Family - December 2006

When my family makes joking comments about me?
I love my animals (dog and cat) and my family always says to me that I will never have any kids, and that I will just raise animals my whole life.
Why does it hurt me so much?

2006-12-31 12:46:49 · 6 answers · asked by He moonwalked on my <3 4

When conflicts occur take a step back & watch how you react. Our first impluse is to use authority, to exert control, to nip the fights in the bud. But honestly this doesn't teach children to work out their own differences, instead it teaches them to be totally dependant upon us to resolve their problems, and this dependance is taken into adulthood. Another reaction is to yell at them, "Stop Fighting!!" Rather than listening to see what their real needs are.
To sit back, in laziness is a pitfall in modern day family life. This laziness is the bored irritation that causes someone to yell without listening to attain the required information to help them solve their problems together. Rather than getting dragged into fights with our children,
stop, and mindfully listen, yes listen attentively!
It may be that some bickering gives them the chance to negotiate, and to work things out on thier own. It is o.k. to feel a little irritated.
Our children can teach us Patience & Love !!

2006-12-31 12:27:21 · 8 answers · asked by Thomas 6

i know that i shouldn't be saying this, for i am only 14. i really miss the past a lot, and don't know how to deal with it. i am now a freshman in high school, and ever since i left middle school, i just realized that those were the best years of my entire life. every single day, i can't help but just stare straight into the sky and think about all those great times. i am a Christian, so i even do ridiculous things sometimes like pray for a dream of the past or let me go back in time to those great memories. i know, it just sounds so stupid, but i'm very very depressed about this. all my other friends have been so glad to move on. i'm the only one that still misses it. i feel like everyday i am living in hell, just wanting those great times back. i know that the right thing to do is to just move on, but it's not that easy for me. i just don't know what to do. i feel like everyday i'm slowly breaking down inside. what should i do?

2006-12-31 12:20:57 · 10 answers · asked by Bob 1

I'm in my twenties and i noticed that they'll try to persuade me to do other things rather than stay in tune with my plan - this could be long term/short term plan - they'll give me guilt trip and try to persuade me stuff they want me to do....why?

2006-12-31 12:18:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

n you and your family has to move in w/grandmother, cause she's not doing so well. What do you do when your teenager doen't want to move w/family? he would rather go and live w/his friends, than go and spend the rest of grandmom's life, what time she has left. He has been fighting me all the way, w/packing he don't even want to go to school and he's in 11th grade and he's blowing it. How to handle the first born w/all this. when I have to move.

2006-12-31 12:14:19 · 19 answers · asked by wendy b 1

I'm 22 years old. I'm a full-time senior in university. I work part-time. I'm a quote on quote good child. However, my parents do not respect my privacy and they do not fully support my pursuit of independence. Consequently, this has had a negative impact on my life as their complete control of my life has made it very difficult for me to maintain friendships and to embrace an adult life. I have missed out on so many things with my friends, including trips and parties, largely because my parents think they need to "protect" me from my friends. My friends are very much like me in that they go to school, work, etc... Furthermore, they refuse to let me drive the car at night to go out with my friends. I live a distance from my friends and it is difficult for me to hang out with them without a vehicle. As a result, I have slowly grown apart from my friends. They do not call me anymore and when I call them they rarely answer their phones.

2006-12-31 12:07:48 · 11 answers · asked by Nick N 1

2006-12-31 12:04:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

know she is jealous and makes rude comments...and you just keep saying.."I am sorry, you feel that way..",...and that is what you usually always say...because you do not want to finish it up...SHE IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM ...but you are not the type to fight???what can you say to make her stop!!! NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING...THE OTHER RELATIVES,...WILL JUST SAY..."wow, that hurts...or gee whiz"...or "gosh"...and the mother in law just goes about her business as if NOTHING HAPPENED??? what can you say???Your husband just says.."well, that's my mom, i can't say anything..i know she is wrong to do that."...

2006-12-31 12:03:34 · 21 answers · asked by sweet 4

My dad and i don't talk I can't even remember the last time we had a conversation. He drank and did drugs. When i was about 5-6 my parents broke up their still married to this day and i'm 18. I lived with him when I was 12 and it was horrible he always drank spent all the money at the bar and the pool tournamants... I was always at my mom's so she asked me if i wanted to move back in shortly after both my sisters did as well.... When i was little I always wanted them to get back together then after living with him I realized why him and my mom broke up and am glad.... He never remembers my birthday but remembers my sisters. Tells my sister he wants to see me and such and sometimes i want to see him to but then i think about it... if he really loved me he would come talk to me. The only reason he quit drinking is because his g/f wouldnt take him back unless he quit... my mom told me it's up to me but she understands why I won't (he's never tried to be in my life). Is this wrong?

2006-12-31 12:01:48 · 20 answers · asked by hazeleyed.beauty 1

My Mum passed away on New Years Eve it was a shock but a happy release for her - I should feel happy that she is at peace as she suffered from dementia but I feel so down

2006-12-31 11:58:09 · 25 answers · asked by Kirks Folley 5

i sure can.
because giving is the most nice thing to do

how about you?

2006-12-31 11:55:32 · 1 answers · asked by boogii (i'm 13) 1

Hey everyone, thanks for checking this out. My parents took my PC out of my room 2 years ago, and my xbox 360 out 6 months ago. I really want them back in my room, because its super conveinent, and im going to start saving up for new computer parts to put together, so ill have a nice computer. They just dont think I can handle the responsibility of having a computer in my room and also doing my homework before computer. They also put my xbox 360 in the living room which sucks, because my dad always wants to watch tv and I have to use wireless internet which is super slow. I HAVE to get this back in my room, im a freshmen in high school, so its not like im 11, in middle school. You guys have to help me get this back! PLease, thanks

2006-12-31 11:53:20 · 5 answers · asked by youshouldbedead 2

2006-12-31 11:51:26 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

my dad has been dating this gil and she is a huge ***** and no one in my family likes her. she always fights with my dad and hits my dad infornt of me and i always watch the fight my dad never hits her. i think its time for her to go u. well pless hepl me and only good ideas only lol

2006-12-31 11:47:48 · 10 answers · asked by joy 2

I just find that I have lost 'me' and I want to now get her back in 2007. I have lied, taken drugs, stolen, self-harmed, comfort eaten, lie to avoid displeasing my family, I always do things to please others....and last yr in 2006 I realised it was NOT making me happy. I have an nternal little voice saying 'noone will like me' and I want to change it. I am absolutely petrified of making friends close to me. I want this stop. I want to move on. I don't want to see a counsellor. I just want to know how I'm to change this negative inner talk...and start believing in me....and trusting myself that can do stuff...and not feeling I have to lie?

I am 31 and I live with my 69 yr old mum. She is really overprotective, and traditional, old fashioned. I desperately want to leave home now...I feel crap...that I can't do stuff that my white peers can do...like ...choose my own partner, manage my ownb house etc. I just get so overwhelmed...and end up feeling scared of being talked into an

2006-12-31 11:45:53 · 14 answers · asked by Blue_Bell 1

Recently I just lost three close friends in my old neighbor hood and so since this is a brand new year approaching I would like to start some brand new friendships with these former friends and also my sister in law because her and I have had some issues and can't seem to get along that well and we both feel obligated to like each other. Anybody got any ideas? Please help.

2006-12-31 11:39:04 · 2 answers · asked by Snowwhite30 1

my brother punched me in the stomach(older bro), broke the stereo(my mom says she can fix it) threw napkins everywhere, locked me in the basement, wouldn't stop screaming so now i can

how do I get my older bro to control his behavior, he is 17, and much much stronger than me, but he has physically and mentally abused me my whole life I can't take it any more, I occationally get very depressed because of him

2006-12-31 11:37:48 · 19 answers · asked by Elizabeth B 2

My 6 year old nephew is staying with us for several weeks around the holiday. Well the other issue we noticed going on is he is constantly picking his nose and eating the boogers...I am NOT kdding..Me and my wife have witness him doing this? He also was sitting in a seat near our computer and several times he will just sit there and poop his pants without getting up to use the restroom. WHY is he doing this? Is he acting out in some way?

2006-12-31 11:26:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i want to see my grand mother's. she died in 1999 so if u could help me it would be greatly appreciated

2006-12-31 11:26:11 · 2 answers · asked by williamt 2

I was playing air hockey with this 7 year old and after a long hard game I won and I screamed "ooooh!!! YOU SUCK!!!" and i pointed my finger in his face while screaming that... and he fell to the ground and he was laughing and i was laughing too but he kept saying, "man, you are crazy." to me and i was just kidding when screaming that he sucked!! I was being competative funny, you know? and so ya... is that cruel to yell at a 7 year old saying he sucks or is it funny?

2006-12-31 11:10:08 · 15 answers · asked by Leni ann 2

hey mother in law and her daughter have not talked in 3 years and i am getting sick of being in the middle, i know they both love each other but neaither wants to make the 1st move to appolagise. they are both as stubbon as each other i think they don't even know what it was over that is how bad it is

2006-12-31 10:49:30 · 9 answers · asked by T O 1

2006-12-31 10:41:26 · 12 answers · asked by cuilte_babe_101 1

Hello Everyone,
Hope you all have a safe new year. For christmas my husband and I gave my niece a nice summer dress and it wasn't the only gift we gave her. I know it's a summer dress, but my sisters ex-husband made a comment to my sister that it was "a nice summer dress when did they buy it in the summer". We were not present when he made this comment, but my sister mentioned it in front of me and my husband. My husband got upset that my sister even mentioned it he said that she should have kept the comment to herself. My sister and my niece who is a toddler live with my mother and father. Tonight is the dinner in about two hours and my husband doesn't want to attend the dinner and wait for the new year at my mothers house because my sister is there. What do you think I should do? I almost have the ham ready that I promised to take. Please give me some advice.
Thank you.

2006-12-31 10:27:35 · 41 answers · asked by Shorty 2

2006-12-31 10:26:13 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

please help

2006-12-31 10:21:56 · 24 answers · asked by blueskittle91 1

(im 15) i have over protective parents. they never let me do anything, and when i say anything, i mean anything. they dress me, and im stuck at home 24/7/365. i need to tell them to back off and give me some space. how to do it? help please.

2006-12-31 10:20:11 · 16 answers · asked by *august 12th* 2

trusting someone whom you cant trust, how much privacy is someone entitled to in a relationship? i am a relationship with some who lies cheats and is selfish. i have a one year old son with him which make it hard to leave.i feel like taking him run or killing the both of us to escape,i know this is wrong.i am just 21,i know there are woman out there who had children at a much younger age but i am feeling like i am losing myself

2006-12-31 10:18:28 · 4 answers · asked by Grace R 1

is it?

2006-12-31 10:13:42 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I sent my girls to church this morning with my sister-in-law and the girls said they were very late to church. When I asked why my daughter told me that they stopped to find her some new tights that were black (instead of white) and to find my other dughter a bigger sweater. (because apparently the one she had on was too small for their liking). They always re-dress my kids when they are with them and it really pisses me off. I don't send my kids out looking bad, but it's never to their standards. Am I making a big deal out of this? My mother in law said to them "don't let your mom send you out like this anymore!"

2006-12-31 09:57:25 · 24 answers · asked by nillachica 2

I would just like to wish you all out there a Very Happy New Year
I enjoy the Q & A from Yahoo and enjoy some of the answers given. Some Q's are serious and I hope I have sometimes given a truthful answer. Some Q's are very funny and I also hope I have given the occasional witty answer

So Good Luck from me fred405 to each and every one of you and here's looking to a great 2007

By the way I get my new Harley this coming year, and now I'm going to join my wife to see the new year in watching TV sitting up in bed

2006-12-31 09:43:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous