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Family drama invading my life again
Posted Sunday December 19 2010, 10:15 pm
First, some history: I am the youngest of four siblings, and grew up in a very bad home. My sisters' greatest pleasure in life was to beat the tar out of me, belittle me, and basically make me miserable every time my dad's back was turned, and my brother actually molested me several times. My parents were divorced, and Mom never so much as sent a birthday card; Dad was always working, so I was on my own.
I cut my siblings out of my life after Dad died. Got married, had a couple of kids, bought a house, and settled into a nice, normal, kinda boring but very peaceful life. Everything was great until three months ago, when my oldest sister found me on Facebook. Like an idiot, I accepted her request.
She immediate...
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my sister betrayed me
Posted Sunday December 19 2010, 6:10 pm
I am 18 and my sister is 16. In a weak moment, I told her what I had done with my ex boyfriend sexually. (It was right after he and I broke up, and my sister asked me what I had done with him sexually. I told her.) My boyfriend and I dated for over a year; we didn't have sex, but I did give him a hand job in my living room on a rare occasion when he slept over one night.
My sister ended up telling my mom and my younger brother this information months later when she was mad at me...which would be what happened today. This may not seem like a big deal, but I am ashamed that she would betray my trust, and at the secret I told her itself. I would like to think of myself as a pretty innocent girl, and this is why this behavior is ...
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Family is moving. Shoul I stay in college where I am or move with them?
Posted Saturday December 18 2010, 11:10 pm
I am in college and I currently live about an hour away from my family. I have two younger sisters, 14 and 16, and my family is moving from Minnesota to Texas after this school year. I have really fit into my college and really like it here, I even managed to set it up where I will be able to graduate a year early. But I feel like I should be closer to my family and more importantly closer to my younger sisters to be the protective older brother. So, should I transfer schools or should I stay?
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Am I a bad daughter ?
Posted Saturday December 18 2010, 1:56 am
Hello,Hope you can help ,Well im a young teen my mother i love her ive notice i talk horable to her and raise my voice .. Ignore her but i love her she forgives me she buys me every thing i ask for some times she cant a fored it and i go ahead and get fussy again i tell her im sorry ive told her i loved her ..Christmas is near i asked for a pro camara ..She said it cost a lot i got mad She told me ..She can by me a reguler one .. I refused and said then dont buy me nothing ..she got mad .. But just the other day i heard her talking to my dad saying that maybe next year i felt terrible i told her ..Mom i dont want absalutly nothing this christmas huged her and left she came toi me and asked she didnt under stand me i was crying so i had to r...
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easiest,quickest, way to end my life
Posted Thursday December 16 2010, 7:22 pm
I have lived my life to the point that I cannot take it anymore. I have dug myself into a hole I cannot get out of and the embarassment and humility of explaining it to everyone is not worth it. This is something I cannot get past. I want to know the easiest and quickest way to leave this world. I do not own a gun nor do I have access to any prescription medications. Please, please help me.
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Cutting 49 year old sister out of my life - and my children's lives
Posted Wednesday December 15 2010, 12:58 pm
I've had a struggle with my sister my entire life. She has done the typical sister things to me and some non-typical.
In a phone conversation yesterday we hashed out a few things and at the end I told her I don't want to see her again.
We talked about how she hit me when we were young. (Oh, she's 9 years older than me so it's a 10 year old hitting a 1 year old) and she admits to hitting me
BUT
"I did hit you but not to hurt you" - her
"you did hurt me, you were so much bigger than me" - me
"oh you are remembering it hurting more than it actually did" - her
More examples of how she treated me:
She said she hates fat people and I'm fat.
She said I ...
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My parents can't stop fighting
Posted Monday December 13 2010, 4:18 pm
I'm only at the age of 12 from south Africa but i've been through alot .All my parents do is fight verbaly most of the time they don't even talk to each other and to make it worse my brother always fights with me I don't know what to do any more and to add to every thing were all going away and were all fightinig.
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Confused teenage mother
Posted Monday December 13 2010, 1:07 am
Alright, where to start. First, I have a babygirl. She's 18 months. And a fiance. I don't have a job, and neither does he. I'm going through high school still, I'm 17, and I'm waiting to graduate. I was planning to move to Washington with my fiances mother, since that's where we're happy. But my parents are trying to talk me out of it. Saying I won't be able to survive if I move out. The thing is, I'm not going to be able to get a job in Washington until I do move out. So what, I'm supposed to get a job here and save up money. That makes no sense to me. And my child has some kidney problems, that she can grow out of, with medicine, which she's taking. They want me to stay until she grows out of that. Ok what happens when I have a nother bab...
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Mean, Overbearing Sister-in-Law
Posted Friday December 10 2010, 8:05 pm
Our brother's wife is overbearing and mean at every family get together. She goes on and on about how wonderful she is, how she does everything right while at the same time being mean and spiteful to everyone around her, particularly the children in the family. She takes over and acts like she's the one in charge every chance she gets. And she thinks nothing of making hurtful, spiteful comments. None of us say anything and continue to tolerate the behavior because we don't want to alienate our brother (who isn't much better than his wife). I say it's time we tell this know-it-all bully that we've had enough. If she doesn't care who's feelings she hurts then why should we? What's the worst that can happen? She stops talking to us? Big whoop ...
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my parents stress me
Posted Friday December 10 2010, 3:04 pm
i'm 21 f and i just can't handel all the stress my parents are putting on me. i want to date this guy and i'm too afraid to tell my parents. since i got out of a serious relationship a while ago they don't want to see me hurt and i get that. but i live alone and need to make my own choices and the fact that they keep pushing me to be single really bothers me. i know that they care and all but i really like him and its not like its going to be serious right off the bat. what can i tell my parents to make them stop stressing me out and telling me to bee alone.
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what should I do, babys dad is so confusing
Posted Friday December 10 2010, 12:48 pm
My boyfriend is living at my parents house, with no job. he takes care of our baby until I get home. But always gets angry in the morning bc he doesnt want to get up so he trys to make her sleep more when she should be unswaddled and eating cereal. I am lucky to have a family business to work at, so that is how we make our money. Problem is, he isnt really looking for a job at all. and he is planning on driving to another city with my car 3 times a week for school. which is no biggie, but we need the money for gas. When she was born I was so happy at home waking up with her in the morning, playing with her all day. Now im not allowed to look at her before I leave bc she "might go back to sleep". This cant be good for my daugh...
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My mother hates my wife.
Posted Monday December 6 2010, 8:39 pm
My mother hates my wife
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Fiance's 11yo cousin posted something sexually inappropriate on Facebook.
Posted Sunday December 5 2010, 12:39 am
I'm 23/F.
I was on Facebook today and was thoroughly surprised to see that his cousin had posted a note titled "I Cost $(dollar amount) A Night!" Turns out it's one of those survey things where you fill out a checklist and get points for various things, add them up and then use the number in the title.
Why is this a problem? She's 11. I really don't think she knows what it means. Her mother really doesn't monitor her Facebook usage, and nobody has said anything about it yet. I asked my fiance to text the girl's mom and let her know, but he thinks it'll make us look bad if we do.
What course of action should we take? Are we reading too much into it?
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Should I listen to my parents in this situation?
Posted Saturday December 4 2010, 9:59 pm
I'm a teen girl and got into anime while at summer camp. I attempted drawing anime and my friends all thought they were really "good." My mom found them and was like, "You drew this?" She disapproved incredibly and doesn't want me to draw anime anymore because she says I won't be able to draw non-anime things well anymore. Both of my parents have master's degrees in art and my dad is neutral. I'm really embarrassed that my drawings were found for some reason; I guess they were kind of private.
Should I listen to my parents and stop drawing anime? I really love drawing it and I even have manga ideas.
Thank you!
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family stuff
Posted Thursday December 2 2010, 2:42 pm
I have a 21 year old brother. He failed school and went through depression after my parents divorced when he was 18. He's going to a community college so he can apply to university round about now. He doesn't really have any hobbies, just shuts himself in his room and goes on the internet.
He hates my dad for a lot of reasons that I don't understand. My mom always nags him about the fact he has a hard time with academic work so they argue a lot.
What do you think it's like for a guy his age to live with a ditzy, nagging mom and younger sister? He seems to be having a hard time. Would appreciate a guy's perspective. Any thoughts. thanks
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should i take my daughter out her karate class?
Posted Thursday December 2 2010, 2:24 pm
Shes been doing it for about a year and really seems to enjoy it.
but now it seem to be getting to her head. When I told her to do something yesterday she got mad and said that she knows karate and that I should watch out.
Do you think I should take her out of the class?
Btw she's 13. I'm her dad.
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Emotional and financial responsibility
Posted Wednesday December 1 2010, 7:02 pm
My 24 year old son and his now wife have an 8 month old child. His wife became pregnant while on the pill ( she is 21 years old). He married her and they are struggling financially. My husband and I have been helping but wonder if we should. I worry very much about their future as a couple How involved should we be.
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Mom deleted my facebook! My BF is a bad kisser and I am BORED!
Posted Friday November 26 2010, 1:51 pm
Ok this stinks so bad!!! I am grounded because my Mom got mad at me for making a facebook account. She found out and then deleted it. I am so upset because all of my friends have one, and facebook is really fun too. My boyfriend has one and says really nice things about me on facebook and now I cant even have a facebook to say thanks. My boyfriend doesnt have a cell phone anymore because he dropped it in the toilet and his Mom wont pay for a new one and he doesnt have enough money for one either. I am really upset because my MOm will not stop talking about the facebook thing to my Aunt and Grandmom. I dont live with my Dad so my Aunt and My Grandmom are the only people she likes to talk to. I want to hang out with my friends but I cant becu...
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How can I convince my dad to let me sleepover?
Posted Thursday November 25 2010, 8:48 pm
SKIP TO LAST PART IF YOU DON'T WANNA READ ALL THIS!!
Well my dad will not let me sleepover at a friend of mine's house- actually not any of my friends! NOBODY! I known her for 7 years (thats more than half of my life!) My mom is okay with sleepovers but she says your dad needs to agree too. >:( I have only been to one sleepover in my life and only cuz my dad was in San Fransisco (Hehe he doesnt know) Well he says I can't sleepover because it is not safe.
How can I convince my dad to let me sleepover?!
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I had a crush on my cousin
Posted Thursday November 25 2010, 9:41 am
Is it wrong that I had a crush on my cousin when we were both little kids?
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