Family - August 2007

My friend's mom is in the hospital, very sick, battling breast cancer, & the doctors found out too late that she had cancer, & they said the cancer is spreading rapidly all over her body. She's expected to have less than a week to live, & my friend is sad, depressed, & crying a lot & doesn't wanna be bothered with anyone-not even me! I understand how she feels, though. Breast cancer runs in her family, & she had a 17-yr. old sister who died from it last year.

2007-08-13 15:36:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

the fragility of human life?

i lost an uncle in april. i wasnt that close to him then - there's something weird about teens - but i know i would have been very tight with him if i werent a teen..

and then im so afraid i'd lose my granparents cos they seem to slip further back track since they lost their favourite son. they'r really depressed. and i cant help feeling depressed when i see them depressed.. i love them but i dont know how to express myself, and im afraid i'd lose them too. they'r both in their 70s. and they were and still are living in that deceased favourite son's house.

and it doesnt help that my gran loves to hoard things (they were poor in the past) and that my mum throws away her things. my gran is now angry with my mum cos she just had an expensive bar of soap bought from japan, thrown away by my mum.

2007-08-13 15:34:10 · 7 answers · asked by nobodyknowsme™ 5

Hi, I'm a 13-year-old girl whose always been told to follow her dreams. My dreams are I want to be an actress and grow up living a happy and comfortable lifestyle. My parents agreed so I went to audition for an acting school. Before I even got into the school, a manager signed me on. About a year later, I signed on with a well known agent in L.A. I've been to tons of auditions, and they all tell me I'm a very talented person, and they want me. But the problem is, I have braces. They all want to use me and my face, when I get my braces off, which is in a month. I'm very excited, until I found out that if I feel like taking a break from the acting world, my 6-year-old sister can use my contract and go to auditions. To me, that's not fair. Everybody says shes adorable, and that her face would be great on t.v. She tells everone that shes gonna be a movie star. At first, it was ok, but then my own friend told me that "we put the wrong kid in acting school." That really hurt. Please help!!!

2007-08-13 14:49:28 · 7 answers · asked by Muhnahmuhna! 6

My sister slept with my boyfriend almost 4 years ago. He was the one to tell me. We were very close and it hurt very bad. She didnt apologize or seem to care. She said she was mad cause she never had a boyfriend and I always had one. She said she thought I would cheat on him anyway. I dont know what to do.

2007-08-13 14:31:27 · 18 answers · asked by mom of two happy kids 1

I want to know if there is any DNA testing or something to see what race I really am. I dont know what my dad is and i can't ask him because the last time I saw him was in jan.2000. he's alive but he just doesn't come to see me and im under 18 and everything so I can't contact him without consent of my mom and I know she'll so no way in h-e-l-l. I tried asking my mom and first she said he's 100%German but then she changed it to half german half native american...but EVERYONE says he looks straight up mexican, and my mom also lied about my grandpa. i found out my grandma had an affair and had my dad so i don't know for sure what he is...but anyway, does anyone know if theres SOMETHING out there?!

2007-08-13 14:09:24 · 5 answers · asked by rachel 2

My husband & I are happy but it's too quiet with all the kids gone.
How can we adjust?

2007-08-13 14:09:17 · 4 answers · asked by mom for 27 years 1

2007-08-13 14:05:28 · 9 answers · asked by masen 1

I care about my parents my brother and sister praticlly my hole family and my boyfreind =]

2007-08-13 12:29:12 · 13 answers · asked by J WEEZY LOVES NIKKI R.I.P. 1

Please help! They make me go play soccer games, they make me go to practice, and they don't care. HELP!

2007-08-13 11:44:03 · 33 answers · asked by lollypopgrl4 2

i am smart, well everyone says i am. but sometimes when my teacher asks me a question in school, i just can't think strait. and i have been paying attention the whole time. am i just naturally stupid??

2007-08-13 11:34:46 · 7 answers · asked by ?baby B? 1

Please don't tell me I'm being immature or stupid. I really need help.

Most of my life I never got along with my dad and he beat my brothers and hit me sometimes too. I faced a lot of emotional abuse. My freshman year I found "freedom" in skipping school and such. Now, I wish I didn't. I never knew how important an education was or anything like that.

So I screwed up, made a lot of bad mistakes, and I can't change the past but I can work on tomorrow. I have straightened out my life so much withOUT my parents help. Now, they're stepping in and I just want to cringe & give up.

They tried to send me to a school 13 hours away from home and the school didn't accept me. Now they're trying to send me to boot camp. I don't need this crap, they're making everything worse.

I want to run away, but I wont have a job or education. What are run away shelters like? I can't live here anymore. My mom thinks I'm a SL*T and I'm still a virgin!

2007-08-13 11:13:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

would you still be able to love your brother or sister if you found out that he/she was a murderer?

2007-08-13 10:41:33 · 17 answers · asked by ☆Zestee☆ 5

2007-08-13 10:35:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I feel like the bad person and extremely guilty for not wanting to return to my ex-husband. My daughter is 15 and really wants to see her family back together.

We divorced about 5 years ago, but have not been able to move on. My daughter has been living in hope also that we would get back together as a family.

I tried to talk to my ex-husband today about things I want to make sure that I can do. (keep in contact with friends/ family, spend money freely, buy food items that I like to eat). He did not want to discuss it.

Instead, he kept saying that I have created havoc by leaving so many times.

Now, I have to give my daughter an answer and she will be sad to be staying with me and leaving her Dad/ grandmother. I don't want to hurt her, but want to do what is right.....

I don't want to make things worse than they already are, but there is not easy solution.

My ex keeps pushing me to work on the move/ transition.

2007-08-13 09:48:00 · 5 answers · asked by Stareyes 5

I don't know what to do. I think dating doesn't depend on age, it depends on maturity. I think I'm quite mature for my age. I'm thirteen years old. I know the issues going on with teens, like being pressured and stuff into sex. But, I know better than that. If they don't allow me to date when I'm in high school, how am I going to learn like, who's worth my time, who's not. What do I want in a guy? I've been in a serious relationship for 8 months. It was the most horrible break up ever. But, I managed to get myself through it. My parents expect me to concentrate on my grades only and they pretty much tell me I don't need friends. When my friends are the only ones that I can really talk to and solve my issues with. They make me feel better. While, my parents don't know anything that goes on in my life.

2007-08-13 08:17:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 28 and having to make a life altering decision. My boyfreind of 6 years wants to move to Baltimore where his mother lives, my family is in Florida. My family hates my boyfriend and says I have to make a decision them or him. This is my soulmate and I love him very much. Not sure I want to give up my family, my sister is pregnant and my parents are not getting any younger. My grandmother will not talk to me unless I "get rid of him" HELP??!!

2007-08-13 07:54:38 · 25 answers · asked by Ambyr F 1

I'm going into sophomore year in college w/o a car. My parents let me use one of their old minivans every so often that they don't use, but won't let me take it to college because they don't trust me with it. I have enough money to buy a used car from working, but my parents won't allow me to get one while I'm still living with them. Since I cannot afford a permanent place to live and a car at the same time, is there any way out of this situation, or am I stuck until I graduate from college? I can't get a job in college because I DON'T HAVE A CAR TO GET ANYWHERE. I will be living in a college dorm and could buy a car to keep there. But when I come home at the end of the semester, I wouldn't be allowed to come home with a new car, as they wouldn't allow it on their property.

2007-08-13 07:43:21 · 3 answers · asked by surftaco400 1

2007-08-13 06:49:48 · 50 answers · asked by Violet D 2

I have a sister-in-law that I swear was born to give me high-blood pressure.

2007-08-13 06:18:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok so my friend is about to try to get coustody of his daughter...the daugherter has his last name...he has never done anything to the child hes a great father...do u think he will get coustody???

2007-08-13 06:18:37 · 19 answers · asked by maybe 1

Why? (my sister is younger than me) I pluck how I like it, but they don't, I only wear foundation, sometimes, and rarely sparkle eye stuff, lip shine, and white eyeliner, what's with them, they say I'm to yound and wear to much makeup, they say I should wait till I'm 16, whose wrong?

2007-08-13 05:01:07 · 17 answers · asked by Lena 3

I've been dating this guy for about 2 and a half months. I love him, he's very good to me and he's the first person I've had such a connection with and we really understand each other. He has a different personality, and he comes from a different family. So my family doesn't like him. They think he's a sleeze ball. They've only met him once, and they didn't even really talk to him. Do I dump him? Or what can I do to make them change their minds.
This is really getting to me because I value their opinion but I also really like him.

2007-08-13 04:50:21 · 11 answers · asked by ozo2004 2

she called today and i had to talk to her gasping for air the whole time,i used the excuse to go and make a cuppa to escape but she followed me.I cant stand it anymore,even her son has an odd aroma and i am not going to mention her husband PHEW would you tell her?Or should i keep on buying her gift packs of deodorant and soap?Keeping in mind this hasnt helped so far?

2007-08-13 04:39:17 · 35 answers · asked by babscabs 5

Throughout my life and more and more, I've heard on the radio and it happened to many of my friends that the boys in their family rape or sexually abuse their sister(as young as 6-8 or 11-13).

What do they all have in common? They all grew up in Christian/Catholic homes.

Why is this and how can society put a stop to this??

2007-08-13 04:22:32 · 5 answers · asked by Inferna Dragon 1

What are up with Guys moms these days? They are so mean to there sons wife, isn’t it the girl father that should give the men a hard time?
My mother in law really hates me. She will ignore me or just walk away when I am talking to her. When she comes to visit she only greats my husband not me, she even tried to turn my own brother and friends against me, we both try every thing. Talking to her to find out what the problem is and how we can sort it out, my husband even told her if she does not stop this she will not set foot in our house. Every time she will be sorry and she will not do it again and she will try harder, but every time she comes to visit it is the same thing over again. We found out that she told her friends that she doesn’t understand why I don’t warm up to her. But how can I if she treats me worse then a dog. What should I do and how should I handle her.

2007-08-13 04:19:42 · 12 answers · asked by Azul 3

i live with my step family . it's a long history . well my mom wasn't able to raise me so she passed me to her sister[ who is evil] . i don't get along with my step parents . i rarely talk to them . my step mom hates me cause i am more pretty[ please mind me ] them her two daughters . people intend to like me better[ my relatives] . i get passed on clothes worn by my step sisters . also have to do dirty chores , basically i get picked on a lot . my step sister is really moody . sometimes she is helpful and other times a jerk . i don't know what to do . living in the dark here ,please some suggestions.

2007-08-13 04:10:34 · 18 answers · asked by buddy 2

Okay my new girlfriends parents divorced when she was 10, her dad maintained custody and then moved 2000 miles away to be with his new girlfriend that he ended up marrying. From what my girlfriend has told me her stepmom has been great. My question is should I look for any potential problems with her due to her parents divorcing? I haven't noticed anything other than the fact that she likes to party and drink with her friends often but she is only 24 years old. I've only known her for a month. What kind of problems can a child of divorced parents expect to have later on in life?

2007-08-13 03:49:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sister is a very hardworking good girl.

Now that I am pregnant and I do not work, I thought I would make her life easier this summer.

My mom and I have been baby-sitting her son all summer, and I watched her house with a dog for a month, while she was gone on her vacation.

My fiance is upset about it, because I am always tied to my sister's house, dog and son. Plus this summer we are planning our wedding, but because I am baby-sitting we had to give up a lot of our own plans.

We are going to live ten minutes away from my sister. She is really excited and she makes all vacation, get-away plans with her husband, assuming I would always be available to babysit at any notice. My fiance is very apprehensive.

How do I let my sister nicely know that I am going to have my own family and our own plans, and I am not always available at the first notice?

Of course I am still going to help out, but I do not want to be over there everyday.

2007-08-13 03:36:22 · 3 answers · asked by sweetundina 4

ive been looking for my biological father for a few years now an just recently received an email from a cousin i have from his side of the family. my cousin saw an advert i placed to try find my dad an he has now told me my dad would like to get to know me. he has been out of my life for about 24 years due to my mum not wanting me to know him but now he wants to get to know me what do i do?? i had all these things in my head that i wanted to ask but now there is a possibility im goin to meet him i dont no how to react or what to say! i thought it would be a great relief finally finding him but i feel so confused??

2007-08-13 03:31:46 · 3 answers · asked by steffibaby24 2

My mother has never been what you would call a mother. She is a very selfish person. When I was young she used to go out with her friends and sleeping with other men 7 nights a week. I had suffered depression for many years and she has offered me no support, I was bullied at school and she couldnt care less. She never tried to hide the fact that she has always favoured my brother over me. She is a horrible person with a vile attitude and has done nothing for me. My nan brought me up because she couldnt be bothered.
My brother has recently had children and my mother dotes on them, she bends over backwards for them.
I recently asked her why she does this and she said 'its her chance to put things right where they went wrong with me' as if im damaged goods. If thats the case shouldnt she be trying to put things right with me instead of pushing me and her mistakes under the carpet?
I am now pregnant and I dont want her near me or my child, am I wrong to do this?

2007-08-13 03:29:38 · 59 answers · asked by Anonymous