Say for example I was an identical twin, and when I got married, had a baby. Technically, would my identical twin sister be my baby's mother also since we are tecnically the same person and have the same genetic code?

So apparently my parents 1st cousins, are my 1st cousins, once removed. I always called them my second cousins, and their kids, my third cousins. So if someone asked how I was related to my parents first cousins, is it correct to say they are my first cousins too?

He is not the warm and bubbly type like my other grandfather was (other grandfather was very warm and playful). Is this normal in many old men? Like I said he was never warm but has become scary grumpy in the last five years. Most the men in my Mom's family are like this, her brother is the same.

She has always been ahead of me, even though she's younger. In high school she was popular and a cheerleader, she had a car, smoked and drank. I wasn't popular and can't drive. Now, she has a house, a great high paying job, a car and friends and she recently got engaged. I am 29, jobless, broke, single, friendless and living with my mom. She can drink, smoke, curse, and get away with it, not me, I get chewed out. She also gets to travel and all she cares about on vacations is shopping, I care about scenery, not her, but I never go,anywhere. It isn't fair. She's always gotten her way.

My boyfriend and I have been dating for well over a year and a half. He has his own place and a very reliable job. I work two jobs. I work for my step mom at home via linkedin, etc. and in food service as well. I work so much that I rarely get to see anyone. My parents think I should be staying at home 3 nights a week because they say they missed me when I went to my first year of college and they need my help. I'm running around doing errands and chores for them all the time. I also have two 14 year old brothers who do some chores as well, but they get to wake up at noon and play video games all day. My dad always says I don't help enough around the house and I'm never here - I'm always working! When I came home from college they said I needed to help a lot with chores this summer because my brothers had been doing it when I was at school. I feel like this doesn't make sense... I've reached the age of adulthood and I have 2 jobs. I tell them all the time I don't legally need to be at home at all. My boyfriend and I really want to live together and he's getting frustrated that we can't take that next step with each other. My dad and my boyfriend also don't get along and that just makes things worse. I'm 18 years old - I feel like I should be treated like an adult. They just can't let me grow up and it's so frustrating. Why do they need my help so bad?? They have two other kids to help them! I know when my brothers are 18 they won't make them do all this unnecessary sh*t. It's not like I don't want to see my family... I just think its unreasonable for an 18 year old to live at home if they don't want to. I see my mom every few weeks when I go over to have dinner with her and she has no problem with that. She says if my dad and step mom keep controlling me I should move across the country just like she did to get away from her parents when she was young. She understands I'm an adult and shouldn't ask for permission to live my life anymore. I have offered to pay for my phone for years and they won't let me. I pay my own car insurance, and they are required to pay my health insurance under the ACA and if they refuse, the state will pay. I buy my own products -tampons, shower things, clothes, you name it. I really do not rely on them for anything. I don't even eat their food.

Mainly, she accuses me of cutting small holes in her clothes or making marks with permanent marker on her clothes. I have never done this in my life, but I've been blamed for this unfairly since middle school. My mom clearly thinks it's me and not my sister who has ruined her clothes, and I will be punished for it even though I try to explain I did not touch her clothes. This has persisted into me living at home during breaks at college. I am at a loss for how to convince her I did not touch her clothes when she already has her mind made up. The clothes my mother believes I have purposely destroyed to "get back at her" ( I have no reason to seek revenge against my mom. I have no idea what's she's talking about) do seem to have small holes from wear, but also could be chewed up by or dog. She also seems to only start up these accusations when she's particularly stressed out. There have been a few occasions where she's accused me of stealing clothes and I e been punished, only to realize she just misplaced the item. I never get an apology. The whole situation is ludicrous and I feel like I'm going insane with the constant accusations of something I didn't do that I cannot defend myself from. How do I handle this impossible situation? Is there any way for me to convince my mom I am not touching her stuff, or will I be stuck as the scapegoat forever?

Let's say you have a cousin (through six degrees of separation) who you didn't grow up with, therefore missing all of the cousin's birthday parties. This cousin uses words like "f@ggot" and "retard" to describe gays and people with autism. But all you can think to yourself is, "She shouldn't use words like that, but OMG, she's such a great person. I love my cousin!" Meanwhile, a friend of yours also uses those same two hurtful words, to which you think to yourself, "The nerve of her!" with nothing positive to say about the friend elsewise. I understand that mothers tend to play that same "double standard" rule, particularly if their son is a murderer who was incarcerated. Naturally, a mother would say "My baby can do no wrong" while forever holding O.J. Simpson in the lowest regard. When it comes to family, it's natural to always come to their defense... but only if they're IMMEDIATE family. Is it ridiculous to defend a morally corrupt relative you barely know, just because you feel proud to be part of the same bloodline?

Me and my dad are pretty close. To the point we even share clothes sometimes. My thing is people judge him for wearing skirts or dresses or whatever. He wears mens shirts and underwear but jeans, skirts, dresses and coats are womens clothing. He has received threats of getting beat up for what he wears and my friends think he is a great guy but talks crap when they see him in a skirt We put a report with police but they cant do anything until he actually beat up How can i deal with the problem and make us feel more comfortable in what we like to wear?

My son just graduated high school a few months ago and isn't going to college. He also refuses to get a job. He stays home and plays video games all day and all night.It's been like that for the past 3 months. Should I tell him that unless he gets a job, he will have to leave my house?

My sister is dealing with a lot, she got cheated on plus she has anxiety. She wanted comfort and reached out to my parents. all they did was get mad and yell at her. I have dealt with the same hence why i don't go to my parents anymore for emotional support. fyi they don't hit us or anything abusive. but is this normal?

My stepmom hates me. I'm 18 and she's 37. She has a son who's 6. She never wants to talk to me. She'll often scream at me for literally no reason. When I was planning my dad's birthday party and asked her if she wanted to help plan it with me, her response was "I'm not interested in talking to you". I don't understand why she hates me, because I'm honestly not a burden to her. I do my chores and keep the house clean, I have a part time job job and I pay a third of the rent. I'm not loud or anything, when I see my friends I go to their houses, I never have anyone over. And most of the time, unless I'm eating or doing my chores, I stay in my room. I'm no bother to her whatsoever. Why does she hate me so much?

I have nobody in my life that cares for me. I have no dad and my mom is so toxic and immature I have lots of friends but they don't check on me and I don't want to be a bother . My siblings and I don't get along because the way my mom raised us and I just feel so alone . Why did this happen to me what did I do?

Long story short, I live with my mom, a step dad and a step brother. My step father verbally abuses and calls me racist names, calls me fat and dumb. When I tel mom, My mom always picks on me and says, "You don't even have a father, you should be thankful to ur step dad that he even allows you to live here". The thing is that my eyes get watery when trying to argue back and feel like crying, how do i avoid the crying and stand up for myself?

It's really hard to establish boundaries since my parents provide so much support for me and my daughter. I work a part time job and give my parents all the money I make, but I know that living expenses for both me and my daughter are more than that. Since my parents are providing so much support for me, it has been difficult to establish boundaries with them. They're always try to tell me how to parent my daughter. I appreciate their advice, but she's my daughter and I feel like the way I raise her should be my choice. Advice?

My mom wants us to stay away from certain ethnic backgrounds, rich kids, poor kids, immigrants. She says that our lifestyles are completely different and we have nothing in common, even if we're the same age. She moved us to a school where most kids come from a similar environment — middle class, either Asian or white, born and raised in Canada (unless they came here as a baby), families have same parenting style, etc. Our city is diverse, every neighbourhood is different. I don't know if it's because my mom just doesn't like everyone else who's not in our situation, or if she's scared that different types of people will bring bad influences (the stereotype that, rich = snobby, immigrant = illegal, poor = uncivilized).

Basically my dad told some friends of mine that are females from school that they were beautiful at a grocery store and they got creeped out and I told my mom but she won't believe me and telling me that I'm fighting over the family for hoes but anyway this was a while ago we're over it but there's other things like my dad saw my penis while I was pissing in the bathroom just walked in on me and he was jealous that it's twice his size and our bond has been awkward and weird since but me and my parents always argue usually me and my mom and I'm honestly tired of everything happening like my parents are kind of my enemies I guess and I'm going through puberty and my dad kind of is jealous that I've physically passed him and I can't handle all this **** going on please help

My mom and her husband argue a lot and I love it. I HATE when they get along. He treats me terribly, and I want them to argue enough until they split up. No hate, just looking for some realistic ideas to get them to fight until he's GONE!

When I was in elementary school my sister met this thug woman that lived in our subdivision. She was okay with me at the time and hung around my sister to a point where it seemed like both of them were having sexual relations. Anyway when I was 14 she teased with and I teased back, and her thinking I was flirting with her, one day she knocked me down and violently yelled at me saying how she was gonna kick my a s s. She did this in front of my own parents and they upheld her as my mom was a misandrist and dad didn't care. My sister found out and did something to her for knocking me down and violently yelling at me threatening me, she was shaking and mad at me for my sister standing up for me. Me being 31 now, This woman is very spiteful with me now, and when I am around her she says things and does things to try to get me to say something. I know if I do she would do something and I would have to call the police. She cannot stand my guts and she still hangs with my sister like they are having some sexual relations going on. This thug woman openly admitted to have a family that would 'come after somebody' and a psychopath mom and other dubious siblings. I stand wondering why my sister ever wanted to hang with such a person, she did go to a high school in the projects. Any suggestions?

Long story, short, we got a restraining order on my brother because he was a danger to our family, himself, and the people around him. We tried kicking him out many times but he never wanted to leave and my parents were too lenient about it so my oldest finally got a restraining order after having a physical fight with my drug-addicted brother after many altercations, that night was the last straw. My brother has been using meth and drinking tons of alcohol for years now. We tried talking to him about it but he just gets angry. He feels like he does not need help and blames everyone else but himself. He hates us more for getting the restraining order and is more bitter about it. We just didn t know what else to do. He doesn t want help and snaps at whoever tells him otherwise. My parents are still providing him help financially and even giving him food at times. I feel like he really needs to lose it all to realize what he has done and is doing so my parents have to completely cut him off as his brothers (me included) did. Is there any hope for him? and is it a good idea to continue helping him even though he doesn t change.

My mom and dad have been married for 22 years, with 3 boys and one girl. My mom is CONSTANTLY cleaning up after my brothers that are 27,20 and 15. She s always doing house chores but with my brothers being older they should help take on the house tasks when they re younger. My mom cooks and cleans everyday I work my brothers dont. I believe her texting other men and wanting to go out with one in particular (behind my dads back obviously) is because shes SO fed up with the house work when my brothers are capable of helping. But one of the problems on why they dont help is because they are spoiled. My dad doesnt push them to work or do anything so they stay inside making messes everywhere.

Many single moms can't afford to work because of the outrageous cost of daycare. Where I live, daycare costs 17k a year on average. Even if the mom makes an above minimum wage salary (30k), she can't afford the daycare with all the rent, food and bills she has to pay which can take up her entire paycheck.

Almost 3 months ago my 18-year-old sister, Victoria, suddenly passed away. She was playing at the high school track with friends when she collapsed. She was then pronounced dead at the hospital. The doctors told my parents it appeared that her heart had just stopped. They recommended an autopsy, but my parents refused. Now almost 3 months later, the not-knowing is killing them. Especially my mom. She's talked about having Victoria exhumed, she's talked about having the friends she was with questioned, she's losing her mind in a sense. The rest of us just want Victoria to rest in peace. We have no reason to believe her death was caused by anything besides her heart. Sure an autopsy would've been good, but the time for that came and went. I guess what I'm asking is, how can I help my mom? I want her to move on and continue living life for Victoria. Not be stuck constantly wondering.