Family - August 2007

my girlfriend has trouble at home, he parents will soon be getting divorced. the other day, after an argument her mother repeatedly called her 'disgusting' and 'a disgrace to the family' (she didnt do some housework) while she cried and told her to stop because she was hurting her (she is 16). she is suffering emotionally and when she asked her mother to let her see a psychiatrist (preferably with her mom) her mother refused claiming it would be an emarrassment. there is only so much i can do....please offer comments and advice, thank you

2007-08-03 04:26:27 · 8 answers · asked by boredatwork 4

My boyfriends father works in banking. He makes about the same annually as my father does. My father is a psychologist. My bf is always saying how his father is better, makes more money, they r richer, etc. I never try 2 compete w/ him so I dont understand where this is coming from, is it jealousy? His father could be labeled as "new money" he worked as a brick layer for years and about 5 years ago he lucked out with banking. He went bankrupt and used 2 work at dunkin donuts. Im not trying 2 put his dad down, he's a hard working man but my bf is always saying things like that my dad isnt a real doctor, etc. My dad slaved for years for a doctorate, plus, his father has tax write offs, whenver we go out to dinner he writes it off as dinner w/ a client, etc. so his dad has advantages that mine doesn't. Where is this coming from? He is always trying 2 make it like they are better but he 4gets I knew him back b4 his dad made it big. How should I handle this?

2007-08-03 04:08:42 · 11 answers · asked by marm212 5

Ever since I was around age 7, my parents have been divorced. I live with my mom. My dad lives on the other side of the country, so I don't get to see him nearly as much as I'd like. I see my dad once a year for about 6 weeks in the summer. It may sound like a long time, but believe me, it goes by faster than you could ever imagine.

I'm a senior in high school, and ever since that day we moved away from my dad I've always felt like there was something missing in my life. I have a stepdad, but its not the same. I have seriously been thinking about moving up there with him to go to college around there. My mom thinks my dad gives me to much freedom and that I would throw away any potential I have. She thinks its best for me to stay here, but I would really like to live with my dad atleast for my college years to try to make up for lost time. But I don't want to ruin my relationship with my mom by choosing to live with my dad.

I'm at a crossroads in my life. What would you do?

2007-08-03 03:59:46 · 6 answers · asked by jack b 1

OMgosh
My mom left this dicison in my hand to move to nefoundland and island with houses no malls amusmant parks or anything no pizza for that matter....or..............to stay here in ontario and let my dad stay depressed he isnt very interested in him life here anymore..

WAT SHOULD I DO I WANT MY FAMILY TO BE HAPPY BUT I NEED
TO BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!
ITS NOT MY SCHOOL OR MY FRIEND THEY JUST LIKE ME BECUASE IM THE "SINGER" AT SCHOOL
ITS MORE MY WHOLE LIFE THERE IS SO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES UP HERE FOR ME....I CANT TAKE IT HELP PLEASE

2007-08-03 03:31:50 · 6 answers · asked by cbabysnugglebunny 3

Why many of you didn't like to share your things even with your own parents who actually spend money in order to buy those things.As their children you don't have any duty for them to make feel better too or making them happy too?How many of you really thinks it's wrong?

2007-08-03 03:24:10 · 3 answers · asked by Love86 3

It's my birthday tomorrow (woo hoo, NOT!) I have bad anxiety so the only people I have to celebrate it with are my family. My mother told me two weeks ago that she is going to a friend's birthday party on the same day as my birthday, and I have to babysit. When I said 'but it's my birthday', she replied and said 'but it's a surprise party and it's important'. Now am I being ungrateful or is this unreasonable? Moreover, my mother has been out everyday this week - she leaves the house before I am even awake and spends the entire day with my grandmother and sisters - and not once has she offered to celebrate it early or later with me. In fact she hasn't even mentioned my birthday. I can't help feeling jealous and upset, but it's like she doesn't have any time for me.

2007-08-03 03:21:31 · 13 answers · asked by charcoalskittles 1

Is cut off and every month this happens I share the phone plan with my brother and my step father I help pay the bill and so does my brother but my step father acts as if he doesnt have money every time the bill comes and even when he gets paid he acts as if he so broke that he cant help pay the bill he tells me he doesnt have any money but then he goes and and spends money on dumb things like fast food every day instead of bringing his own lunch to work what should I do I am tired of cell phone always getting cut off I am not just a talkative teenager I am trying get jobs and they have my cell number and now they cant reach me

2007-08-03 03:19:48 · 6 answers · asked by Sweet Poet 2

Have lived away(different town over hour away) from biological family for over 31 years. There were 5 kids growing up in our family. All are grown and have kids and some grandkids of their own.Too much back stabbing and lies told everytime I've gone over there in the last 10 years I'm told bad stuff about one or more of them from different individuals. I use to visit every other weekend for years, then once a month, then every 3 months, then 6 months, now I don't want to go over at my parents at all. I know they are sickly and getting older and I've heard people say, "Enjoy them while they are with you" BUT what if your with them and there is NO joy ? Usually other family members come to see me when I'm over there. They usually say,"Be glad you live away from here, be thankful" They are all so disfunctional and its so sad. Am I the only one that wanted a happy family to share good times with when we're with other? I have peace now. Are you in the same situation?

2007-08-03 03:11:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I was younger, my parents especially my dad never made me do chores and didn't ask me about school or how my work was going.
I had an eating disorder and still my dad didn't even notice that I wasn't eating. I mean aren't parents supposed to care about how school is going?? And if you're making friends etc? And, it's not like my parents worked a lot.
My mum also gave me so many hobbies like ballet, I didn't really get a chance to develop my own interests.
Is that some kind of neglect?

2007-08-03 03:04:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do moms sometimes walk where angels fear to tread?

2007-08-03 02:49:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-03 02:48:52 · 3 answers · asked by lilmoms27 1

2007-08-03 02:40:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm a 19yr old girl, i have my own flat that i pay for myself and work and earn my own money, but he still treats me like i'm 6. he still hits me when i've not "been behaving", and he's just rung me at work to tell me i'm not allowed out tonight because i've gotta tidy MY flat, its mine its got nothing to do with him! but i'm also scared to death of him, how can i make him change?

2007-08-03 02:07:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-02 22:46:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

they r blongs to village and i'm frm city. my thinking connot match with them.they harrash me .their behaviour is too much strange. i don't want to tell them any thing belongs to study ,internet and books bcz i hate them. but some time i think that knowledge is often increase by shareing it with ohter but i observethat they will misuse it.then i get angry .they often querrel with me. idonnot like their society.ihave no any other option. suggest me right way.

2007-08-02 20:56:23 · 16 answers · asked by satakshie s 1

umm... ok so im like jsut turnning 15. Everyone says my body is hott but, its only the guys bc they like my boobs.but anyways, my mom just got re-married. the man she married has a son, lets call him Jake. Well I never met Jake until the wedding and he seamed sweat. we didnt really talk but, he was nice. Well a couple of weeks later we moved to their house. The house was huge. My room was on the 2nd floor and had a huge bay window and one of those seats under it. Well at night i can see teh sun set through the window, so i usually leave it open. one day me and Jake were the only 1s home bc my mom and mike were out.Jake was havin his friends over and i went to my room and i started to change and as soon as my top was off, i was bout to take of my shorts, i saw jake and mybe 7 of his friends looking in my window from the roof of the guest house. When they saw me they smiled and waved. I freaked out and shut the blindes and havnt talked to him since. Its been 3 hours. What should i do?

2007-08-02 20:48:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

And that's not all. She spazzed at me for using a towel when she said it was ok, but when I was bathing, she purposely yelled to everyone, "I told her to wait but she can't even wait a little!!" when she NEVER told me! Besides, my dad does that all the time and she never yells at him, which I think is really confusing. Also, my sister keeps blaming me for mom yelling at me, and I can't tell her to shut up because she's "special" and is a tattletaler, which would be another reason for my parents to yell more at me.
I'm going to high school next year, and I wanted a good, long break so I can be less stressed when a mountain of homework collapses on me, but noooo, I STILL have school every weekday because of summer school. I am so sick of my mother for signing me up for education lessons instead of some hobbies, such as hip-hop.

How can I deal with my family? (talking doesn't help, I tried and they kept spazzing at me)

2007-08-02 19:50:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-02 19:34:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey. im 15 years old and my dad just started working at this new company thats still starting up. hes been working pretty hard lately and he comes home late. when he talks to me, he usually talks about very general stuff like the news...or my classes and stuff but nothing about his work. my older sister, who is 19. just came back from college for a few weeks. and she tells me that my dad has been telling her everything. all the projects hes working on that is supposed to be "top secret". my older brother is also an active participant in their discussion and hes only two years older than me.
im sry. but it kinda hurts u know? im not that much younger than them. does he think i cant handle business? do he think im too young? what else is he not telling me? im really disappointed cause im usually very open about everything in my life. i dont want to confront him about it cause i know hes tired....what should i do?

2007-08-02 19:34:08 · 2 answers · asked by xSELENEx 2

2007-08-02 19:17:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering if I 'm being too harsh...
You see I got a family member who is showing signs of jealousy towards me. I refuse to put up with this. I've have decided to not deal with this person and leave them out of my life. This person has shown some signs in the past and I tried to ignore it.
Is this too extreme?

2007-08-02 18:39:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

do u think so??


whats ur opinion??

2007-08-02 18:38:15 · 17 answers · asked by **PrinCess** 2

I'm a concerned christian father, and a few months ago, my teenage son told me that he wanted to be a scientist. He tells me that he's an atheist, and after a battery of punishments started by his unillingness to go to church on Sunday, I figured out that it must have all started with science class at school. Over the past few weeks, I combed through his science and math textbooks, internet history, and the various books that he checked out of the library, and I have found out that much of what is out there is witchcraft, plain and simple. Of course, he realized that I was peeking through his material, and he just had a fit with me. That day, I called the cops and he was arrested for trying to run away. He called me a stupid hillbilly beforehand, and a "fundie", whatever that means. Is science a tool of the devil? Will military or training school help put him on the right path? Should I take him out of school and homeschool him? Please help, his soul is on the line.

2007-08-02 18:00:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-02 17:47:53 · 10 answers · asked by Jessica G 1

2007-08-02 17:46:23 · 12 answers · asked by sandy 1

I told my mother that she was a bad mother, because she was. No wait!

I told her that I am not willing to sacrifice my adgenda to help her at the last minute. I told her that I wouldn't because she uses her time to hang out with bad people. Those same bad people are the individuals how tormentment and ridicule me for not dealing with them. They use verbal abuse and intimidations to contol. I just ignore her becuase I know she could not do nothing.... Anywho. I told my mother that I want to get myself "together" now so that I could be a good mother when I have children.

I want to be as honest as possible with her. I love her and want her to get the message, but she just doesn't seem to here unless I say something direct. In this direct ness I believe I hurt her feelings. I had a family member hurt my feelings, and it was my first time ever feeling any emotional pain. I cut this person off so f98king quick! I just hope that I haven't given the same pain to my mother.

2007-08-02 17:37:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been trying to convince my parents to let me get a MySpace for about 2 years. I'm 15 years old, and think that I should be allowed to have one. They've seen all of those Dateline Sexual Predators shows, so they're really nervous about the whole idea...I keep telling them that I can set my profile so only my friends can look at it, blah, blah, blah, but they still won't hear it.

My mom's friend keeps telling her that it will be okay, and she just signed her 11 and 12-year-olds up for one...I think that it's SO unfair that those little kids get one and I can't! Do any of you guys have any suggestions on how to win over my parents??? Please?

2007-08-02 17:33:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

(about how he's hurting me and my brother) "Well I don't give a f***. F*** them. They'll forgive me later. They always will"
And I didn't feel anything. Is something wrong with me?

2007-08-02 17:17:18 · 8 answers · asked by ~AA~ 3

2007-08-02 17:17:03 · 5 answers · asked by hue_b22 2

i dont want to be rude because she gets so emotional but like ill be sitting at the dining room table reading over the federalist papers or something and shell come home and be like oooooh mishaels playing with her history book aww how cute and she'll like just sit there and talk and she wont go away then i have to go somewhere else and then i am so mad that i cant even concentrate! :( grr i hate her, what should i do... and i cant sit down and talk to her about it because she'll interrupt and start talking about herself (ive tried)

2007-08-02 17:14:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous