Family: Question: Is it bad that I regret having my child?

Question: Is it bad that I regret having my child?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 01:18 PM PDT

I got pregnant when I was 15 and I never got a chance to enjoy my youth. While other young people are traveling, partying, hanging out with friends every week, staying out late, going away to college, living life to the fullest, I'm always either working or taking care of my child, who is now 6. Honestly, if I were to go back in time, I would probably give up my child for adoption.

Question: I never knew who my father was, as my mom would not tell me. Even on her dying breath she still refused to tell me when I asked. Why?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 01:04 PM PDT

Her excuses were your father was a horrible man, you don't want to know him. If he finds out, he will hurt you.

Question: Christians can you please pray that a woman named Amber will have the drive to exercise?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 12:35 PM PDT

6-7 days a week, that she will become well organized and even get anxiety with messes, and that she will become the type to take charge? Jesus would rather have someone who exercises a lot in heaven than a fat cow

Question: My mother slapped my face for swearing. I'm 20, is she still allowed to do that? I can't move out, so what action should I take?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 12:29 PM PDT

I'm a 20-year old guy. I was going to take my girlfriend to a nice lunch. I planned to take my mother's car and assumed she'd be okay with that since she doesn't use it too much. But when I got ready and was about to leave, my mother said she needed to visit a friend and she'd be taking the car. This annoyed me since she almost never uses the car. I was taking my girl out and wanted to do so in style, and pick her up in a nice car I was driving. I was wearing my best clothes and had reserved at a nice place. I told her I'd call an Uber but she insisted on taking her car. To me, this was completely unreasonable and as much as I tried to persuade her,she wouldn't budge. This made me very angry and I lost it and told her she was being a total *****. Now of course I didn't mean it, I was just angry. However, the moment I said this, she stunned me by slapping me across the face so hard my head snapped to the right. She literally dragged me by my shirt and took me to my room, and GROUNDED me! I am just shocked. I'm 20, I'm one year away from finishing university and I'm locked in my room with my left cheek still bright red from her slap. Slapping even a child across the face is considered an insult. I'm now an adult, and I just find this too humiliating. I know I shouldn't have called her that, but why does she think she can do this to me?

Question: Reasons why a kid would fake an injury?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 12:18 PM PDT

I'm only 20 and I don't know much about kids. There's this 6 year old in my class, and sometimes she draws "bruises" on herself with a purple marker, and then ask to go to the clinic for it. We have a "buddy system" at my school, which means if a kid needs an ice pack from the clinic or whatever, that kid can take a "buddy" with them. So, this girl always wants to go to the clinic, and I can't figure out why. She's a good kid, doesn't cause any trouble in the classroom, gets along with other kids, etc. All I know about her is that she's an only child, and has a single mother.

Question: How do I respectfully respond to my mom when she talks about my step mom like this? Thanks?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 12:16 PM PDT

My dad has been with this girl who's only 13 years older than me. She's my step mom and i really do love her because she's always treated me like I was hers. Her and my dad had five kids together after me. Which are my brothers and sisters who I also do love. I also do indeed love my real mom. Which I go back and forth between their houses. My mom always talks about my dads wife thou and says it's sick, which I mean I sorta see why she would think that. I'm 16 and my step mom is 29 and my dad is 54. So I do get it is really weird. But everytime I'm with my mom all she does is bash her. I always try to tell her she's very good to me and always has been but she doesn't listen. I also know my dad was cheating on this girl when I was younger. I'm sure she's probably sorry about that thou. Personally I just think my mom is jealous because my dad went on to have a bunch more kids instead of just one with her. My mom also makes comments and calls her ugly inside and out. Which she's actually very pretty inside and out. I was just wondering if there's anyway I could tell my mom to stop bashing her without sounding like I love her more than my real mom. Thanks

Question: Should i stop tying to form a relationship with my sister?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 11:53 AM PDT

I am 19 and she is 17. We have always fought a little, but it has never been this bad. When I came back home from college, she seemed like a different person. She gets mad at me for everything, and I have no idea why. I'll def admit, I have problems letting things go, so when she starts something, even if it's little, I find it hard to just accept it or walk away. Our lives have been very separate this summer: she does not talk to me or ever say hello, she didn't even wish me a happy birthday. I try to make conversation and ask about her life, but she is unresponsive. She doesn't even want to share shampoo, contact solution, food my parents bought from the store, etc. I told my parents, but their advice is always to just let it go because there's nothing I can do to change her. If it's really ridiculous, I'll tell them, and they'll ground her or something, but that does nothing to change her feelings towards me. I've tried to make this work, and have had many talks with her about this, but nothing comes out of it. I do not know why she acts this way. I've tried ignoring things and moving on, but she never stops acting mean.This summer has been awful because of her and I can't wait to go back to school. My dad thinks she is jealous because I'm in college now but I have no idea how to address this w her. (Please don't tell me to just yell at her because I'm older, my family doesn't work like that.) Should I stop trying? Does anyone have some ways I could talk to her?

Question: I am seeing a relative tomorrow who is racist. Am I bad to see this man?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 11:50 AM PDT

He also used to call his kids stupid as did his cruel wife.

Question: Is being beautiful or smart more beneficial for women?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 11:41 AM PDT

My family say my beauty is important to get rich man, but I see money and come.And everyone has different type of beauty preferences. In addition, I notice some men are selfish, they don't want wife to be happy. Isn't being smart more beneficial then just being beautiful?

Question: I hit my dad and feel horrible?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 10:23 AM PDT

So basically I was on my 2008 iMac working on a summer school assignment while calling my crush on my iphone and my dad kept yelling for me to go upstairs and do chores and i just ignored him and eventually he came into the room and told me to go upstairs and i gave him the middle finger and he screamed at me for being disrespectful and i told him im busy and to leave me alone and he didnt say anything so i slapped him hard and now he isnt talking to me pls help

Question: My dad is gonna kill me?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 09:15 AM PDT

I went to the store and got a message that my dad is gonna come by to pick up food, i wasnt there and tried to rush to my house but i didnt get there on time, my dad has anger issues and I m terrified to be around him and I m constantly anxious that he s going to hit me or yell at me, I m 17 and i want to run away because I m tired of being belittled. What do i do ???? I dont want to involve the police, should i leave ????????

Question: When my sister demands favors from our parents and they cave to her demands should I point out how immature and wrong this is of both sides?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 08:55 AM PDT

My sister is a narcissist. She demands my parents give her things. My parents always comply with her demands. As a result she is 26 and a monster. They created a monster. Do I point this out or is it not my business? I avoid this sister and have zero respect for her.

Question: My uncle is getting divorced and I saw him yesterday and acted like everything is normal. Is this okay since it is not my immediate family?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 08:46 AM PDT

Question: Do uneducated parents make uneducated kids?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 08:15 AM PDT

If neither parents graduated high school, would it be likely that the child won't graduate?

Question: How do you know when enough is enough?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 08:11 AM PDT

Every time I see or talk to my woman it is always gloom and doom. She is either complaining about her life or making me feel guilty and anything. For example we started watching a series on Netflix called Russian Doll, I started watching it when she wasn't over and she said I didn't wait for her when we agreed to watch the series Heist instead. All I know is after I get off the phone with her I always feel worse than before we started talking. I feel there is no communication and my words just penetrate off of her and she doesn't really hear me. Its hard to explain she just come up with excuses for everything and nothing really changes. How do you know when its time to call it quits because on top of that she is always in some kind of pain and we can't do anything she just has her stupid ice pack and lays in bed all day.

Question: What can I do to get my son out of his room and socialize with me?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 07:53 AM PDT

Apologies if I this is too long. He is always on his computer locked up in his room, and I'm concerned for his health. Since finishing high school he has not yet looked for work, so honestly I'm panicking if I am bad mom or not. He just never wants to talk to me and on top of that expects me to keeping paying his phone bill. please help, trying to understand him but so far everything is falling apart!!

Question: Why do my parents think they know exactly what I want in life?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 07:26 AM PDT

Ok, so I grew up in Illinois and I'm about to turn 18 on September 10th. I've lived here my whole life and all the friends I have are basically my family. Anyway, my parents are moving to Alabama and are trying to force me to go with them, literally 20 f*cking days before I turn 18 because they know I don't want to go and they want to be able to make me go before I can legally choose to stay here. I've finished high school, and I'm strongly considering joining the national guard. I know Illinois is in pretty bad shape, but I grew up here and I don't want to leave everyone I know and love behind. And my parents are just like "make new friends" as if they don't give a sh*t because they got about 3 friends altogether. Mainly it's my dad who's always been the controlling one. He still tries to tell my sister what to do and she's 20 and has her own place. I would get emancipated but that's very difficult to do because I know neither of my parents are going to consent to that. What am I supposed to do here? Am I just f*cked?

Question: Wasn't it a little messed up my mom did this?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 05:53 AM PDT

So my mom works as a home health aide and she was talking on the phone with me in the middle of work, keep in mind that she's not constantly on the phone she got on the phone for a second to talk to me. So the old lady she's working with says, "Close the phone, I need to talk to you" My mom yells "I'm talking to my daughter" and proceeds to tell this woman to fire her because she's not her slave and walks off. She does this in a cafeteria full of other old people. My mom says that the lady has been bossing her around all day but I think that was overboard

Question: HELP. I love my parents but How do I stop my parents from demanding money and allowing me to give freely ?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 05:08 AM PDT

I can never repay my parents financially equivalent to what they have done for me. I worked for a one year contract, each month giving them money, all whilst living at home. After this contract finished..it took 6 months for me to get a new job. Even with my dwindling savings, I still gave them money. Now that I have got my new job and my first paycheck they have immediately started demanding money, even b4 I can take it too the bank. I find this unfair. This isnt a phone bill, they are my parents, I already set money aside for them, I just want them to ALLOW me to give instead of demanding. They keep saying I must save money for my personal development, yet keep demanding from me. I will never save enough to move out if my parents keep demanding financial contributions all month long.

Question: When my Dad lies to me and shows his ignorance and arrogance should I get him back by lying to him and showing him ignorance?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 04:52 AM PDT

Question: Should I stop visiting my toxic in-laws?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 04:33 AM PDT

Every year when my sons bday comes around they pressure me to have a big party. They have always treated me awful. They completely ruined our wedding by telling lies about me to everyone. We canceled the night before my wedding. And when I had my son I was in the hospital for almost a month because I got sepsis after having a emergency c section.They told my husband to quit "playing nurse" because he was trying to help me as much as he could. Last year I had just a real small bday party with it just us and his parents. His mom told everyone I was lazy because I was sitting down and not chasing my son around. my back was hurting so bad because I was up until 3 o clock that morning making my sons cake and it made my back hurt so bad standing up for so long. That was the first time I sat down for that whole day and I was so exhausted. She really called me lazy when my son is just is much her sons as he is mine and he could be chasing him. They also complained about buying a $2 pack of spoons AFTER they volunteered to buy them when I tried to tell them it s ok and that I planned on getting them but they insisted it wasn t a big deal and they didn t mind helping.Then they told everyone they had to buy the spoons and if it wasn t for us that child wouldn t have had a birthday.I tried telling them I don t really want to have a party after the way I was talked about last year and she said it s only hurting him and we don't want him not miss out by not having a party like other kids.

Question: Do you think parents need to take lessons how to start teaching responsibility to teenagers for their better upbringing?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 03:22 AM PDT

Question: Should I bring my mom to school orientation with me or be independent and go alone?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 02:18 AM PDT

My school orientation is tomorrow and we son't havw to bring our parents. All we have ro do is get our schedule, take our student ID picture, turn in summer homework, and fill out some survey stuff. I'm really small so I will look like a two year old walking around the highschool. However, I do not want to be the only one with my mom by my side because that's embarrasing, you know? Especially in highschool. But on the other hand, I don't know if I will need help or not even though I did it with my mom last year. Plus, I can't say my r's so when they say to spell my name, I don't know if they would understand me or not. But then again, it would be embarrasing being like the only one with a parent to help them and reputation is everything in highschool. I don't know if my friends will being their parents and I don't want to ask them because that's just weird you know? Anyways, thanks if you read all that I know it's a lot. What do you think I should do? To bring my mom or to not? Thank you!

Question: I don't trust him. My brother steal my money and my car. My parents don't give a sh!t either. If you are in my situation, what would you do?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019 01:04 AM PDT

My brother steals my money to buy meth and other drugs to get high. He steals my car and almost got to car accidents. When I confront him, he acts immature and he always dodge the questions. He never gives me straightforward answers. He cannot hold a steady job. By the way my brother is over 30 years old.

Question: Why family is more important to our life?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 10:38 PM PDT

Question: What should i do??

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 09:31 PM PDT

( i'm a male 26) im secretly in love with my twin sister it started out platonic but my feelings were getting stronger, the more i seen her grow the more i seen a Beautiful person and i was falling hard for her and obviouslyi can't tell anyone or her, i'm scared of i tell her she will hate me and my family will know, and kick me out, call me disgusting and i'll never get to see her again. should i tell her? should i tell anyone? or should it be one of those things i never think of?

Question: Am I being unreasonable and what would you do in my situation?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 09:28 PM PDT

Am I being unreasonable. So I agreed to go on a vacation with my partner and her family. They're all great, I like them all BUT I now find out that we will not even have our own bedroom. We will either share a room with one of the family members OR take the pull-out bed in the common room. The vacation part is fine but not having your own room to just recharge and have some Privacy.. I don't even feel comfortable having a bowel movement with her family just outside of the 2" drywall door. An adult I just need privacy.. it wouldn't matter even if it was my own family (maybe slightly more comfortable but still not something I would do anymore at this age) I've suggested we look for our own room for the reasons I've mentioned above. She says it will offend her family so no chance. What would you do? Privacy and my own space is just such a valuable thing to have for me and my sanity at 30 years old. I was looking forward to the vacation until this part popped up. Ugh

Question: Why do some women keep rejecting men?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 09:20 PM PDT

I know 2 of my female relatives they had many men who wanted to marry them but they kept saying no until they become spinsters. Now they are almost 60 and they regret they didn't marry. I'm confused like why didn't they say yes int the first place?

Question: My dads new wife is moving to the US with her 2 sons who dont speak english. what should i do to help and feel more comfertable at home?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 08:45 PM PDT

my dad got married to our neighbor down in mexico. I respect his disicien and want to support him. the women he married already has 3 kids and 2 of them are going to move to our house. non of them speak english and there is already 5 people staying in the house. one of the kids that are moving in is the same age as me and when we were neighbors he was pretty creepy. i have brought this to my dads attention but he wont listen. what are some ways that i can maybe feel more comfertable around him and also find some more space in the house for everyone? im 15 turnning 16 and he is already 16

Question: Has anyone ever heard of a Codicil being used to condemn family members left behind? My mother did.?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 08:30 PM PDT

Question: Why do some parents pay so much for college?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 08:03 PM PDT

My parents didn't have to pay a cent and I'm graduating college debt free in a year. I had an after school job during my last 2 years of high school and I worked full time during the summers. I also held a part time job during college. Grants and scholarships covered the majority of my tuition, and I paid the rest on my own. I also went to a state school to avoid high tuition rates. I see parents co-signing enormous loans for their kids that will last for many, many years. I just don't think it's worth it.

Question: My mom is threatening to leave.?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 07:55 PM PDT

My mom always used to threaten to leave. She would eventually get past it and then slowly ease her way back into it, getting mad, fighting, screaming. Usually my dad can talk her out of just walking out and we live happily for a few days or even weeks before it'll happen again. She used to have cancer and every since her treatment she's been mentally unstable. This time she's determined to leave. She's packed all of her clothes in garbage bags and as soon as my brother comes home from work she says she's gonna leave. I don't know what to do anymore and my dad doesn't have the strength to hold her back and says he's tired of holding her back. His mind is foggy and doesn't know what's right anymore. I think this time she's going to leave for real.

Question: My 8 year old’s friend tries touching other children because she is exposed to inappropriate videos online. Should I contact her parents?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 07:41 PM PDT

An incident that occurred between my child and her friend upsets me a lot. Other parents reported the same thing happened too. The 8 year old admitted that she stumbled upon very inappropriate videos where they encourage sexual activity. It started around last year and the child kept coming back to the website. It must be for adults only so I guess their home computer has no parental controls or monitoring apps. Anyway, I see that it has effected my own child and I fear for my own child's safety. For now, I'm going to steer her away until I find a way to contact her parents (because I haven't met them before).

Question: My boyfriend’s parents won’t let me date him?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 07:15 PM PDT

They banned him from seeing me because I'm a teen mom. I had a baby when I was 14. I'm now 16. I think they won't let us go out because they think i'm a whore when i'm not. i just made a huge mistake that's all.

Question: My 23 year old kid has been diagnosed with leukemia. They’re choosing to leave it untreated. How can I convince them to get treatment?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 07:01 PM PDT

They even want to sign a DNR and advanced care directive as to prevent any life saving treatment. They aren't refusing treatment for alternative medicine, either. The cancer is treatable, but without treatment, they don't have much time left. (It's an acute form of cancer).

Question: Poll: If your mom dies, do you think you can take care of yourself and survive?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 06:08 PM PDT

Question: Wjat should my strategy be to keep my half brother out of my dad's will?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 05:41 PM PDT

They hated each other for about 20 years and now my brother just started coming around again and now my dad is like best friends with him. This is bad news for me because for all my life I have just assumed that I would be getting everything my dad owns when he dies. Now it's looking like I might have to split that with my brother. He's a degenerate and a drug addict and is only coming around now to get in the will. How do I stop this from happening?

Question: Is this right or wrong, or impartial?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 05:35 PM PDT

I argued with my mom to go out and buy me a pizza. I'm hungry, and I don't want any food in the house. So I told her to buy it until she left to buy it. I'm getting a pizza hut mushroom pizza with stuffed crust. I'm happy now.

Question: Is dropping out of school a result of poor parenting?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 04:11 PM PDT

Every year, 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the US nationwide. I'm sure these kids have parents who don't push education or do anything to help them succeed.

Question: What do i do if my boss is a female and I dont feel that I should have to take directions from a female?

Posted: 30 Jul 2019 02:40 PM PDT