Ok so this might sound like a story from a movie but it's really happening. So I met a girl about 6 months ago at college,Kumiko,who as you may realize is Japanese. She lives here in California. Her mom and dad have moved in the United States in the early 90s when she was a baby. Kumiko and I have gotten into a relationship after. A few times a year her granparents come here from Japan to see family and we thought about letting our families meet. Only problem is my grandpa is a WWII Marine who fought in Iwo Jima. He's 93 and despite his age he's doing fine. I'm kinda worried about one thing. When I told him I was dating a japanese girl he wasn't thrilled by the idea but it didn't really bother him. However if he needs to meet my girlfriend's family I don't know how much he's gonna enjoy it. Especially since my girlfriend told them he fought in Iwo Jima. I know it's been many decades and my grandpa normally is a polite man. He won't be rude with these people,he isn't a rude person but I just dont' know how he's gonna react seeing all these japanese people in our house. What do you think?

I'm 20 and I live at home with my mom who is single. I currently go to a community college but this coming year will be my last year there before I transfer to a 4 year school. When I first started college I almost went to one in a different state but for many reasons chose to stay local but a big reason was because I didn't want to leave my mom alone. My original plan was to transfer to a 4 year college thats only 45 minutes away but for the past 6 months Ive had my sight set on a college that is 800 miles away and I really want to go. I'm having a hard time bringing it up to her because my brother who is 18 will be leaving to join the marines once he graduates so if I leave too she will be all alone. She always "jokes" that im goin to leave her all alone one day because i "dont love her" and I know the second I even mention it as a possibilty shell get upset and say that My brothers doesnt really seem to be bothered but I feel absolutely guilty when I think of leaving her alone. I know that she would never stop me from doing it but I just feel guilty about it and don't even k ow where to begin with talking to her about it.

Recently, a relatively new family member came into town for a family members graduation party. She was only here for a few days. We all hung out and has fun every day while she was here. I grew a lot closer to her as well. She always made sure I was included in everything. The nicest person ever. I look up to her. Now that she's gone home, it feels like theres just something missing. No matter what I'm doing, I always just am a little saddened and I really don't know why. The thing is, she, and her other half, will be returning within the next two to three months. So theres really no reason I should be sad. Am I just sad all the fun I had with everyone is over? Is this normal?

I am about to turn 14 and my sister turned 19 in March. We shared a room until about two years ago, I wanted my own room (which I have never had before unlike my sister and my older brother). So, she ended up moving into my dad's office and he cleaned all of his things out (my room is bigger than hers). I painted it a few days ago which brought up the discussion of howe it's unfair how I got the big room when she is stuck in the smaller room. She is going into her 2nd year of college and is staying home and makes that her excuse while I have four years of high school and four years of college till I will move out. I'm the youngest and she's using all these excuses to switch rooms with me but I don't want to. I've told my Mom but she doesn't do anything about it. Even if I did switch with her, I wouldn't have enough room for my desk which I use daily for doing my makeup and playing video games. I have said numerous times that I don't want to switch rooms but she keeps bugging me about it. What do I do?

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.

There is no one parked on his side of the road and never was. He parks close to my driveway and my side of the street. I know they have the right to park anywhere they want but this is ridiculous!

She said if I don't look good then my husband will look at other women.

Earlier this year, her school wanted my parents to get her assessed for special needs because she only plays with 5-6 year old kids. As in, she doesn't have friends her own age and isn't interested. My dad researched autism and says my sister has no other symptoms besides this one. She only seems kinda immature for her age, that's all. Her schoolwork is okay and she was meeting all her milestones during baby/toddler years. The social worker left because she saw no problem. But now, she came back saying someone reported my parents again. I was confused because it's summertime and she has no school. It might've been someone from her daycamp who observes her playtime (which is related to our school district). I don't know. They said they have to do an investigation.

My little bros father isn't in his life, so his dad can't take him to the bathroom. It's only me and my mom. My brother, Aidan, is 10, and was diagnosed with autism 6 years ago. I am a 15 year old female. Sometimes there are no family restrooms in public places. A lot of the times there are only women and men. While my mom is shopping or running errands, me and Aidan are just having our own little fun and safely roaming the store. So now it's time for Aidan to use the bathroom. He's so afraid of using the men's bathroom by himself, that he will actually throw a fit and start shaking and crying. I have no choice but to go with him in order to avoid an accident. There's no way in hell that I'm using the men's bathroom with him, that's just too weird. But I'm comfortable with using the women's bathroom with him, and so is he. But here's the catch, a lot of the times there are janitors in the bathrooms cleaning, and once they see my brother in the women's bathroom, they immediately kick him out without a doubt. Now he has no choice but to pee his pants. We've tried diapers on him but he reluctantly takes them off. What do I do?

I m in foster care due to an addiction problem with my mom, we have a great relationship still and I get to see her three times a week which makes me incredibly happy. My foster family is great but I just don t feel completely comfortable here even though I ve known them for years. I want to live with my mom because I m happier there and my brother wants to live with her, but she s had relapses in the past. Should I choose to be happy and live in a (possibly) unstable home or should I choose to stay in a stable home where I don t feel that comfortable

I'm on vacation with some friends and we were out partying earlier this week and we're pretty sure I was dosed with something. The whole night is super fuzzy but I remember not being able to find my friends and not being able to move. My friends said that I showed up at the hotel via uber later that night but I dont remember that and I was wearing clothes that didnt belong to me (I still have no idea where my actual clothes went). Along with my pants, my wallet, keys and watch are missing (oldly I still have my phone). I'm still not sure what to think but we're pretty confident that I was maybe slipped something. This issue is, seeing as I didnt have much of anything in my wallet, and didnt really care much for the watch I kinda brushed it off and didnt really report any of it stollen. It's been a few days now but I'm still uneasy about the whole ordeal, especially since my clothes were taken to. Not that they were special or anything, just plain jeans and a shirt. But now that days have gone by I'm not sure its worth the effort especially since the other guys kinda moved on from it too, even joke abt it. But idk, the whole thing is weird so I'm kinda over this whole vaca tbh. Sorry, I didnt specify. I'm not a girl so really don't think rape or anything like that was the case. It happened 3 nights ago. Honestly aside from the likely drugging, my clothes being missing is the main part of the issue bc I really could care less about the watch and wallet (my phone is with me). And I dont really blame my friends for joking about it, we all kinda laughed it off bc im obviously fine now. thats why im conflicted about reporting or not.

I recently posted this so let me give you an update. My husband's truck needed a major repair and he didn't have all the money to cover it. I put a little more than $600 on my credit card with the assurance that he'd pay me back. That was about 2 weeks ago. When he got his next paycheck I asked him when he was going to start paying me back. He felt like I was hounding him for the money. He said that he had just paid several :household bills" and didn't have much left to last him through the next 2 weeks till he got paid again. He paid the car insurance, water, and cell phone bills, all of which I use. He told me to give him the CC statement and he'd pay that but I told him I didn't want to do it that way. He then says that with all the repairs he had done on my car I should be more understanding. Yes, my husband works on my car and this saves me from having to take it to the dealership or a shop. He's replaced alternators in the past, starters, O2 sensors, countless oil changes, plugged tires, etc. The only thing he asks is that I buy the parts and he'll put them on for free. I feel like he's trying to make me feel guilty for asking him for the money back. Then he said that I "technically" didn't give him any money out of my bank account since I put it on my CC so "technically" he owes the CC company back. Should I be a little lenient given that it's only been 2 weeks or should he start paying back now?

My big sister has a sleeping pill called Unisom. I plan to take some but I dont want to risk getting caught if it wont even work. I read somewhere that it can have strong effects on kids and elderly but nothing about if if works for teen boys (considering our metabolism is stronger or whatever). I've been having a hard time getting to sleep and the ever harder time staying asleep. Some times its nightmares and sometimes I just end up waking up for nothing. I need something that will know me out and keep me out long enough to actually get some sleep. Should I take 2? I'm not sure and I obviously cant really ask her, and I cant buy it myself, which sucks. Does is work for 16 year olds. My sisters dr. prescribed it for her because you can't get it over the counter here because of the active ingredient, Some countries you can but they wont sell it at pharmacies here.

He has never wanted to be in my life and now that I am an adult I've reached out. He has not responded to my 3 outreaches and I see he has blocked me on Facebook. He has a new wife and kids and has them in his pictures but abandoned me when he left my Mom for an old classmate of his. He later left her and the kid they have and is married now and seems happy in the photos. A teen is in the photos so I assume it is the kid he had with his old classmate and her he wasn't even married to (my Mom he was). How do I get him to want to have a relationship with me? I look so much like him and it feels awful to look in the mirror and see my face knowing I look like the man who wants nothing to do with me. I am mad at him but most of all mad at myself that I am not good enough for him. I am 22 years old and a boy.

She threw a shoe at me during a fight and i started crying. We were in the middle of us going out, and i refused to go.She kept insisting i go just because she needed assistance, when like 4 other of our family members were going as well. I took my contacts out and put them away. She kept forcing me to put them on and i attempted to and flew away from my finger because i gasped for air. Who is at fault? Shes insisting i am, and im insisting she is.

I'm a 19 year old female. My parents divorced when I was 15. Since then I lived with my mother. My father would still come to see us and he behaved apparently very friendly towards my mother and my mother would always tell me and my brother ( he's 8 years older than me) that he will always be our father and we should always respect him. Anyway, they had and they still have arguments even after their separation, because of various reasons. When I'm with my mother and she tells me how my father has destroyed her life, I give all the rights to her. When I'm with my father and he tries to justify his faults, I suddenly warm my behaviour towards him and then, I feel confused because I'm not sure which one has preformed better than the other in this relationship. Outside of my parents' relationship I can easily judge between good and bad and I know there's no pure good or plain bad, but why can't I do that for my parents???

my sister always gets mad at me whenever i ask her any question. if i do anything thing without asking her she says that i was suppose to ask her before i do it and when i ask her she yells at me saying that she need some privacy in her life. for her i do dishes of one time every day, clean floor, island, do groceries and i go in my room as soon as i finished cleaning work so that they can have privacy. me my sister stays in foriecountry and my parents are in home country. she say she don t trust me anymore shall i stop my education and go back to my home country or shall i bear her for 4 years i dont have problem bearing her but they keep going out of country for 30 days every year and they won t let me stay in there home so i might have to stay some where else

I've spent about a month visiting my dad, my father has no legal custody over me but my mom has full custody. I wanted to go visit my mom and spend the night there even though I'm coming back soon. But my mom said it's okay for me to come spend the night but my dad won't allowed it since I didn't tell him a day ahead even though I drive myself and I'm 17. There is no set time or days I have to spend with my dad as I'm just being nice staying with him. But can he legally say no to going to see my mom with no legal custody over me and i already got permission for my mom.

No money, no job and no car..What are some alternatives? Theyre not going to help you, only get in your way to keep you there or without. They think I can move without any resources and anytime you try to save for any of these things they seek to sabotage, hinder, and deter you. Is there some kind of hypocrisy going on or underlying actual case than of just wat they are "saying"? because they're words don't match their actions. If they say one thing then why is there the sabotage?

I will be turning 20 in 6 months. I am very mature for my age. I still live at home under my parents roof. I help out around the house, cleaning, washing dishes, laundry, etc. I am not the type to get in trouble. I am going to college and will soon be a sophomore. I have good grades and always try my best. I work 4-5 days a week too. I'm never out late nor have I ever been to a party. However, my parents forbid me to go to my boyfriends house. They won't even let me go visit him during the day. He lives with his cousin and his cousins friend. My parents say it is taboo and wrong for me to go over there. And anytime we want to just stay home and watch movies and not go anywhere, he always has to come to my house. It's not like I'm 12 years old anymore. I am a young lady. I feel like I'm being babied but yet again, I am still living at home so I feel that I should follow all their rules. And also to I do not want to disappoint my parents for backtalking their rules and ways. Thoughts?

When I was a kid, I thought a chicken would hatch out of a supermarket egg. So, I did some research online and found out that they needed warmth. So, very stupidly, I propped up a pillow next to a heater and placed the egg on top of the pillow. I left it like that overnight and the pillow was completely burned when I woke up. The whole place smelt like a burnt pillow (not a very pleasant smell) and I blamed my little sister for placing the pillow there. Never got caught. What's your secret lie??

I thought of it tonight. My Dad only had one sibling and I still see her a lot as she never married or had kids. However, my mother had a really big family. She was one of 6 kids and all but one married and had families. They all lived local minus one. Yet since the grandparents died two have moved away in retirement, the one who lived out of town but visited frequently seldom visits and their kids never do. Another one who is local has kids who have moved away and that uncle who used to be close has alcoholism now so his grown kids don't visit now and he is a grouchy hermit basically and never comes around. So only one group, an uncle and his 3 adult children, live local. We used to be a big and close happy extended family visiting every other weekend. Now it is like every other wedding or funeral and that is like every 3 years. I find it so sad. I miss the old days. Everyone got along. It is not that there is any big falling out now or anything but just people have drifted apart. How do I except this and move on? How do I still have connections aside from Facebook? I live in an apartment so it is not like I can host everyone for Christmas or anything plus few live local.

Ever since I was a little girl, I was spoiled. I m about to turn 18 and there arw times where i feel childish and mature. I m OVERLY SENSITIVE. When I get yelled at, I feel the tears starting to form. My brother (11) cusses at my mom, swears at god, hits the walls and even breaks his phone whenever he gets mad but my mom has NEVER done anything to discipline him. I, on the other case have high expections from them. Like good grades and all (I do have good grades) As for me, I could cuss all i want but i chose not to and while speaking to her I accidently cussed about how everyone makes a fuc^kingx in the house everyday, every minute and that im tired of cleaning. She said I ll do it as many times as she wants and I said no. Her boyfriend was in the house, she started yelling at me in front of him (miracle she didn t hit me) and I was starting to feel shameful and started crying. I grabbed a knife and went to the bathroom without her seeing. I tried cutting my stomach, but no matter how much i try, I didn t see any blood but lines, like scars were left behind. But tbh, it felt good. My mom says it s my phone that puts all these ideas but its not. My phone is the only thing that makes me feel at peace. I don t watch anything too violent. I just Korean drama, anime, Chinese drama since I love it so much. When i told my mom that i don t feel loved, that I hate myself and I accidently said I don t want to live anymore (ofc, I want to live, it just came out). She called me crazy

I do not know any of the circumstances as it really surprised me to hear though they don't seem like the happiest couple in the world. They have 4 kids who have moved out now, two are even married. Not sure if they are divorcing or just going to live apart. It is an aunt and uncle with the aunt being the blood relative and she is the one I know a lot more anyway. So I learned last winter that they were separating. Now they are moving obviously and she is closing on the house so in town. She wants to get together. I am the only one still in this area as my father has died and my mother is not related to this aunt (my parents divorced). What do I say? I had been told by my mother who heard from a friend that the aunt-uncle are separating. I am afraid to say "oh I know, my Mom told me" as then I may be in trouble and certainly my mother will be even though she and the aunt haven't seen each other in years that I can think of. So if she brings this up then what do I say? Do I act shocked as I was when I first heard but now am not as it is 6 months later but no one knows I know? It is a family that does not gossip much (a good thing) but so something like this is not discussed normally.

I'm 23 and living with my dad. I have two more years to graduate. My father this morning was telling me about a boy who was 18 just graduated from college. I said "so who cares" and he got upset with me and said," I care, I want you out of my house." The other day I was asking him to help me with getting my 1095A form and he told me "fuuuuccck you, I shouldn't help you". I have nobody to live with, my mom and her boyfriend live with my grandma, my family in Sweden are weird they pay each other for the food they cook for each other to using their toilet and are very toxic to live with. Should I kill myself?

I am autistic and I have a very poor mom who is always in trouble I feel like I'm abusive and she is always overworked. I'm too stressful for her and I want to stop but I don't know how. I don't really understand her I go off into my own world and don't interact with reality just doing my own thing . For Example we went to the beach first thing I took off my clothing which I had a swimsuit underneath and took off my sandals I wanted to play as soon as possible. My mom was left to handle a lot me and my siblings were really hard on her. My sister said something stressful which made my mom upset. She said that everyone doesn't care about her and that we're all just focused on whatever we ourselves are doing and I was, and I don't want to be like that but I'm having trouble. My brother is the only person she trusts now she thinks nobody else cares for her! I keep breaking her and breaking her down and I wanna build her up but I can't and I can't tell why! There's this problems where everyone around her pushes her and then blames her when she breaks down and everyone does this and I'm aware of it now but it's just so stuck in me that I can't change it. Physc to go calls it conditional love as a family dynamic which I think I was born into. I also have autism and epilepsy and mental illness runs in my family.