She keeps me from him every year and then tells me he doesn't love me because he can't love anyone. He says he would be happy to see me. She won't let me. I spent last Christmas crying about this and she told me "you can decide to be miserable or be happy, if miserable you can't be around us" so I went upstairs and cried most the day. By the time I came down when the cousins were over I had to pretend I had a good day and it felt awful. The previous Christmas was similar though not as dramatic. I did not think I would cry all day but I did. All my cousins have Dads and Moms and all I can do is talk to my Dad via Facebook and that is all. I told my father what happened and he just bad mouthed my Mom to me. I am glad he is on my side but I wish he would come take me or have her arrested for not sharing me and my sisters with him. I hate my life now ever since they divorced. I am 14 and nothing will change until I am out of high school another 5 years from now (I am in my 2nd year of 3 years of Junior High). I talked to the counselor at school in January but it didn't do much. Worst part of Christmas was thinking about how I needed to do that but having to wait 2 weeks until school was back. Thinking about school on Christmas made me cry harder. How can I get her to let me have Dad again next Christmas? How can I get my Dad to have her arrested for not sharing me? I feel rejected and loss is why I am so sad. January I wanted to kill myself but not as much now.

The older of the 2 cousins sees us a fair bit and is always very nice. I am not sure why on social media she is cruel this way. She did the same on Facebook years ago but was college aged then, I figured she had matured since. The younger sister who blocked me is always cold to my branch of the family. She seems like someone who has a hobby of holding grudges. However, she is not a bad person or anything. The ex-aunt I would understand as she is divorced from my uncle but she follows my two sisters and even a cousin who is much more socially stunted then me. Only thing I can think of is because I am friendly some people find it intrusive. The ex-aunt, while unforgiving, is also a good person and not completely at fault in the divorce from what I understand even though she was the one to say no to forgiving (uncle had lots of issues also). The two cousins have 1 brother and he happily accepted. He lives with his Dad and is very active in the family and very easy going. Like me he has learning disabilities though more severe. So how do I know if I am the bad guy who should be ashamed or if it is the ex-aunt and her two daughters who are showing the bad character? Especially upset over the older of the 2 girls since she is very nice in person and sees us a lot. Sisters are four years apart in age if that matters. In 2009 I was a little repetitive when reaching out and being nice so some suggested I may have been intrusive but that was 11 years ago. Even that I am not sure it was all that intrusive but that was when they played the Facebook Blocking Game. Instagram was last week as I just joined the site. 

She is mad cause I called her out on her abuse last summer on a family vacation. My father made her go home. She has been estranged since.

Before I get started please don't judge I just need advice.. so I've been out of school cause of the coronavirus and as a male teen you can probably guess that my sex drive is through the roof right now... I've been watching porn but recently it hasn't been satisfying me and I needed more... so today I decided to sneak in my older sisters room while she was at work so I can sniff her used panties and masturbate but she came home early and caught me. I was in shock and didn't know what to say she ran and told my mom what I was doing.. I locked myself in my room and idk what to do. My stomach is in knots I feel ashamed and embarrassed to even come out of my room to face them.. please help with what I can say or do in this situation. Please! I'm begging you. Btw I'm 15 my sister is 22

Granted I don't really like his family too much. His mom is overbearing and his older brother is an alcoholic. I even don't like my own family that much but I do my best to get along with them. I still go to family dinners for my family and his. But due to an event that happened my husband refuses to go anywhere with my family until they apologize to him. I sometimes want to refuse to go to any of his family events because of his alcoholic brother but I don't. I go to support him and try not to let his brother bother me. Isn't it called being the bigger person??? It sucks that he wont go tosupport me. He gets upset when I decide not to go to his mom's house with him but I also feel the same way when he doesn't go with me to see my family... But I don't want to force him but he makes me feel guilty when I can't stand his brother. Idk what to do and I can't talk to him about it cuz it won't matter. What do I do?? It's like he expects me to just deal with his family but not the other way around. My family is worse then his according to him. But he's blinded to his brothers and mom's co dependant relationship. It's eating me up inside and Idk what to do or say anymore

He told lies in parenting and asked me to join him and lie to my mother. He gets mad I don't lie more. In fact I have gotten in trouble for NOT LYING for him. Usually a kid is in trouble for lying but with me it is in trouble for not lying.  My mother lies in the course of gossip and gets mad at me also for not lying for her but she is not as bad as my father. 

Hi. Today i was playing with my little sister, age 7 and she just randomly grabbed hold of my nuts! She didnt squeeze or anything but it still hurt. I pushed her hand away and told her not to touch me there but she just laughed. Should i tell my mum and dad in case she does it again? Thanks.

My dad said I couldn't go out my room unless I wanted to use the bathroom until 11 tomorrow, and I'm not sure if he means 11 AM or PM, but it's 1:35 PM for me right now and my sister is also put under those conditions and she is hungry. I don't know what to do or if he's even serious, but nonetheless I'm scared because I don't know if I'll have to to go 22 hours without food or 32 hours without food. Also, the last time I ate was at 4 AM. I was also wondering if this counts as abuse or not, so is it..?

He does this when we argue and it's very frustrating. Maybe he should have worn a condom then or what.

I am a teenage girl. Animal Crossing: New Horizons just came out, and I really want it. I To play it, I also want to ask for a Nintendo Switch Lite. I would really appreciate having these as something, especially during quarantine when I can't see my friends. Also, this summer will be really boring and empty. I have rarely ever asked for any present like this. I have never gotten a gift when it's not my birthday or Christmas, but those are within three months of each other so after Christmas I have to wait 9 months to get a present I want. Also, if I asked for a Nintendo Switch Lite and the game for my birthday they would most likely be the only things I get because they're big presents. I don't consider myself spoiled, because when I want something I usually just save the money and buy it myself. However, I am really broke right now and I can't work at my job because of Covid-19 so I won't be getting any money for a long time. My family is very comfortable financially so it's not like I'm asking them for something they can't afford. I do all my chores and perform well academically, and I will make sure it stays that way if I get the Switch. Last night I brought it up to my dad and after informing him a little bit about it, he said I could maybe get it for my birthday. He seemed open to the idea, and he's pretty lenient and nice. My birthday is five months away. I'm not trying to sound bratty, but how could I convince him to get me them as presents right now?  

My mom and dad are 31 and 33. They are poor and we can only afford a studio and we all share a bed. It's a but annoying but what can you do honestly. I just wanted to ask if it's appropiate for me who is 14 to sleep woth them.

i still live with my parents bc i'm still in high school, and my mom found out this morning her half brother committed suicide. i wasnt expecting it all when she told me and i didn't know what to say. what are you supposed to do when your parent's mourning someone? if ur not taking this seriously and tryna be all funny it's not ******* cute. my family is going through **** rn, if ur not mature enough to handle this topic u can stop wasting my time and leave. where is ur human decency

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?

I have 3 examples: I told my aunt about how my professor responded to my email in a snappy way. I just asked a question about an assignment and my professor said well you should asked me sooner than two days before assignment. Eventhough her job is to answer questions from students she decided to get snappy. I told my aunt about situation. And she says oh well get over she's human !!! I said im human too but that dosent give her the right to get an attitude with me. My aunt says oh well bye ! The next day the Professor apologized for her rudeness. My aunt tried to make it seem like I cant be upset if someone is rude to me. So I'm supposed to be a punching bag to people just because their having a bad day? Sexond example : I was helping my mother move her things out her apartment. Her weird neighbor kept asking me questions. I told him I'm helping her move out any questions you have ask her when she gets back here. He kept walking behind me asking questions trying to make me give him an answer like he has some type of authority. I told my aunt about him being really nosey. She replies "Oh well everyone is Nosey" I told her thats not true. She said everybody is nosey. Oh well get over it. It's like anytime I say anything she purposely tries to invalidate how I feel or purposely disagree. One day she vented about my uncle to me , and I purposely told her well " He's Human". She got pissed. So she dosent like when its said to her , buy she does it to me all the time. 2 examples

His wrath is terrifying 

A few examples (keep in mind that the only computer we have is in the living room, and my folks never let me leave the house expect for school so I can't study at the library) 1) when doing homework my sister watches tv right next to me.  I am not allowed to ask her to turn it off when I am working.  Same thing happened with college apps  2) if she does homework, I am not allowed in the room at all, even if I am studying too, because it is "too disruptive" for her.  3) our parents try and convince me to do her homework for her when she falls behind (not just help her, but like complete her assignments for her). She is in college 

After finding out that I was adopted, there is one huge problem going on through my head for the past 2 years now, my biological parent's identity. I am not pure Filipino by blood and it went through my mind to try and figure out any way I could contact my biological father since I already have contact with my biological mother. My biological mother has no ways of contact with my biological father, resulting for me to make my own measures. I posted this here to atleast try to find help on any way possible I can do to find my real father. Please help me, any answer is valuable to me in this situation. Please

was he nice? Tall? Facial hair? What did he do as a living?

When my brother was little- he was a bit perverted. My sister and I were much older than him (9 and a 11 years older) and he was a little perverted and would try and aggressively kiss us too- it was so strange (was like that from ages 4-5). My other younger brother wasn't at all like that ever. Why was my one brother like that? Just thought it was odd because I haven't seen that before and my sister and I weren't like that as really young kids. Yes my mom knew and yes we reprimanded him when it happened but it was odd and I always wondered why because my other brother wasn't like that/ haven't seen that before 

I tell him he's not a baby anymore and he just keeps talking weird like that. Takes out his dentures in front of him and puts it back in. Thinks it's funny but makes me sick. My son just stares at him and doesn't know what to say.

We are kinda busy sometimes and just need to shower. Our bathroom has two showers next to each other and we used them at the same time. It was a bit awkward but not that bad tbh. Here is a picture of the bathroom: https://imgur.com/a/TbNKHt9

This is especially hard on me in quarantine. During the "school days" despite having only digital school that doesn't require me to wake up early, my parents take all my devices around 6 P.M. We're literally stuck in the house, so call me a needy brat but I can't do anything without devices. This rule would be more reasonable if I just wanted to play videogames but I don't. I have tried explaining I just want to talk to my friends on the phone but my parents don't see the difference. As far as weekends go, my parents are a lot more reasonable but I wish things were different. All my friends and the girls I talk to stay up very late talking and I have my devices taken at 12 A.M. On the dot. I know that's a very reasonable time but I feel like I'm missing a lot when all my friends can stay up til 3 A.M. And I can't. Besides, I have no reason to wake up early. Also, being 14, missing out on girls drives me crazy, but I can't explains that to my parents. I don't know how to make them understand and I feel like my future is doomed because my 18 y/o brother lives by the same rules as I do at 14. What could I possibly do?

I am doing a masters in accounting and my younger brother is in med school. We were talking the other day about the ps5. He told me "are you sure that you can afford a ps5 and a t.v when you get a job?" He was not trying to be rude, but it felt pretty bad, esp. considering that I am not granteed a job anymore since the economy is going to the ѕhit and my internship was canceled. Thoughts? Am I being too sensitive? I am a man

I have A hard time telling my step kids that I love them. Should I just wait until they say it first? I'm not that great at affection and it feels awkward sometimes when I give them a hug. They are four and six. I've known them for two years. Any advice?

I was at a family reunion a few months ago and we were having a cookout. Everything was going well. Then a very small man arrived in a car and he was not in our family. It was someone from my neighborhood who had a beef with me. I am about 6'4" and weigh 225 pounds and I lift weights and this small man is about 5'4" and probably doesn't weigh more than 125. He got out of his car and immediately hit me in my groin and it caused me to freeze up, so I was in amazing pain and couldn't fight back. He got on top of me and really pummeled my face for about 5 minutes. Everyone in my family was laughing and saying, "AW, hell no! Hahahah! He's puttin a whuppin on him! Hahahaha." It was humiliating. The laughter from family was embarrassing. My whole family saw the beatdown. Now I am the joke of the family. How can I redeem myself?

I have A hard time telling my step kids that I love them. Should I just wait until they say it first? I'm not that great at affection and it feels awkward sometimes when I give them a hug. They are four and six. I've known them for two years. Any advice?

Tomorrows what the kids call 420 right?

My family consists of me, my moym, and my sister. I love my family very much but they have some problems I think are not normal. My sister is 8 but she is out of control she spends everyday watching TV and her Ipad at the same time, if you try to get her to do anything else she will start swearing and being violent. Sometimes she pulls out a knife and chases me around with it. All I do now is stay out of her way or hide behind a door until she calms down because if I try to defend myself from my sister or ask my mom for help, she chastises me and implies that it's probably my fault for getting into a "power struggle" with my sister. For the past 2 years my mom has been refusing to get a job because she is sick. She diagnoses herself with things like infections and cancer but doesn't have any official diagnosis. She spends most of her day in bed but is relatively calm. Until suddenly she's triggered by something random (ex. knocking over a glass, asking for help with my sister) when she'll fly into a rage and say really hurtful things. Then she apologises afterwards and says it's because she's sick and in pain and I act like I don't care about her. This is not true but I feel like no matter what I do it's never good enough. I tried to leave before but she begged me to stay, but as soon as I don't have anywhere else to go she'll yell at me and complain about how miserable her children make her life. I feel bad for my mom but I'm getting really depressed. What should I do?

Before the year 2004 Memorial Day for my family was just a long weekend. We knew what it was. We weren't disrespectful towards the fallen but we hadn't one. The only man in our family that had been in combat was my grandfather,but he had come home. 2004 is the year it all changed when my brother,a Marine,who wasn't even 20 at the time,died in Iraq. I was 11 back then and for the first year it just didn't seem real. I remember I was in denial for a long time.It weren't good years for my family. I remember I would come home from school to find my mom in bed for days. She wouldn't come out of bed,wouldn't want to do anything. My dad was stronger and still went to work but it was a very difficult situation to be in..thankfully over the years it got better. It will never completely go away but now we can think about him without tearing up. Every year since 2005 we have gone to Arlington national cemetery to see him. In the first years we would all cry everyime we saw his heastone,now we have a less painful experience,it's more we go there and talk to him,tell him what we've been up to...it's therapeutic for both me and my parents. Now,with all of this Covid,do you think this year we will be able to go to Arlington for Memorrial Day? I don't think so but would like someone more informed than me. This question can also be useful for everyone who wants to go to Arlington for Memorial Day