I think my cousin sounds too serious about it. She's never ran away before but she's been pushing boundaries for the past six months. Normal teen angst. Her mom is strict but not too strict. I'm worried that she'll actually do it because she's describing the plan In detail. My cousin says that she'll run away with an older friend who doesn't have a "real mom". The friend is a 16 year old girl who's in a foster group home. The older kid has ran away before and it took longer to find her because she had no parents to report her missing. The group home has tons of children to accommodate. It's really common for the foster teens to run away, especially when they don't like the rules that a home has. 

My dad hates my boyfriend. We been together for over a year now, and he wants us to get a place together, but my dad hates my boyfriend! He hates the way he talks, dresses, his job! The whole 9 yards! My dad is extremely old school, and some say he's more than old school. He believe you should be married before living together, or sleeping under the same roof. My boyfriend should pay for everything, and fully be able to support me where I don't have to work. My dad came by one day and we were in bed together sleeping. (Fully dressed) My dad now despises. Recently he got a flat at my place, ran into some issues so I drove him home, and he came back the next day, and I let him have a key to my place, and he ended up staying a few days while I was working. My dad was beyond mad I let him have a key, and was even more mad I let him stay while I was at work. He has his fault of course, and things he needs to work on, but so do I, and a part of me really wants to get a place together, but my dad would go ape $h!÷ . He already took the keys back to his house I had because I let my boyfriend have a key to my apartment, and him hang out while I was at work. My boyfriend his side I am already expected at all his family evens, and family photos. What do I do? We won't see eye to eye, talking will turn into an arugement. Unless we break up. That is the only way I see my dad being happy is my boyfriend and I were to break up.

That he went on social media apps to hit up on 30 years younger than him women, while being married to your mom? Idk how to handle this, it's so disgusting.  Fireball really. I already know myself what a committed man is supposed to be like, no need to rub it in my eyes when I'm telling you how bad he is. Jesus.  In febr of this year he had an affair with my aunt btw, who is married to the brother of my mother... And 20 years younger. It's so disgusting. He doesn't care about anyone but himself. I found out about it through pics of them he saved on his phone... Disgusting.  @ Patricia: no. Men aren't typically predators when they're married with kids. Idk any of my friends dads who act like this, but thanks for your cent in this...... I guess. Setting up the great example out there of how to be. 

Whenever I go out I must tell my mom what time i'm leaving, where i'm going, who i'm going with, and what i'm wearing. And I cannot have sleepovers. Yes, I am almost 21 and I live with my mom and she own my car. If I disobey too much she can take one of the two away from me.  She did it to both of my sisters so she'll do it to me

They destroyed me as a child

I'm a senior in high school and I was working on a homework assignment on my iMac and my 4 year old sister walked in while making noises and just grabbed my computer and knocked it off the table and it smashed and cracked and doesn't turn on. It's my only computer and I need a computer to do my school work but my parents said they can't do anything about it so idk what to do

I'm in 10th grade and I was in justice class and he was teaching and suddenly he put his hand on his chest and went over to me and put his face in front of me and burped really loud and wet and it smelled horrible then he laughed and said he just wants to share what he ate, everyone laughed in the class but i'm really grossed out and find it unprofessional, so I'm wondering if i can do anything about it why would i go to my counselor..? You don't report things to a counselor..their for mental health stuff.. you go to a principal but i don't know if he would even get in trouble  This is serious and i'm just not sure what to do or if anyone would care  This is a serious question, don't answer if you aren't going to help thanks 

So i'm a 16 year old girl and I was at my local mall with my cousin who is 13 and he and I went into Nordstrom in the mall and took some clothes and put it in our bag then we walked out and got away with it then we went into Gamestop and took some ps4 games off the shelves and put them in our bags and walked out then we went into the apple store and asked for a 4K mini displayport to hdmi adaptor for 34 dollars and the guy handed us one and asked how we will pay and i just grabbed it and ran out of the store with my cousin and we ran out of the mall and ran home since my house is only 3 blocks away, i'm home now and wondering if we could get in trouble

She is a horrible human being

So I dropped my 6 year old daughter off at our daycare center this morning while I went to work and when I went in to pick her up I walked past a classroom with a woman beating a girl on the head hard for dropping a glass plate which made a mess and then I walked into my daughters class and she was just alone on the floor with a bruise on her face and she said she was beaten for talking back so i took her home and i filed a police report, what else should i do

So I'm going to a party December 28. My mom sister is having it for her daughter's engagement. She's invited my uncle and his soon to be ex-wife as we as their kids. My grandmother is very agitated and about fainted when she saw the uncle soon to be ex on the guest list. She noted to put him in a terribly awkward situation as well as the rest of us. I like his soon to be ex-wife and they've been married 30 years. When I see her my grandmother noted that she is just going to say the words high and nothing else. My grandmother strongly dislikes her for a lot of reasons. I suspect the soon to be ex will come and so how do I act in a way that's gracious without making my grandmother mad? I really want to be nice store is I haven't seen her in almost 2 years so I'll be glad to see her. At the same time I it feels like I am supposed to hate her in order to be on good terms with the rest of the family. Down the road this woman's mother is going to die and I'm gonna want to make an appearance at the funeral as we've known her, I'm gonna get hell from my mother for that as my mother is not on good terms with the soon to be ex either because she's on her brother side. I'd like to get along with all in the family but my mom's family tends to view family as either in or out and so I wanna make sure I'm in. The aunt having the party is looked down on because she's really nice to the enemies of the family as well as the friends and that's why she is viewed by some as a whack job. Please excuse anything that does not make sense as I'm talking into my phone so I just realized I might be serious grammar errors.

I meant to say how do I get him to see me how this hurts me. 

I'm going to try to go but with work I'm not sure I'll be able to make it. She is family so I feel guilty not going but I only met her once though I do know her grandmother. It's not like it's a first cousin or sibling. So should I feel guilty if I can't make it to the funeral Monday? Just depends when I get done appointment wise. I do know the girls grandmother pretty well. The funerals about a half hour from where I live. Only one relative of mine for my immediate first cousins and aunts and uncles is going and that's one aunt.

My youth group went to camp this weekend for 3 days and i couldn't go because my family couldn't afford it and i'm really depressed because i found out my crush is going and i could have lived with him for a few days if i went and i'm really sad because i'm obsessed with him and he never talks to me at youth group meetings because i used to harass him online a little more then a year ago and i apologized but he's been avoiding me since and i was hoping to finally make things right if i went to camp but now i can't i'm crying

My brother's wife has large boobs. She likes to show a LOT of cleavage. Strangely, my brother is OK with that. At our parent's home, she will bend over in front of me and say "Don't look at my boobs". How could I not look at them when they are 6 inches away from my face? I just say "OK". That is really strange behavior. Other times she will bend over in front of me to give me something and then say "Did something come up". I always truthfully tell her no. I have NO sexual interest in my brother's wife EVER. I wonder why she is acting this way. Is she flirting with me or possibly just teasing me? Anyone have any ideas why she is doing this to me?

So there is this little Columbian kid who works at my dad's company and occassionally I have to work with the little ****.  He constantly feels the need to correct me and he thinks his way is the right and only way.  I am older by 10 years, and sometimes I want to stand-up and jack him in his stupid **** head and remind him that I could have him terminated at any point for insubordination.  The truth of the matter is he is a brown noser sniffing out my dad's pockets and I really don't have to be there.  I can do his job and some, but the onky reason my dad keeps him around is because he lessens the workload, but honestly, I know me and the new guy can handle everything a okay.  Anyways, I am too old to be talked at in that tone and I don't think he wants to see how ugly I can get.  He needs to learn his place, and this is probably why he got fired from his other job.  For too much brown-nosing.  I refuse to work with him anymore.  I can't be in the same room as him for longer than 10 minutes before I want to get him in a submission hold and choke the life out of him. He ain't no brother of mine.  

My mother constantly talks AT me.  I'm middle-aged and haven't had a real two-way conversation with her in years: 1.  She keeps telling me my parents' net worth and how much I'm going to inherit.  It would be a lot, but she's voting for Democrats who promise tax increases that will reduce it. 2.  She constantly tells me her political views.  Over and over.  I don't like those views. 3.  The same family stories, over and over. 4.  Sports updates, even though she prefaces the updates with, "I know you don't care about this..." Just totally ignore all of this?  Nod in approval?  Or respond another way? Thanks.

How do this when I might as well be a child to them they hold my assets due to my past

I dont talk to my relatives anymore because they are toxic people and I am not feeling comfortable around them at all and they are bad for my mental health. I dont want to talk to them and I want them to be out of my life. They wont stop parking their car in front of my house because they dont want to park it on the parking lot because they will have to pay! There are countless free spots for parking their car and they chose to park it right in front of my house? I am raging, i cant stand these people, they just want to provoke me! They are capable of ruining my day just by meeting them. They wouldnt say or do anything but they will ruin my day just by their appearance. i hate them, i dont want them in my life why dont they understand? 🥺 i cant live my life under stress anymore. I am too stressed, anxious, worried and sad.. pls help! They wont stop provoking! I fcking hate them! Why dont they just stop thinking about me and my family? I want them to leave. Is that too much to ask? I dont have a car but if I had a car how would I get it out? Their car is parked right in front of my garage. I swear I am raging! Mom goes morning shift today, I dont talk to my dad and I dont talk to my relatives.. what the fck i would do if i got in a situation like that? How would I be able to get out my car if there was another car right in front of my garage? Please help! I am stressing out and raging!

My Dad does this to me and I am wondering if it will teach him how it feels. I am the more mature one in the relationship since he is a pathological liar. My mother had to leave him cause of his lies and I assume he lies to my siblings. Lying is the new fad for him and he gets angry that I do not lie more often.

When I graduated from Med school 3 years ago my family were all so proud ...they couldnt wait for me to stary working....however once I started working they become...VERY stubborn to understand how tight my schedule can be. Funny thing is...whenever I complain about lack of free time to hang with my girlfriend or rest my family says "thats the job deal with it." But whenever they want my help and I cant come because of work then they complain "why are you always onCall" And I keep having to explain to them that onCall schedule's arent set in stone...sometimes I have to stay on because of mass casualties etc.... They never understand and keep guilt tripping me about "ignoring my family" You cant have it both ways ! You're so proud to tell everyone your son is a Doctor...yet you want me to come visit all the time

Ok so I am a 19 year old man with an EXTREMELY overprotective dad. My father (not me) has Asperger's Syndrome and OCD just to let you know. Okay so I'm 19 and my dad still makes me put on a jacket to go outside while my curfew is 4:30pm in winter (sunset is like 5:30pm) and my curfew is 7:00pm in summer. (8:00pm on weekends). My dad makes me text him every morning to let him know I'm awake and makes me take a shower everyday. He does not let me get on the internet alone and checks my history (he might see this lol no really). He also checks my texts. He has never left me to have a conversation with my girlfriend and puts a tracker on my phone. I do not drive. He does not allow me to have long hair unless I wash it daily and style it the way he likes. I have a bedtime which is 10pm (I never follow it lol), and I have a wake up time which is 8am. I am 12th grade, homeschooled so school is not a problem. He also refuses to let me join in on adult family conversations because he feels I'm not an adult yet (we live in the USA). He begs me to not leave home and get a job at his workplace so he can keep watch on me. I wasn't allowed to stay home alone till 18 (he texts me every 15min) and I still have a babysitter at 19. I am very aware of my dad's conditions and I understand life is a struggle for him everyday. (He has panic attacks) I know my dad loves me very much and he cannot help it. He has always been overprotective (bathing me, brushing teeth/hair till age 12). Any advice? I am a very easy going guy but I really can't take much more of this. I understand my dad can't help his conditions and he's only trying to protect me but he needs to have more of an open mind. When I stayed home alone for the first time at 18 he called me 11 times in 5 hours and got choked up because he felt I was growing up "too fast". I also did not reach puberty till age 16½ as looking quite young for my age may have also had something to do with it.  I know my dad tries his best and we've been seeing a counselor at church for the last 2 weeks (we've gone twice) and I think my dad has the potential to make progress but because of his Asperger's Syndrome he cannot put himself in other people's shoes. I am his only child and I understand it must be scary for him especially with his Asperger's and OCD, but he has to understand this can't go on forever. My dad does not make me pay rent so I try to be grateful for the little things. Just to let you know I can stay home alone but I do still have a babysitter for "other" reasons and my babysitter is an a**hole. He understands my situation and does nothing but make fun of me and take advantage of me. He acts like my father just to piss me off. He eats our food and treats me like a 4 year old child threatening to "tell on me to my father" if I'm "difficult". I've talked to my parents about this but my dad does not want to get rid of him as he feels I still need a babysitter. 

My brother who just turned 20 passed away back in July under horrible circumstances. Last night I got a Facebook message from a girl who told me she knew my brother, they were close and he was the father of her two-week old baby. I have been corresponding with her back and forth. She had shown a few photos of her and my brother and some texts. They are pretty serious conversations. They weren't dating but really close friends with benefits. He told none of our family. We are doing a background check on her. She showed us a picture of the baby and we want to believe it's my brother's and we are going to arrange for a DNA test but we just don't know what to think or how to feel about this.  So far she has been forthcoming, answered all my and my parent's questions. I'm just suspicious because this is the first time we heard about her. I just wonder why my brother wouldn't have at least mentioned her. 

We all have one, No matter what time of year, what occasion, who's around or not, they getting into a messy argument with SOMEBODY. All you gotta do is blink then next thing you know they getting into it with somebody else 2 days after they just got out of a quarrel  like "damn you don't get tired of ******* arguing yo? Shut up!" For me it's my dad and maternal gm. Who is it for you?

I just want to know I'm not alone I hate being the oddball out, I always try to blend in, but in a family setting I just can't I'm the only one that doesn't either authentically or pretend to buy into religious ideology. I'm about to be the only one of my siblings with a 4 year degree, I'm the only woman who's life doesn't center around a man, my hair's short, covered in tats, and when people tell me I'm going to hell I just shrug my shoulders cause I believe I'm already there. Sometimes it sucks and I wish I fit in (cause it would prevent a lot of quarrels) but other times it's cool cause I know I'm unique, and I'm not living a life just to fit in 

I'm 16. I wish I could focus on things like making music and having fun with music. My parents know this but still force me to do lots of extracurricular activities outside of school. (Boy scouts, swimming) I don't really plan to go into music but I do wish I could at least write songs everyday and spend two or three hours per day practicing. Although my parents always tell me that I'll have more time when I group up to do these things. Will I really have more time to do these things? Currently I'm taking ap classes in school along with the regular advanced ones with swimming and Boy Scouts. This leaves me almost no free time to unwind except on Sundays. Thanks. 

My location has lots of US born children with immigrant parents. I notice how a lot of them reject their parent's native culture. For example - the kid might refuse to speak their parent's language, they likely disagree with their parents values & beliefs and want to be seen as American ONLY!!! During school age, some kids also go through a phase of feeling misunderstood. They know that they're not like their parents but other people (strangers) also view them as foreign because of how they look. 

My son is 23 living at home and finishing up college in May. I've noticed that he's been acting weird and he's room smells like cigarettes sometimes. I know for a fact that he's smoking and drinking till he gets drunk, it's pretty obvious . I was looking for advice on how should I confront him ? I understand he's grown. But I just want the best for him. He's also on anxiety medication. 

My mom isnt abusive or anything shes just ridiculous and childish  My mom likes to move things around in my room (i am 13) without my consent and gets mad when i try to stop her. She also keeps her clothes in my room for some reason and she has more clothes than me so she takes up 3 quarters of MY closet space. She has plenty of room in my dads closet. I was fine with it until last year when i finally wanted my privacy and peace. Whenever im doing something private in my locked room she tries opening it without knocking and when that doesnt work she demands that i open the door. It is really annoying and it infringes my privacy rights. Im pretty sure my dad could help me out but its a gamble because he could either do something or not do anything. Should i tell him?

I'm bored ... I have nothing to do I have done all the housework and I don't know where to go.

My parents usually make mistakes, and when I tell them that they're wrong, they start saying mean things to me. Normally, when I tell them about my hobby, which is technology, they often tell me that it is pointless or it is useless and it hurts my feelings. At this time, which is Christmas my parents keep telling me to practice the violin, and do other stuff instead of doing things on the computer (I don't play games). Also, they keep saying mean things to me. I don't think that the actually care about me.

It's not her funeral unfortunately but an old neighbor of ours. People will be asking me about her and I don't wanna spread gossip or I'll be as wicked as my sister.

I'm noticing that some kids with overbearing parents tend to be socially awkward, paranoid and less mature. They don't fit in with other people their own age. They don't meet developmental milestones on time. Is it the overprotecting that makes them less mature?

I feel awful for my dad having to go through his wife getting up and leaving without saying anything, what can I do to help him? I know it takes time to heal but I want to do something to help him out besides caring and helping out around the house and kids..i love my father and want to help him out more emotionally, we haven't been close for awhile but I think I can be a big help and be there for him, it sounds awful but I don't exactly know how.

I remember onetime when my sister and I were teenagers, she let me kiss her forehead. I kissed her forehead because her and my mom had been in an intense argument. I tried to calm her down so i thought a kiss would be a good idea. I'm her brother. She didn't seem to mind it.  But then when my parents were around, she seldom (almost never)  hugged or kissed me. 

I was taken from her by the police when I was 11. She had filmed my supposed stepfather having sex with me over five years. I was beaten and bound and tortured. She enjoyed it and would laugh while she was filming me. she and my step-father were both jailed for many years and my stepfather died in prison from AIDS and hopefully went to hell from there as he had no remorse. I got HIV because of the abuse though I'm still living with it. My story even made the news nationally in 1994. Now my mother is out of jail and wants to meet. She's been out of jail for three years and has never shown any remorse. She even gave me the finger at CPS and the police were taking me. A teacher had tipped the place off. So how do I act and what do I say when I see her? Do I tell her how evil she is? Do I forgive her if she has had a change of heart and a sorry? Do I forgive her but refuse to trust her or have a relationship with her in case her apologies or fake? Do I walk out if she starts to say it was my fault? Do I just say no to meeting her? She Looks just like my sister who is also if he is there not a severely. My sister is refused to know me and my adult years when I try to meet her and I learned through my mothers letter that my sister committed suicide three years. In the letter my mother indicated no remorse and said she wants to clear her name as the reason for meeting me. she even insulted my sister for blaming her for everything.