Family - October 2007

My mom flosses, clips her toe nails, files her nails and uses a pumice stone in the living room. I try to eat in there and stuff. She also burns her arm hair off over the stove in the kitchen. I find it disgusting. She thinks i'm weird for thinking so. What do you think? Also, what should I do about it?

2007-10-04 16:25:29 · 31 answers · asked by rockran 3

I am now living with my boyfriend, but can not stay here longer. I wanted to know if my mom can legally kick me out, or should i start looking for a place of my own.

2007-10-04 16:19:33 · 19 answers · asked by Ferns 1

2007-10-04 16:12:05 · 12 answers · asked by azia h 1

Lately, I have been feeling depressed. I have a 17 month old and am 28 weeks pregnant with baby #2.

My husband is 1 week away from finishing his masters and is very busy with work - I stay at home. I feel like all of the time he has away from work and school (which is very little) is very rarely offered to me. We were supposed to go out to dinner tonight with a friend, but because our son was sleepy, I let them go and offered to stay home - even though I always stay home and hardly get out. I feel like after chasing our toddler all day I need a backrub or like I just need to get out. But, it always comes down to his needs - he needs sex, so no backrub, or he has been working all day so he gets to go out.

I know he is well-intentioned, but he is totally blind to the fact that it is always about his needs. I just want him to sacrifice something every now and then. Everytime I try to bring it up, he gets overwhelmed and it turns back around to HIS NEEDS.

What do I do?

2007-10-04 15:56:13 · 20 answers · asked by Jess 5

Well my parents are total freaks .im 15 and they wont let me do anything.they dont let me go out,or hang out with boys(barely my friends).So basically they dont want me to grow up.I mean seriously,i cant even go by my neighbors without haveing to call to check in and have to be home before dark.did i mention they are 3 houses down?ugh i hate it! and whenever i just so happen to MENTION a guys name my parents get all weird and start asking questions.and its like i cant even say a guys name without being accused of having him be more then a friend.And like lets take homecoming for example,it was last week and my mom almost didnt let me go to that! cause she says im not old enough to stay out that late.and then afterwards all my friends were going out to eat,and heres a shocker...i couldnt go! my mom said" no you cant go,its not that i dont trust you...im just being a mom!who knows you could be in the wrong place at the wrong time!and what if you get into a car with someone you dont know?

2007-10-04 15:47:28 · 6 answers · asked by ginger16243 1

me andmy boyfriend ron went over to my brothers house to see my mom and to thank my brother for giving ron his clothes. and ron was bonding with my brother and helping him put his electronics together. and my mom was saying that im fat and that my jeans are to tight. and ron looked at my mom and sister in law and said he loves it. and after he left he said he had fun and he said he loves me very much. he never says he loves me very much he just says he loves me.

2007-10-04 15:30:47 · 7 answers · asked by focus_e_us360 1

i just got a new puppy it is so cute but my brother is always telling me to stay away from him
(he is older than me) and my dad sides with him! i HATE HIM!!!

2007-10-04 15:25:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mom has asked me if i would consider moving to LA with her because she has been doing nails for ten years and she says if she goes on any longer she could get ill with all the chemicals she takes in everyday.My grandparents live up there and they can start a business up for her. A big part of me wants to stay because this is where i grew up and i think im dependent from the people around me and im very close to family, i also think i could actually live a new life there, but what if it doesnt turn out the way i expected, im still young, im 15, so this is a very hard decision for me. I could have the choice of staying her with one of the family members but be seperated from my siblings, who are still young so it doesnt affect them,i dont want to be seperated from them either. But after highschool arent we gonna be seperated aneway to go to college? I justdontwanttoendawreck. I just need something to hear that has meaning, because i just dont know what to do and its killing me..thx

2007-10-04 15:20:11 · 3 answers · asked by xuyen h 2

today..she called me a fag and I was uglier then everybody in this world.Do you think thats mean.I do.I'm her child.I'm very sad and upset.I know I'm ugly.But my mom said it in a mean way.=[

2007-10-04 14:01:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've found it before, he said he would stop. Aparently, he didn't. What should I do? I'm 12 with divorced parents, have told my mom, and I love my dad very much. I dont want him to be taken away, but he is also an alcoholic (4 DWI's). What do I do?


PS- My mom said he's been a pothead sice 2nd year of High schoo. He is 44

2007-10-04 13:33:36 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2

I have this stepfather. Well, I've had him for like 5 or 6 years now, but he's such a jerk! He's fat and old (15 years older than my mom) and is so annoying/embarrasing/mean/scary. I've told my mom I don't like him, but she's like my best friend and all I want is for her to be happy because she works so hard(my stepdad doesn't even have a job, he lives off her), but I just don't understand what she sees in him. This is really selfish, but he's ruining my life! My friends hate him too and don't call my house phone cause they're creeped out by him(I don't blame them) So what should I do? I don't want to make my mom unhappy, should I just forget about it and live on with my life by counting down the next 3 years until college?

2007-10-04 13:12:26 · 13 answers · asked by jaybell 3

I'm a 22-year-old college student. I go to school and work full time. I live with my sister in an apartment we share. We have been independent from our parents for about three years.
My boyfriend is 25, and also a college student. He works for his parents and still lives with them (rent-free). Here's my problem: My boyfriend's mother has absolutely forbid him from staying the night at my apartment. She threatens financially cutting him off if he does. Even if we happen to fall asleep watching tv, he wakes up around 3 or 4 and drives an hour home so that his car will be in the driveway by the time she wakes up. We've gone out with friends to bars on weekends, and he won't even drink because he has to make the drive home (I commend the no drinking and driving, it's the fact that her rules are impeding on our social life.)
Isn't it ridiculous to demand a 25 year old man to follow such rules? She says she's preventing premarital sex. I say she needs to mind her own business. Am I wrong?

2007-10-04 13:00:30 · 9 answers · asked by Jancy 2

My father is 82 years old and is in good health for his age . He retired 15 years ago and is pretty lonely. He basically just hangs around the house and has a typical elderly routine (one which I know he dislikes, but doesn't have anyone to get him out of it). Although my mother is still alive and are still married, they have grown apart over the years and don't have a lot in common anymore. I currently live 1000 miles away from them, but will be moving back to within five hours of him very soon. This means I can visit more regularly and do more things with him. But we don't have similar interests either and my father doesn't really have much of a passion for anything in particular.

I guess what I am asking/wanting is to be closer to my father and not simply have my visits be just hanging around the house just doing small talk. Does anyone have any suggestions for things to do in particular or to how grow to closer to an elderly parent in general?

Any thoughts are much appreciated!

2007-10-04 12:57:42 · 3 answers · asked by munhasen5 2

i no i asked this alrdy but i cant get to it. im 14. and i dont know what to do anymore. I have a younger cousin who has lukiemia. she isnt donin good. she is 4 & had it for 2 yrs. they cant give her anymore treatment or else she will die they can only give her low grade kimo. i wish there was somethin i could do for her i wish it was me. shes just a baby. the other night around midnight she was rushed to the hospital she got a stomach virus and because her body was so weak & her immune system was low it became deadly they had to revive her twice and it almost didnt work the 2nd time. i was up and crying for 6 hours strait. wen her parents got home,i was babysitting their other 2 kids they sent me home and said they didnt know how she was doin but she was stable. i dont know what to do. how do i learn to accept the fact that she will be better off in heaven where she wont suffer? i cant stand to lose her and i dont know what i will do if she passes away how can i help her and myself?

2007-10-04 12:41:57 · 5 answers · asked by Ohhemmgee_its_Angie 2

I recently got a dog and have been walking him for the past 2 weeks. (Every morning at 7, and then afternoon.)

Then suddenly my parents are highly banning me from taking my dog outside to the park with is not even a block away. I'm 14, and my parents don't let me go outside when it's not even dark (like 4 pm.) and so many people are outside.

They say they watched the news and heard that this girl got kiddnapped when she was walking her dog. How idiotic is that? Sure, being protective is okay, but when it's being overprotective, it just tires me out. Isn't that unfair? What should I do? I tired, and you know sometimes I just want to fall alsleep.

2007-10-04 12:19:04 · 7 answers · asked by ll 3

I have been taking care of my wonderful stepson since he was 2 yrs old. He's now 6. (The mom was on drugs at that time and wanted her son to stay with dad) We both knew she was a loser and we never demanded any money from her all these yrs. Since that time she has had a 3 yr old girl and I just have my new son. Last year my husband took the mom to court to establish custody because the mom had got on Welfare a couple of times without our knowledge. Anyway its stablished that they split custody, she get's him in the summer. We did not file for child support because she begged us not to cuz she needed to find a place to live. It's been a year since then! She still lives with her boyfriends parents. She had a job for a hot second and then quit. We told her, it's time to pay at least $100 so we can put him in karate. She couldn't even do that she sends $85. What do we do? I'm fed up! Now that I am not working I feel that she should get a job and pay.

2007-10-04 12:16:36 · 3 answers · asked by Journey 3

So I know someone that was into the drugs, gangs, and all the "good stuff". he has a gf and a kid. So he finally got thrown in jail, a year and a half later... He came out, now he's this changed person, he watches cartoons with his kid, takes him to the park, helps his grandma with housework, and cooks for his gf. He doesn't like to party anymore, he doesn't hang out with his "gansta" friends anymore or people that are into that way of living.

Now, I suppose that I'm the only person that doesn't do all that stuff that he knows (drugs, alchohol, crime, etc). So he keeps calling me... all the time. he wants to visit or hang out and I'm busy with college like all the time. calls me almost every day and several time during the weekend, but I never talk to him or answer the phone.

Whats with this guy? I think it's great he's changed but dammit... I'm busy, I have college and money to worry about. what am I supposed to do?

2007-10-04 12:11:20 · 6 answers · asked by Mr M 3

2007-10-04 12:04:19 · 4 answers · asked by concerned 1

I am on disability and living at home with parents . court ordered these but I have no money.I Live in PA

2007-10-04 11:52:51 · 3 answers · asked by linda h 1

My boyfriend's mom is stupid. plain out. no way around it.
I'll just tell you the story form start to finish. Summarized of course.

He woke up late for school, jumped in the shower, got out of the shower, his mom told him "clean your ******* room" he said he would, got dressed, cleaned up his room, it was moderatly clean, nothing special,started doing his hair (he did a half-A** job) mom came in "I thought I told you to clean your ******* room!" He said that he did and that he had to go, mom said "your not ******* going anywhere until you clean your room!" he said "so you want me to be late for school to clean something that I already cleaned?" she said yeah, so he grabbed his keys and walked out the door, as she was coming out, go toward the car at a fast pace, he drove off. Yeah I know, this sounds bad, but look what she does because he didn't "clean his room" he tried to call me at lunch, couldn't, wounldn;t go through, after school started walking to his car, wasn't there,

2007-10-04 11:39:22 · 6 answers · asked by Little Green One 1

how can i get my parents to take me to hte doctor?

i think i have an iron defieincy and they think i do too, but wont take me.

PLZ! how do i let them take me?? i RELLY want to fix it b4 i get it to a point were it is serious!

2007-10-04 11:27:33 · 4 answers · asked by pugglelover1207 3

ok, my next door neighbor has this electric scooter and im saving up for one. he won't let me get it because i don't wear a helmet on my next door neighbors'
he doesn't understand that it makes you look like a dork, and that scooter pretty much balances itself. im so f**ked at him

what should i do? i want it but ... UGH!

HELP!!!



AH!

2007-10-04 11:20:41 · 10 answers · asked by gregelectro13 2

My Dad (step dad since 15) died in 2006. My Mother has met this man that she thinks hung the moon. Well he claims to be in the Army. I feel he is full of crap because of some of the things he says. He calls my Mom late at night, sees her about every 6 months for just a day or two then he is gone again and will call in about 3 weeks one night late and drunk. I am worried about my Mom and her mental statis. She is only 65 and a beautiful woman and I am worried this man is taking advantage of her. I have done some checking and I know he has a son in the army, I know how to get in touch with him and I have traced the number he calls from and it is to a cell. What else can I do. My mom is still very fragile and I am worried. I know she is a grown woman and I should stay out of it but I don't want mom hurt. He is coming in this weekend supposedly so help!

2007-10-04 11:17:12 · 9 answers · asked by soulmate_n_nc 3

Thanks for all your answers. We didnt abandon the children, we actually wrote up a temp gaurdianship type letter for his parents, in cases of emergencies etc. They (grandparents) led us to beleive everything was fine until the other day. We found out they had been talking to laywers about the kids and getting them. The lawyers all laughed in their faces and said im sorry but they cant be unfit if they legally left the children in your custody. It was actually recommended by our lawyer that we set up a suitable home for the children before asking the courts permission to move. Now the kids are being mentally alienated from their father.
I spoke to the sheriffs department and as far as they know he cant be charged with kidnapping but he recommends we speak to the lawyer again to make quite sure of it.
Also, he did mention something called an "emergency" order to leave, but would the mental abuse of the children be enough for that considering they are to young to realize whats happenind?

2007-10-04 11:09:26 · 2 answers · asked by Needsto_getaway 1

I need help to pick out a gift for my sister who will be graduating from medical school.....it should be something she can cherish for a long time.

I have already given her music boxes, cosmetics, handbags etc. in the past but now I want to give her something that is less materialistic.

2007-10-04 10:58:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

State of Missouri--My fiance is divorced and has temporary full custody of his kids who he has had since separation. He has already gone to court for the full and permanant order of custody. His ex gets supervised visits on Sundays but doesnt take them. Is it legal to leave the state with the children? Can they charge him with kidnapping or just ask him to return?

I am asked because we have been wanting to move and have actually tried. We are currently staying in Alabama working now, to set up the household and the children are staying with his parents. The problem is, his parents are trying to prevent us from moving because they feel it would "mentally" hurt them to move away from their grandparents at such an early age (3-2yrs old)
This is malarky.
They have parentally alienated him from his kids and told them there father was bad for moving at that they arent allowed to see him. They wont speak to him. The grandparents actually went to a lawyer to to try and take the kids. Help?

2007-10-04 10:48:54 · 15 answers · asked by Needsto_getaway 1

Okay so my mom and I dont exactly get along but my big bro and I get along great. My brother offered to let me stay with him and I would really like to but my mom seemed kinda upset when I asked her. But I mean living with your older brother is like a dream. No rules!! I think. Anyway should I live with him or stay with my mom?

He is 22 and Im 14

2007-10-04 10:48:35 · 9 answers · asked by little sis 1

My husband and I are having a little disagreement and I need your help. My Father-n- law has a problem with staying faithful to his significant others. I say others because there have been many in the two years I have known him. His last wife, I was very close to her and we are bestfriends. (they are divorced now). They are divorced because he cheated on her four times in one year! She caught him with his current girlfriend. He has cheated on his current girlfriend, I know this because I saw him leave work with another woman and that womans car was parked at the local motel! (this is sleezy). I told my husband that he enables his fathers behavior by acting like it doesnt bother him. My husband was very sad with his fathers last divorce because she is a good woman who is genuine in her actions and words. My husband has gotten used to the fact of having women ripped out of his life that he has gotten close to. I have refused to play his fathers sick game of manipulation.

2007-10-04 10:45:04 · 6 answers · asked by Shana H 3

Not only does my mother-in-law buy/spend way too much for my kids for Christmas and their birthdays, but gives them presents all the time throughout the year. Every time we see her we're coming home with a bag of toys (she lives in town and sees the kids 2-3 times a month). I dread the holidays and the kids' birthdays because they are all one month apart, and I have way to many new things to find a place for.
My mother-in-law is not rich, and has actually put their family in thousands of dollars worth of debt multiple times with her uncontrolable spending.
She probably spends twice as much on the kids as we do for the holidays, and WAY more than my parents who are very poor.
I think I may be able to put up with it if half of the presents were clothes, but they are not. The kids are in need of clothes throughout the year, and she never asks about what they need.
Is it wrong to put a limit on her spending for the holidays and such?

2007-10-04 10:08:35 · 9 answers · asked by megansmom112902 2

Ive asked a couple of questions about rude in-laws.My mother and sister-in-law want to take our children when me and my hubby are gone on our 7 day get away. We've told them NO on about 4 occassions (because of different circumstances). Weve offered to pay for the trip (airfare and lodging) to come see the kids while were gone. My brother and his wife +their 3 kids are coming. My brother's mil might come as well (were paying for their rental car and gas). My mother and grandmother are coming as well. My mil got mad at me especially since my hubby laid it all out there for them. I send them pictures of the kids, and they talk on the phone with our eldest child. Weve NEVER denied her access to our children. Well NOW, she (my mil) is talking about getting a lawyer and seeking court appointed visitation in her home in a different state. Can she legally do this?

2007-10-04 09:59:08 · 5 answers · asked by navywife_2001 3