borrows my power bank every time she is going somewhere that she can't charge her phone for over 2 hours, so I can pick up one for about $15, and that at least rids me of the hassle of having to loan her one of mine--until she looses it.

Most of the time we sit around watching anime and stuff. Our parents are cool with it they still call us there child and stuff and get emotional about us "becoming big boys" We graduated HS last year and most of us was like I don't wanna get a job just yet I don't wanna go on become adult just yet two of us do have jobs but don't make much

My 8 years old have been spiraling out of control mainly in school. Lately she have been telling her teacher that she wants to commit suicide, I had her evaluated and the psychiatrist basically thinks that she's depressed, (show signs for dyslexia, adhd). He recommended either therapy or pills. My x husband flat out refused simply because of his ego.last week my daughter had her soccer championship game and i asked him to come watch her play. Big mistake he showed up and be little her told her she didn't deserve a medal and that winners gets trophy. He left before the game was over. She was beyond hurt of course i tried reassured her that she did her best and she deserves a medal for coming second place. Each time he is around her its nothing but negative (she's too fat yet he turns around and buy her a bucket of fried chicken). She loves her dad and wants to be around him more but every time she comes back from his house she's balling her eyes out. Each time i tried talking to him, he always find a way to make it about him. I don't want to keep them apart but I can't have him damaging her like that. I feel awful telling her no she can't go to his house, but she can't seems to understand why i say no. I also don't want to speak ill of him to her. I'm stuck at this crossroads unsure of how to proceed... Should I et her be with him knowing he isn't good for her or put a stop to it?

Does anyone else have a mom like this who always notices the one thing you don't want her to notice? I can be clothed all night long in my room, and the five second window I get naked or intimate with myself she randomly wakes up and comes in. I frantically hide whatever I'm using under a sheet or something, she comes closer and asks why I'm naked, then comes even closer and just so happens to find whatever I'm hiding just by sensing it? This happens every. Single. Time. It's like why would you embarrass me like that and not give me space? We will have a great day and then that night I will bring food into my room and hide it under the bed or something until I feel like bringing it down, and she will randomly wake up and run into my room for no reason and then start questioning me and searching the room until she finds the plate or whatever and then start a three hour long fight about it. It just feels like I can't breathe without her smothering me. Tonight I'm watching TV in peace after a long day and the one minute I decide to take my clothes off (silently) she comes running downstairs questioning me after being asleep for hours. How is it possible to be so nosey and sense things like this? Does anyone else deal with this level of nosiness with their mother? Even when I silently try to send a signal that I'm embarrassed and for her to take a hint she doubles down and demands answers, why? How can someone randomly wake up every single time I do something embarrassing/wrong? Bad thing about mom is if she knows I was masturbating or something and she asks what I was doing, and I make an excuse, she will keep pointing out the reasons she doesn't believe me and basically force me to admit "yes mom I was masturbating naked in my room" then acts disgusted, it's like wtf do you want? I've noticed my younger sister has the same quality...She'll come in my room and I'll quickly hide anything she's not supposed to see before she gets in there, but she always manages to gravitate into the area everything is hidden and then make excuses to dig around in my stuff until she finds something. My mom does the exact same thing. Whatever this power is, it's genetic.

I have recently lost my wife unexpectedly after having our first baby. The baby is almost 4 months old now. I have been living with my in laws since then (1.5 months) but I need to take a decision whether I go back to work or not. My sis-in-law and my mother-in-law live in X country. My sister and mother live in Y country. My job is in Z country. I have asked my employer to transfer me to country X or Y and give me a job with flexible work hours but looks like it is not very possible, still waiting for their response. My feeling is it will be very difficult to return back to work leaving my son to my in laws or to my mom and sis from 8 to 5. I feel it is better to quit my job for a year or so till the baby is old enough to go to day care. I'm worried I wont get a job again especially my current job is giving me a very good salary and it will be a big risk. I'm not so concerned about career or money now, my number 1 priority is my son but im fearing that my savings will run out and my son's future may be compromised. I'm confused on what to do. I feel I have to be around my son 24/7, I think this is because I'm so emotionally vulnerable now.

I am 17 yo guy. I always have shoulder length hair that I and everyone else loves. Then, one night we were eating dinner and my Dad says, Son, in the end of May, you are getting a buzzcut (no guard, as it was later precised). what can cause such decision? I have never got a buzzcut, it would be my first one. how long is no guard buzzcut? how would I look with it

I'm not a bitter or hateful person I've been through my share of things we all have and it happens, but this is something I've held for awhile and I want to let go of it. I don't want to go into much detail but let's just say the parent in question was very abusive, mean, and never there for their child for many years on end and said child has carried around hatred for this parent. Also, the child doesn't want a relationship or bond with the parent BUT they do wish to let the hatred go towards the parent because it is only hindering the child in the long run. Said parent hasn't even apologized and can't even admit they were abusive or a bad "parent" or lack thereof. This isnt that big of a deal because I don't need the apology, frankly I don't even truly believe they're sorry, but I would still like to try and move on from it.

Hello, My grandma has Dementia and is at a stage where she doesn't really know who we are but knows we are familiar. She says small phrases but they don't always make sense. Anyways my grandparents dog of 14 years passed way in their living room. She looked like she was just sleeping so we didn't know until we checked on her. But my grandma walked into the room looked down for just a second and said, "Hey, she's dead!" It was just strange because she doesn't acknowledge things like that. It was also weird because their dog just looked asleep so it's weird that she saw it. As soon as she said that she went about her business and didn't acknowledge the situation again. What does that whole situation mean?

Hi. Sooo, I've had this traumatic experience as a child and I still don't have answers. I'm almost 20 and it still bothers me. This happened when I was 2 years old and my dad was being nicer than usual that day. We went to a kids movie and he bought me colored popcorn(red, blue, yellow). He told me to be good as we entered an old looking building, it had marble floors and columns. As we went through the entrance and walked up the steps, I realized there was a podium with a man in the middle. My father was talking to the man, but I don't remember anything they said. All of a sudden my dad picked me up and held me up to the podium. The guy in it pulled out a needle and I freaked out. (I struggled) My father forcefully then held out my arm and had the man take my blood against my will. The man and my father laughed as he was handed cash, and I felt exploited. Next thing I know, my father is dragging me down a the long marble hallway and he walked up to a room with a child proof fence. The room cut into the marble wall looked like a Sunday day care inside, very white with lots of toys and children. My father stopped and asked the two women inside to take me. They smiled and lifted me into the daycare. My dad turned and began to walk away. I became hysterical and began to cry. I began to scream daddy don't leave me, but he didn't turn back. As he disappeared farther into the marble hallway I tried to escape multiple times. I've asked but dad tells me it never happened. grammar:(

I am 16-years-old spending summer break with my dad's side of the family. They were having sex while guests, including myself as a guest, were present. I find it disrespectful when we're invited to the house for them to do that. I am very embarrassed... How do I confront? (I kind of just want my dad to take me back to my mother's.)

This guy is verbally and mentally and emotionally messed up he's also 27 and acts like I always owe him more then I had ever given him. I stopped talking to him because of his abusive habitual ways for two years. He popped up and threatened me the other day. Obviously he still has vendetta towards me because I stopped caring for him. How can I take this to the cops with no evidence of his threats and I don't even know where he lives? He will so this again and I will be off gaurd when he does. Suggestions?

I got my first period in march and told my mom about it. it lasted 4 days. I showed her my used pad bc she wanted to see it and i thought this was ok bc it was my first time. Once i left the PAD WRAPPING in the bathroom garbage can and she told me to cover it with tp bc my brother and dad would see it. I told her my brother knew about periods but she told me it should be intimate. she didnt even say period or pads at home. she said are u on it or how is it going down there. I didnt like this and told her she could say the word period as it wasnt a bad word. may came and i didnt use pads bc they irritated my skin. so i made my own tp pads which i found much more comfortable and less irritating. My mom went through my BACKPACK to check for the pads and she asked me if i was on my period. i told her yes, but she didnt believe me and i didnt even get a chance to explain myself. (IM 16). NOTE: the doctor told ME to keep track of my periods so that next time we saw each other we could see the progress i made (since im underweight). my mom said she was going to do it bc the doctor said so (even though doctor told me) my mom is very overprotective

I'm now 20 years old. I have three younger siblings I used to care of as if they were my own kids. They're now 11, 8 and 6 years old. I haven't seen them in over a year since I joined the military. That and my mother disowned me for associating with my grandparents. I know she still abuses them, I don't know how badly. I tried reporting her but didn't get the help I needed. I feel so broken for leaving them home with her. I don't know how to cope with this. Nothing helps. All I do is get reminded of how badly she abused them as we all were growing up. Any advice would help.

I've done everything I could for my bro and he always says to me I've never done a thing for him and that hurts me so bad. I housed him four times for several years. Bought a car for him. Repo it cause he refused to make payments as promised for seven months. He got deddy evicted cause he wouldn't pay a penny for living with him and deddy is old he couldn't pay all the bills on his own so I would help with that, bring my brother food, and money for cigarettes and dip. I've sacrificed so many things for him. Sleep, money, compassion, love, and he tells me I'm nothing and had done nothing for him. I don't know how or where I went wrong. But I've stayed out of his life for years and he comes back to make me hurt again. He knows I don't want a relationship with him but he pressed back somehow and humiliated me infront of my kids for the last time. I'm conflicted. I was moved on just fine until he came back for two days and caused so much havoc. How would you deal with this? What should I do to make sure he never comes back? I was just fine without him I really was because he's a very toxic person for me. The saddest thing is I told him I was remorseful but he said he wasn't and he doesn't care how that makes me feel. That was enough validation for me to accept he is way too toxic. He literally came around just to hurt me and dissapeared. If he did it now he will do it again so how do I prevent that??

I'm 15, and my mom died when I was 13. I want to go visit her grave but my dad never wants to talk about her or going there. He's never wanted to talk to me about anything about her since the funeral. We've not gone since then either. I feel like I need to go see her. How should I ask to go? Or should I just wait until I can drive? I don't know what to do, I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!

I know 9 is big my Dad and his 8 siblings, but what is 4 big or small family?

He acts out with extreme insults in front of my kids and says he never cares what or how we feel. I cared for him for many years but had stopped because he was in his mid 20s and I have four kids and a job and house to run, to where he only played video games and wouldn t work. He resents me for buying a car to let him drive to find work but for seven months he wouldn t look for work so I had to sell it to make ends meet. This was two years ago. He threatened my family and I had to put him out. He went on to move in with my brother and he slept with his his gf resorting into more issues between them two, and ended up causing more problems with the rest of the family and he was very amused with it. He shows up to my home after almost two years of me staying away from him and he has caused trouble again for me that has brought me down emotionally and mentally. I thought we were going to forgive one another but he came back to sabotage and hurt me in front my children. I have kept my distance and now I don t know how to move forward since he has reopened scars and added new wounds. I thought I had forgiven him but now I m not sure how. I too ended up saying mean things because my nerves could not handle him being a selfish ungrateful little prick anymore. How would you handle him if you were me? I ve been angry, I ve prayed, I ve gotten over it so I thought. Now what?

I'm home for the summer from a large, far away University. My mom is especially the problem. She always barges in my room. She gets mad when I tell her to stop because she claims that she "knocks." This basically means she knocks really quick and immediately walks in before I get the chance to say come in. She also comes in my room while i'm gone to wash my things, which really upsets me because I'm capable of doing my own laundry. She also gets upset when I spend too much time with my boyfriend. I spend the night at my boyfriend's occasionally and this upsets her because she wants me to be home. This doesn't make sense because either way I'm going to be asleep. I always come home first thing in the morning after being with him. I love my parents and I spend quite a bit of time with them, but I'm not going to be my mom's best friend and spend every second with her. I feel bad for making her so upset, but I'm an adult now and I want to do other things too. She is constantly following me around asking me what I'm doing. She wants to hang out with me every night and watch TV together. I understand doing this occasionally but sometimes I want time to myself. I would get an apartment and stay in my college town but the problem is my boyfriend lives back in my home town and goes to community college. Summer is one of the few times we can actually spend time together. How should I go about explaining to my mom that she needs to back off a little bit and let me be an adult?

So I'm a foreign exchange student in Michigan, and there is this one girl from my school who invidet me to go camping with her. I live with a host family (an american family, who let me live with them.) They will obviously think that we are going to have sex or something, which is strictly prohibited by my program. I'm not planing to have actually have sex with her. But they would probably not believe me. I think they would have two reactions: they either don't care, and let me do what I want, since I'm not their own/real son or don't allow it, because they think I would be irresponsible. If they would not let me, I guess it's not because the program itself, and they don't want me to get in trouble, but they actually care about me, and don't want me to make a stupid decision. They could think since I'm going home in 2 weeks I just want to have some good bye sex with that girl. Any tips?

Me and my brother grew up with a single mother, our mom didn't have alot of money when we were little. Our mom would always buy us the cheapest things, or even used things. But i dont care because i love my mother, but my brother is soo angry towards her for not buying him the things he wanted when he was young. He keeps talking about having nothing when he was little. So my brother moved out and has anger towards my mom. I still live with my mom and i dont feel angry about anything. Why does my brother act this way??? We are both 23

I'm not sure if my wife is retiring soon but I'm retiring at 65. I work for the Coke company now and they are becoming extremely toxic, the company is horrible to their employees. They aren't who they used to be. We are now forced to work like a slave on Saturday's with no help when we used to be off every Saturday. I have to wake up at 1:30 am and I'm completely drained when I get off. I'm just so exhausted. I don't want to work for this evil corporation any longer but my wife makes pennies at her retail job. She's been working at jcpennys all of her life as a sales associate. We don't have any retirement money because we had to use it to pay for my daughter's college eduacation. She has a degree now and she's living here but she will be out soon in about a year or so I'm not worried about that. I do worry that my 19 year old son might still be in the house because he's unemployed still and hasn't a job in about 3 months. Me and my wife don't eat a lot of expensive food. I only eat about once a day. I eat eat a whopper at Burger King or buy a salad from Chikfila if my daughter is not home to cook. And nobody tell me to start cooking because I have zero energy when I get off work. We do live a fairly big two story house in a luxurious neighborhood. Will we have to sell the house when the kids move out? Also, I'm 62 right now.

My 16y/o has recently developed some concerning eating habits. He hardly ever eats anything and when he does, he eats so little it amounts to nothing or it has so few nutrients, it counts for nothing. It started a couple months ago when he was hospitalized for an obstruction in his small intestine. He had to get all his food from an NG tube for a couple weeks. Since then, he hasnt really picked backup normal eating habits. He either forgets to eat or simply figures it's a waste of time. When he had the tube, it was simple, structured and consistent. Now, he says food makes him feel sick and slow. He gets that he has to eat though and he like light snacks so he has an occasional fruit but aside from that its chips and sweets. I've asked his dr about it and she wasnt much help. She just said "when he gets hungry enough he'll eat". However, it's been months and he's just turning to skin and bones. Another doctor suggested we place another NG tube to transition him to solids more gradually but I dont even think it's about it being solids, he's just fallen out of love with food and figures he doesnt really 'NEED' it.

I don't know if it's just where I live, but the numbers of undisciplined kids are significant here. First time, we had to call the police on a 16 year old who vandalized and stole from our garden. We had surveillance cameras that showed proof it was him. The parents weren't even upset when they found out it was their son. We live near a school area, so lots of children are around. I've had groups of kids just running around and littering garbage everywhere. They're not supposed to do it on neighbours' property, but they do it anyways. I don't know the names of this group of kids, but their ages must range from 8 to 10 years old. Not only that, my 3 year old daughter has picked up a few swear words from them (I nipped it in the bud and she never said it again though). They scream and yell foul, vulgar language every after school, sometimes with one kid filming it on his/her smartphone. It is loud enough for people to hear indoors as they stay out for hours. I don't know if it's just me being irritated with the amount of bad behaviours that are directly affecting me and my property. My parents never tolerated this behaviour, and all my friends had parents who did not allow it either. In fact, we weren't even allowed to be outside alone so much that there's enough free time to cause tons of trouble.

We have a autistic sister who we all love. She chants talk. Nor understand us. I find it difficult calling anyone retarded because of her. My family can other people retarded and make fun of people suffering from slowness, not sure what is the correct term.

Within the last few years of becoming an adult, I have begun to understand the relationship I have with my father and that I've inherited some crappy traits I've been oblivious to. He is not necessarily a "bad" person on the surface. He's a smart and hard working guy who provided for his family, but our relationship both at home and separate has never been very great due to a parenting style that boils down to: - Putting other people down/making fun of ppl based on looks, race, weight, etc. We laughed at his jokes, and emulated them in school/life. - Drinking at home (he was a happy drunk, but his drunk talk was all we ever saw after he got home from work) - Impatience or indifference in teaching me or my siblings future life skills. There were many times where I was summoned to help him, but he never really taught or explained anything, and got quickly impatient if we were doing it "wrong." - Critical and pessimistic. Whenever I or a sibling accomplished something such as new job or had an idea, he would immediately find the negative in it. "Hey dad, just got hired at ___... Well son, you're going to lose a lot of gas driving there everyday.." Or, "hey Dad, I'm thinking about moving into an apartment in this city with this person... Well son, you don't know what it's like living with your friends. That city has gone to hell.".. My question: How can I keep my relationship "normal" with my father although he remains largely toxic & continues to do these things?

My daughter doesn't know what to do in the future. That's why she doesn't know what to say whenever I talk about college. I told her that running away from her problems won't solve them. Graduation will be next year in 2020 and that day will eventually come, whether she likes it or not. She can't go back in time once the day becomes a reality. What's worse is that I have no idea how her graduation will process work because I did not grow up in the same country as her. I was born and raised in Australia, but my kids are all born and raised in the US. Combine that with the fact that she's my firstborn kid, so there's no older siblings who can help her. My friends are telling me that she'll eventually figure it out and I sure hope so. She does all her homework and is trying to get good grades (she's an average student so far). Her teachers told me that she'll get into a regular college no problem, but what worries me is that she doesn't know what to do with her life at all. There are people who get into college, but switch fields so many times because they have no idea what to do at all. By the time they get out, they're middle aged and unsure of whether they made a good decision to choose that career or not. I wouldn't want that for my daughter, because it'll be such a long ride for her.

I'm married, have two kids, and work full time. Wife has been "between jobs" for a while now, so she's attempted to take care of all the housework. I hear day in day out how difficult everything is and how I never help and the usual stuff (but yes, I help out a lot). When she went to visit her family for the week, I took over. The house was never cleaner and the food was never better (according to the kids). I did more cleaning in 3 hours than she did in months, while working, and it didn't bother me that much. Of course I did it thoroughly the first time, so every time after was just touching up. When she got back she took over and things went to hell again. I know this is just anecdotal evidence, but what do you all think? I know I was convinced that cleaning was damn near impossible until I did it. Ha, another one. I have a bad knee (can't remember the specific name of the condition) among other issues while she's in perfect health. This was a bit demoralizing.

My little brother just turned 21 in January and has taken a liking to clubbing and drinking. Which I guess is normal, but the issue he couldnt hold his liquor if his life depended on it. 1-2 drinks in and he loses all impulse control and self-preservation. Literally anyone could convince him to do anything. In the past couple months alone we've had major scares because random people try to pick him up, take him home, hook up with him and he lacks the sense and ability to gauge a dangerous situation. For a while, I stopped going out with him hoping he wouldn't go but he literally went missing for almost 2 days b4 he tuned up in a hospital and till this day doesnt know/remember where he was or what happened. People have lured him into the bathrooms, into empty allies, into their cars, sex etc. All they have to do is suggest it and he's so gullible he follows gladly, my friends, his friends and I have to constantly keep an eye on him because he often disappears into crowds and it's a group effort to try and keep him safe. Although he doesn't drink a lot, it doesn't take a lot for him to get like that and we're pretty sure his drinks have been spiked multiple times before. Just this weekend some random group convinced him to take some party pill. We've confronted him before and he's really apologetic but he stops for a bit then starts it up again. What do we have to do to get through to him before he meets the wrong person and something really bad happens to him?

I am a manager at a business. I have a employee who is suing the company and claims i did nothing about harrassment she recieved. I did everything in my power. Now she comes into the retail company i work for almost every day talking to employees who still works with us. She gives me dirty looks and is demanding she gets special shifts and doesn't habe to work with me when she comes back. She also calls the health dept wanting them to audit the store. This has created so much stress on my everyday life. Can i sue this person for emotional distress? Any advice would help

My bank account so that I have no $. I tried to open an account not linked to theirs but I don't have the identifying materials required to because my parents are withholding most of my forms of identification.