|
Viewing QuestionsFamilies
We know you love your family, but sometimes issues come up where a little advice is helpful. Ask your question here.
Coming out of the closet
Posted Friday January 19 2007, 1:12 am
I recently just found out that I am gay, and I really want to "come out" to the rest of my family - but the problem is were Roman Catholic, and in my religion it is a DEALY sin to be gay, and also I'm afraid that they wont accept me for who I truly am as a person. I've heard my family say some degrading things about gay people, they treat them like they have the plauge, so if I come out to them I'm afraid I might get kicked out of my family. I can't go anywhere either, all of my family friends, and friends are homophobes because of what society or the media tells them. It will be just such a great feeling to get this off my chest, but I'm afraid of the consequences. Thank you guys for understanding.
[ Answer Question | View Answers (5) ]
Torn between two people?
Posted Friday January 19 2007, 12:41 am
Okay, this gets a little confuzling. Say their names are Kim, Jane, and Lori. Kim and Jane are in 9th grade with me and Lori is in 10th grade. They are all bi and i have no problem with that considering that I'm bi. Anyways, Kim and JAne used to go out last year. They were kind of on and off for about 6months? Well, Kim has definately moved on but Jane is still lingering on Kim. Kim however is ignorant of that fact and goes between being her friend and getting mad at her. (I don't know the details but this has been going on since the end of last year). So anywas, so Jane has, yet again, said that Kim is officially really pissed off at her and it goes like this:
Kim and Lori are going out and they're both druggies. Lori is inf...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (3) ]
mum and make up!!
Posted Thursday January 18 2007, 4:46 pm
i turned 13 a couple of weeks ago and from my mums friend i got some mascara and eye liner, i really really want to wear them but iv'e always kinda been a 'mummy's girl' and never worn make up. she caught me out once when i had abit of eye shadow on and didnt really approve.
so my question is how can i wear make up and get my mum to understand that im a little more grown up now ?!?
[ Answer Question | View Answers (3) ]
Can my mother ever trust me??
Posted Wednesday January 17 2007, 11:44 pm
Awright, 16/f. Three of my friends and I are starting a band (ska/punk, if it matters), and we've got some huge plans for this. It's a common dream. Music brought us all together and all that stuff. Well, the only problems is that all of these friends are boys who are 19 or older and my mom either doesn't like them or hasn't met them. They're good guys and I know I'm completely safe around them, but I know that my mom wouldn't approve of them because they're punks. It's gotten to the point where I had to lie to be able to hang out with them, telling mom that i had different plans.
How can we make this band work if my mom decides she doesn't want me hanging out with the guys? Or how to I make it so she can meet them and approve with...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (3) ]
Dinner and Fish
Posted Wednesday January 17 2007, 11:17 pm
Ok tonight my friend Betty was having dinner with her mom. Her mom made fish. The piece was a little too big for Betty. When she finished the rest of the meal Betty said to her mom; I cannot eat the rest. This piece of fish was too big; The mother said; it isnt too big but eat what you want; But Betty was a little upset that her mother did not think the piece of fish is too big. Betty said to her friends is my mom saying because she doesnt think the fish is too big she wants me to finish the piece of fish she gave me. Her friends told her no Betty your mother is not saying to eat all the fish - she even told you to eat what you want. MY QUESTION: Do you agree with Bettys friends
[ Answer Question | View Answers (4) ]
Problem with my sister
Posted Tuesday January 16 2007, 3:57 pm
Read below before answering the questions.
1. Is it wrong of me to be upset at my sister?
2. Should I have my sweet sixteen alone or with her? If it's alone I can only invite 50 people. If it's with her I can invite 50 and she can invite 50. I'm planning on having a few crashers too. My parents don't want the party to be big because I had a huge bat mitzvah.
3. A close friend of mine also had an idea...we send out separate invitations and my party starts 2 hours earlier and they end at the same time.
15f. I have an older sister who's currently a senior in high school (only 18 months older than me). When she's around my friends, she commands all the attention away from me and says stuff to embarrass me or ...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (4) ]
sister trouble
Posted Monday January 15 2007, 9:49 pm
okay so i have a sister that is a couple years older then me and she is really nice but really bossy. she always makes me do things for her and i do them because i dont want her to not like me. it is getting really out of hand and i am like her SLAVE now. i feel like she is taking advantage of me but i dont know what to do, help!
[ Answer Question | View Answers (4) ]
boyfriend family
Posted Monday January 15 2007, 7:18 pm
my bf doesnt have a dad and so obviously, the families a little messed up. hes always fighting with his brother. hes 18 and my bf is 15. his brother thinks its funny to piss him off and my bf flips out and they get into some big fighting match, cussing and everything else. i yell at my bf since i certainly cant yell at his brother, and tell him to stop fighting with him and all that n how he's just making it worse. then he says hes just defending himself and the times im not there it gets bad and im on the phone so i cant do much. so just not his brother heated up his lighter and burned my bf on his back with it. and obviously, it started a fight. his mom and his uncle thats living there dont do much so me, a 15 year old,5'2, and 125 pounds...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (2) ]
taking without asking.
Posted Monday January 15 2007, 4:10 pm
I have a younger brother who is 13. Everytime I have food in my room such as a gift basket my friend made me with all kinds of sweets, he ends up taking a bunch of it. Sometimes it's just one or 2 pieces out of 100 so I don't say anything. Today I found a sucker wrapper and I told my mom about it because I was mad that he went into my room and took it...and it's the hundreth time. She didn't really do anything...just told him "sternly" that she didn't want him in my room. What can I do to keep him from taking my things??
I gave him a big bag of 3 musketeers for Christmas and I share with him sometimes. We have cheez its and wheat thins in the pantry so he's not starving.
my mom tries hiding food from him too and he ...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (5) ]
What do I do?
Posted Monday January 15 2007, 1:37 pm
My father has had 3 wives, and did not even tell me, I had to find out from my mom. I live with my mom also. How can I get my dad to stop being so secretive? I am his daughter and I only have a faint outline of what his life has been like so far. How can I learn more, without him feeling 'violated'?
[ Answer Question | View Answers (3) ]
How can I tell mum that I want to be a film director?
Posted Monday January 15 2007, 11:57 am
13/f
I really want to be a film director, and I havn't told my mum. She has always said that I can do any job I want as long as I am happy. But I can tell she just doesn't mean it. She wants me to do acedemic stuff and keeps hinting that I should do something to do with maths or science (even though she knows I hate the subjects). It's annoying cos I know for a fact that when she was younger she hated maths and science herself, and wanted to do something creative.
She hates the media, she thinks everyone involved in it are sad and attention-seeking. Whenever she talks about it makes me feel really hurt cos I want to be a film director more than anything in the world and that's to do with the media.
...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (1) ]
QUICK!! this is kinda urgent!
Posted Monday January 15 2007, 5:27 am
it's my mom's birthday in the morning, so this is kinda urgent...
I've found an old photo of my mom from when she was just a toddler and printed it out and made a card out of it. I'm putting $50 in the card for her but inside looks a bit plain. I've jazzed it up with some coloured paper but I'd love to include maybe a poem or something on the blank side of the card. I really need something tonight..like in the next few hours before i go to bed. So does anyone have any good ideas or even know any websites maybe?
thank you SOOOOOO much to those who can help me out. Meanwhile, I'll keep googling! :]
xx
[ Answer Question | View Answers (5) ]
Grief
Posted Monday January 15 2007, 12:11 am
My grandpa died recently, and I am not sure how to deal with it. I feel like I have everything, grief, sadness, still inside me, but it wont come out. I think I have not come to terms with my feelings, just pushed them aside. What should I do?
[ Answer Question | View Answers (5) ]
i dont know what to do
Posted Sunday January 14 2007, 7:47 pm
i feel like shitt right now ....i dont know what to do anymore ...just 2 hours ago my older sister asked my dad for a psp and he went out and bought it for her came home and gave it to her. i knoe what it looks like and yea im not going to deny it im jelous and mad and i have a right to be both because she did the same thing when she asked for a laptop she didnt have to begg my dad and he got it for her...thats not the only thing she has ....she also has a cell phone from cingular and a digital camera shes hooked with all the electronics...the only thing i have is a prepaid cell phone from virgin mobile and a bootleg computer (not laptop) im sick of seeing her get everything she wants and with me another story. ive tried talking to him and ...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (1) ]
Selling land that was gifted to me
Posted Sunday January 14 2007, 6:41 pm
Hello,
My husband and I are in our 40s. We want to sell some land that was gifted to me by my Mother, but she is upset that I want to sell. I do appreciate the gift, and wish to sell to siblings, (they own some of it too) but I have always wanted a farm and a place to call my own. We simply can't live on that ground due to our jobs here, that we enjoy. We have no other finances to build our dream of a country life. I don't want to cause a tiff in the family as I am the one who never makes waves--but then silently I allow resentment to build.
I am torn, because if I keep the ground I can't build my dream, and if I sell the ground I hurt my Mom's feelings.
What do you think and how would you react?
[ Answer Question | View Answers (2) ]
mom's birthday
Posted Sunday January 14 2007, 4:31 pm
my mom's birthday is coming up in a couple of days so i'm probably going to take advantage of our day off tomorrow to go shopping & get her something. unfortunately, i don't know what to get :\ i know, i know this is your typical question..but my mom is realllly hard to shop for. please don't say 'make her something..it's the thought that counts' or 'help her around the house' or 'buy her a giftcard.' sure, all those things are nice, but they're not for my mom. lol. for the past couple of times, i've gotten her a fossil watch, pearl necklace, clothes..just stuff like that. she doesn't need a back massager-she's got one of those. lol no food items. no pots and pans. so can anyone pleassee help me? if it helps, i'm 16, female and i'd real...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (2) ]
MY MOM AND SHOPPING
Posted Saturday January 13 2007, 11:02 pm
I am 51, my mom is 80. How do I handle her when we go shopping and she starts to lecture me that I am spending too much money and I really dont need to buy any more clothes unless I see something special. You see I get angry and say how dare she make comments and tell me what to do and how to do it and what to buy. HELP
[ Answer Question | View Answers (5) ]
My sister and a friend
Posted Saturday January 13 2007, 9:29 pm
I have a friend, who I'll call Dan. Dan asked me out on a date over the summer and I said yes. I took it a little too far (I thought he was my boyfriend) and he said a few weeks later "Just because I asked you out doesn't mean we're going out). We didn't talk for a while but a few months ago we became friends again. We talk all the time. However, my sister hates him and doesn't want me to see him. He and I never get to meet up because he lives kind of far away and because when there's a midpoint, my sister has to be with me and they can't stand each other. He's 17 and afraid to drive on highways, so he can't drive to me, and I can't drive yet because I'm only 15. My sister said that if I ever hook up with him, she'll be extremely upset...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (3) ]
Posted Saturday January 13 2007, 8:37 pm
My dad has always been the same. He's always happy one minute and angry the next. Ever since I can remember he's "spanked" me as hard as he could. He's always argued with my mom. He's always treated me unfairly. Always blamed things on me. When I was about 10 or 11, my parents got divorced. It didn't really affect me all that much. I was actually kind of happy. I mean, I thought my parents arguing would stop. I thought all those times were my dad would yell at my mom and push her up against the wall would stop. Of course I was wrong. It's been almost 6 years now, since they first got a divorce and my dad's remarried and my mom has a pretty steady boyfriend. My dad's always working. When he's not working his regular s...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (3) ]
dont know where i belong.
Posted Saturday January 13 2007, 3:31 pm
okay so this might be very long and im sorry but i need some other peoples opinions on this.
so i used to live with my grandmother. for 13yrs then i moved in with my mom and dad only a few months ago and my school work was getting better but now i feel in the same situation as i dont feel like getting up to go or just cant be bothered trying anymore. my mom is ALWAYS at work and when she does finally come home she sits and does MORE work. its not that she has to because he job only requires her to work untill 6pm. my dad isnt working and hes hard to talk to everything is a joke to him and if you have an issue you can deal with it yourself cause its all in your head supposedly which yeah on some things i can agree but a lot o...
[ Answer Question | View Answers (3) ]
|