For some reason my dad always ask his brother's wife opinion before my mom. My uncle's wife use to hate my dad and she tried to make problems between my uncle and my dad.

So in a text she's literally telling me I should forgive and forget what she has done to me throughout the years without her apologizing. The thing that really hurt my heart was the text she wrote "least I didn't delete you from my life" Those words will forever be stabbed in my heart. Should I forgive her and let her back into my life? Just not sure how to move on from this pain.

What does it mean when someone says "we're like family, a true family"? I have a family who loves and supports me.... so idk what it means when these group of people say "we're like family"?

I love my brother but sometimes I want him to disappear so he can stop getting involved in my personal life. Any time I bring a boy over he is trying to intimidate them and "test" them I just get so embarrassed. He tells them stuff like "if you break her heart I will break your ribs". He think he is helping and hes looking out for me but it just makes me cringe. Any time we are at school and anyone makes me a little upset he straight up goes up to them and tries to start stuff in front of everyone even though that I know I will be fine. I know he loves me but he just keeps on making me embarrassed. Now it is getting to the point that boys who I know like me is afraid to ask me out because of him. He is only two years older than I am and he is trying to act like a third parent.I just want him to stop how do I tell him to cool down with the breaking the ribs and starting fights with people over me.

my mom is asian, and she makes me wear diapers on my period. im 17, and she doesn't let me use pads or tampons at all. she makes me wear baby diapers, including to school, and since she works from home, she goes over to my school at about noon every day to change my diaper. she carries me into the bathroom, puts me on her lap, and changes my diaper. then she takes me into a bathroom stall to breastfeed me for about 15 minutes. my sister is only 12, and she gets to use pads and tampons on her period. everybody at my school knows i wear diapers on my period, and they all laugh at me for this. my mom even makes me wear pajamas with feet to school and at lunch time, she comes to my school to feed me baby food and bathe me. i don't want to call the cps because i might get myself into trouble. my dad thinks it's perfectly okay for my mom to do this to me. everyone at my school knows i wear diapers, so i can't go live with anyone else. please help!

Including me there are 4 kids total. My home life has always been very toxic. My Dad is an alcoholic and my mother has never worked a day in her life so she's forced to stay with my dad due to the fact that she can't take care of herself financially (or doesn't want to). She stays at home. Anyways they don't get along and she is constantly throwing me in the middle of their arguments. Literally to the extreme of trying to get me to steal money from my dad so she can take it. I have been responsible for a lot in the house and for taking care of my younger brother over the years. I work full time to pay for my own things on top of being a full time student. I recently had to move back home because of the way my college program works ( another story in itself). Every time i leave the house i am constantly having to run errands for her or pick her up something to eat. I tried to have a conversation with her about how exhausting it is to have all of her responsibilities piled onto mine. She always throws up the fact that she's done so much for me and that I basically owe her for it. I am the only one that she seems to target for these things out of all the children. She has a way of making me feel extremely guilty when I don't give her what she wants and always brings up an instance of something she did for me when I was a child. Even when i do things it's not appreciated. I mean should I feel guilty for not wanting to to her? It's just a very emotionally confusing situation How much do I owe my mother?

I don t feel like I am really a part of their family. We have been dating almost 4 years. We recently went on a big trip and whenever the sister posts on social media about it, I m not in any of the pictures or even acknowledged. They always refer to their family as "the four of them". Am I crazy for feeling like they aren t accepting that a family generally grows as the children grow up and start their own family? I wish that I could have a relationship with his sister.

My biological dad left my mom at conception. He was in the army and my mom never kept contact or anything with him. I ve recently decided to find him. Not him personally, but any photo I can of him. My first born looks like her dad and it bothered me for a long time since we split shortly after her birth. My mom mentioned she felt the same about having me. Im now 31 years old and I HAVE a dad. But I would really like to see how much I do look like my biological one. What options do I have for finding more information about him?

She had shoulder surgery, and is paying me to help.

He says he wants me to "transfer" but I keep trying to explain to him that no matter where i go I ll be pushed back as a sophomore or freshman because my credits won t transfer. I m studying for a BA in Psych but he wants me to live closer to him (so he can micro manage me and "fix" me like a broken toy.) But none of the schools near him will take credits because they want SCIENCE credits. I can t turn a BA in Psych into a BS in psych without starting ALL OVER. I keep trying to explain this to him but he either doesn t get it or doesn t care. He wants me to drop out and travel 1500 miles with THOUSANDS of dollars in student loan debt just to start over school as a freshman. I m not stupid for thinking that s a dumb move that I ll regret for the rest of my life, am I? Like im really trying to comprehend how this would benefit ANYONE.

For 20 years I've lived in the same house with my parents and it looks like a hoarded house. It's so bad that I can't invite anyone over or have my boyfriend come upstairs because my mom will lose it. My mom and dad fight about it all the time and then my mom blames me for not helping to clean it up! Whenever I try to donate things or throw out A LOT of the things we don't need, she gets crazy upset and says we should just do a garage sale to make money from it (she feels bad thinking about how much money she spent on everything and now just having to give it away free), but a lot of our stuff are old fashioned/outdated and literally no one wants them! From old cabbage patch toys and dollhouses with bratzdolls to piles of clothes to a bunch of papers either her bills or my sisters and I school work from each year growing up (which she doesn't want us to throw away because she wants to keep our "A's" - but it's like how am I supposed to clean up if you want to keep a lot of useless things too and then later get mad at me about seeing it?).. my older sister graduated from art school 9 years ago, moved out, and just left ALL of her **** in their house (her books, her clothes, her art supplies and work, literally everything) I have no idea what to do with them because they aren't mine and my mom gets mad if I say just throw them out because my sister doesn't want any of it. I just don't know what to do or where to start. I just wanna get rid of these things while she's out

My eldest sibling claims he had suffered from "child abuse" by the hands of our father and says he suffers from PTSD as a result. He has always remained dormant about these issues for a number of years until recently where he has now been verbally abusing our father, making plans in getting the father and me in trouble with the police, and forcing me to report myself to the RSPCA (animal welfare organization) for a bird that died of natural causes, yet he's getting me to say they died from neglect. His reason, he thinks it's unfair why he should get a blotch on his records and I don't and that I'm making money and he isn't. He's als0 31 and living with parents. He's also coming up with these absurd ideas that we're "conspiring" against him by reporting him to the police after he verbally abused us. He would get ideas like we're leaving to go to the police station when we're going to the shops He's also been harassing me on Facebook Messenger lately where he would talk about something like the pets being neglected before calling me a "moron" during the most recent conversation about animals when he was referring to us hearing his slippers clap when he does his star jumps, which was a conversation that was made 10 hours before he was talking about the animals being neglected.

My boyfriend and I have been dating for a year now and we re in a long distance relationship. He s 26 and I m 25 years old. We went through a hard time at some point because his parents weren t in agreement with our relationship but they eventually have us a chance and I got to visit them twice so far. My boyfriend bought me a plane ticket to go visit him over the past weekend and attend his graduation so that was lovely especially because his parents invited me too and wanted me to be there. I m just going through a tough time with myself from so many perspectives. I m a working woman and i m thinking of moving to California (where my boyfriend lives) so we can be together but I cant because my parents won t let me go. My summer started and I told my parents I really want to go travel again in a few weeks to go see him but my parents said no because they expect his parents to at least call and speak to my parents over the phone first and my dad keeps complaining about his parents not giving mine a call. I m just so tired and sick of living at home. I m tired of my job, how boring it is at home, and the fact that I am always being trapped by my parents. I m really tired of the life i m living and the fact that I don t have siblings I get along with. I feel like i m wasting my time and time is just so valuable. By the way, we both come from a culture and religion that demands parent approval of the significant other. I m just so bored and exhausted of living at home.

She was the youngest of 4 kids and our Mom may have been simply overwhelmed plus was divorced.

He still owes on the phone and he has to pay $125 a month.

Long story short, I started college at 18 and graduated with my Bachelor's at 24( I worked from 18-24 while in school and also spent a year taking random classes before I finally Graduated) I'm 25 and am taking Pre-requisites over the summer for my Master's Degree, and will be done at in December 2020 at the latest. I cried and spent all day in my room wondering if she was right that I'm a screw up. What do you think?

Not sure if I am just overreacting or if my family is actually picking favorites lol. My mom, dad and oldest brothers girlfriend were telling me that my dad, oldest brother, his girlfriend and youngest brother would be going to an amusement park tomorrow for my birthday (which isnt till july but we don't get to celebrate stuff very often.) My mom was against it after a while because of the costs, my oldest brother offered to pay to stop the arguing then they all went into the next room while I played with a friend online. A few minutes later everyone comes out looking slightly upset and I get told I got "booted out of the occasion" because most of the rides at the amusement park are 2-4 and we wouldve had 5 people.

ive asked them for a long time and they said last summer they would get me them this summer, but now they keep making up all these rules saying i need to be nicer and i need straight As if i want them to give them to me. And its not like they cant afford it mom even said its not about the money we just want you to learn something or something like that. My teeth are very crooked and people make fun of me and my Im afraid to laugh or smile around people because i might get made fun of. I also already got straight As but they said they´d rather go on a much needed vacation. We just went on a vacation a couple months ago and the places we went to were the places they wanted, not me and my siblings. Im 15 btw what do i do to convince them. And getting another adult to try to talk to them wont work either. I did not get straight As nvm but same question

my parents do not know who i really am.. and im just curious if this is normal and if it is bad..will i regret this in the future? my parents are very overprotective.. i always stayed home and never really went out when i was young.. so ever since i came to college, everything was so new to me.. and i slowly started to figure out who i really am.. even if it is not really good they think i dont drink, smoke, swear, skip class, wear makeup, wear some weird clothes, lie, and they prob dont know how lazy i am.. and i wont tell them of course because i dont want them to know.. but when i go home im always stressed because im trying so hard to be the "old" me and so i avoid going home but then they end up coming to my home anyway but and im not blaming my parents but do you think overprotective parents just cause more stress and more "problems" to their kid? like.. i have a lot of social issues and think differently from other people because i stayed home and spent too much time with my parents.. so i feel like i have a lot of problems with loneliness and depression and anxiety.. if they found out who i really am or saw me out how i usually dress and style myself i dont think they would even recognize me.. before college,,.. i lived in the countryside so i used to wear no makeup, have no sense in fashion, and just looked like i stayed home and studied all day until i came to college in nyc and since i go to a fashion and design school i started to learn how to style yourself and stuff like that.. and im just so different from who i was in high school and im even shocked by that.. and so my parents still think of me as who i was back in high school.. so when i come home i have to dress like that and so i end up just staying home because i feel so ugly and lose self confidence.. and then they get so mad if i do wear a lot of makeup and wear stylish clothes saying people there do not dress like people in nyc.. they talk about me to other people and to their friends as if im an "angel" and that bothers me so much.. because im not that person you know.. im the total opposite.. and i hope they dont see my instagram lol i know this is repetitive but do you think it is weird for me to spend 2 hours styling my hair and doing full face makeup before going out? and even at home? as long as im not late.. thats all it matters right? this is how i stay confident but my parents are so judgemental about that so i wear a hat and sunglasses in public so people dont see how ugly i am and i dont know why i have to walk around like a criminal sometimes.. i wish i can just be myself with my parents.. i one time dyed my hair pink for 3 months and dyed it black even if i didnt want to because i did not want my parents to see.. and its so much stress for me.. do i just ignore it and they deal with the new me or what?? im 20 years old.. i cant hide myself forever.. and i just have no one else to talk about this with so..

Never done this, don't really want to get the shot, I told my wife she can so she see the baby, I'll see the baby later down the road. I work in oncology, and get a yearly "flu" shot, how come they don't require a Pertussis vaccination?

Say if a guy is wearing something like basketball shorts, or just his shirt and boxers, and he gets a really visible b*ner in front of his mother. And he knows she notices it. To me, do I find it embarrassing? No. Especially if it's at its strongest point, nothing I can do about it so there's no need being shameful over it.

We're more successful and we had better luck in marriage. Note: He loves to gossip and my cousins are mean and troublemakers.

I really like this girl but her parents wont accept me because im different. She's from russia and im from japan. We have been friends for awhile. We drink at my house, cook and then we hook up occasionally. We go to the same community college but then graduation day come and we have to go seperate way. She started to block my number, social media and tell me that because of her parents and she is very sorry What should i do in this situation? Could someone please help

I am 23 with a 3 and 1 year old. I'm a single mother. I really need opinions. I want to move out of my mothers house and live on my own. I need my own space and so do my children. My mom and I don't really have any issues. We just need our own space and freedom. But my only problem is, I'm nervous to move out. I know that if I move out I won't have much help. It'll just be my children and me. How do you get over being so nervous and JUST MOVE OUT?! I keep talking myself out of it but I know I NEED to. Thank you in advance.

My boyfriend and I have been dating for a year now and we're in a long distance relationship. He's 26 and I'm 25 years old. We went through a hard time at some point because his parents weren't in agreement with our relationship but they eventually have us a chance and I got to visit them twice so far. My boyfriend bought me a plane ticket to go visit him over the past weekend and attend his graduation so that was lovely especially because his parents invited me too and wanted me to be there. I'm just going through a tough time with myself from so many perspectives. I'm a working woman and i'm thinking of moving to California (where my boyfriend lives) so we can be together but I cant because my parents won't let me go. My summer started and I told my parents I really want to go travel again in a few weeks to go see him but my parents said no because they expect his parents to at least call and speak to my parents over the phone first and my dad keeps complaining about his parents not giving mine a call. I'm just so tired and sick of living at home. I'm tired of my job, how boring it is at home, and the fact that I am always being trapped by my parents. I'm really tired of the life i'm living and the fact that I don't have siblings I get along with. I feel like i'm wasting my time and time is just so valuable. By the way, we both come from a culture and religion that demands parent approval of the significant other. I'm just so bored and exhausted of living at home.

My dad has been abusive ever since the first day he met my mother. My mom told me that his switch flipped the other way and that he started to treat her differently. He and my mom would get into arguments, and before me and my siblings were born, he would abuse my mother physically. My mom recalled him beating her until she had bruises all over her body, and when she told me this, I started crying. I always knew he was a jerk, but I never knew it was that bad before I heard this story. He always treated my mom horribly after that. He would always order her around, and he would never do anything for her. When she was pregnant with me, he would never visit the hospital, and my mom told me another horrific story. When she was in labor, she had to get the nurse to call home, so they can fill out the papers. It was so bad that the nurses literally thought my mom was a single mother because she had no one there to support her. I'm not going to say much about swim, but I'll say this one thing. My dad mistreated me at the time because I wasn't really as good a swimmer as I am now. My mom and my dad got into a really bad argument, and I told him to stop, and he told me to leave, but before I could leave, he backed me in a corner and punched me repeatedly until I got a huge bruise on my temple, which could have been deadly for me if I didn't block my face. I was nearly 2550 over the limit, that alone says a lot about what my family has been through for the past 15 years.

I'm a 16-year old boy. My mother and I are very close, she raised me as a single mother. She says my behaviour recently has been getting worse and annoyingly she's been sending me up to my room a lot when I swear. Yesterday was my 16th birthday, and I wanted her to get me a learner's permit but yesterday she said she wanted to wait until I turned 17, she wasn't comfortable with the idea. I got angry but she stayed firm, and I called her a b*tch in frustration. I know I shouldn't have, but I was upset; it was my birthday and she wasn't giving me what I wanted. I expected to be sent up to my room (I was going there anyway) Instead she spun me around and gave my face such a hard slap my eyes instantly teared up. It was my birthday, and here was my own mother, slapping my face, and I actually started to cry and called her a b*tch again. Not caring that I was crying because she had slapped me, she gave me an even harder slap on the same cheek. And then, with her hand hovering over my face, she said, "Go on, say that again". I didn't dare to, and she literally dragged me by the ear sobbing and locked me in my room. She woke me up at 7 this morning and made me do household chores. I normally wouldn't but I didn't dare turning her down. Am I way too old to be humiliated like this?

My sib is 19 I am mid 20s, we can never make 1 trip to the store it is always 2-3 trips every day because my sibling can't wrote a list. My sibling is scared to make the 10 min walk to/from work so I have to drive. My sib never remembers when the bank closes so I always have to cover the bills till my sib finally deposits the check I have tried to cut my sibling off several times, but our mother claims it is "abusive" not to be my sibling's servant and starts crying if I tell her I can't wait on my sibling anymore. My sibling literally can't get trash in the trash can, it ends up on the floor and I need to pick it up. If I tell my sibling that used snot rags go in the bin my mother claims mistreatment.

He bothers me everyday. I did nothing to him. He thinks I'm weak. He tries to fight me. I can't fight him because he's a man and I can't fight. Plus I'm small and I don't want to get hurt. It's weird. Just a few days ago when I was down the basement he followed me down there and sexually harassed me. He doesn't like me. He just did it because he knows it scares me and makes me feel uncomfortable. I told my mom about it and he said he was just playing which he wasn't. He was even stuttering so you could tell he was lying. He also bothers my mom, sister, and brother. He stares at my sisters and brothers butt sometimes but he's never sexually harassed them like he did me. My mom wants him to leave but he won't. I'm left home alone with him sometimes and I'm scared of what he might do. He's been in our house for almost 3 years now. I can't wait any longer. I'm going to kill myself tonight. I don't think this situation will ever end or I'll ever recover from this.

My friend is a 19 year old female, with an eye disability but she can pretty much do close to anything like an average person. Her mom tries to control everything she does. -where she goes -what she does -who she's with -when she shouldn't eat (midnight snack) -makes her have a curfew -and overall just makes her feel awful She also calls her a pig when she eats in her room. Yells at her when her rooms not clean even though there's nothing on her floor but a few pieces of clothes. And yells at her for no reason at all. My friend is constantly mad, annoyed, sometimes I think she cries bc of it. She's never really happy in her home and she can't move out as soon as she can bc someone has to live with her. We have a plan to move out together but that will be awhile. So I'm just trying to understand is this is ok or if this is abuse.

I asked my son for help and he refused because he said he help to do the first part and therefore will not complete it. He told me since I chose to do that project, I should complete on a daily basis in small portion. We started to argue because he thinks I am being unfair. What can I do has this project is taking a toll on me doing it by myself.