I dont wanna move back to NC because my stepfather who I was living died. My grandfather who I was also living with here in Alaska moved out of state so I'm homeless now.

Don't get me wrong H Town is great! The diversity and food is unbeatable. But things haven't been exactly going as planned for my fiancée and I job wise. We recently moved to Houston in August 2019. It seems like every month we struggle to pay rent. Not having jobs call you back is another downer after applying like crazy, you just give up when no one calls you back.  I did however leave my job back home on a good note, and they would indeed pick me back up. The pay cut moving from Boston to Houston is another downer. I went from making 16$ an hour to 10.50$ an hour. That's not to mention the paycut my fiancée took as well.  Things haven't been TERRIBLE, we're just getting by, but she's been homesick ever since we got here. I've been trying my best not to get homesick but now I'm starting to feel it as well. My thing is I do not want to move back on an impulse and have it be a mistake I later realize, so I want to make sure and ask around if anyone has ever had a similar experience. Part of me feels like once I'm back home that homesickness will disappear after a couple days and reality will set in, remembering the reasons why we left. I do want to avoid the resentment at all costs. Some people say you don't appreciate where you live until you move away. I will say I would appreciate being back home a little more if I moved back. Nothing beats being with friends and family, the sports, 4 seasons, education, etc. honest opinions???

I am the first that has graduated college from a family of 8 children. Yet, I just graduated and got a simple job. My father chases me when I visit him he follows me in the house and has followed me to work. He tells me he admires me and wants to be just like me and he tells me to mentor him. He also wants me to give up my weekends to go with him to Mexico and get drunk. As much as I find that fun, I have a wife and kids now and only like doing family events. How do I control him?

I am a 19 years old female and my family is very religious. For me, I'm still finding my way as a muslim. I wouldn't say I am that religious but its not like I want to be a different religion. I am in college and I won't deny that I did drink one time and I have been repenting for what I have done. Not only that but I have kissed a guy but nothing further than that. I realize I am a sinner and I know that what Ive done is wrong. Im ngl, I'm cursed. Recently my parents found out about this and of course they were furious. My dad told me to commit suicide and kill myself and he was gonna send me off to the middle east to marry me off to someone, anyone. He has always been abusive and beats me up and I ran away but he said if he finds me he'll stab me. My mom blames me for ruining our lives. I just don't know what to do as far as family or education. I have no appetite and Ive lost 10+ pounds over this past week. My mom calls me a whore and a slut and she doesn't want to listen to me. Understandable, I did some bad things. she even told me that parents have the right to kill me and that because we're muslim, we still need our father. I just don't know what to do.  I did not tell my parents, they snooped around i guess and thats how they found out.

My husband's family seems to like to laugh at each other. I've been with him for about 16 years and I've told him I do not like going to family gatherings because my husband usually will make a joke about me or tell them something I did and they'll usually laugh and joke about it for a while. Normally he'll embellish the details a bit to make it that much more funnier for everyone. I don't like that and I don't like being the but of the joke. No, it's not always focused on me but my husband says that if I can laugh at everyone else then I shouldn't have a problem when they laugh about something I've done or said. Every year they always go away as a family on a Labor Day trip. His sister will rent a big house and we'll all go chill out for a few days. I hate when that time comes around because I know I'm going to be laughed at about something. Why can't he just leave me out of the jokes with his family? He says that if I can't learn to laugh at myself then no one is going to want to be around me. Life is too serious to not have some fun sometime, he says. Am I wrong?

The house has multiple leaks. It's been like that for a year, and a half. I dont know joe to fix them. My brother does, and we need to buy 3 grand worth of supplies, and I I've talked to my brother about it several times, and he just gets upset, and tells me to do it myself. One of his excuses is hed just really busy I even suggested we just have a proffessional do it, but he said no, because its will coat too much, but the problems getting worse, and needing up costing more than it would with a proffessional. I moved out about 9 months ago, because I didnt want to deal with it anymore. My friend moved in with my brother when I moved out. He knows about the leaks/mold, but doesn't seem to care, but I realize it's still dangerous for him, and my brother. Him and my brother could get into it one day, and sue us. I'm going to get on my brothers *** for it one more time, and if he wants to keep putting it off, then I was gonna have him buy me out. I almost did it before, and he was fine with it. Would it be wrong of me to do this, and just leave the house behind, knowing my brother may never fix it?

My brother is 26 years old,he is soo mean to me....he would forced me to do my homework and give me small test...if I get bad grades he would scold me and ask me lots of question...sometimes when I swore at him he would threaten to slap me (but he never do it)he also like to humiliates me with sarcasm...i just hate him...i don't want him in my life...umm and I don't have a dad....i'm 15 years old girl...

I grew up with my aunt and uncle I never knew about my parents until I kept on asking asking and asking and my aunt finally decided to tell me she said that my dad was alcoholic and my mom was on drugs so my aunt got custody of me and we went to another city. I kind of want to meet Them but I don't know how to find them  I know my moms name first and last and my dads name first and last and my mom had black hair and my dad had brown hair  What do I do this is not a troll?

She is a very innocent user and originally from Uruguay which means she is very educated.

and progressively get more irritating

By turn into I mean share personality weaknesses, share bad habits, share inabilities. For example my mother has all her mother's weaknesses but none of the strengths. Nothing against my Mom's mother as she was a wonderful person. Like anyone she had strengths and weaknesses and i see her weaknesses in my Mom. 

At a younger age I used to run into people on purpose. I know now that is not appropriate. Yet, I am going to be in her hometown and it is a small one so I may run into her. I won't tell anyone but if my cousin says "oh my Mom saw Peter" what do I say? The family hates her. I have no ill will for her but am not about to go visit her or anything.

i'm 17 years old and i get mentally and emotionally abused by my parents. some things that has happens is i'm not allowed to eat any food they buy only food that i buy, i'm not allowed to use any of their hygiene products (shampoo conditioner etc) i have to only use the ones that i buy (this INCLUDES tampons. when i run out my mom will not pick some up for me, only if i give her money for them), my house key was taken away for coming home too late (which was my fault) but now i'm forced to stay outside from 11:20am (the time i get out of school) until 4 or 5, depending what time they get off of work with no food, water, or money. i live with my mom, stepdad, brother, and sister and they are constantly going on vacations as a family, excluding me out. i constantly get screamed at and blamed for everything on a daily basis. my friends parents see it too so they know i'm not lying and can vouch for me. i have an older brother as well who experienced the same thing as me so he went to go live with his dad. my dad died and i have no family that will take me in. i have a friend who will to get me out of this situation, but my mother always threatens to call the police on their family even though she mentally and emotionally abuses me. what would happen if i report to cps? under what circumstances will i be allowed to move out before i'm 18? i really can't take this much longer.  i need to get out of there but i don't know how legally :( i live in florida if that helps. rereading this i didn't add enough detail but hopefully this is enough for you to see the situation. i feel so stressed mentally and emotionally daily and it's gotten to the point where i can't take it anymore. i just need help out. my biggest question is under what circumstance will the police allow me to move out under 18? i know in florida the person cant get in trouble if you report me living there to authorities but idk how it works. i just can't stay in this situation much longer :(

My aunt has clear mental illness. She exhibits addictions, paranoid, and manic episodes. She has been in and out of drugs her whole life. She also has a huge problem with authority. She has been on probation countless times, and been charged with attempted murder and has been incarcerated for almost 2 years. Right now she is living with my grandma, who has many health problems like dementia, can't remember when she has taken her multitude of medications, can't drive, etc. Short version: my mom is running herself ragged every day taking care of both of them, and I have to try to help. It's like she's aging a year per week. I have to step in and help.  My aunt has been recently kicked out of a detox center because she had several run ins with the staff there. She is currently on probation. She has made several verbal and subtle physical threats. This past weekend, she called my mother warning her she found a gun of my grandfather's I don't know if she was serious or joking, but she told my mom she should probably come get the gun from her because she "shouldn't be near a gun right now." So, what can we do to get my aunt into a long term, intensive mental care facility (one she won't get kicked out of or leave on her own) or back behind bars? The officer my mother has talked to says they can't do anything to apprehend my aunt unless they see her do something physically threatening to someone. I'm not an expert in this field, but I find this to be an insufficient. Any advice?

I have a constant need to take pictures with my step kids at events and post them. Is this bad? I'm trying to stop posting on social media altogether and when I take pics with them, I feel like I need to post it. Should I stop taking pics with them?

Okay so I'm a 21 year old with a 3 month old baby girl and I have my own apartment. Me and my mom have always been very close and I love her. She lives with my dad my brother and my sister in law so she's really not alone. When I was pregnant I would constantly go to her house and go out with her but now that I have a baby I'm more busy with the baby and sometimes I just want to stay in my apt to relax and enjoy some of my freedom and space when the baby is asleep or I'm simply just not in the mood to go out. My mom calls me like 4/5 times a week and every time she calls she's ask if I'm going to go over and I say maybe if I'm not busy but I feel guilty when I say this. Idk how to tell her or what excuse I can tell her what is your advice? 

They will think I am with my mother and not ask me but I am staying home. Yet, if I ask myself over it is rude and they were annoyed when my older cousin used to do that.

I have a constant need to take pictures with my step kids at events and post them. Is this bad? I'm trying to stop posting on social media altogether and when I take pics with them, I feel like I need to post it. Should I stop taking pics with them?

I don't want to live in the state where I live in. I want to move somewhere that suits my personality better where I can evolve and live my life. I am depressed where I live now. 

I'm having some issues that are minor, but feel major to me. I am a newly step mother and I feel like I need to capture moments of the kids at events. I feel like I need to get a picture with them, they are both starting tball this year, and I feel like I should take cute pics with them like showing off the back of our shirts and things like that. They are 4 and 7. The mother and her husband will be there as well. I have a tendency to post everything on social media and I feel like I have to get a picture of us to post on social media. I am trying so hard to stop this and I feel like if I get a pic with them then I will post it. I don't want to feel like that though. I feel like it's best if I don't get a pic with them. Is it bad if I don't? I also feel like if I do, the mother may feel bad if she didn't get one with them because it's a big moment for her too. Any thoughts?

That they are not in contact with them just because their father doesn't live with them doesn't mean they're not in touch with them they could be visiting their dad while at the same time living with their mom that's mostly how it is meaning they still have a person who care for them in there life.

My step kids are playing ball this year and I have a shirt to match them. I don't know if I should get a picture with them because their mom will be there. Any advice? I don't want to make the mom feel bad or anything. Should I or not? I wanted to post it but I'm friends with their mom on social media so I don't know if I should. I feel like the mom should post pics with them before I do. So should I just forget about the picture?  

My dad always asks me for favors nearly every day but if I ever ask him for a favor (like once a year) he throws an angry fit like I'm asking for his kidney or something. He often refuses to help and tells me to do it myself.

I'm 20 years old now, i was given up at birth. My real mom gave me to her brother which would be my uncle but i call him dad lol and his wife is my aunt  I have blood siblings as well and they weren't given up so of course this bothers me that i was the only one and then she had a child after me that she kept Me and my biological mom have spoke maybe 4 times but i never know what to call her, i have so many questions and i have no idea who my real dad is.   I was adopted into a middle class family and church going guys and they're great but I feel abandoned and a lot of times i feel so out of place with my adopted family, I've been quiet my whole life and i have social anxiety and even now i still am shy around my family. I was texting my biological mother before and my dad got mad about it and i was confused as to why. My whole life I've always tried to keep this perfect image of myself because i want to feel accepted into my adopted family and they're so judgmental i feel like, my uncle/dad has given me soo much love and I'm appreciative of it but i didn't get that from my adopted mother, not any i love yous and not many hugs and cause of this i feel so much resentment from her, she's harder on me than my adopted brother, it's all confusing. I just feel like i don't belong here at times How do i deal with this? I want to meet and talk to other adopted guys out there  Also, I feel like it's betrayal going to them about these things and I'm afraid of how they may react to my questions 

im 21 and basically a neet because my parents are older and handicapped so i stay home to take care of them. my brother is 18. i get $200 a month through my parents and my brother is still in school. i have no extended family.  what if my parents die, to corona or something for example, is there somewhere we can go or contact to take shelter while i figure out if i should stay with a friend or something? google for once isnt helping much and giving me more custody and minor answers than anything

I'm thinking giving her a gift card of $25 but i don't know i'm being too cheap Thank you!

So basically i'm 17 and two years ago at my youth group school club I had a HUGE crush on a guy there who's a few years older then me and now he's basically a leader there as he's graduated but still goes to become friends with everyone and stuff and basically i used to harass him online and cyber stalk him 2 years ago because of my huge obsessive crush over the period of several months and eventually he reported me to the head leaders and i got in trouble so i stopped and i told the leaders to tell him i'm sorry and now 2 years later he is still avoiding me and won't talk to me directly ever, why is he doing that?? it's been 2 years i just want to be friends