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Future Mother-in-law problems
Posted Friday July 18 2014, 5:24 pm
I am engaged to the most wonderful woman I could ever be blessed with. We are planning to get married in December. Now the problem is her mom. She's the youngest of three and she lives with her mom to help take care of her. Her mom is pretty stubborn and she needs to have canned Pepsi, cigarettes, and weed. My fiance pays for all of that despite the fact that she works part time for minimum wage. Her mom doesn't take that into consideration and will go thru her stuff so fast. Leaving my fiance with no money. I'm scared we won't be able to get our own place at this rate. Her mom will already make her feel guilty for moving out. I try to tell her to put her foot down so we can save money but she says there's no point. She's stressed and strug...
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Let me clarify- bi-polar vs narcissism
Posted Sunday July 13 2014, 9:33 am
He went to take a picture of a total stranger...who objected. I advised. perhaps he needed to see if they objected first then proceed. He took the picture and responded to her ."I guess this will be between us...instead of apologizing. When I tried to suggest what might have happened or how to prevent this in the future...he ended up calling me a f...ing b.....not once but several times...He then believed the tires on the vehicle were going to be slashed so he ran to the vehicle. This dove tails into my repeated requests...not to be hit with a drumstick or be called a whore which he laughs He has had no job in years...contributes what he wants... He went off on my daughter last weekend...with a similar attack. I am tired of the disres...
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I really like my step brother and don't know how to tell him.
Posted Saturday July 12 2014, 9:20 pm
So my mom has a boyfriend that she's had for 13 years now. He has a son that i do not think of as a brother.i have had a crush on him for many years now. His son in a few years older then me, but I'm also over 18. I would like to tell him that i have had a crush on him n think sexual thoughts about him at night. We don't see each other very often but I'm dying to know if he feels that kinda way about me. Im not sure about it because some signals he sends seems like he's flirting but I'm not positive. I don't know how to ask him or tell him. Please help me somebody.
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What to do about family isses?
Posted Saturday July 12 2014, 9:07 am
Today I was doing my younger brother's hair when somehow we ended up talking. I told him that mom and I do hair differently its not a matter of one being better than the other. Then I quickly said "nevermind because I know your going to tell mom everything I say good or bad." Moments later my mom threatens me saying the next time I "intimidate" my brother things are going to end badly for me. I need help understanding what I did wrong and if simply not talking to my brother and mom is a good solution for this situation. What should I do? I figure going under the radar is a good way to handle this situation because I dont feel like getting in to it with my mom or brother. Personally, I can't stand living under the same roof with either party.
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Moving with friend and mother
Posted Saturday July 5 2014, 6:05 am
So my family - my mom, brother, and my friend all live in a one bedroom apartment. We've lived like this for 3 years this month. But my brother has recently told us that he wants to live by himself. Either he keeps the apartment and we move out or he will move out and we keep the apartment. So me and my friend were thinking about getting a place together. But my mom wants to move with us too. But I really dont want her to. I really dont want to live with my friend either, I just want my own space but someone to go half with on bills would be nice. But my mom would have nowhere else to go. She got fired from her a job a couple of months ago and she has bad knees and hips. She also has a drug habit. So shes trying to get disability. And my f...
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Granddad is Inadvertently Insulting
Posted Wednesday July 2 2014, 8:18 pm
I didn't know how else to title my question, but what I mean is that my granddad, who is very hard of hearing, says insulting things about people not knowing that they can hear him. Since he can't hear well, he doesn't realize how loud he's being, but he's usually speaking at a normal voice volume.
We are caucasian and I don't think of myself as being racist. I don't think my granddad dislikes people of other races either, but he doesn't seem to think very highly of them. However, he definitely IS prejudice against homosexuals and I bite my nails every time one's around him because I'm worried about what he'll say to them.
Once a couple months ago, he, my mom, and I were eating lunch out after having taken him ...
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A hostile mother
Posted Wednesday July 2 2014, 11:59 am
So my mom baffles me with her "hostile" behavior. It seems like she starts fights with people around her out of no where. She would lash out at people for no reason. Or yell at them for no reason. Sometimes she'll take the calmest situation and somehow transform it into a bloody battle. I HONESTLY have no idea why she acts that way to everyone around her. Would you know why she's like that? I really cannot understand why she acts that way. It's so baffling and mind boggling! I think she needs psychological help but she wouldn't believe that. Whenever we tell her to calm down or to be more understanding she just keeps acting hostile. Is it a mental problem? I need advice... I don't know what else to do or how else to talk to her. A...
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Problem because of my father's identity.
Posted Wednesday July 2 2014, 8:03 am
This is an odd problem, I think. So I'm a 20 year old college student in Ireland. I want to be successful and to be a decent, happy human. But I have a serious mental block in pursuing these things and trying to push myself because of the man my father is. My father is lazy, stupid, ignorant, close minded and greedy. He is all of these things to quite a high degree. This becomes more and more apparent to me the older I get. I feel like I Just feel like I'm genetically predisposed to be the complete failure of a person that he is. It seems impossible to me that I could be the complete opposite of my own father. As much as I try to overcome this feeling I just can't. It stops me from pushing myself to tap into whatever potential I may have. I...
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Oblivion
Posted Monday June 30 2014, 5:02 am
I have relatives that went to UK, they had fun, without me. Of course I got jealous, they're happy while I'm left out, now that they're back in the US, some of my UK raised relatives came over, they went to the beach, to expensive restaurants and parks, I wasn't there... They invited us for a dinner, but it was sad and empty, the rest of their vacation, we're not invited, now that you're reading this I want you to make me feel less bad, you know give advice on how to be close again, since we lied to each other, how could we be close again, I love them, but I think they don't... Should I forget about it? Or say sorry about the lies?
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uptight mom
Posted Tuesday June 24 2014, 1:30 pm
my mom is a uptight. I'm going into the freakin 8 grade and she has parental controls on the computer only giving me five min a day and barely any websites. she has 3 computers, one of which is a laptop, an iPhone, an ipod, and a n iPad! One computer was supposed to eb for the kids but then she put on all these settings.... the iPod is supposed to be my bday gift but she changed it into her extra phone. i can't do anything. she makes these dumb rules like u can't lock the door in the second bathroom which is my bathroom.i can't wear some clothes i have cause she wants to pick out my outfit when we are going to some places not every wear tho. She yells at me when i break one of her rules or talk to her while she's on her electronics cause s...
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Wedding Drama
Posted Tuesday June 24 2014, 3:14 am
I've been engaged since September of last year. My fiancé's sister just got engaged a month ago. My wedding is in September 2015. Her fiancé wants to have the wedding in May 2015. They have only been dating for 2 years. My fiancé and I have been together for 7 years. We were going to get married this year but I've had a lot of medical complications. I'm upset about that fact they want to get married before us and want to take away our thunder. I think it's rude and disrespectful. His parents originally said they would stand up for us and tell her to wait and now they don't want to. My fiancé and I are getting into fights about this. We are suppose to talk to his sister and fiancé but honestly I'm so upset. Don't know what to do.
Sincerely,
Invisible
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my stepdad is telling me to lower my voice
Posted Monday June 23 2014, 10:02 am
my stepdad is always telling me to lower my voice even when I am not that loud me my mom and him went to logans roadhouse and it was so loud he never had a problem with it but when I started to talk he would tell me to lower my voice I hate that he needs to shut up leave me alone and get a hearing aid
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Am I being too insensitive with my dad?
Posted Sunday June 22 2014, 2:26 pm
Alright, well here I go.
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Well my dad thinks my mom is cheating on him but she ISNT I'm sure! of it
Posted Friday June 20 2014, 1:11 pm
My dad is always checking my moms phone her email, Facebook and messages I get scared because I don't want them to divorce. My father is from turkey and my mom is from here in America and I here Turkish people get angry real easy which is true. My mom gets tired out all the time when she comes home from work and my dad is always hounding her and saying "are you cheating on me is that why you come home late?" And I look at them arguing thinking wow my dad is a crazy man I'm positive my mom isn't cheating she never goes out with friends and when she does she brings me and my siblings and father. My dad says he thinks she's cheating cuz his ex wife cheated on him. I feel bad for my mom she works all day long and gets yelled at by my ...
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Stepfather is ruining my family
Posted Wednesday June 18 2014, 10:38 pm
To sum it all up, my mom remarried a man she knew for a year after being married to my dad for about 30 years. This was only 2 years after they got divorced and at the time of the second marriage, we were struggling FINANCIALLY (By the way, the man, Carlos, is a WEALTHY pilot...you can understand where I'm going with this). Anyways, my brother and I liked him at first, but obviously that didn't last very long.
My brother eventually grew so much hatred towards Carlos that refuses to come visit us or see us unless he's gone on one of his trips. This aggravates my mom because she doesn't understand why my brother hates him so much, even though we've explained it to her countless times. She will always take Carlos' side rather t...
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Banned from seeing boyfriend
Posted Tuesday June 17 2014, 3:50 pm
I'm a 15 year old girl, and my boyfriend is 17. We've been dating for 6 months, which I know is a short while for what we did.
A few days ago, we were fooling around (not having sex) and we got really worried that I might be pregnant. Looking back on it, there was absolutely no way that it could have happened, but we got concerned and purchased a Plan B pill. For some reason, I saved the receipt and my mom found it. She got highly upset and yelled for a while, refusing to listen to my apologies or let me explain what happened. Then, she made me tell my dad explicitly what happened between my boyfriend and I and then forced me to break up with him, and to never see or talk to him again.
I know that this seems a ...
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Get back in the Band
Posted Monday June 16 2014, 4:51 pm
Im going on my sophmore year in highschool, and i love everything about marching band. I am also on the debate team and preparing to take an AP class which my parents find as conflicts. My dad was this huge debate superstar in highschool, and now has decided to force me to quit marching band. I have told him in the past that i love marching band more than anything else that i do in school, and he doesnt care. I asked him to consider my happiness, and he said happiness isnt the key point in his decision making. Also i asked him why i cant do what i want to do, to which he replied "what you do in high school is not your decision." How do i get back in marching band? its the only thing i love about school and its where my friends are.
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My mom and dad and a tv show
Posted Monday June 16 2014, 2:46 pm
I told my mom that I watch this show called the fosters on abc . I'm 13 and it's probably not a show they would approve of cause of lebian thing but I kinda like the show and I'm only watching it because my friend recommended it to me. So what should I do because I don't know what to say if they bring it up when I already told them its because of my friend. Plus it's not really a bad show.
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Cousin is making me feel uncomfortable
Posted Sunday June 15 2014, 4:30 pm
My cousin is making me feel really uncomfortable. Today we went to my uncles house to watch the soccer match (FIFA 2014) so I was feeling ok. I went to my cousin and asked him a favor if he could download me a movie and pass it to my USB. He said ok so I went upstairs with him and at first he acted all right he asked how i was at school...... Then all of sudden he grabbed my waist pulled me to him closer each time and started touching my back softly! Then he grabbed my hand and kissed it and started like touching my back again it felt disgusting! He asked me if I feel uncomfortable and of course I said YES! Then he left and I just stood there feeling Ughh ! I don't want to tell my parents! Please what else can I do? Help me!
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Issues with my older brother
Posted Saturday June 14 2014, 1:00 pm
I’m 23 yrs. He’s 33 yrs.
A few days ago, I suddenly get a call in my mom’s phone from some online gambling game company. They wanted to know why my account has been inactive. I don’t gamble and have no idea what they are talking about. I asked them to verify my information. They have my first and last name, my mom’s phone number, and my brother’s email address. My mom barely knows how to work the computer. I think it was my brother who did this but I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. My brother called me one day with an attitude b/c he wanted to talk to my other brother who isn’t home. He gave me one of his lectures about how naïve I am, which always leaves me upset. I asked him about the online gambling compa...
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