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Archived questions from: February, 2006 (see latest in Family category)

Family: Help and advice

My husband invited his cousin to visit, but I want to get to know him first!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6868 days ago

28 February 2006 (F) - My husband and I have been married for a year and he has invited his cousin that he has not seen for years to come over for a couple of days to our house. I don't want him to come until I get to know him first to see am I dealing with. Is that OK ...

What can I say to support my new boyfriend when he talks about his family problems?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6870 days ago

28 February 2006 (M) - Hello, I’ve been going out with my boyfriend for about 5 weeks now and in this time, we have become quite close even though it isn’t very long. His dad was an alcoholic when he was little and used to beat his mum in front of him. His dad th...

I don't like my gf's new friendship with this guy! Should I be concerned?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6867 days ago

28 February 2006 (M) - I have been with my girlfriend for 6 months now and we have gotten extremely close. She went off to college and has been hanging out with another guy an awful lot. He knows about me and she insists to me that I have nothing to worry about. ...

My little sister is asking me questions and I need advice on how to help her with some proper answers.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6871 days ago

27 February 2006 (F) - Hi,I'm 27 and my sister who is 12 is dating this guy who she ment at a dance this October that just passed.The problem is they didn't know each other at all before the dance. My sister, being the idiot she is, saw him walk by and told ...

I feel if I don't succeed in school, others will be disappointed in me! What can I do?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6869 days ago

27 February 2006 (F) - hi people, just wondering if you could help me with this little problem i have. thing is, i've always liked school and have always had lots of friends and found it easy, but recently i've been struggling. because i did well in my sats in yr6 and i'm ...

My step-neice and I ended up falling for each other...our families will be shocked! What should we do?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6206 days ago

27 February 2006 (M) - My problem may not be unique but it is awkward, let me give you some background... I have recently got in touch with my step niece for the first time in 18 years, since we first got in touch we've grown to be close and be great friends. We met ...

In love with my friend's sister, but he doesn't want us going out. Do we keep doing it behind his back?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6867 days ago

26 February 2006 (M) - Hey guys- I'm 13 and I fell for my best mate's (now 12 year old) sister when I met her three years ago. My friend guessed and was pretty fuming. Recently, on MSN, me and his sister were fooling around and we came to telling each other who we fan...

I'm 14 years old and I want to run away. What should I do?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6864 days ago

26 February 2006 (F) - IM 14 YEARS OLD AND WANT TO RUN AWAY. WHAT SHOULD I DO? ...

My boyfriend's family don't agree with our relationship, but I want to get married!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6872 days ago

26 February 2006 (F) - I'm having a relationship with a guy 4 years younger than to me and his parents are disagree with this. He tells that he needs to have his parents blessing to get married to me but I love him and still I want to carry out it and marry him. What I ...

I have to referee disagreements between my wife, my mother and my sister!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6865 days ago

25 February 2006 (M) - I got married 3 yrs ago and since then, the relationship between my wife and my family has become pretty horrible. I come from a small, intimate family (1 mother, 1 sister, father passed away). When I first got married there was some jealousy...

I hate feeling like I have to compete with my boyfriend's 6-year-old daughter

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 6467 days ago

22 February 2006 (F) - I have been with my boyfriend for a little over a year. He has a 6 year old daughter that I seem to get jealous over. I feel really bad when I start feeling like that, I don't know what to do. I hate the idea of being second in his life, even tho...

My BF's cousin tricked me into thinking he wanted to kiss me. I'm thinking I should pretend to be someone else too...

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6876 days ago

22 February 2006 (F) - Hi, I'm 12 and I have a bit of a problem on my hands. You see last night I was texting my boyfriend on my cell. He wanted to know when were going to kiss. I practically jumped because he was way off topic all of a sudden. Anyhow I asked him 'when ...

My mum doesn't think about how I feel...

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6876 days ago

22 February 2006 (F) - My mum has, for the past few months been having her boyfriend come and stay over at our house, sometimes for a week at a time. We live in a small house, and sometimes at night I can hear them having sex in their room, and it makes me feel really ...

I feel jealous about my husband and his twin sister

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6877 days ago

22 February 2006 (F) - Is it normal to feel jealous if your husband is close to his sister? Don't get me wrong, my sister-in-law is great, and we really get along. However I have a problem with my husband being so close to another female. To make it worse they're twins. I ...

Are family or spouses more important in our lives?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6877 days ago

22 February 2006 (F) - Who are the most important people in our lives, our parents, our spouses, or our siblings?...

We're different races and religions but we love each other. How can we make our families understand and accept us?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6877 days ago

22 February 2006 (M) - I am in a relationship with a girl who is different race to me and also different religion. Now we can't change each others' race and have spoken in length about religion and respect each others' religion but both of us will not change religion. T...

My family don't like my boyfriend, and I can't understand why!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6876 days ago

21 February 2006 (F) - I am 20 years old, live with my parents, and have been with my boyfriend for over 2 years. From the very start of the relationship I was very open with my family, and introduced my boyfriend to them at the start of our relationship. Despite this, ...

When I ask my Mother about sex...she goes all cold. Should I just keep trying or what?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6878 days ago

21 February 2006 (F) - I have recently turned 16 and me and my boyfriend really want to have sex for the first time. we waited so that we knew it was the right thing to do, until it would be legal and so i could tell my parents, because i've always wanted to be as open as ...

Looking for good health sites for women? Got any ideas?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6878 days ago

21 February 2006 (F) - Hey, Does anyone know any good health sites for females? I've looked on search engines and the websites they find are about all the "brilliant" herbal remedies to help you loose weight. I dont want to loose weight however, i just want a site that...

I need someone to talk to about my problems...without involving friends and family. What can I do?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 4989 days ago

21 February 2006 (M) - I need some sound advice on how to make myself feel better! I have no one to talk to, and my parents are so narrow minded they think of things too seriously, and only in ways to benefit themselves. I need to chat to someone about my problems and ...

My Aunt is hateful toward my Mother. She refuses to let us attend my uncle's Funeral. What should we do?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6878 days ago

21 February 2006 (M) - I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I guess I'll try anyway. My uncle, my moms brother, recently died. They had a very close and loving relationship with each other. It used to makee my aunt, his widow, very jeal...

I'm attracted to someone else but my boyfriend and I live together now...

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6878 days ago

21 February 2006 (F) - Ok, I'm 18 and i have been with my current boyfriend for three years, we have broken up twice during this time and I saw other people when we were apart. I dumped him both of these times. Now we are living together, and i moved out of state to ...

I'm falling in love with my brother in law...were we destined to be together and how will our families react?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6710 days ago

20 February 2006 (F) - I think I am falling in love with ex husbands brother. This is a very complicated situation after 2 years of a horriable marriage I filed for legal seperation then after research found I could file for annulment due to ex husband hidden drug add...

I'm in love with my cousins wife and she wants to leave him soon but I don't know what to do!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 5961 days ago

19 February 2006 (M) - I dont know what to do. Me and my cousins wife have developed feelings for each other and she says she only with him because of her kids, and he threatens to take the kids away from her if she leaves him, he even tells her she can leave anytime if ...

My folks are pushing me to find a partner and it is stopping me finding one!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6880 days ago

19 February 2006 (M) - Help, my folks are rushing me to have a girlfriend and partner, I'm feeling pressurised, and uncomfortable, plus I might find myself not even wanting to be with a woman, I think that I might be gay how can i get the back off, and when I want to get ...

Am I just being cynical or is having kids not really worth it??

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6882 days ago

17 February 2006 (F) - Is having kids worth it? OK heres how i see it. you raise kids, go through all the hard work. then one day they grow up and move out, get married, have careers, etc. and you end up in a retirement home. ironically, they start their own famili...

Should I be concerned about what my daughter is doing with her female friends?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6883 days ago

16 February 2006 (M) - I found out my 15 year old daughter was making out with a girlfriend. Now whenever she sleeps over at her other girlfriends house, I am concerned that they are making out. I don't even know what same sex making out involves. Is it possible that ...

My daughter is getting married and moving far away-how do I let go?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6157 days ago

16 February 2006 (M) - My daughter is 24 yrs old and has lived at home all her life. I'm her dad btw. We live in Austin and after she gets married she's moving to London because her fiancee got a job there. I keep on hearing and reading things like I'm going to be ...

A family friend told everyone that Dad isn't my biological father and it's upset me and everyone around me!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6883 days ago

15 February 2006 (F) - Hi, I am in a really big muddle and this may be a long question but I need to tell someone, as it is stuck in my head and I will end up blurting it out to someone I don't want to know. You see, last week my mum's friend decided to tell everybod...

Mum doesn't even think I've kissed a boy before and I don't know if I should tell her I'm considering sex...

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6883 days ago

15 February 2006 (F) - Hi I am in a teenage crisis... I am 13 years old and have been going out with a guy for 5 months now and we both want to have sex but we are mature enough for our age and we are going to wait at least a year. The thing I'm saying is...my mum does...

How long do I wait for him to tell his family about me?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6882 days ago

15 February 2006 (F) - hallo. I am in arelationship but frustrated.I am dating a 28 year old man whom i have always thought of marrying someday. to begin with, initially my parents and his parents fell that i and his elder brother brother could marry, when we met for ...

She and I were good friends-then I found out she's having an affair with my dad.

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6885 days ago

14 February 2006 (F) - my dad owns a music store, and over a year ago he hired a teacher who was a month younger than me (im 21 now). her and i became good friends, but LONG LONG LONG story short, i found out that this time last year they started an affair. he made it ...

My sister and I are very close, but she's married now and we're drifting apart. What can I do?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6885 days ago

14 February 2006 (M) - Hello. Me and my sister are only a year apart and are really very close. However she got married a year ago and we've kinda drifted apart. She spents alot more time with her husband now and I'm getting kinda jealous. I know shes married now and I ...

My boyfriend's mom likes his ex-girlfriend even better, now that she's back at their church!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 5525 days ago

13 February 2006 (F) - My boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriend is back at the same church where my boyfriend's Mom goes. Now the mom likes the Ex because she's back in church...The Mom invited the Ex over their house for dinner. (The only reason I know this is because I'm friends ...

I'm 13 and my big brother teases me! He's hurt me enough to last a lifetime. What should I do?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6886 days ago

12 February 2006 (F) - Hi. I live with my dad because my mum died when I was younger. I have a little sister and an older brother, thing is , my older brother picks on me. He's so nice to my little sister, who's four years younger than me (I'm 13), and my brother is 18...

His anger episodes upset me and our baby! What should I do?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6101 days ago

11 February 2006 (F) - My husband has some serious anger issues - he doesn't hit, but he gets angry, swears and raises his voice every day. He does this in front of our 7-month old son, who stares at him with a worried look or cries. My husband doesn't seem to care - he ...

Fell in love with this guy but my parents hate him. What should I do?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6537 days ago

11 February 2006 (F) - hi.i'm 30 year old divorcee with a 5 yrs old son.last year i fell in love with a catholic guy n want to marry him now.the problem is that my parents didn't like him at all.if i go against my family,they will disown me.i feel stuck now.want to be ...

My wife stops me from seeing my family and friends. Should I leave her?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2735 days ago

9 February 2006 (M) - I have been married for 5 years now, with my wife who I have known for 6 Years. Throughout this time, we have had more ups and downs than a roller coaster. My wife is constantly stopping me from seeing friends and family. It started out fine but ...

I'm involved with his parents as well as him...

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6891 days ago

8 February 2006 (F) - My partner and i have a brilliant relationship except for his parents. They ring us every morning and expect him to call out to their house in the evening doing stuff. Even on his day off he still has to do things for them. Getting too much cause we ...

Caught my daughter playing "doctors and nurses" with the kid next store... Advice please?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 1028 days ago

7 February 2006 (F) - Hi I am 26 years old and have a 7 year old daughter. The other day she had our neighbors son (who is 8) over, and they were playing all afternoon like they frequently do. Well I was doing laundry and as I walked by her room, I heard a moan. I ...

We caught my daughter and my husband's layabout sun kissing... How can we handle this?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6864 days ago

6 February 2006 (F) - My husband and I have been married for five months. We have caught my daughter (14) and his son (18) kissing on two different occasions. His son graduated May 2005 and doesn't have a job and is not planning on getting one. My daughter goes to ...

Changed my name... But wondering if it was right!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6890 days ago

6 February 2006 (F) - I legally changed my birth names 10 years ago because I hated my names, but now wonder if it was a wise thing to do, my family are totally confused around me and not sure what to call me.I feel I made a mistake, but like my present name.I worry ...

My family and friends are totally against our love! I don't want to have to choose...

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6893 days ago

5 February 2006 (F) - In October, I started cheating on my husband with this Mexican guy, Charlie. My husband and I had been having a lot of problems, and at first Charlie was just a little fling to keep my mind off things. But I ended up falling crazily in love with ...

I know I should be able to cope with being on my own, but I just start imagining things! Advice? Help?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6896 days ago

3 February 2006 (F) - Hello, please help me. I am thirteen years old, old enough to be left alone in the house on my own. My parents leave me all the time, and I want them to so I can get used to being alone, but I never do because I get so scared. I don't want to ta...

Always had an attraction for a friend, but he's attached. Now his adult son seems interested. Dangerous territory?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6897 days ago

2 February 2006 (F) - I've known this man since we were 12ish. He is 40, I am 34, always had a hot spot for each other. We have now begun working together in the office. Things got heated, although he is not single, and nothing has happened between us. Just recently...

I'm ready to leave my partner of 8 years..and am considering taking up with his brother! Should I go for it?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6892 days ago

2 February 2006 (F) - Me and my Partner have been together 8 years we have 2 children both under 5 years old, but have been planning to separate for the last 6 months (he cheated on me). The thing is I have always found his brother attractive, we get on really well, we...

Suffered the loss of my baby-I'm worried of what is in store for his surviving twin brother. Please help!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6898 days ago

1 February 2006 (F) - my five day old son passed away last night in my arms at home. it was completely unexpected. i was nursing him and his twin brother when i noticed that only Seth was awake and still feeding. i waited until Seth had finished (always takes lo...