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parents fighting
Posted Sunday April 19 2009, 1:30 am
im 15/f
well my dad is an alcoholic and
he drinks from the time he wakes
up until the time he goes to bed.
the only time he doesnt drink is
when he has to go to work. but he
always drinks when he gets home.
he is sick he has hepitis c. its
not the std its one from drinking.
he has anger issues also. but to the
point, my dad use to abuse my mom until
she left because dcf was called. my mom dad me and my sister havent even lived in our new
house for 6 months yet and my dad is going
back to his old ways. he doesnt hitmy mom but
he does verbaly abuse my mom. and thats
worse. but today i got home and my mom
told me that her a...
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Posted Friday April 17 2009, 11:47 pm
so my mom does pretty much everything in my house.. between taking care of me & my brother, laundry, dishes, errands, taking us places, working.. you name it. my dads always working so hes never home so pretty much she does everything on her own. and a lot of times she just breaks down crying because shes so stressed out. i really try helping by doing the dishes and trying to make her feel better .. and (attempting) to clean my room..put away my laundry.. and try to make it easier on her. but she still feels like i dont do enough and says i dont appreciate her. i really do appreciate everything she does, i love her, shes my mom. i dont know what else to do. i feel like i help out but i guess i dont do it enough.. i dont know whether its...
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MOMS???
Posted Friday April 17 2009, 9:37 am
ok i need some big help...its long...sorry...it all stated tue, when my boyfriend asked me to ask my mom if i can go with him to orlando for the week end...(now i just turned 18 but sinc still in high school and live in her house her rules) my parents are really striced they berly let me come home untill 11 so i didnt ahve any hopes of a yes besides my mother always says no of everything i really have to cry and beg for a yes... so when i ased her the next morning she said that he had to talk with his sisters...so they wouldnet let us sleep together (she doent know we're alreaddy haveing sex) i told her of course they werent that they had already told me i coulnt!(i lied) so she said ok! i was like is that a yes and she said yes! she was dr...
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Get parents to get facebook/AIM
Posted Thursday April 16 2009, 8:43 pm
This is really random, and probably the opposite of what most people would ask, but I'm 21 and I no longer live with my parents...
My mom and I are really close, but I often don't have time to call her and talk to her - at the moment, e-mail and phone are the only two ways we can connect. I'd like her to see more of what goes on in my life, since it's sometimes hard for me to remember everything I want to tell her, and I'd like her to be more contactable. My dad, too. They're both constantly on the computer for work - they work together from their home. I'd like them both to get facebooks and/or AIM accounts.
They're both pretty paranoid about getting viruses and crashing their computers, since they have important information...
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Mom on Facebook
Posted Thursday April 16 2009, 9:35 am
Okay so my mom and i have always had a semi-close relationship. But she just got a facebook... and she wants me to be her friend on it. I have no problem with the fact she got a facebook, but i kind of need my personal space when it comes to these things. I dont want her to read what i say to my friends and such.... its not that they're bad. It's just that i'm really uncomfortable with it. I told her all of this and she's making me feel extremely guilty, and telling me that i'm SUCH a good daughter for not accepting (sarcasm).
So i really don't know what do do.
Am i horrible for doing this?
What do you guys think?
15/f
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Posted Wednesday April 15 2009, 9:06 pm
Im a singe parent with daughters ages 14,11 and 9, my 14yr old was recently diagnosed with psychosis nos i work full time, im having thoughts of quitting my job so that i coud be at home with my kids, but im very fearful because how will i be able to support my famiy,i have alot of debt, and their father is a dead beat my kids only have me as their provider, my job can be very stressful, and when i come home i also have to dedicate as much time as possibe with my chidren i need advice
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trust
Posted Tuesday April 14 2009, 5:49 pm
what are some ways to get someones trust back??? i just lost it and i need to get it back.
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My friend think she is pregnant...
Posted Tuesday April 14 2009, 8:02 am
So my friend thinks shes pregnant..
If she is.. she needs to get an abortion..
how much is that? and is there any other way of "killing" it
without like going to the doc for an abortion?
i feel so bad :[
there is no way.. like she cant keep the baby
its gonna ruin her life and her boyfriends life.
like seriously her parents will kick her out and his parents will kick my out too..
and she cant get planB because she has 0 money :[
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Family Dynamics
Posted Tuesday April 14 2009, 1:14 am
21/f
Before I start, let me just say that I realize that I am an adult and have the responsibility of taking care of myself. I know that nobody has to help me in any way, and nobody really does. The thing that bothers me is that I feel like my family treats me unfairly in comparison with the way they treated my older sister at my age.
I am currently a junior in college, and have been responsible for paying my own tuition, books, and fees since my very first semester. I've been paying my own rent, bills, grocery, gas, etc (or my portion, with room mates) since I turned eighteen.
When my sister was in college, she had some scholarships, but not full ride. My parents paid the rest of her tuition an...
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18 and 12:30 curfew?
Posted Friday April 10 2009, 11:11 am
so i'm 18 years old, female.
i will say, i love my parents to death. we have a pretty good relationship together and yeah they get annoying sometimes but they're always there for me. they care about me. the only problem is that i'm 18 and still have a curfew of 12:30!! even since i started driving at 16 my curfew has been that. now it's my dad who i have to try and persuade to try and let me stay out as long as i want. i've tried asking him if i didnt have to have a curfew and guess what he said? well if you want to pay rent, you dont have to have a curfew but as long as your under my roof, what i say goes. he also said he is worried about drunk drivers being out late at night, but whatever. it's not like ive ever done anything for t...
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Letter to my boyfriend's mom
Posted Thursday April 9 2009, 8:08 pm
I'm 21f, my boyfriend is 23.
So, short backstory: My boyfriend's mother (and father, but I'm more concerned about his mother at this point) HATES me. Everything I say, she takes the wrong way. She's threatened to disown him if he marries me. We've basically been together for three years. We have kind of a rocky past, but everything with us is great now, aside from the fact that I'm not allowed in his house. I've been more than a saint as far as they should be concerned.
Now, I can only assume that his mom is threatened by me and feels that she's going to lose her son and is afraid of that, but by pushing me away, she's pushing him away. I want this animosity to stop because the last thing I want is for my guy to pick me over ...
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Relationship with mom
Posted Wednesday April 8 2009, 1:44 pm
I am an 18 year old girl who has been having problems with my mom for a few years now. I just don't know what to do about it because it is just so confusing. For instance, my mom always has to be right. If our family gets into a small disagreement, like what color Christmas lights to use, she turns it into a huge dilemma, making my sister and I take sides and it is just stupid. Mostly it is directed at my dad and me. She asks me which I like best, and if I say hers she makes me keep repeating it over and over again, saying it louder so my sister can hear, etc. And were still talking about it six hours later (why does the tree look so good? And who chose those lights?). If I agree with my dad, she thinks I'm saying that because I like...
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cant talk to the mother...
Posted Tuesday April 7 2009, 9:41 pm
so me and my mom arent the closest people in the world. last wednesday we got into a realy big fight to the point to wear she pulled my hair and she told me she thinks about killing herself. and i told her she wasnt the only one. i know people are probly going to think wow shes crazy and t doesnt do anything for her but anyway. to the point, i realy want to go on birthcontrol because i have been wanting to hae sex for a while. im no a vrgin but the last time i had sex was 2years ago. i have fooled around here and there but never all the way. i dont realy know how to tell my mom that i want birthcontrol because im afraid that she will blow up on me. i just need someone to give me some ideas to tell her. and she doesnt know im not a virgin. t...
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running away
Posted Tuesday April 7 2009, 9:07 am
before i start, let me begin by saying that i'm 18 years old, it's not like i'm some bratty teenager running away for no reason. but, honestly, i can't live in this house anymore. this is a mess. i'm not planning on running away forever, but these people have to miss me. i feel kind of bad about it, but i'm so mad right now, that i can't get over it. i'm 18 years old, i'm in college, and i don't even drive a car. i'm the only person in my family who doesn't drive a car. my mom drives a bmw and my family owns a lot. in high school, i was the angel of the class. i'm a straight A student, i didn't even go away for college. i've never gotten drunk in my life, never smoked. my best friend is literally my mother. i've never even slept over at any...
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My Dad is gay and married.
Posted Monday April 6 2009, 4:21 pm
About two weeks ago I started realizing things my father was dOing that made me believe he was cheating on my mother. About 3 days ago while he was bringing me to work He told me he had something to tell me "I'm gay" Was one of the things and "Ive found someone else" Was the other. He hadnt told my mom at the point I was the only one who knew.
Today He told my mom and as you can tell now the house is on edge. I don't Know how to handle this and Would really like to find others who can relate to me and help me work through this but I've searched online and I cant find anything. Could you help me please!
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parents won't get me a new phone!!
Posted Monday April 6 2009, 7:51 am
Sorry, I didn't really know which category to put this in. I'm a 13 year old girl. My friends practically live for their cell phones and change them at least twice a year (everybody in my grade does). I don't know about other countries, but where I'm from, new and updated phones come out nearly every week. My phone is around two years old, and it's seriously old and outdated. I get good grades and I'm pretty responsible. .It might be a little silly, but I feel embarassed with my phone and feel pressure with my friends.My parents think phones should be emergency-only. Are they being unreasonable or am I?
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my step dad is annoying
Posted Sunday April 5 2009, 5:36 pm
my mom broke up with my dad when i was 2 she found another guy and has been married to him a long time and he is an ass how do i get my mom to break up with him?she doesnt love him anymore anyway
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Mom and "stepdad" drama. REALLY IMPORTANT
Posted Saturday April 4 2009, 12:33 pm
I'm 17/f and I have a sister who's 14.
My parents were divorced about a year ago and my dad moved to Iraq for a year to get a job as a Desktop Analyst for a company where he makes about $10,000 a month. He's moving back after this summer and stuff but my mom and I do NOT get along. We live with her and her boyfriend but it's his house. She makes about $1920 a month with her job before taxes so after taxes, it'd be about $1700-1800. My dad, however, is LEGALLY supposed to be sending my mom ABOUT $2000 a month for child support but is only sending $900, because they had an agreement that as soon as I get a job, he'll buy me a car. However, when my dad comes back when the summer ends, due to all the drama with my mom's boyfriend not l...
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My fathers gay.
Posted Friday April 3 2009, 4:02 pm
My dad just recently told me he is gay. He hasnt told anyone his whole life accept for me. This is really difficult for me and I was wondering where I could find people to help support me through this hard and confusing time.
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help understanding sister's actions/finding her help
Posted Friday April 3 2009, 12:16 am
I have a older sister who I cannot quite understand why she acts the way she does. She is 25 and has always lived with my mother. She has always had a problem with her finances. She cant seem figure out what kind of a career she wants or what she wants to do. She owes almost everyone money and the money she does earn from her waitress job gets blown on booze, clothes, food and fun. She seems to make spur of the moment decisions and is very easily influenced by freinds who dont have responsibilities like her. The same kind of friends who live with their parents and have absolutely no obligations. I almost feel like she has no conscience about spending money when she knows she has debts to be paid. Sometimes i feel she has the potential to be...
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