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Q: I am a terrible horrible waste of space. I have never had a speeding ticket, I am 30 years old by the way.. and i was sitting in a jail cell for 5 hrs. last night. Worst ever. I rang up returns on gift cards, used one for $33.00 and threw the other one away. The store was able to delete the one that was not spent. I am bipolar,I am not using that as a copout ,and I have no idea why I did it and it was wrong. I threw away the 2nd one because i grew a conscience. I am facing misdemeanor petty theft charges and did nothing in my life before this. Never did drugs ever.. dont drink alcohol. I cant eat, I feel awful. I have no job and fear I might go to jail. Can anyone tell me if the judge is going to be harsh on me? Any similar situations? Thanks.

this sorta happened to me only im not over 18 but i have a clean record. you will most likey have to do pay a fine or do community service and ahve it all donce by a certian day

Q: i am not beaten much. but i am a smartalleck. but he could just say dont do that or somting. he always says the f with me, makes fun of me, hurts my feelings, even when he doesnt mean it. im ired of it. and my stepmom, whos 20 years younger then him, slutty, and pregnant, and my dad have sex all the time. she is an asshole. sorry for cussing.she calls me fat and ugly and she says i dont take care of myself. but i dont have but a few old, torn, bleached, to small outfits.im trying to live with my mom, but i dont wanna go to court because if my dad won me i would never see my mom or siblings again. and he would probably put me in the hospital for hitting me. he always threatens to beat me really bad. but he only makes fun of me, and puts his arm up to hit me, but doesnt. should i go to court or not?
My mom cant afford a lawyer either.it has been going on from when me dad ment my step mom, 3 years ago.my dad lives in ohio and mom lives in indiana.
sorry it was so long!
------Simone411------

trust me dont be sorry that its long. well how old are you first off? because if your super worried when your 18 you can do whateevr you want. hey i have family in indaian ok sorry. well i mean ifi were you i would go to court depending on the exact situation your mom doent need a lawyer go early and get an emancipation. what your dad is doing is majorly wrong, thw words he says and the taunting you cant really do anything about, but the hitting you def. can. and im a smart allec all the time trust me btw im f/16 and my parents dont hit me, when i was little probably up to 11years old my dad alwasy hit me, but when i hit the age of know what calling the cops did i told him if he ever layed one finger on me i would call the cops so fast his ass would be in jail with in 10 minutes taht he nvr touched me again. lay down the law for yourseld. you only get to live life once so why not live the way you want? the way that makes you happy? stick up for your self, and do something for yourself make your self happy. go to court and fight. its seems like something you need to do. becasue im sure you dont want to end up in the hospital. if you need to talk about anything else i dnt know if you ahve a myspace but im on taht constantly 24/7 my url is www.myspace.com/yourmomschesthair

Q:
When I was little, my parents never spent time with me, never talked to me unless it was about something i did wrong, and really brought me down.

Now I'm 16, and I'm used to living without my parents basically. They're there, but not there for me.

I think my childhood led up to the reason why I don't have any esteem at all.

I'm trying to make up for those years by hanging out with my friends- and they're calling me "clingy".

I need to try and make up for those little positive moments i never had as a kid, I need to get my esteem past the level of zero.

Any advice on how I can do this?

its hard i know and the easyest thing to do is let your slef know your neevr goin t obe like them. hold your head high and show tehm taht your better then them your gonna be better then them when you walk outside let people know your strong, just think of something taht really gets you going happy you know, and for the most part it will help.

Q: i submitted this question once already but it like didn't go through so i fixed it up a bit..

alright well..

one of my friends has very strict parents. so they were looking at her search history and found her myspace. they also found mine.

i'm not aloud to have a myspace. my parents made it very clear that if i had one, i'd be in deep trouble. i wouldnt be allowed on the computer for a long time and when i am allowed to my parents would watch my every move. so on AIM, i cant talk to anyone about private stuff.

i deleted my account already but i dont know what to do. my friends dad said hes going to tell my parents. her dad is going to say he saw it a few days ago so there's no hiding that i actually did have one.

i really don't know what to do. i don't want to get in trouble and loose my computer rights. last resort would be to come clean but i don't want to have to do that. i need to get out of this situation. i really need help, and FAST!! please, does anyone have any advice?

thank you sooooooooooooooo much. you dont know how incredibly bad i need advice.

ok the ebst thing to do is just be like yeah i "had" one but it was emty and i didnt do anythin gon it, tell them you just had one so that you can look at other peoples. and that should work or at least help.

Q: eversence last summer i feel like everything in my life is going wrong.ok first of all i better tell you what happened last summer.my granny got lung cancer at the beginning of last summer.the caner was gone too far to opperate on it so it was like she was just slipping away in front of your eyes.she died at the end of july, july 25th.she went into a coma she was in it for 3 to 4 days.i wasnt at home when she got really sick i was gone on holidays with my cousin.i came home early and rushed to see my granny i didnt realise she was in the coma i just knew she was really sick and on my way in to see her my dad just said to me are you ready to say GOODBYE i got the shock of life when he said it.i just sat on the bed holding her hand staring at her i felt like running out of the room and not coming back.that was the last time i had seen her a live.the next few days are just a blurr.sence then im fighting with everyone im gone really cheeky to my mam and dad .my b/f said i could tell him everything but i just cant.his mother had cancer so he understands but i cant any time i start talking about her i start crying (im crying now writing this.ive completely changed.i try to think of the times she wasnt sick and she was so happy but i cant.i just want to be happy again.please give me some advice,xxaoifexxx

first off your right its not easy to talk about these things even to the ppl you know you tell everything to, and ive been your exact situation with my grandma and everything, what you have to reme is watching down on everything you do, and she knows you care and if she was with you right now she would hat eto see you upset. im sure your parenst are worried whats up with you but what you have to relize is not to blame them its not they're fault and not only are they upset about your granny but its making them more upset to see you so sad. remember they love you and she is looking down on you, try and just be calm its not easy losing someone. buts its def, not hard to settle with it.

hope i helped if you ever need help my email is nayez23@yahoo.com my name is shenaye :)

Q: my older sister is so mean she calls me fat, lesbian,cunt,slut and other stuff like that.she even tells me to go kill myself.now my younger sister is doing the same thing but she is just listening to my older sister.i told my mam and she just said agnore them i try but it is really hard to.i just feel depressed and empty.even my boyfriend is noticing that somehing is up and he knows im not myself lately.he tries to help me but he cant do anything to help.my older sister has cracked my ribs and she pushed me against the wall and i banged my head.ever sence i banged my head i have been getting really bad headaches.i cry myself to sleep everynight and i just cant handle it any more.please help me i need it.

ok first off, i know its not the best thing when your sis is like that to you , you really need to tell her if you two can talk by yourselves tell her how you feel and everything. and if she dosnt want to listen then right her a note and ask her to please read it, how much does she mean to you! whatever you do dont let her see your depressed, becasue she will begin to bash on you harder not this used to happen to me and my sister soon we both grew up and now my sister is my bestfriedn so even if your depressed now i hope this gives you something to look forward to tell me how it goes keep me posted :)

well i really hope it dosnt get worst and just have faith. if theres anything i can ever do please let me know, btw my name is shenaye my myspace is myspace.com/yourmomschestahir

Q: I have a huge problem with my family. My brother, who is autistic, gets on my last nerve because he takes advantige of his disability, AND I have to clean up after him, and my mom, and myself. My mom, well lets just say, all the pressure is on me. Plus, she looks to me to be her support system (not money)24/7, I mean I love my mom, but I dont know if I can take the pressure. BUT school, thats a whole other problem. It's like taking your whole entire grade that, hates you and wants you dead, and locks them and you up in huge room. Worst of all, none of them realy even know me, so why do they hate me? Can you PLEASE give some advice what to do?

ok first off do not blame your self. everybody always has to say they hate somebody just to make themselfs feel better rather it hsa to really do with you, or more so themslefs. and the reason you think everybody does is because everybody has connections with eachother, but just because it seems like that dosnt mean its true!
your family the love you no matter what and with your brother its hard, i know, but when you have family thats autistic its scary for them, and you you have to work togeathr tell your mom how you feel,i gaurenteee you will feel better tell me how it goes

Q: Im a freshman in highscchool and my bf's a senior. We havent been goin out for long but i really like him. My parents were fine with him at first but now they think we'r having sex and stuff, so they dont trust me. And my mom wont let me see him anymore, so its difficult because we never get to hang out. And im not aloud to go in his car, and now they wont even let me stay after school for extra help because they think im with him. They are being waaayy too strict and my mom never listens to me when i ell her this. I hate how shes so protective and she doenst let me do like anything. Its annoying and i seriously want to move out, but i cant. Its stressing both me and my bf out, but he said hes not goin to let it get to him because he really likes me and wants our relationship to last. But its so agrravating how they wont let me do ANYTHING! how can i get them to give me more freedom? and what do i do about seeing my bf?

well the best thing to do is not get in any troube, do things to let her see how mature you really are. right her a letter maybe ,and give it to her if shes not listening tell her you would neevr do it, because its not worth losing her trust or hurting her like taht. just be really honest with her and everything should go well. i promis. ask her what really changed her mind because there has to be something else

bio

ok lets see well my name is
Shenaye and im 16 years old.my life is'nt perfect but then again not alot of peoples are.i guess you can say i care about things way to much but i just like to say im sensitive. I'm very emotionally attached to people but I rather love then never know the feeling. I love giving people advice, I learn to listen to people's problem's more and more each day, My friends say I'm really good at it. It may not always be right but at least its something to fall back on if nothing else works right? anyways I've been through alot more in my life then alot of people can say they have: family,love,friends,abuse,drugs,suicicde attempts. and many more I dont like to really talk about it but I know its made me a way stronger person then I once was.
My friends are my life you mess with them i'llpull an operation beatdown on you