So my son is 5yrs old. I married his father when he was 4, but I knew them when he was 2yrs old. His birth mom has always been out of the picture, and his father did have an ex because I came along which his kid called her mom, although now he calls her "bad mommy" (his own choice) He says he needs a new mommy. Even after I explained to him what happens when I married his dad. At first I didn't mind, I have a stepdad so I understand it's not good to force it, but now that he's in school he's been mentioning more often about needing a new mom so it makes me feel terrible. I have no clue what his teachers must think. He just calls me by my first name. Even my husband, and his Grandma has told him that I'm his new mom. He tells me he loves me, and gives me hugs so it's not like he dislikes me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

My mother loves women who will tell her that her sister, niece, an in-laws dislike my mother.

I told my mom that I was going threw an eating disorder so I could get help she told my dad and he takes it as a joke he said it was stupid and that I should just stop this really hurt my feelings because he doesn't it try to understand my situation And he just gets mad at me for it and demand me to stop doing what I am doing

I feel so bad for my Mother, because She has an awful sister and Mom(my Grandma) who often team up against Her. Which is funny considering they seem to always need something from Her. My Grandma has been living on government aid and money from Her divorce years ago and is basically poor. Meanwhile, my Aunt(Mom's Sister) is a longtime gold digger that has never fully supported Herself nor wants to. Both of them have taken money and time from my Mother and somewhat treat Her like crap. More recently, they "took Her out," for Her birthday to an expensive restaurant and my Aunt forgot Her purse. Therefore, my too nice Mother paid the entire bill, while my Grandma(who had Her purse) simply left the tip. I think they are both stupid and awful people!

He has alcohol in his hands every time I see him.

Durning the final walk though, we notice one of the outlits had been switched out to a two prong, at first I thought I was going crazy. Then I looked at the house photos again and clearly in the photo it was a 3 prong outlit in the photo. Now I'm concerned. We close tomorrow. Any suggestions, our realtor is trying to reach out to them but hasn't heard back yet..

I've been getting mandatory therapy (by court and my parents) and I swear I feel like I'm getting worse. Before I just delt with stuff and how I felt my own way and that usually meant not talking or eveing thinking about it but now, it like i dont even have that choice and I'm not able to deal with things the way I'm used to. I've already gotten multiple warning abt not complying with the process so that's not even on the table either. The therapist just keeps saying that sometimes boys my age (16) feel like it makes us feel weak or whatever, when really. I just prefer to handle things the way I have been and no body will let me. I've had suicidal thoughts in the past but lately I have them way more often and I feel like its bc the therapy and how we keep discussing non-issues and dredging up stuff that I've already gotten over. Its not just the one therapist either, this is the 4th one. Idk why they wont just take a hint. My way works way better for me and they wont leave well enough alone.

a couple days ago I was sitting down at the table with my mom, my grandmother, my sister and my dad. My younger sister got on the topic about celebrity crushes, my father asked me who I thought was attractive and I said Zayn And Shawn Mendes are pretty good looking people, mind you I am a mixed teenager, my mother also mixed and my father is fully African American. He asked me if liked white boys, I avoided his question, then he tried a different approach by saying "what's wrong with a black man" "white people are the devil, you know that?" "they will never accept you as one of their own" "smile in your face and then talk about you when you aren't around" so then I told him yes I do prefer Caucasians over African Americans and that set him OFF. He told me never to bring a white person around him if im dating that person, if I do there would be hell to pay. I cried a lot in my room after that, I just thought about how abusive he is to my mother, and he demands me to be with someone of "my own kind" when thats all my childhood consisted of him abusing her. My mom and grandmother support me fully and say if i love someone outside of my race then i go after them and also that love is love, all of which i know. If my father can not accept who i choose to be with, whenever that may be, then he doesn't accept me as a daughter. ever.

The holidays in a few months are coming and I'm dreading it. She threw a rage on the family vacation as well and clean by choked her when I did not. My parents enable her.

He is a deceptive liar who caves to his wife out of fear of her.  His wife is critical and needy.

I'm a 20y.o guy who still lives with his parents (guilty), wont be for long. Well, during my last hospital visit the dr. prescribed b12 shots. I told him not to bother as I'm not a fan of needles and that I'd just try and build it through my diet. He prescribed it anyway so when I got home I threw it away. My mother took the prescription and picked it up. Then, while I was asleep, she got my dad to help pin me down and give it to me forcefully. I was livid and they were acting like it wasnt a big deal and saying I was being a baby about it. I tried to get them to recognized that they essentially drugged me against my consent and they quite literally just laughed in my face. I get that it might seem like I'm exhaggerating and making a bigger deal out of it than it is, especially over vitamins. That's not what pissed me off, it's the way they went about it. Then mocked me about it. I know I probably shouldn't be this angry abt it but I am, so idk.

I'm 20 years old, and pregnant. I ran away at age 17, and been living without my parents since then. Our relationship and bond have gotten better since then, but recently, the guy I was living with is my boyfriend who is the father of the baby...things weren't going too good so my parents decided to fly me back down where they live. (We live in different states) so I think that one reason why it's hard for me to tell them. I miss my boyfriend so much and want a family with him. I miss his parents and his whole family roo. I lived there for a while and it felt like home. The thing I'm struggling with is telling my parents, especially my mom because shes so excited about the baby coming and I dont want to make it seem like I'm ripping that away from her. My boyfriend is even willing to buy my ticket for me to come back. But, how do I tell my parents I want to go back to him without hurting their feelings?

I really just need some reassurance. My mom called me this morning to tell me my family needs me today because my grandma is not doing well at all and it's probably her last day. So i call my employer (I'm an assistant preschool teacher) and tell them I'm sorry about the late notice (were supposed to call 2 hours in advance i called 1 hour) but I just got a call from my mom and I need to go be with my grandma and my family today so I can't come in. You'd think they would be like "oh I'm so sorry I'll keep you in my prayers go be with your family". But no. My employer is trying to make me come in anyway. My grandpa died in May and I went into work the next day and I missed his funeral for work and they know this. Am I being unreasonable?? Is it wrong for me to say I'm not coming in today because my family comes first and my grandma is literally dying??

My 8th grade son plays junior high (full contact) football.  He has ADHD and struggles with his behavior and his grades.  Being involved in sports helps him burn off his excess energy, keeps him busy, helps him make friends, encourages him to work harder in school (he needs to pass to play), and just generally provides a structured environment.  He wants to try out for the high school football team this summer. My wife has 'put her foot down' about high school football. She has become obsessed with the recent news about kids getting badly injured, or even dying, in high school sports related incidents.  She has no objections to other sports. My feeling is that the benefits of him playing outweigh the risks.  It helps with his behavior and grades, and he has actually gotten injured more playing on his soccer team than playing football.       I am curious what other's experience has been in situations like this.  

I was just released from hospital after a 4 day stay due to an overdose. While I appreciate that they were trying to help, I (an adult) didnt want them to. The cops gave me narcan and I was fine. Everything after that was completely agaisnt my will. When I woke up at the hospital in restraints I told them that I wanted to refuse treatment and they said they "couldn't" release me at that time. Didnt say why, except it was hospital protocol. Once I cleared for release that was it. I dont mean to sound ungrateful but as a 21 year old man who refused treatment, I'm confused as to how they were able to take away my right to even move freely.

I got a call from my daughter's high school that they wanted to discuss a problem with me. That was really surprising as she had never been any trouble before. The principal told me that the school had a problem with my daughter tutoring math. The only had room for a fixed number of students where she was doing the tutoring. Each semester they would post a sign up sheet for the tutoring. It turns out that most of the people that signed up were guys who did not need any tutoring. Most of the guys were A students that just wanted to get to know my daughter better. He said I can understand why these guys would want to get to know her better because she is beautiful girl. He said they were going to have to get someone else to do the tutoring so girls could get the math help they need. I know my daughter is going to be disappointed that she is being dumped. This just does not seem fair. I asked why they just don't kick the guys out that don't need tutoring and they told me they were afraid they would be accused of discriminating against boys. I think if my daughter could say she was a math tutor in high school, it will help her get in the college of her choosing. Parents (and high school girls) please give me your thoughts on this. Are they treating my daughter fairly? What should I do if anything?

Hello I am a single 37 year old man. I am a loner. I want my parents to outlive me because I hate life. What are the percentage chances that they will outlive me? I can't believe I have lived to be 37. It's like death forgot about me. Thank you for your time.

I need a place to stay. My dad is kicking me out. I have no money either. Any advice? 

I am still going to see them as I have a large extended family and these two aunts are two in about 45 relatives of my Mom's I see at gatherings. My Mom is one of six living kids. An uncle died two years ago. The attack was six years ago at a wedding reception.

My sister is a bad person.

So heres whats up. I got a job over the summer and once I got passed the BS of getting into the job, everything was fine...sort of. I constantly got sent home early (Mcdonalds employees know all too well of this i'm sure) I had to go to 4 orientations because of all the f ups they made. The payrate is low and once school started, I got shifted to only weekends. At first I was upset but then was ok with it. Now, early october, I have kinda been wanting to quit. Why? Well I have to wake up early 7 days a week between school and this job. I work very few hours on the weekend and just hate that I don't get one day off from anything. I can't work later in the day because my only transportation my mother works late on weekends and that forces me to stay with these early shifts (7 to whatever). The biggest thing holding me back is what if we need this money. I'm only a teenager and still want to have a little bit more of my life back. I just feel like if I quit then we'll go from kinda struggling to a much bigger hole. Am I selfish for this? Am I being too much of a whiner?

With my mother your either great or horrible and there is nothing in the middle.

So my mom met my step dad around the time I was 3 since kindergarten he's been physically disciplining me for everything my mom never touched me I think she respected him because he paid her bills and...growing up when they had my sister she NEVER was disciplined so all she saw was me being whooped I grew up getting in trouble in middle school a lot. All my little sister used to do was tell on me and see me as separate from herself after all I been through I'm now finally seeing myself as beautiful me and my mom are really close because her and my sons are the only people I have so my sister is envious of our relationship she's closer to her friends I go live a lot on Facebook and one day after I did she tagged me in a meme in so many words she was inferring that she seen me as ugly and others see me as beautiful so it hurt my feelings because this isn't the first shady thing she's did she even posted subliminal things about Ppl having more than one baby and I'm pregnant and then later on asked me how she could get pregnant faster from her guy friend I even caught her giving my kids father the eye and trying to sit around him at a cookout so after I was offended I posted something about abortions and she sent it to her dad who came home slamming things and having a attitude why does she always play the victim?

I'm 15 and I'm being forced to stay at my dad's house because I got in trouble. the thing is that I don't like my dad because hes toxic and abusive. He won't let me leave the house or be in my room which he locked me out of or talk to anyone. My mom won't listen to me and I told her I'm not going so I decided I'm just going to sleep in the shed at my moms. If they decide to call the cops would I be forced to still go over there or could I choose to stay at my moms and she has primary custody. Also I don't feel safe at my dad's I feel like he will hurt me. And since I can't leave or just run out of the house it gives me anxiety because when the alarm sounds he set it so that the cops will come.

I was touching my hair (I had braids at the time) and my friend was coming over. He didn't want to touch it, so he handcuffed me. Is this abuse I was touching my hair and my dad cuffed me, is this abuse? Help please

He has seen her attitude many times and is still in disbelief about why she treats me like crap. How can I convince him he should just get a job and leave her house? I have already left the house and I am getting my own apartment while he is still there just thinking about whether or not to leave. Should I just hide from both of them or just his grandmother? Would you get an apartment with your son? What if he does not look for a job like he has to? What if his excuse is that he is overwhelmed by school?

My mother let him be social with some gal she is friends with and they ended up travelling together. He's been separated since April. Jerry has best answer, apologies Jerry as I hit the wrong name when picking best answer.