Family - August 2007

My 2 year old has been potty training well for a few months, and has been consistently using the toilet on her own. Up until the last few days. I've been finding poop next to the litter box, and assuming the cat had been accidentally missing the mark, until today. I caught the baby leaning over and peeing into the box! Does anyone have any ideas what I can do (other than spanking) to discourage this behavior?

2007-08-12 12:18:35 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2

If your only sibling sent everyone in the family except you (including her friends) a letter every month saying how her and her family was doing. They call it the "Johnson family update"...EVERYONE gets one every few weeks except you...Would you be hurt or upset? Would you bring it up to your brother/sister?

2007-08-12 12:08:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have worked nights for 3 years now. I only have mon and tue off so I dont see any of my kids much, when they get of school mon and tues I like sitting and watching tv with them. 2-3 hours thats it for all week. rest the week i dont see them, my daughter complained all the time about being around. said she wants to move out because we dont get along on anything. i have caught her in lies, when I ask her about them she says see there you just wanna argue. she never gave fathers day cards and always made it a point to be at church camp event around days like that. she told me 3 months ago when she gets 18 she is gone. she moved in with preachers wife I thought it would help. I called her last week and she said she wants emmancipated from me. I have never spanked her or anything. I dont do drugs and I dont drink. I called her last week and told her if she loves me then please come home and work it out. she never did. truth isnt more plainer. no child should ever be that way. whats happen

2007-08-12 12:06:54 · 5 answers · asked by kosterrobert 1

My bf and I live with his parents and lil bro and sis. Its a hell house. We live in New York. I'm from North Carolina. We hate it here! His mother hates me! We want to move to Myrtle Beach. Compared to New York anyplace is cheaper to live but especially places in South Carolina. I've looked up apartments there with rent as low as $350 a month. I need to some feed back on a good plan to get the hell outta here! Things just get worse and worse everyday. Me and him are unbelievably happy together so the relationship is fine its just where we are that is causing the problems. He is thinking about going starting school in Sept. to be a pharmicist and I want to be a lifeguard. But we are worried about him doing that because you have to go to school for 6 years, it can be exspensive, he could be away all the time what with work AND school... Its just all so complicated and we can't get a moments peace with the 2 spoiled rotten devils... Any suggestions guys? Any at all :)?

2007-08-12 11:58:26 · 8 answers · asked by Gabrielle D 2

My sis thinks she's too young to fall in love. She's 13, and I don't know what to tell her. Is that too young?

2007-08-12 11:57:54 · 20 answers · asked by Sali 3

So my brother and I both go to school in Chicago. my parents own a really nice luxury condo and we both had the choice to live there, as long as we had a roommate. Personally, i hate roommates so I decided just to get a studio. Its cute, but its no where near as nice as what he has. Even though he has to share with someone else, the building is so nice and there are so many amenities its crazy. Im totally jealous of his living arrangement and its driving me crazy! any help?

2007-08-12 11:47:06 · 4 answers · asked by coolness66 1

i just recently initiated a hug to my cousin and she laughed and hugged me back. ive never been the giver of hugs before-- just this one time.
why do you think my cousin laughed? [shes 38 and im 14]
and do you have the same funny feeling when you're the 'giver' in hugs?

2007-08-12 11:39:19 · 12 answers · asked by anonymous 2

Normally my wife and I get along with my mom very well. The only time my mom is mad at me is when I fight with my mega-bytch sister. We were going to have a big 1st birthday for our daughter, but my mom is miss negative and complained that we shouldn't. So instead, we told her that we will have one for my wifes family on Sunday as planned, and if she wants to have one on saturday at her house, thats cool, and she can invite whomever. But, as we expect, she is going to ask to pick our daughter up, and have a party with my sister (whom I'm not speaking with), then drop her off later as if it is "visiting rights". Should we put our foot down, as we don't want our daughter to have to be raised this way? Would you be offended? What is best?

2007-08-12 11:32:01 · 11 answers · asked by Kelly A 4

my mum has had cancer for about three years now and i think this is last week among the living. we have had numerous amounts of blow outs and we havn't talked for about 15 months would i be a horrible person if i just didn't visit her?

2007-08-12 11:19:38 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I was 3, up until I was 10, I was molested & raped by my older cousin. My mom has literally never let it go. Every time I see her, she always mentions something about it. Ive moved on, and ive forgave my cousin, but its like she hasent let go. My mom has been an alcoholic as long as I can remember, we've tried so much to get her help, NEVER worked and it seems when she is drunk, she will call me at 3am, and call her "little baby." She still sees me as a 3 year old, and treats me like one. She keeps bringing up the past constantly always saying she wants her "little girl back" . [i got depressed when I moved to america and "changed"] lately she keeps beinging up my cousin more and more and more, asking why i didnt tell her. I told her cus I was scared.. And she says its no excuse. It makes me feel bad, I moved on, why cant she? She keeps bothering me, and coming to my house late at night just to "drop me off food" ive dealt with this all my life & ive rly had enough

2007-08-12 10:21:20 · 5 answers · asked by Shisuren 2

2007-08-12 09:16:18 · 11 answers · asked by Darlene 2

OK, so here's the thing.
A couple of weeks ago I went into my sister's room, and she wasn't there, but her diary had been left out.
So...I had a quick read of it (we can talk about the moralising later, let's stick to the question for now) but it seemed as though she had a "secret boyfriend" - there were a ton of references to this mysterious guy.
Anyway, today, she asked me to install a program on her laptop while she went out and (please don't hate me, I've bought her a king-sized chocolate bar!) I had a quick look at her files, trying to find out about the secret boyf.
BUT it turns out she's totally made him up. She's got a whole profile on him, how old he is, his likes and dislikes, how many kids they have together etc.
Is this normal? My sister is 15, and I dunno... seems like she should have left this thing behind her 10 years ago.
Should I say something?
If so, what? I don't want to hurt her.

2007-08-12 08:28:18 · 44 answers · asked by Legate Tatiana 3

know some of u read about my cousin losing his bladder and bowel control in a car accident .i have a problem because every morning he wakes up and starts to cry because he had accident at night . u would think he would have got use to waking up with a wet diaper but he dosen't act like it . he's usely wakes up around 7:30 or 8:00 and starts to cry and i like to sleep till 9:00 . what can i do for him to get use to waking up with and accident. hes 23 years old and he dosn't have brain damage

to have patience u need sleep i love him with all my heart but once and a while i need a little sleep

anything i can do for him to get more sleep at night . please don't say ur selfesh or ur mean . i need help would u help me find a way for to get sleep

2007-08-12 07:16:27 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-12 06:40:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a job and earn enough money to buy stuff for me and my mom has money to buy food, clothes, phone and utilities. I have bought so much stuff on eBay and other sites that my mom is making me pay for food and utilities. I tell her I have stopped the excessive buying but she still wants me to pay for all the food and utilities. She will not let me touch the emergency money even for food and utilities and during the winter if I don't have enough money for food I will not eat and she will not let me use that money in the bank. How do I compromise or do I run away and find someone else's mom to help me?

2007-08-12 05:44:07 · 7 answers · asked by initmador 3

The parents are still married, separated, but nothing filed. The mother wants to move to NC with the 2 kids (14 & 17). How can he stop the move?

2007-08-12 05:42:22 · 10 answers · asked by jilyzs 1

my husbends brother died when he was 15 years old of cancer this has caused his familey a great deal of pain . twice a year his whole family gos in to a deep depression, on his birthday and the day he died. when we first started ti plan this baby he went to his mother and asked if it would be ok with her if we tried to see if we could have the baby born on his birthday to celibrate his life insted of morning on that day. she said it would be fine. when we learned that we had opertunity to indouse the baby on that day we went to her again to ask her and she said it was fine but went to the rest of the fanily behind our backs untill his sister screamed in the frount yard of our home and told us we hade no right to do that among many other disrespectful things in frount of my mother! when I asked her to stop yelling at me her mother defended her I was verry proud of my self all i did was ask them to leave my husbend dose not want them at the birth and I agree we dont need the drama

2007-08-12 05:41:01 · 8 answers · asked by lilly v 3

then gave custody to us and the mother(my husbands sister)also signed the agreement and found it was in her daughters best interest, even though she has never had custody. mom consantly would leave her with the granparents(my husbands parents) even when they would say no. She would say things like , fine i will take the baby but i am going shopping and wont have time to feed her, and things like that to guilt them to keep her. When they would babysit for her she would not always come back when promised, sometimes for days. She went to her moms for a week as her mom has the right to see her, although she doesn,t bother to call or come to see her very much. Now the mom has said she is not coming home and my neice wants to stay with her. My inlaws are furious with their daughter. How long can we prevent this from happening legally since we have custody?

2007-08-12 05:17:03 · 4 answers · asked by dragonfly 2

We got into a huge fight earlier and we both said some things that we didnt mean.

2007-08-12 05:10:21 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

telling them for example that i want to spend my week-ends at my bf`s place or things like that....i really would like to get rid of this feeling and i would need some advice,because it`s really frustrating...why do i feel this scare when it comes to telling them things like these?

2007-08-12 04:45:05 · 2 answers · asked by NuclearKitty 1

She had OA so she isn't able to be a very good housekeeper. It grosses me out to see them eating on the floor. My son is now old enough to sit on his own and eat without a highchair and I DREAD having to deal with the situation when we go there next time.
MIL has 3 little dogs that poop and pee on the floor, plus, we walk around outside where the animals are and them come in a walk on that same floor they eat on. It's nasty. Her floor is black tile, so you can't really judge just HOW bad it is, but sometimes when they get up, the hiney of their clothes are dirty. EWWW!
I remember the first time I saw her do it. I was SO shocked.

2007-08-12 03:40:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a modest person and I know lots of things but usually I don't say anything when a "know it all" person tries to talk all over me. I just let the person talk. Recently I was talking about Harriet Tubman because I love her spirit and I said that I once read where Harriet Tubman told people that she was Ashanti because both her parents were born in Africa and this woman that I know yelled out, "I've never read that! That can't be true because I've never read that!" I simply stopped talking and looked at her. This same "know it all" person butts into everyone's conversation. In my book I mentioned that the African women wore beads on their hair and this know it all person said, "Where did they get the beads? They didn't have beads in Africa!" Again, I just looked at her.

2007-08-12 03:28:06 · 19 answers · asked by Spirit Dancer 5

2007-08-12 02:45:53 · 7 answers · asked by daniel C 2

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2007-08-12 01:58:27 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live with my mom and my dad and our pets. I'm very very close to my mom and she's my best friend but my dad and I aren't very close and never have been since I was really really really little...

Who I am: I'm 24, I am a good kid, don't get in trouble, don't drink, do drugs, don't smoke. I'm in college and about to graduate in 9 months. I guess my worst faults are that I'm lazy and don't have a job, although I don't think a person's opinion of someone should ever be based on their job.

Anyway my dad has ALWAYS been rude, passive aggressive, mean, resentful, hateful and mad towards me... even when I've done nothing wrong. A lot of times he'll go out of his way just to pick on me or make me look/feel stupid. I just want to know why. He treats me as if (and this is impossible) I was a step-kid or some bastard child my mom had with another man that he "has" to live with. He acts like he is an older brother and I took over. He is jealous of my time with my own mother.

2007-08-11 23:01:19 · 4 answers · asked by ultcomics 1

My dad is only 17 years older than me and my girlfriend is 3 years older than me and so i have a young family.....

and i see them always going out together ( actually i was afraid of that at first so i spied at them.) but they still think i dont know their secrets.......

Suggestions on what should I do????

2007-08-11 19:18:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

When i was three..my mom kicked out my dad..he was an alcoholic..&& my mom was doing what she thought was best..they were never technically married..but he did along the line..ask for her hand in marriage..then again..he was drunk..for about 6 years..he only vistited..probably..about 15 times..at least..&& everytime..he was drunk..he would spend the night..then leave the next morning before we could say bye..well..a few years ago..we moved..&& didnt tell my father..their wasnt a way to get a hold of him..but after a year && a half later..he was in my room..sober..for 2 years..&& back in my life..now..i am 14 years old..&& i JUST found out a week ago..my dad is married..&& has two girls...I am so confused..I jus need to know..should i be mad at him..or not??..or upset..jus something..i am just soo confused..&& i got highschool coming..

2007-08-11 19:15:38 · 8 answers · asked by Secret Ninja 1

i have ayounger brother and all he ever does is call me fat. And everyone says that i am so not fat, except for him. He always says my friends are to thin, but i weigh less then them, what should i do.

2007-08-11 18:38:06 · 10 answers · asked by TheLuckyOne 2

I am a foyrtene year old guy, very old fashioned, and very mature beyond my years. I'm into the classic singers like Judy Garland. Liza Minnelli. Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, etc. Well my parents, they're well into they're thirties and they are EXTREMLY modern, well at least more modern than me!

I mean they dress modern, act modern, etc. And so I but heads with my parents some times due to that particular fact. But anyways, I collect tons of DVDs CD's, and stuff like that of the singer mentioned above. And I love watching and listening to them, but I just feel lonely watching them by myself, nobodies watches or listens to it with me.

Although, my grandmother, again another modern, she's actually pretty young too, she's only in her mid fifties. She's not as modern as my parents, but a little but ahead of years. But me and my grandmother share the same exact type of music likings. I mean she likes Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, , those same classic entertainers as me.

2007-08-11 18:09:43 · 2 answers · asked by Labeless 2

HELP WHAT CAN I DO MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN MOVED BY THERE MOTHER AND NEW HUSBAND I WAS NOT NOTIFIED. sHE IS MOVING WITH THEM SOME WHERE TO THE NORFOLK VA AREA FROM SOUTHERN OHIO
WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR THEM TELLING ME ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT.

2007-08-11 17:43:14 · 4 answers · asked by mm W 2