My sister in law is having a baby shower for her new baby shes having. All day shes texting my husband (her brother) photos and links to a baby crib that shes expecting him to buy for her. Is that wrong? She did it in the past to both my brother in law and my husband on stuff for our nephew but would you consider it wrong or should my husband be nice and buy the crib? I thought gifts were surprises from people not begging this one person to buy a gift but okay. 

She's 21. She's easily 60 pounds heavier from where she was a couple of years ago. Thinking I was being a good older brother, I offered to walk with her, teach her some healthier things to cook, etc. She said that I'm mocking her, saying she's fat, and that she can make her own decisions on weight. What exactly did I do wrong? I'm just worried if she keeps down this path, things will get much worse

She always wanted things her way. She made all the decisions on how our new house was going to be built when she barely provided for us, all just to leave my dad shortly after. None of my family members other than my sister really understands how bad it is. My sister completely cut her off the first two years she attended college, but my mom hosts family Christmas and Thanksgiving, so eventually, she had to come back around to see the family.  Recently my mom got married to another man and he is the nicest guy imaginable, but somehow my mom keeps on arguing with him. I heard her arguing with my stepdad and she was telling him about how she cheated on him and that she didn't actually love him a month before their wedding! They've been dating for around 6 years before this, by the way. The entire wedding was already paid for at this point, and she knew that.  It seriously feels like she just wants to keep getting divorces on purpose for drama and her own ****** up entertainment.  Somehow my step-dad just puts up with it every time and tries to forget about it. When we are with the family she always has a personality that seems super fake, so the only people to really see who she is are the people that have lived with her. My sister wants to just tell her everything and how we feel but my mom is extremely emotionally sensitive and cries over small criticism, so we feel like she might go crazy if she finds out how we really feel about her. What should I do? I am 16 right now.

I notice my girlfriend whenever we are over at my brothers house, who just had a baby with his wife, she will just go completely baby crazy and spend the entire time playing with the baby and holding him and trying to teach him new things, etc etc. It's just the baby has magnetic powers over my girlfriend. Also my brothers wife is the same way, she just cannot get enough of the baby, and is always holding and playing and baby talking to him. I mean don't get me wrong, I love to play with baby's too, but not to the extent of most women I've seen. My girlfriend could hold and play with this baby that's not even hers all day long if I let her.

I'm 16, So I have some condoms in my drawer, and tomorrow my grandmother is coming to clean the house some because she's weird and thinks since my parents are working she needs to she's like that, and I'm afraid she'll get snoopy and find Them. Where could I hide them? I had considered keeping them in the car but I'm afraid they'll Become inaffective as I've heard that car storage for condoms is a bad idea 

I work for my father and I take great pride in being the leader of the extended family. Since I also have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, I get obsessed on this goal. As a result my father and mother find it toxic. The uncle lives in Atlanta and we live out west in Colorado. I want to fly down for the funeral when he dies. I am obsessed on the conflict that will ensue when I inform my Dad. If I didn't work for him I would just go without telling him. Since I work for him I have to tell him. How do I go about this when it happens? It could be tomorrow or it could be in 5 years. The uncle is 89. Same problem when the aunt dies. As a family leader I want to attend and this branch of the family is very close though my Dad doesn't see this the same I do. I went to college in Atlanta so got close to this branch of the family. My Mom's uncle who lives in Maryland is not close so I will skip that funeral. Also, my Dad sees funerals as silly unless nearby. Any ideas? I am obsessing over this. He probably even has the power to stop me since I work for him even though I am 38. 

I was wondering what other countries she's been to outside of the US or South America  

i'm 17 a teenager in highschool and i have one hands that adds to my problems. I have a low self esteem and i've always struggled with my life. My mom was a drug addict when i was younger, only visited to ask my dad for money. She's back now and i love her but we're always fighting and she says i play victim all the time boohoo me, and brings up the fact i lie about feeling depressed to get out of chores.. where's the reasoning. My dad is nice but like some are they might be very unsympathetic so i feel like i'm being tortured everyday mentally. I can't even say how i feel to my mom because she'll scream at me for having animosity towards her because she was gone 15yrs of my life. I cry often, and i'm a shy kid so i was just desperate for somewhere to vent without telling me how i feel. I also have terrible anxiety and feel like i'm gonna be a failure after highschool. My grades right now aren't the best.. sometimes i break down in the bathroom because i can't take it. I try so hard yet achieve nothing, almost where i feel like my teachers hate me. My gym teacher marked me off points because i wasn't comfortable with dancing because of my hand showing.. literally was so horrible to me i cried everyday. I always laugh it off but i'm just tired now.. not even sad.. just overly done. Even when i go to hug my mom sometimes she'll reject me because i'm "annoying" and she needs space. I just wanna feel happy man. I don't think about dying don't worry!! but sometimes i feel like no one would even be sad, and i'm not the best kid either i do give attitude but i cant help it sometimes. My brother curses at me every single day and he's gonna be 20, sometimes even pushes me. I have so much anxiety that when i walk down the hall i'm about to panic because i think people are talking about how ugly i am due to the constant bullying i used to receive, i can acknowledge that's better now and im super grateful but only have one hand **** to clarify

My children are a part of the birth23 program which helps children with a kinds of delays and disorders. My sons are 2 and not talking yet which is very common with twins AND boys but their pediatrician is freaking out about it, so I figured I'd try the program for the hell of it. It has been useless. All they do is chit chat with me and tell me to use sign language with my sons and to associate noises with sounds and objects wherever I can week after week which I can just do on my own without having two people watch me for an hour every week doing it. I thought it was going to be more intensive than teaching my children sign language which again I can just do on my own. They also seem very undereducated and seem very clueless with child development when I have questions. I've since suspended the visits as we get no use from them and I'm convinced they've brought over at least 2 viruses since they've started coming around as I am pregnant so we don't leave home much and they are our only visitors. My children have only been sick 3 times in their lives, the last time was almost 6 months ago, and suddenly have had two colds back to back despite us not going anywhere the last couple weeks except to look at houses because I do not feel good. Not even grocery shopping. So they do nothing but bring viruses from other children they work with and I'm not exposing my kids to coronavirus to learn sign language when Google exists. Anyone have any issues with this program?

The one who beat the other up has psychiatric issues so this is not necessarily her fault. She is a 54 year old with schizophrenia and Bipolar. They also say her symptoms are worse cause of menopause (not sure how). The other aunt she attacked is somewhat ignorant of the mental illness and talks like it is all an attention seeking thing. Not sure what triggered the fight and the one in the hospital is in a deep coma so can't tell. Whose side to I take since the aunt who tried to kill the other one is mentally ill and so can't choose right and wrong the way we would. Also when the one in the deep coma can be ignorant and insensitive in her words. Can I stay neutral like I have in their conflicts in the past? My parents try to make me like the referee though obviously now it is extreme. Lastly, how do I make my grandmother feel better. Her one daughter will likely die and the other is jailed in a psychiatric ward.

Not moving in just sleeping over. He's a couple years older. Fun personality, has multiple jobs, your family liked him.  I'm the boyfriend 

So here's the deal she is being sent back and forth between parties and I can tell it's really effecting her. She already doesn't really want to go home she wants to stay with her dad. I feel like it's the best idea to just say goodbye. 

My sister said her boyfriends dad passed away last week she's gonna be talking to him on the phone all week she's also going to see him sometime this week. She's never been through this before with a guy she's not sure what to do or what to say to him. What do you say or do to someone after they're parent dies ?

My grandma on my moms side passed away and my mom really wants me to go to the funeral. I haven't seen my grandma in 15 years. My moms entire family lives out of state here where my grandma lived. 4 aunts and uncles 10 cousins and 15 second cousins all kinds of family. My mom chose to not live near them and I grew up only meeting these family members a few times as a child. My grandma always helped my mom buy me school clothes and sent Christmas gifts and things when I was young but I didn't really know her or anyone on that side of the family. I want to support my mom. We lost my dad 8 years ago so I think it is extra hard on her. Problem is I just really don't want to go. It would be different I guess if we really knew each other. If the funeral was where I live I would go but leaving everything for days is not easy. I don't have any children but I have 2 dogs and live in an apartment and would be leaving my husband to work full time and take care of both of them. I'm afraid of flying. I haven't flown since I was a child when we went to see them. I don't want to have to explain my life to essentially strangers and be uncomfortable the whole time. But if I don't go I'm afraid my mom will hate me. What should I do? Should I just suck it up and go? What should I say if I don't go?

This is an odd memory from when I was younger but back when I was a child, one of my mom's friends was in prison in Oshkosh, WI, and we would visit him on Sunday. And every Sunday after we visited him, my mom would stop at this gas station on the way home that had a merry go round and it was my favorite thing. If anyone knows this gas station and where it could possibly be, please tell me.

I need to teach a 12 year old girl how to use a metered dose inhaler with spacer. I thought about getting a Barbie doll I'll name Ouiser Barbie. Is that too young for a preteen? Can you please give other ideas for props if so? Or no props? Getting graded so I want to be creative. Thanks!

so this morning i was masturnating with my morning wood and my sister walked in because she thought i was still asleep, what my title really should be is my sister caught me watching porn. so now we haven't talked since, what do i say

so i got pokeman shlid 4 the switch and I got to the part were u pivk ur stater i chose grokie and it was yellow i closed out and whent back it was green do u no y this hapened 

My Mom dislikes the uncle's wife. It is her brother. He did not want my brother looking at porn in their house on their computer so he said something to him. My parents are mad he said anything negative to their son. As a result they do not speak to this uncle or his offspring. I think it is fair for him not to approve of porn and my brother was looking at on-line porn which I hear is graphic. So now 3 years later I am banned from any association with the uncle, his wife, or their 4 kids. How do I see them? Why is it bad to ban porn? I am 19 and female.

if youre a adult who draws disability & youre over the age of 18 and in charge of your own check, can you legally & willingly move out of a relative s house?

It's not so much a boundary, but I was brought up never wearing shoes in the house- you put your shoes by the door and wear socks or just go barefoot in the house. I'm 24 now and live with my boyfriend, and we have adopted the same custom. The other day, my mom comes in and she's walking all over the house with her shoes on. I asked her to please not wear her shoes through the house, and her instant response was, "My shoes are clean." I told her that she doesn't like my shoes on in her house, and she got huffy and said, "Well, MY shoes are clean." To clarify, they were her regular outdoor/work/etc shoes, not shoes she put on just inside the door. Is it even worth trying to get her to listen to me? She doesn't come over much, but when she does I'd prefer she not have an attitude over something SHE taught me. Thanks for your help.

I already feel horrible, because my Mom is an amazing Mother. However, the poor woman is as dumb as a rock sometimes. Often when I have quoted Her in any questions I've asked on here, it leaves perfect strangers incredulous. Recently She got in a political spat with my liberal ex boyfriend on Facebook, that was pretty dumb actually. My guilt stems from the fact that I "liked," one of the mean people's comments. Because, at some level I agree with them about how dumb and immature She is.

He doesn't want anyone there who can't get a job or kids who are his nephews. Everytime he goes to the groceries he buys food for his mom but hates it when she cooks for her grandson. He is also beginning to ask me for money even though his nephew is getting support from his caring grandmother. He also blames him for things around the house as well as anyone else he can blame. What is the correct way of having a decent conversation when he only rants and asks for money? He ran away from home and also put an alarm system when he came back then when other people entered he blamed the whole fee on the sister for a break in alert. He also got mad when one of his brothers got rid of his old couch. Now he tells everyone he only wants to live alone with his mother even though he abuses drugs sometimes.

She told me bluntly, "Don't push my totes." And I said "okay!" frustratingly. I said it with a slight hint of defensiveness. We as pick selectors are tasked with the job of putting products into shipping totes to be distributed in pharmacies throughout New York. I would keep pushing her totes along with mine to get done. When she finally told me to stop pushing her totes bluntly and not nicely, I got a little defensive but complied.

My son's father left me when he was a baby, and I've raised him on my own. Since he starting dating his first girlfriend a few weeks ago, he has become very rude, and his attitude is pretty bad. He snaps at me a lot and ignores me quite often. It's never happened before and I'm not sure how to deal with this. I started dating my bf a couple of years back, and around four months ago, he moved into our home. He spends a lot of time with my son, plays soccer with him, they have good chats.  On Sunday, my son invited his gf over for dinner with us. We were having a good time until I accidentally spilled a bit of Coke on his best shirt. I said sorry but he smacked my hand away and called me a "senile bi*ch".  Before he had even got the word out, I heard a loud clap, and saw my son's face jerk right. I could almost see finger marks on his cheek. My son just looked down at the floor in humiliation and we all ate in silence and his gf left soon after.  When she left, he began to cry and throw food on the floor. My bf told him not to do that 3 times. He continued, and my bf walked up and gave his face another smack, just as hard, even though he was already crying. He then put his hand under my son's chin, made him look into his eyes and said "You're 16, almost a man. But if you behave like a boy, I'll treat you like one". My son stopped throwing food instantly.  My son has behaved almost perfectly with me since but believes he did not deserve to be slapped. What should I do?