Family - July 2007

I'm an uncle to 2 nephews and 1 niece. One of the nephews and my niece don't get along. My nephew is 10 and my niece is 9. I was just wondering if there are things to build their relationship because I hate the fact that they don't get along.

2007-07-13 15:50:09 · 14 answers · asked by M4VT4CUL4R [USAF] 3

We live in a small 2 bedroom apartment (I live in Chicago - the housing prices are very expensive!), and I wake up at 5:30 AM for work everyday, so I go to bed at 9:30. I also go to bed at that time during the weekends, so I can wake up early to clean the house & run errands. I make my daughter go to bed at that time, too, (she sleeps in the same bed as me, because she's too tall for her own in her room, and I never got around to buying her a new one). She promised me that if she could just crawl in bed an hour or two later (weekends) that she would be quiet and keep lights down. I am a very light sleeper, so no matter how hard I know she tries, I wake up. Am I being unreasonable? I don't like sleeping with my door shut or with earplugs. Amy (my daughter) is protesting to have a later bedtime.

She's asked to sleep in her bed (her feet stick out) & on the family room sofa, but I won't allow it. She dislikes it when I make her stop studying to go to bed. But she needs her sleep.

2007-07-13 15:26:30 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Tonight i'm rewarding my eight year old kid sister to a 'big girl's night in'.

I'm surprising her with cookie dough, movies, popcorn, and hot chocolate.

Any other good ideas for other things to cook/bake or do?

Thank you so much :]

2007-07-13 15:13:26 · 7 answers · asked by Bailee S 2

well my brother is going to camp and my mom is driving him. it will take all weekend and will be alone with my dad. my mom says we have to bond cause we dont always get along so good. im a teenager and just wanting some suggestions so please help

2007-07-13 15:09:44 · 5 answers · asked by cannadakid 2

your drunk father who you always loved, told you you weren't his child? And your mother had an affair on him?


I asked this a few days ago, and got more questions than answers. Here are some answers to those questions
1.yes my parents are still together, and my dad loves my mom.
2. The DNA test ( he did not want to take it) proved what he said was true.
3. I am the third youngest of four boys
4. he has drank ever since I could remember, but was never abusive
5. he never treated me different than my brothers, at all.
6.John (my oldest brother) told me that he knew this fact- but thought he'd be buried knowing it. I asked him to let me know, he did.
7. I do see Mom in a little different light.

2007-07-13 14:52:46 · 9 answers · asked by baron d 2

How hard can it be for 19 year old if she had a baby
... and your boyfriend stuck by her and now togeather they are married ???>>i know someone like that...just wondering???

2007-07-13 14:35:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sister comes very often to apartment where I live with mom with children and it gets noisy. It's always... When she comes, she talks loudly complains about problems with her busband and his family who only thinks of using him and get most of money. Ya know his family lives in Poland and they think he's "rich". My family would talk about this 1000 times. I get on that so angry because it often disrupts with my studying or planning schedule for studying. I have summer school now and soon finals so it is important for me to not get delayed with my projects becuase ot this. She even comes on Sundays! She even used to come on weekends before summer. Local libraries in my area are either closed or opened only until 5. No one time I had to drive to library in my university which is 30 miles away from home. It gets me so upset. I am currently looking for job. I wish I could have find a job that would allow me to get rent close to my campus.

2007-07-13 14:27:37 · 8 answers · asked by master343 3

i waunt a good place to live.

2007-07-13 14:11:54 · 11 answers · asked by Shelby H 1

So my sisters recently got into a fight. Not even a few days pass and they are both calling me up and want to hang. I feel like a fool cause i'm not sure if they really want to hang with me, instead their just replacing eachother with me. Are they using me?

2007-07-13 13:40:54 · 4 answers · asked by Unknown 1

I think my parnets have a favort child and thats not really fair to me and my sister!!! My brother gets what ever he wants when he wants it!!! On my birthday I had to pay for half of the cost of my cell phone and the phone was $140 and l paid $90 and my brother gets this $200 air brush kit That he DID NOT have to help pay for and it has been in the box for 2 months and never used!!! How can I help my parents relize what they are doing!!! Without getting in trouble!!!?!?!

2007-07-13 13:38:43 · 2 answers · asked by ladybug 1

does annybody have advice about parents divorce

2007-07-13 13:36:48 · 11 answers · asked by julianne w 2

Alright, I know that we all think our life couldnt get worse every once in a while. I'm just really pissed off right now, so if you think I'm a pathetic loser for writing this, then just ignore it and dont answer. My greatest apologies if it bothers you what I write.

So today, I was pretty happy. Average kind of happy, you know. Like, normal. But now my mother's acting all pissed off and she gets all worked up over literally nothing. and she opened a tv dinner (shes pissed off bc my dad didnt cook dinner tonight) and some of the brownie is all squished up, kinda melted or something. and she's like "great" in a sarcastic voice. so I yell "just put it back in teh box" bc she always has her stupid ipod on when im talking and she yells at me "shut up" i never swear at other people (yeah, I guess Im swearing in this, but I dont actually cuss when I'm talking. I was taught not to, and for some messed up reason, it stuck) so, as you can see, my mom is a dramatic *****.

2007-07-13 13:33:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mom, step dad, and me are planning a trip from PA to MN, it is ALL MY CHOICE weather to stay with my real dad or to go. i want to stay with my real dad but then i wont be able to see my family in WI and MN, so i dont know what to do....sit in the car for like a billion hours and see my step-family, or stay with my dad and relax and not see my step-family.....someone please hellllllppppppp!!!!!

2007-07-13 13:24:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been having problems with my little brother latley, such as fights and arguments. I just wanted to know if there is anyway i could get closer to him, and learn to be friends with him.

2007-07-13 12:55:13 · 14 answers · asked by kira 2

ok my mom & dad enforced these stupid rules and said "we need to have peace in this house" and i'm 13 and if we disobeyed the rules then you get "time out'' :o anyways i got an hour of time out for some reason and at the end of my hour she walked in to tell me time my time is up but 5 minuts earliar i started reading a book and she caught me a nd added another hour and added another hour for "argueing" finally im done and do you think this is stupid tell me what i should do

2007-07-13 12:50:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

well this is wut happened we were supposed to go to the movie right so my sis and dad where in the car just joking around and he said "sweety i think u should be a little careful about your weight" NOW i know this sounds mean but he was only trying to tell her something that was worring for a long time
and she started to cry (of course) and so she was like i want to go home and so we dropped her off and started to go into town and he got SOOOO sad and said he had made a mistake and he started to cry and it made me REALLY sad and he said he was just trying to tell her about something that was bothering him for a while and it's not like he came out and said YOUR FAT!! i dont know wut to say to her she is mad and crying HELP!!! please dont say anything mean! im allready sad :(

2007-07-13 12:43:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was born out of wedlock and when i was 2 my mom moved away from minnesota where my father was living. ive asked my mother questions about him but she has no clue where he is ive even asked my close family members about him and they don't even know where he is so i just need to know if what kind of resources would help my search in finging my biological father!

2007-07-13 12:41:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

he tells me "i pay the bills in this house, when i ask you to do something around the house you do it and don't ask me why"

2007-07-13 12:41:00 · 7 answers · asked by James M 1

I have a friend with older parents. The mom is really verbally abusive towards her, on a daily basis. It is so hurtful, what can I say to my friend to help her feel better about herself?

2007-07-13 12:18:11 · 9 answers · asked by ♣Social Butterflygirl 4

2007-07-13 11:43:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

We never get along when she comes to my house and my parents don't do anything about it and her parents don't do anything about it. No adults are here right now and it's just me and her. We're both teens in high school. My friend just called and thenmy cousins all like " I need to get on the phone, so you need to get off" and saying stuff like "you can't be on the computer and phone at the same time". So, I'm just sitting there talking to her quietly and trying to keep my cool and talking to her in a quiet voice like "okay, please just leave me alone, I don't feel like being bothered right now and you weren't even thinking about the phone until my friend called" and she was like "you better get off the phone before I have to get on the phone and tell your friend to hang up and I need to use the phone" ...okay now I'm getting really pissed off and just want to punch her right there!!!!! And she was calling me names like B**** S*** and ho and we were going back and forth....read below

2007-07-13 11:41:33 · 8 answers · asked by Chicago 4

My sister got married in June to a seemingly great guy. At the reception I was shocked about all the gay bashing, anti-catholic rhetoric spoken by their side. My family is Catholic and I am bisexual. What is worse is that my sister decided for him and his family to become "christian" and feed into it all.

What do I do now?
What do I say to her?

My mother is saddened, father is confused, and my other sister is disappointed. I have always been able to tell her straight up what everyone is concerned about. Now, I sit here asking you all for advice because I do not know what to say.

2007-07-13 11:30:37 · 30 answers · asked by Jona 1

My Dad blow up at My Mom last night and stormed out of the house. It felt me scared, probably the scaredist I've ever been. My family is all supporting each other. Talking to my Dad isn't easy.I told my brothers. It's hard for me because my family hardly ever fights. How do you deal with anger in a healthy way???

2007-07-13 11:28:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok I have a question...

If you have 4 aquaintances and they all invite you for lunch one day and you are pregnant... they all get you baby gifts and when you leave the restaurant you tell them that you will send them all baby announcements when you have the baby. And also.. they all say to keep in touch and you tell them you will keep in touch with them... but ever since then only 1 of them has really kept in touch and talked to you all the time through emails and going to lunch again and also the only one you have gotten really closer to out of the 4..... would you still send the other 3 birth announcements and keep in touch with them??

2007-07-13 09:26:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

she has level four lymphatic cancer. she was diagnosed over 3yrs ago and has not gone back to check on it's progression. she does not want to tell her family because they do not have a lot of money for treatment, nor does she want to bother them with her health and has not mentioned this to them in the same amount of time. I think she doesn't want to tell them because they will be even more strict with her and not allow her to do what she wants (even though she is over 25 years old). Her parents are extremely religious and traditional, which is why they are so strict.

2007-07-13 09:18:40 · 10 answers · asked by Janet M 1

for them to come and stay in, would you be angry?
Now I really don't want them to come and stay and I'm fairly annoyed about this.
I want you to answer the question with what you would do in this circumstance rather than with what you feel is the right thing to say.
Cheers.

2007-07-13 07:57:56 · 4 answers · asked by Smokeabella 4

i moved to a new city lasted year. this yr has been really hard. like my mom and dad have chaged alot. like my dad is getting mad to easyily. i'll get hit if i tell my little sister to please leave me alone i don't want to here it. so like one day i got so mad. and i ran away. i was gone for like 3 hours. then my dad found me. he was y i lefted. he was driving so he stopped the car. and he yelled my name. he was so mad.then he got out of the car and and ran to me. i was scaryed at first i was thing he was gonna hit me or something. he did. but he huged me first. then not hit but he spanked me really really hard. then a few mins after he hugged me after words. and he was like. "thats bout how much pain i was in when u lefted! can't u tell i love u! god! ur a idoit at times." then he huged me. i cryed sofly.i was said sorry to him throw. then after words he was talking to me on y i ran away. he called me a sweetie. that he loves me.

p.s. don't call me a brat plz n thank u! :)

2007-07-13 07:40:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

no one wanted to care for his daughter when he was sentenced been in 9 yrs mom is also incarcerated he was 19 when he went in

2007-07-13 07:24:39 · 13 answers · asked by april s 1

when an immature person says "you smell" ., it isnt true, i smell nice like a daisy but it annoys me and i end up saying "go away"

2007-07-13 07:18:48 · 18 answers · asked by jezzika 3

I'm 31, married, one kid and one on the way. My dad and I were never close, my parents divorced when I was 2 and I've never lived with my dad. I've always wanted to be close to him and have gone out of my way to spend time with him in the past. I know he loves me, but he's a difficult person to get close to. My dad owned a little beer bar for 10 years and I don't drink but I went there often just to be near him and hope for just 5 minutes of his time. 3 months ago he told me he was tired of the bar business and wanted to sell it. He did ask me not to tell anyone but in my stupid way of thinking, that didn't apply to my mom and I told her. Well, she told someone who told someone and it got back to my dad. He called and literally cussed me out on the phone. Said I betrayed him and he couldn't trust me and generally broke my heart. My mom and I stand to gain nothing from him selling the bar and the only reason he didn't want anyone to know was to avoid a bunch of questions.

2007-07-13 06:35:51 · 12 answers · asked by Brandy 3