Family - August 2006

Well, First off. My mom has lived with her mother her entire life. me and my sister were raised in the house with mom and grandma but grandma was always sole parent while my mom acted like a child, gambling, spending all her money on toys etc and neglecting the both of us. My grandma has taken care of her like she is still a 15 yr old child. Grandma is pushing 90 now and me and my sister both know it's only a matter of time before we lose her. The question is, since my mom is "unable" to take care of herself, pay her rent, etc. where should me and my sister's responsibilities lie with her. I live out of state and my sister lives about 30 minutes away from them. Neither one of us will feel comfortable allowing mom to live with us. I think this is what mom feels will happen when grandma passes. She always thinks somebody will take care of her. Do we leave her out in the cold or what?

2006-08-21 04:42:29 · 10 answers · asked by coconut 3

How a father obtains legal custody of a child

2006-08-21 04:28:57 · 9 answers · asked by Jennifer R 1

I married after losing my house in Katrina - I have known my husband for over 20 years. I have 3 children from a previous marriage and have been divorced for over 6 years. Their father has made no attempt to contact us in 5 years. My husband always acted like their "friend" in the past and that was acceptable because we werent married. Now he is their "dad" and the oldest calls him Sam (she is 16) the middle calls him daddy and they have a great relationship (she is 11) and the youngest calls him Mr. Sam (he is 8) but they are close - he has always known him as Mr Sam and doesnt really like change much. We had a baby 3 weeks ago. My husband seems to be pulling away from my children and has had way less patience with them, It is harder on my 11 yr old who wants more than anything in this world to have a daddy. This is taking a toll on me and I am feeling torn and sick over it, I love him, but these are my kids and they already lost one dad - he doesnt see what he is doing. HELP!

2006-08-21 04:22:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-21 04:14:16 · 10 answers · asked by lipgloss742000 1

Is the action of an abusive parent a result of his/her previous upbringing / environment and thus shouldn't be held completely accountable for his/her actions, or shoud they bear full responsibility for the way they treat their children because they should've known better.

2006-08-21 04:12:17 · 8 answers · asked by Hypnotist 1

2006-08-21 04:03:24 · 6 answers · asked by sweet girl 4

2006-08-21 03:57:02 · 6 answers · asked by Beth H 1

I have several siblings in various states (between ages 36-16 years). They all seem to resent me. When I had called or emailed them they act all cold and distant. They do not respond to my emails or keep me up to date with their lives or even changes of address and phone numbers. I always hear things second hand from my parents.

When my birthdays came around they never acknowledge it, they were not at my wedding and haven't done anything for major holidays. However I have called them on their birthdays, attended their weddings and birth of thier children and try to keep them up to date. It's been years and I've slowly stopped contacting them because they have not acknowlege me.

I am very close with my parents, in-laws, my best friends and co-workers. I have great relationships and a wonderful life. But my sibilings ignore me. My mother is getting remarried and I'm closer to my soon to be step-siblings than my actual sibilings. Any suggestions on how to get over this resentment?

2006-08-21 03:55:28 · 6 answers · asked by Erica, AKA Stretch 6

I feel like there would be a lot of uncomfortabel questions if I told them the truth: "why were you holding fifi out of the attic window anyway?" or "does this have anything to do with him chewing up your favorite shoes yesterday?" etcetera. I don't want to disillusion them about me since I'm their dad, so wouldn't it be best for everyone if I tell them that the dumb dog just ran away and got lost?

2006-08-21 03:44:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother and fiance can't seem to get along we have been together for 4 yrs now. For the first three years everything was great then **** hit the fans when my fiance's plant closed down he was off work for 6 months until he found a job again. In the mean time my mom was bad mouthing my fiance to the family. Well it got back to us we had a big blow out I thought eveything was patched up but my mom continues to run her mouth. I love this man and want to marry him but all this crap has me contiuning to wait it out. I just want my mom and him to at least talk. He doesn't even want to be around her and when they are around each other neither talk. Help!!!!!!!!

2006-08-21 03:35:33 · 15 answers · asked by speparm 1

2006-08-21 03:30:59 · 44 answers · asked by Louise Smith 7

i mean when i was in middle school i hung out with a certain gril. and now that this is my last year in high school and i am hanging with her again (cause we stopped being friends for a few years)my family has started trippin all ova me. the only reason they r acting like this i think is because she has 2 kids and a bad rep. but i mean just cause she is like that . don't mean i will follow in her foot steps rite? but is wrong for me 2 stop hanging with her for tha sake of my family? or make the desison for my self.? plz help me

2006-08-21 03:30:33 · 8 answers · asked by princesspooh1987 2

2006-08-21 03:20:47 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

god its like a sick joke

i want her........

2006-08-21 03:19:40 · 23 answers · asked by hawkette 1

he has 4 kids that are 10, 8, 6, and 5 he is 29 and i am 20

2006-08-21 03:17:15 · 14 answers · asked by Marty Johnson 2

i only know his first name, the country where he was born, the city he lives in now (neither is my country), his job, his age, and I have two pictures of us together...i met him at a festival, we became friends and i would like to know if he's still alive, and maybe just keep in touch with him...it would be really important for me, but I don't want to seem annoying and do stupid things...any ideas?

2006-08-21 03:00:23 · 10 answers · asked by Hellomynameis 3

My 12 year old sister lives with my mom, he dad died when she was 1, my mom is going to jail here shortly and I would like to take my sister in. In order to put her in school I heard I need to be her legal guardian. How do I go about this and does our mom have to give consent, if she does not give consent will my sister be sent to foster care, even if she has family members that are alive??

2006-08-21 02:57:15 · 6 answers · asked by manda 3

2006-08-21 02:55:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My father abused me for years and child and famiy services came. I wouldnt tell then any thing that my father did, and I know that was the wrong thing to do. I was then hospitalized in a mental hospital and found out that i suffer from depression and bi-polar disorder. WHile i was there i told them about what my father does to me. THey confronted him about it and he denied it. so they didnt believe me!! (this was years later) I was stuck with him after I got out of the hospital and the abuse continued. I threatened suicide again and was again hosptialized. I continues trying to tell them and they insisted I was making it up and crazy! Finally I got to the age where I could deciede rather to move in with mom or dad. Of course i chose mom. Dad threatened me! SO i didnt. then i decided to move in with mom and didnt let my dad scare me. when i was visiting my mom i just decided not to return. Now my dad hates me. He is now fallinginto a deep depression. Its my falt did i do da right thing?

2006-08-21 02:52:05 · 8 answers · asked by Broken_Inside 1

It's really hard to get something for them together as they have very different interests.

2006-08-21 02:49:49 · 6 answers · asked by tana 1

You are 16 and your sister is 14. She is constantly nasty and mean to you while you are always nice and generous to her. She yells at you that you are always home and she doesn’t have privacy. You two share a room and sleep on a bunk bed together. She says that she doesn’t like to live with you and ask you “Can you not live here and not be at home all the time. It is very annoying.” It hurts you because you love her and wish that she would appreciate you. You tell her to stop but she don’t. You tell your parents and they say they know that your sister have been very nasty lately and they know that you are a very nice sister and you love her. They told your sister about that and she says that she is not nasty and instead you are nasty. Afterwards, your parents walk away. They can’t seem to help you. Why are sisters and parents that way? It is not fair. It seems that we suffer from unfairness due to our sister’s nasty attitude and it is not our fault.

2006-08-21 02:44:26 · 10 answers · asked by youngwoman 5

When he starts up giving me money again he gives me 40 dollars a week and saids he can live with that and he goes to see him like twice a month or even less i have him in court rite now for child support do u think i should just take custody all by myself i have the money to maintain him myself the only reason i ask him for money is cause if he wants to see him he has to help out but i think that my son is not good for him to see his dad one day and not again for another month wat do u think i should do??

2006-08-21 02:32:29 · 11 answers · asked by lola 3

I have a question for all those people with children, If you could would you want to be perfect in every way? You know what i would I have 3 children running around screaming mummy can I. If I was the great Mary Poppins I wouldn't be having this problem would I? better go and stop them wreaking my house lol

2006-08-21 02:27:14 · 15 answers · asked by jules 4

Trivia contest..need answer..kids eat an aberage of 46 of what annually? Please show source..thanks!

2006-08-21 02:26:48 · 4 answers · asked by Violet 2

2006-08-21 02:24:56 · 7 answers · asked by evian 6

2006-08-21 02:19:26 · 11 answers · asked by ktoya 1

I have a 9 year old and a 7 year old, both girls. I want to take them out of day care and let them ride the school bus home. I am usually home, but if something happened and I was unable to be here, would it be OK for them to stay by themselves for an hour or so?

2006-08-21 02:16:07 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need an idea of what to send her and her imediate family until I can go visit this weekend. She has a husband, two grown children, and two grandsons (elementary school age). I was thinking about having a dinner sent, but I could use more ideas since this is the first time that a close family member has passed away in years.

2006-08-21 02:13:06 · 7 answers · asked by escapeinthepalms 2

2006-08-21 02:05:34 · 17 answers · asked by Sandeep C 1

2006-08-21 02:04:30 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous