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Hello everyone!!! sorry it's been so long since i've been around to help. to let everyone get reaquainted with me i am a 33 year old mother of 4 kids and 2 stepkids. I work 2 jobs cuz i know how hard it is out there!! i have experience with teen pregnancy, domestic abuse, mommy issues, and just plain old troubles in the world!!! Just remember your every day trouble will always be there- don't let it get you down- try to figure out a way to cope with it!!! Have Faith!!!
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ok, so 1st, i'm 18, my gf is 17. To be blunt, her mom is very imbalanced. she's like cinderalla's stepmother. , doing all these things. She constantly battering, yelling, and swearing at her. totally at random. and she's always making her do too much stuff. because of her, my gf is working 2 jobs, and she wants her to get more. On top of a really hard school load (4 AP classes), she always has a list of chores to do. Like to perfection, her mom will make her scrub the bathroom fro hours till its "right". She even kept her home from school so that she'd do more chores.

The thing is, i really, really care about her. I mean, its not healthy to be facing this all the time. It really is verabl and mental abuse. How can i get her to get help (or get help for her)?
I don't want it to seem that as a bf, i'm trying to drive her away from her mom, but she really needs help. i feel stuck. what can i do? (link)
if her mom is really abusing her mentally or verbally which that's the way you make it sound you can annonomously report her to authorities. your gf is still a minor and that's not right. your gf could also talk to a legal office about being amancipated ( divorced from her parents) so that she could be out on her own. talk to your gf and see what road she would like to go down. sometimes good old fashioned therapy can do the trick.


i cannt stand my mother any more, she is fucking crazy. she randomly get all mad at me and screams and will fight with me, and im no person to just sit there and take it. a few examples, this morning i went to sit and watch tv in her room and she was flipping our sayin i dont want you in here get out! telling me to "go FU** my self" and if im in the bathroom, doing my makeup or either going to the bathroom she comes in like shes allowed when im in there! and she`ll yell at me and stuff and if i tell her to get out and like eggs me on and gets in my face saying like " you think your tough??" i hate her shes crazy.. and ya ive known shes been on drugs forever but shes never done anything, like last night at like 3:45 am she was friggen in the bathroom blowing her nose out like it was her friggen job. then after she yelled at me to get out of the bathroom this morning she was fine! she askked me to go away with her this weekend but now tonight shes being crazy


i hate her ,i cant even stand being here? what can i do she doesnt listen.. any ideas what drugs shes using (link)
ok honey. here we go. first of all if she is using drugs anything can happen. maybe you or another family member should speak to her about her problem and get her some help. Don't worry about you being the one who's at fault because it's not you. You don't make her do the drugs that make her do the things she does. maybe you could talk to another adult family member or even one of the family's close friends and convince them to convince her that she needs help. and remember that you can't help someone that doesn't want to help themselves. keep in touch and let me know if i can help out with anything else or just let me know if things get better. Good Luck Sweetie!!!!!


im 14/f and i have alot of guy friends and also girls friends but i dont know how to ask my mom if i can hangout with my guys friends im always afraid she gunna say no what should i do? (link)
just ask her if you beat around the bush about it she's going to be suspicious of the situation. talking to her about your life isn't a crime punishable by death.


My sister-in-law is getting married and moving away at the end of the month. I've only known her for a year now, and we've just started to bond. I'm really upset and depressed that she's moving and I want to do something for her. The problem is, I don't have a lot of money, or any idea what I should do or what I should get her.

Does anyone have any ideas of something special we could do together before she leaves, or something I could give to her? I really want whatever I do to make an impression, and I'm going to miss her a lot.

I'll leave more information if anyone needs it. (link)
you don't have to have money to give a gift that comes from your heart. think back to all of the things you have done over the past year and make a scrap/memories book and half of it( at the end) empty so you could keep filling in more details. you could even do this together. it might mean a little more to both of you that way.


My mom just kicked me outa the house ... what am i suposed to do to get back?? or just do period?? (link)
you didn't give us much to comment on. no one knows what is going on there. maybe you should try having a civilized conversation with her and discuss the problems that you are having. see where that takes you.


My parents won’t let me go out at night or with my guy friends. And this is what all my friends are doing so night after night I’m finding myself at home playing chess with my little brother. This is not how 10th grade is supposed to be. How do I get my parents to loosen up? Also they won’t let teenagers drive me places. How do I convince them that this is ok? And how do I get them to trust me with more freedom? (link)
no matter how old you are you will always be their baby. I'm sorry about all that, but as a mother of a teen too it takes alot for a parent to let go. try bringing some of your guy friends over to meet the parents. or try to loosen them up with you voluntering to have a safe sex and I know to say no discussion with them. Maybe they will feel a little more comfortable knowing how responsible you are or can be. I know it worked for my son and I.




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