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Q: okay, so my dad is 46, my mom and him got divorced when i was 7 and my brother was 12, well now im 16 and my brother is 21. My dad is an alcholic and a drug addict and he lives in a motel.. he wont save his money to get an apartment or anything my dad i guess you can say had a rough past but, alot of people who have rough past's can move on and do something with there lifes i dont understand why my dad wont.. i never see him maybe like once every 5 months or so if that and if i do see him its a quick hi, bye type of thing we dont talk much or anything he talks to my brother all the time tough, since he can drink they go to the bars a lot my brother was telling me how the other day he was in the bar saying how his dad messed up his life and still is... but my grandfather is dead and he really didnt do anything to my dad.. like other people in my family did but not my grandpa.. he thinks his real dad is Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead.. my dad use to and probably still does Acid so i know that could have an effect on him but he was also telling my brother that night that he has lung cancer.. but he never went to the doter he said he "just knows" should we beilive him?? i dont know i was thinking about it all day and i dont get why he would say that if he wasnt at a docters.. both his parents are dead.. they died from cancer so we dont know if hes just saying that or not .. my dad has a lot of issues but i mean hes still my dad.. what should i do? im like freaking out???
wow, that's rough. maybe, if he thinks his dad (your grandpa) ruined his life, he should try and be a better father than his own. take it seriously just in case. i'm not sure what you can do if he's like that. but tell your brother to let him know what he's doing to you guys.

Q: my friend wanted to suck my blood because he claims hes a vampire. so i thought, cool! why not? well, when the time came for me to slit my wrist, i dug a little to deep and went a little fast, because it CUT MY WRIST, WIDE OPEN. i had used a razor and it made a very fine, half-inch-wide cut on my arm. i freaked out, and had to show my parents. but to keep them from thinking i needed help, i told them it was blodlust. but now the think im losing my faith in God, and my moms mad cuz she knows i wasnt raised this way. i was raised in a christian environment. and i know that. im not losing my faith, im still a christian. but i do have a fasination with dark stuff. eg: im emo/goth. i wear all black and really thick eye liner and i dyed my hair black. ive been severely depressed for about 3 years. i used to cut, and they found out. i also enjoy twilight and other vampire stories. i like scary movies that have to do with demons and vampires and stuff that really would not please my parents. i dont know why i like that stuff, but its a lot better than romance novels and chick flicks, in my opinion.

but my dad is sort of in shock about the whole bit on my wrist, and for today, at least, they have locked me up in the house and i cant leave unless its to let out my neighbor's dogs. i dont think what i did was a very big deal, and i dont think they care about my well-being at all. i think they just dont wanna look like bad parents because their oldest daughter slit her wrist so some guy could suck her blood.

they think i need help and i know there is nothing wrong with me. so now they barely let me out of their sight and im sick to death of it!! all i can do is schoolwork and get on my computer or read and im totally done.

what do i do? how do i convince them that nothing is wrong?? why cant they just let go?

im 16/f, btw.
well, i used to be like you..except the vampire thing, just the emo christian part..i don't know if anyone in my family knew but my brother said something about it once and i thought to myself, "wow, they still care"..like everyone said, cutting is dangerous and your parents do care, i know it's hard to believe sometimes..i told myself that i was not going to do it ever again..and i haven't for about a year and a half now..i suggest you go with the punishment so they'll trust you again..promise them that you'll never do it again..and follow through with it. show them that there is nothing wrong.

Q: my 38 year old cousin was seeing this guy for 2 years and he cheated on her like 10 times so she broke up with him for good and now she is so depressed she stopped eating and she is thinking about putting herself in a mental institution how can i help her not feel so sad anymore?
you could try taking her out and help her understand that there are better men out there..take her shopping..introduce her to someone you think is a good man..she probably wouldn't wanna hear this but tell her that things happen for a reason -i hated this saying but i finally understand it now- sorry to say, but maybe she's supposed to suffer a little and find out on her own that life will get better..

Q: Thanks for ur answer. But tell me after i get divorced..will i be able to stand infront of the world. because i dont divorce i will be mentally sick and dead because of that girl. my family is also sick n tired on this girl. so wat will happen in future? should i be able to go without women in my whole life? please advice!!!
well the bible did say that you should not divorce someone or else you are forcing them to commit adultery..but in your case, no one has to know..have you filed for divorce already or is it illegally..what has she done to make you and your family suffer...well i don't know what will happen in the future, it's really up to you..you can go without women, but nobody wants to be alone forever

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