I'm an eighteen year old young woman that is moving to Los Angeles on my own, I know virtually nothing about guns and genuinely have no idea where to start. the idea of getting one didn't really cross my mind but i'm moving out of the midwest and i want to put my family at ease over my safety. I just want something easy to use that I can keep locked in my room god forbid I ever need it. Also in purchasing a gun, what would be the best way to go about learning how to use it and take care of it?

My dad asked to borrow money to pay his mortgage and now wants more help despite not paying me back last time. My dad expects me to keep paying his mortgage despite me not living with him.  While asking for money he goes off on tangents on how financially irresponsible I am and how I am such a burden despite not having received financial help at all since I moved out.  

To make a long story short. My dad was released from prison after serving 33 year sentence. He has a car and a job after being out for only 8 months. I am proud of him but he does not know how to give me space. Everytime he sees my face, he needs to chat or help with something. I live with my parents to help them out financially. I have told him so many times that hr needs to be less needy and respect my need for space. I am juggling school and work, yet he does not seem to understand. 

The reason it worries me is because she has 2 elderly animals, and she gets drunk often. Not drunk, drunk, but she drinks too much to drive. The will go a week, or sometimes 2 weeks without drinking, but then go in a binge. I'm worried because she does this when I'm not there, and while shes suppose to be responsible for the animals. What if something happens to them, and she needs to race them to the vet, and she cant drive? Or what if she does drive, and kills somebody? I dont know for sure if she would have actually forgotten, but before I moved in about a year ago, I went to visit her. She was laying drunk on the ground with her face busted open. I asked her " ate you gonna feed your dog?" She said "hell be fine". I just ended up feeding him, and called my grandma, and grandpa. She went, and stayed with them for a couple days. She told me then that shes not gonna drink anymore. Thought that was her rock bottom, but nope. She hasnt gotten drunk like that since, but I'm still worried. She had gone 4 days without drinking up until yesterday. Before I left to work I asked to please mot get drunk. She promised she woudnt. I believed her, because she was doing good before that. When I got home, she was laying her bed, with the tv off. That's when I know shes been drinking a substantial amount. She wasnt drunk, but she had obviously been drinking. I wanted to punch her square in the face. 

She hardly messages me back. She only talks to me when she wants to. Or when she wants to see me. But Most of the time even when she sends me a message I will reply and then she doesn't! Couple weeks ago I sent her a message telling her I love her and that she's beautiful (I haven't done that in years) and she didn't even reply. Not even a thank you. Every time I see her she is constantly talking her husbands family (she lives there and talks to them 24\7, even tho she is getting a divorce. What should I do? She was like this even years ago, before she was having marriage problems. Why does she ignore me Also, I am 25, she is 21

My sister is gonna go for a ride with our dad she has a problem he's gonna be going by her boyfriends house she kind of doesn't want to go near there because of this virus she can't see him for a while. In a way she does want to go but in another way she doesn't it's gonna make her kind of sad to go there. She's one of those kind of people who are at risk for the virus because of her asthma and weak immune system she can't even be around him. There's no other way to get to the river except go past his house. How can i make her feel better ? 

My Background.  My brother was shot and killed on our family farm in RSA. I was held at gunpoint over 3 times on the same farm. In my family, woman are not allowed to get upset by the bad behavior of the men. The men are allowed to get drunk, get angry, get aggressive and hurt me. With zero consequences.  Emotional and physical abuse over the years led to my attempted suicide and hospitalization. This was very hard for my mother. My Father has Alzheimer's. Today I found out he is dying of pneumonia. I am in another country because I had to get away from my family and South Africa. I am unable to go back to RSA and don't have much info about his situation whether it is Covid-19 or not.  My mother calls me every day Are YOU okay? everyday.   Today my mother said that her main concern while my father is dying is am I okay. It's beginning to feel like 3 years later that this is no longer about my mental stability but a way for my mother to remind me of what I've put her through. Everyday treating me like I am a potential "nutcase" when for 4 years I have been fighting against this monster (Depression and PTSD) 2 years by myself in a very foreign country. Every day I am getting better and without my family's' influence and constant violence around me I am doing very well. Is there a psychological term for the situation between my mother and I. I feel I am constantly being used as the emotional scapegoat for my families issues.  Thank you.  Apologies for the length:)

I have always done this and still do so. I'm 16 and I don't see this changing anytime soon.  I'm just not sure if it's appropriate because both of my parents are as said above completely naked in there.

He talks to me about how he is feeling. He's 61. Sometimes he tells me when he's not feeling that good. One day he told me that his stomach was aching badly, so I tried giving him so Tylenol. Today he said he thinks he has an overlarge heart because of the drinking he did. He says sometimes his hearts hurt but then other days he feels fine. Sometimes this is a lot to take in. He tells me not to tell anyone because last time he told my mom, they got into an argument so I don't, it's just hard hearing my dad suffering with his body like this. I  also have older brothers but I haven't told them about what our father tells me. I'm the son he trusts, and  I don't know how can i help him?

My mom has a drinking problem. About a year ago, and a while before that, she got really drunk, to the point were I think she forgot to feed her dog. I reminded her, and she said "hes fine", so I fed him instead. She was drunk for a whole week about a week ago. I started to think, what if something happened to one of her pets, while she was drunk, and she was too drunk to do anything, and they died? I had a talk with her about it 4 days ago. She agreed what shes doing in wrong. She hadn't drank for four days. Before I left to work today, I said please dont drink while I'm gone. She said "honey, I'm not gonna drink enough to get drunk". I believed her, because she was doing good for the past 4 days, so I left. I just got home, and I dont think shes drunk, but its obvious to me shes been drinking. I ******* pissed. Is this worth reporting to law enforcement? I'm afraid of the animals getting tooken away, because I know they'll get put in a shelter, and be euthanized. Theres a no kill shelter here, but no ones gonna want to adopt 2 elderly animals. I asked this question on amitheasshole, and everyone said I would be the asshole if this happend again, and I did nothing. Well it happens again, and now I think I'm obligated to do something.

My 27 yr old daughter feels that I have not shown up as a mother. I left her with her father when she was 10 yrs old and then she came to live with me at 15 yrs old. She just moved back home and she basically feels that I am not there for her. I have not stepped up and helped her in any way. I have also not addressed issues and instead we have been separate while living in the same house. She has a lot of resentment towards me now. I do not know how to make our relationship better.

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So, my mother is a control freak. I'm 28 years old and want to move. She won't let me. The only thing stopping me is her not letting me have my stuff. She's always home so I can't just pack up and leave when she's not there. Can I call the police? Will they allow me so much time to gather my things up into the car? The title should be, "How do I move out of my parent's house and take my stuff with me?" In response to: Are you scared of your mother? What is she going to do if you start shoving things into your car?  She might lock me out of the house. I'm not sure. She has locked me out of the house for reasons you wouldn't even believe, e.g., for filling up my car's tires with air.

Right now he has simply been cremated but they are going to have a funeral at a later time open to all. We live in Maryland and this cousin lives in Yorktown Heights, NY. I know his kids from childhood and knew him. I also know his mother who survives, my grandmother's sister. Yet, my parents find it disturbing that I attend funerals for anyone other then next of kin, grandparents, or in some cases someone local. I feel if I went to the funeral for my brother's friend's father then I surely should for a relative who I know alot more.

My son and his father have COVID-19.  They caught it while it was the father's time with our son.  My son says he has a mild case...no worse then a minor flu.  His father has it worse...not quite "go to a hospital" bad, but "can't really cook or get down the stairs to pick up the mail" bad.  I wanted to go pick my son up but my son says he doesn't want to infect me and wants to take care of his father.   My son is 12 and in generally good health before this.  Should I let him stay with his sick father? The son has no health problems and is fairly typical maturity for a 12 year old.  The father is 49 with moderate asthma.  I'm 40 and healthy.  No one else lives with me.