Family - July 2007

my boyfriends parents are out of town and i want to go spend the night at his house. i could just tell my mom im staying at my other friends house for the night. should i? im afraid my friend would be mad should i ask her if its ok? im afraid my mom would find out but i dont think she would.

2007-07-02 07:24:42 · 12 answers · asked by miss_hayley 2

My son thinks that his dad slept during the day beacuse he worked at a bar and thinks that is why we split. In actuallity he was up at night with his friends smoking Ice. I didnt want to raise my kids in that environment so we left. My kids have not talked to their dad in almost a year but they do mention him. I want my son to know why we split but I dont know how to start the conversation or what to say. He is very smart and understands alot for his age. He has the right to know the truth.

2007-07-02 06:47:27 · 11 answers · asked by firered12102001 2

I was wondering on how to deal with a grandparent who openly favors one grandchild over another? I have noticed before that my mother in law favors her older son; however after we had children it became obvious. My mother in law spends a lot of time with my niece and buys her expensive things, while my daughter gets cheap trinkets. My niece is 2 years old and my daughter is 8 month, so they are not at the age when they understand but I am wondering what to do long term. There were a couple of incidents that really affected me. First one happened couple of months ago. My daughter just had her shots and she was sleeping. We saw my mother in law with my niece at the park, my niece started to cry because she wanted to touch the baby. I refused to let her touch her, because my daughter would wake up and start to cry. My mother in law said, she is crying let her touch her! She did not care that my daughter who just had her shots would wake up and cry. Couple of weeks ago, we saw my mother in law at the mall. We saw that she was buying expensive items for my niece. When she saw us, she said that she bought something for my daughter also. It was the ugliest, cheapest shorts that I have ever seen, while my niece is getting all designer stuff. Last straw was this weekend. My mother in law kept promising that she would take my daughter for a night, so we could have some rest. This weekend we took her up on the offer. Couple of minutes later, she called us back saying that she does not feel well. Later we found out that my niece stayed over that night. I am so mad but I don’t know what to do? My husband is really upset also but he does not know what to do either. Should we yell and scream or should we hold our head high and pretend that nothing is going on? Should we keep our daughter from seeing her grandparents?

2007-07-02 06:04:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here is the scenario.... My brother's GF took his daughter and moved out of state (Nevada), the child is 7 months old and was born in Colorado. She moved into a house with her dad, brother and grandfather. The house is a trailer and is infested with Cockroaches, as well the father and brother are into drugs. The mother of the child is not working and has been denied welfare due to "using the system". My brother lives in a nice apt. and has a decent paying full time job in Colorado.
If it helps, the father, 2 uncles, aunt, grandma, step-grandpa all live in Colorado.

Any help is greatly appreciated on how my brother can go about getting his daughter back.

Thanks you

2007-07-02 05:58:31 · 4 answers · asked by roybfizbo 2

My son is 11 yrs old and has barely any friends his own age. Hes not a bully, or really not to shy. He just has no friends. How do I help him, other than sports and camps.

2007-07-02 05:15:04 · 7 answers · asked by renea m 2

I was the child in question. Doing family research and having a hard time getting information. This happened around 1958 and 1960 in Pennsylvania.

2007-07-02 03:57:24 · 6 answers · asked by juscurious 1

Have you considered that English may not be their first language and that maybe they are trying to get it right?

Mind you, spell check would be quite a good learning tool I suppose - wouldn't it?

2007-07-02 02:45:17 · 10 answers · asked by ShoCh 5

2007-07-02 01:02:19 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think there is anything for alarm.

2007-07-02 00:49:42 · 7 answers · asked by ebiyedinak 3

Trying to call my grandmother this weekend to sweep her up for lunch...her phone line is busy...I'm like what's that noise??? Is my grandmother the only person in America who refuses to get call waiting?

2007-07-02 00:36:27 · 9 answers · asked by ? 5

Hi,my 13 yr old son had his b'day party on sat and my husbands brother's lad came over . He is 7 and he was hyper as he was running round non stop! anyway all the kids were in the front room and ryan (the 7 yr old) kicked my girl in the shin!(and he meant it) she has a hell of a bruise and it is quite painful. should I let ryan's dad know as he is quite spiteful or should i let it go!!

2007-07-01 23:53:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i wrote it to a pricipal of a school, I wrote mean things to get her back from revenge, how did she know it was me when she replied to the e-mail 2 minutes later

2007-07-01 21:43:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My fiancee' caught his 10 year old son humping my 9 year old daugther when his kids came to stay the weekend. But he didn't tell me until we got into an argument. I don't want the little bastard around anymore, am i being too harsh? My daughter said that it wasn't true. It started because my boyfriend got mad at my kids cause they saw his son humping a puppy. So he wants to throw that in my face. He should have told me when he caught the little sh**. He didn't because i think my daughter was really asleep when he got up and caught his son or my boyfriends lying to get back at me. His son is so rude he even curses his dad out on the voicemails. I think he should've woke me up and told me, plus got on his son's butt. All he says he said to him was not to do it anymore.WHAT?? I don't want his son around my kids. When i asked him why didn't he wake me he said she should have told me cause she was up? I think she was asleep, why else didn't he tell me? He knew how i would act!!

2007-07-01 21:01:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I often wonder if its right for one parent to scold the child and the other to pacify the child in the presence of the other parent.

For example if my mom scolds me, my dad sort of pacify me (he is always the good cop) in the presence of my mom by showing some sort of disapproval at the kind of purnishment I got, and this always works on me. That is, I become real happy that one of my parent is the the good cop.

Is it right for parents to do this and for a child to always stop crying because the dad/mom does not approve of a certain purnishment or seem to be in support of the child?

2007-07-01 20:31:56 · 13 answers · asked by Cleopatra 4

people not respecting other people & their stuff!!!???
set the picture: a father is sick with a staff infection, very painful staff infection!!!! he is sent home from the hospital and is pretty loopy for a couple of days,because he is on pain medication!!!! his daughter & son-in-law stay for about a week to help out, because wife {mother} has to work full-time!!! they do misc. chores & "fix-it-stuff" around the house to help out!!! one of their "helping out ideas", is to proceed to clear out the father's clutter in the basement, without even asking him!!! SEVEN CARLOADS TO GOODWILL!!! now i ask you, is he a pack-rat???? YES!!! do they have the right to take things away from him, like he's dead, or something???
opinions, please????
and, thank you!!!

2007-07-01 20:26:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

if anyone could help us, as it seems that no matter how hard I try nor how much I work, I never seem to have enough to get by. And I am trying to get a new business idea up and running but I've spent all my money on it, and I still need more or nothing will happen. I have no money left and I don't have any one who can help, my mum left me as a young child and my dad is poor. I am trying my heart out but it just feels like something keeps pulling me back from the goal line and laughing in my face. If anyone could help me and my kids it would be much appreciated and I promise to make a real go of my business dreams so I will be able to help other people like me. That is my dream. Thanks for reading. If anyone can help with anything pls, e-mail me at recadvertising@gmail.com.au this is the name I am calling my business. Thankyou very much...

2007-07-01 20:24:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend and I, of almost 3 years have a four month old daughter. I would love to get married soon.. not just because we have a daughter, but beacause i feel like it will complete our family. He says he does want to marry me, just not right now. I am just getting fed up with waiting!! Am I just being impatient? What should I do??

2007-07-01 20:13:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I was his age I never listened to anything my parents said but his hair really is a mess. Its curly too and he spends ages straightening it every time he goes out anywhere. Its driving us all insane. By the way he's 13.

2007-07-01 20:07:14 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend and I have been together for 6 months now and he is in the Navy. I spoke with my mom about our future askin what she thought about as far as me moving with him in 2 years to Florida. She was all for it, but when I told her that if we are still together by mid-2008 then we were goin to get a place together to experience how each other live before I move all the way to Florida with him, but she doesn't think that is a good idea. So am I wrong for wanting to have the experience or should I take my mom's advice?

2007-07-01 19:50:52 · 6 answers · asked by nika_caliente 1

I am 13 years old and for my entire life, my father hasnt spent much time with me. Don't get me wrong, he has done more than everything that he can to take care of me. He is more than I could ask for in a father, but right now I need a friend even more. I am entering high school (I skipped a grade) and I am very nervous. I need a male who i can talk to and spend quality time with when my peers just arent enough. My father and I both enjoy futbol (soccer) very much and I try to use that as a way to get him to spend time with me but it isnt working too well. Any suggestions??

2007-07-01 19:21:20 · 12 answers · asked by xtreme5215 1

through a divorce, my ex has tried to turn him against me by talking bad about me and even my younger children which are HIS kids! My son believes him and acts like he cant stand to be around me. I feel helpless. I have put in our court order that there are to be no negative comments but nobody will enforce it. I am desperate to show my son the truth that he is being brain-washed but of course I would never say it. My ex left for someone else and my son says he likes spending time with her more than anything. Before we went through this divorce his dad never spent time with him and now he is suddenly father of the year. It's only to get more custody (which he doesnt even use all of) so he doesn't have to pay so much support. He treats my son like an adult and now my son despises me treating him "like a child" and acts like he is above me punishing him when he gets into trouble and is very cold to his younger brother and sister. How can I get through to him??

2007-07-01 19:04:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 26 year old brother just gained full physical custody of his 4 month old daughter. He lives on his own and supports the child on his own. The only help he recieves from family is free child-care. My mother acts as if this is her baby though. She is constantly telling my brother what he can and cannot do with his daughter. And I don't mean things like "you can't let her sit in a dirty diaper" or "don't smoke around her" She tells him things like "You can't take your baby on vacation camping with you. She's too young to go to the beach." or "You can't take the baby on the lake." or "You can't take her to restaurants she's too young" She's constantly telling him how to raise this child and he is always frustrated. I have tried explaining to her what she is doing and how she sounds to other people but her only reply is "Well he doesn't know how to raise a child" Isn't child rearing a learning experience? Does anyone know how to raise a baby at first? Is she being overbearing?

2007-07-01 18:56:03 · 8 answers · asked by Trish 1

My older brother who is 28 is living w/ us. I'm 20, but I'm paying for everything except rent, b/c I'm in school. He has a daughter w/ us for the summer. My parents gave him a deadline of July 1st to get out. It's now July 2nd...almost 2am, and he's still here. My brother and I dont get along b/c we come from 2 different worlds. Very much different. I told my mom I was going to move b/c I couldn't stand to be around him anymore and she begged me to wait a few months b/c then he would have to move out. Well, it's been a few months and he's still here...hasn't saved his money and even admitted to blowing his money b/c he didn't want to move out. Would it be wrong of me to tell my mom he goes or I go? I dont want to hurt her, but I am emotionally, mentally, and physically drained from the fights, crying myself to sleep, and from watching his daughter while he works. I cant afford to live on my own, but I have family who would let me stay w/ them, if I moved 300 miles away. What do I do?

2007-07-01 18:44:34 · 19 answers · asked by Ash 1

I know many would say equal but which one is more in general (excluding things like alcoholic father etc)

2007-07-01 17:24:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-01 17:10:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am not sure why, i do not believe i am depressed or anything. but very often, i just want to runaway and forget about everybody even my family. and just start over. it's like a roller coster. sometimes i love them, and other times i hate them. i just dont know why i keep feeling like this.. they are my friends and family.

2007-07-01 16:59:19 · 10 answers · asked by swimmergirl07 3

2007-07-01 16:53:50 · 10 answers · asked by maddie c 1

im 15 and my uncle wont let me eat. i didnt eat all day. i cant eat because i wasted something because it didnt taste good. help! im so hungry! i cant use the phone. he cut the cords. he wont let me leave the house. its just me and him. i have a computer in my room. im sneaking. what should i do?

2007-07-01 15:29:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

We found out that my mother in law was bathing our 8yr old neice with our 4 yr old daughter.We told her we let our daughter batheand use the restroom by herself.She got offended and implied that we were saying we thought our neice was going to touch our daughter.Thi is not what we were even thinking about.She is or probably has already said this too hubby's brother.This will cause unneccessary resentment/trouble.What to do?

2007-07-01 15:10:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-01 15:02:34 · 28 answers · asked by jorose 1