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Archived questions from: December, 2015 (see latest in Family category)

Family: Help and advice

How do I assert myself without alienating those I care about?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3247 days ago

31 December 2015 (F) - How do you stand up to somebody you love? I've always had problems with sticking up for myself. I've only ever done it once and it ended my friendship of four years with my ex bestfriend. How do I stand up to somebody like my parents or boyfr...

Under grandma's thumb and with a sex mad boyfriend

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3247 days ago

31 December 2015 (F) - I have a problem. I live with my grandma and my mom is out of the picture. Grandma is really strict and she makes it impossible to do practically everything. I mean things like seeing my friends outside of school, talking on the phone, and being on ...

How can I deal with an over sensitive mother?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3247 days ago

31 December 2015 (F) - Key Information: 22 years old, currently live with my mother and have been with my boyfriend for 3 years. My mother is always under the impression that my boyfriend has a personal issue with her. Whenever I have asked him if he dislikes my moth...

Am I wasting my time with legally separated man?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3247 days ago

31 December 2015 (F) - Dear all, I am dating a wonderful man who is legally separated but not divorced. He is 10 years older than me, he lives 5 mins from his family home with two teenage daughters and on very good terms with his ex which I'm ok with. My concern i...

My mother is having an affair with a married man. Worried that she'll be hurt. What can I do?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3248 days ago

30 December 2015 (F) - Dear cupid, My mum is having an affair with a married man. It started 5 years ago when she was caring for my father who had dementia. He was coming around the house as his job is to teach computers and mum wanted to learn. I knew about it b...

If I don't change I'm afraid she'll leave me. But I don't want to be pushed around. What can I do?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3243 days ago

30 December 2015 (M) - I have been seeing a wonderful woman for almost 6 months now. When we met, the connection was real and we hit it off almost instantly. The only difference is that she's religious, but I'm not. As far as I've always been concerned it didn't p...

Why? And how should I handle the fact that my brother deliberately ignores me?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3246 days ago

30 December 2015 (F) - My brother and I used to be very close but now for some reason he doesn't even speak to me. At school he always pretends he doesn't know me, for example, My Dad sent me a message that I needed to pass onto my brother, so at the end of the day I tr...

Would it be vindictive to tell the wife that her husband is having an affair with my mother?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3248 days ago

30 December 2015 (F) - This may seem like I'm being vindictive so I'd like to explain a bit of history behind my query... My mother is a toxic woman- my sister and I were mentally and physically abused by her as children leading us both to suffer with anxiety issues. ...

He didn't contact me Christmas day. What can I say to him? Is my reaction reasonable?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 3248 days ago

30 December 2015 (F) - Hello everyone I have been dating a wonderful man for 3 months. We were friends for 4 months prior to that. He is kind, attentive, loving, considerate, reliable, funny, generous, always keeps his promises, and generally a good man. We get on...

Is my boyfriend's brother attracted to me? What should I do?

This question has 17 answers - newest was posted 3248 days ago

28 December 2015 (F) - I really don't want to sound arrogant or full of myself but I think that my boyfriend's brother may be attracted with me and need an outsider view of the situation to tell me if I am looking too much into things. I also fear that I may now be attra...

How can I talk to my Dad about masturbation? I am trying to give up masturbating

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 3250 days ago

28 December 2015 (M) - I am 15 and have been masturbating for maybe around a year and I ve really been trying to give it up. I feel really guilty and stressed and I wanna tell my dad but I feel like it would really change how he sees me, since we re pretty much bros I ...

How can I get my husband to realize that his mother is taking advantage of us?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3250 days ago

27 December 2015 (F) - My husband and I have been married 6 and a half years (together 8) and our marriage has been wonderful. He's absolutely my best friend and soul mate! However, his mother has been a real issue.... He was not raised by his mother, nor has he...

How do I deal with an interfering mother?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3251 days ago

27 December 2015 (F) - Dear cupid, I am going to be 18 on the 1st of January. My parents still interfere in my life so much. I have been in a relationship for 8 months now. My boyfriend was over for dinner yesterday and we had a little argument after dinner (just the two ...

What can I say or do? My mother in law is driving me crazy and bankrupting us at the same time

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3251 days ago

27 December 2015 (M) - I am a 42 year old male who has been married for more than 20 years. I have always viewed my mother-in-law as meddlesome, but harmless. However, over the last 7 years (she is mid-70s now) she is experiencing signs of dementia. She can't pay ...

What is the likelihood of this working, considering that I wonder if we are intellectually incompatible?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3249 days ago

27 December 2015 (F) - This may end up being a bit lengthy so I apologise in advance if there turns out to be a lot of reading to be done. My current significant other and I have been together for 1 year and roughly 3 months, however we have known each other for about ...

My second cousin wants to become my boyfriend but I'm nervous. What do you guys think?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 3251 days ago

27 December 2015 (F) - Okay so the past two weeks me and my 2nd cousin have been talking.. A lot and flirting and we have a thing. He's a few years older than me so growing up we didn't talk but I'm 17 now. I saw him over Christmas but we had to pretend we weren't ...

What good excuse can I give my bf ?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 3252 days ago

26 December 2015 (F) - My bf and I have been dating for 6 months. I am on vacation right now with my mom, because she just retired. My bf didnt want me to go on vacation, but I had to because my mom had purchased the airplane tickets and everything before I even me...

Is this fair? Do I have a right to be angry and upset?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3252 days ago

26 December 2015 (F) - Hi guys.. So to keep it simple, my boyfriend of just over 2 years had this friend before we met.. His friend was a girl- he told me that they kissed once but it didn't feel right apparently so nothing else happened. He hasn't spoken to her since we...

My mother passed away today, and I feel like a bad son!

This question has 13 answers - newest was posted 3251 days ago

25 December 2015 (M) - My mother past away today, she was 84, she been in bad health all year, she is in a better place now, but am I a bad son, my girlfriend broke up with me , three weeks ago, am thinking about her more, I love my mom, but my heart is broken, over a ...

Is there something going on between my son's girlfriend and my husband?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 3249 days ago

24 December 2015 (F) - Son has been with his girlfriend 2 years, had to go in hospital for a couple of days, my husband said give her his number so she can text him to see how hes getting on which she did then recently She sent our son a message on face book to say she ...

My son lost his twin brother. Should we let him go to counselling on his own or as a family?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3253 days ago

24 December 2015 (M) - I have 2 sons, 1 is always in my heart and the other i wish only to make his pain go away. Twin boys born 21st june 2001. We lost Matthew in February this year. Paul was, well he was inconsolable. In june he refused to celebrate his birthday, now he ...

I want to spend Christmas with my mom and boyfriend and now he wants to spend Christmas with his mom. I'm not happy about this!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3254 days ago

24 December 2015 (F) - Cutting a long story short. Last year my dad left my mum, she now lives with my two younger brothers, which truthfully they don't really care about her. This will be the first time she is on her own (brothers are going to dads) and it's the first ...

How do I stop being so irritated by my mother?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3255 days ago

22 December 2015 (F) - I'm getting increasingly irritable with my mother and I don't know what to do. She hasn't done anything bad to me at all and I feel like such a bad person for just getting annoyed by the things she says :( I used to be such a happy and laid b...

My stepmother is cheating on my father and abusing him, how can I help him?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3256 days ago

21 December 2015 (F) - Hello. This might be a long story so I have tried to condense it. I feel distraught and powerless. My dad and step mum have been together around 5 years and things have gotten out of control. This woman has been married previously 4 times and my d...

How can someone change so much so fast? I think it's his mother and his friends influencing him!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3257 days ago

21 December 2015 (F) - He has changed so much in the past year, I do not even recognize him. When we met we were both in college but he was getting ready to graduate. He was a huge nerd always playing Magic the Gathering, and he was very sweet. He had like a 1930's cl...

A volatile relationship at it's end. Can you offer advice on how I go forward ?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 3257 days ago

21 December 2015 (F) - Hello I have been in a bad relationship since I was 16 years old. Pregnant at 19 and now 11 years later. 3 kids. A house. I have myself a good job. I have always supported him financially. He hasnt work since our oldest now 8 was one year old. He...

How will I handle Christmas this year, because I have a crush on my stepbrother?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 3257 days ago

20 December 2015 (F) - My parents have been divorced for 6/7 years now and my dad now has a partner who has 3 kids. Consisting of 2 boys (let's call the youngest A and the eldest B) and 1 girl (let's call her C), my sister (let's call her D) moved in with them 3 years ago ...

May We All Find Peace And Love This Holiday Season

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3252 days ago

20 December 2015 (?) - I wish to offer my most sincere wish of good tidings, good cheer, and peace in a troubled world. If we all watch the news and read social media; we would think the world has gone mad. The mass killings of innocent people. The plight of people who ...

Am I hoping for too much?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3258 days ago

20 December 2015 (F) - ive been in a 'relationship' for about 2 months, its official as in its on facebook so all our family and friends know. we havent slept together yet . its quite pathetic really because weve only met once a month ago his dad had a serious accident ...

Overwhelmed by gift house and don't know what to do

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 3258 days ago

19 December 2015 (F) - Please can i get some advice! What I'm about to write may seem like I'm being ungrateful but I'm not. My fiancé and I have been together 6 years and were currently looking to buy our 1st house together. We both have decent enough jobs...

Years ago a guy was found not guilty of harming me. It divided the community. Does it matter that I get few birthday cards now?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3258 days ago

17 December 2015 (F) - I've gotten in to a massive argument with my boyfriend and I don't know what to do. A few years ago I was raped and it went to trial but the guy was found not guilty. I live in a really small town and the man who did it was my best friends boyf...

What can I do about threats my ex is alleged to have told my sister, all about my planned trip to see my new Bf?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3260 days ago

16 December 2015 (F) - I was with my ex boyfriend for 3 months and to to say the least he was difficult and seemed to think he was some kind of father figure to me as my parents are dead and he was 14 years older than me Now I have met a guy on America who I have planned ...

Fed up of being the one to make the situation better. Any advice?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3261 days ago

16 December 2015 (F) - Hi, im 17 year old girl who has split from my boyfriend 8 months now, we ended it on good terms as we thought it was best. This has not been the case, at first he was pleasant and understanding; and then he started to act cocky and made comments...

Feeling shattered. Two days ago I saw my wife cheating with another man. What can I do?

This question has 14 answers - newest was posted 3119 days ago

16 December 2015 (M) - I caught my wife having sex with another man. She says it was the first time she did this, but she did him with me just 30 feet away and right out in the open when i saw them. He says it was flirting that got out of hand. She says she don't...

I know he wants children and I don't, so what's the best way to go about ending the marriage?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 3261 days ago

15 December 2015 (F) - I've been married for 2 years and have been with my husband 8 years before we got married. I never wanted children - he did. I was honest from the start about children- he was upset- understandably but accepted that we wouldn't have any and th...

He's being generous but I don't feel I can accept his gifts and money!

This question has 16 answers - newest was posted 3259 days ago

15 December 2015 (F) - I met a guy about 6 months ago. I'm 23 and I work as a bartender while going to school. He is a lot older then me (he's 38). He came into the bar I work one night with some friends and we ended up chatting. He came in the following night and asked ...

My master manipulator sister is ruining our wedding plans and our life. Help!

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 3263 days ago

15 December 2015 (F) - My sister is a master manipulator. Over the past year, since getting engaged, not only has she tried to get money out of me for stuff we borrowed, as well as bringing money for family suppers (instead of food), but she also has tried to interfere or ...

Is it bad for me to get mad with him? Or am I justified in feeling this way?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3259 days ago

15 December 2015 (F) - I have been with my daughters dad for three years. We've had our ups and downs but have managed to stay together for the most part. Well, in July and August we separated due to him being really different so I packed up and left. We were still being ...

My in-laws pop in every day and I'm finding it irritating! Opinions?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3262 days ago

14 December 2015 (F) - I have to get some other opinions on this.. Ok, so the bigger part of me says I'm being petty, selfish and ungrateful even getting annoyed about this.. but, still, I find it really irritating! So since my partner and I bought a house, ...

What could be her reasoning? 8pm and she decided to go out to see a friend?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3263 days ago

14 December 2015 (F) - My girlfriend and I have been together a year. An we are inseparable. We live together. She's a stay at home wife kind of thing. My nan passed away a week ago n I've been grieving and at 1st she was there for me but now she's not as caring. ...

He is secretive about his phone and he becomes defensive when I ask. But could he be flirting online?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3264 days ago

14 December 2015 (F) - Pls help! I've been with my fiancé for 3 and a half years. We have a 2 year old daughter together I found his profile on a dating site and it said last active 5 months ago and one of his pictures I took of him myself ! I confronted hi...

Might it be possible for him to be friends with me again? Or did my cousin say something to upset him?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3189 days ago

13 December 2015 (F) - So in July of 2013 I started working at this new place. And well I became friends with one of my co-workers. He had a family (girlfriend, and 2 kids with a 3rd on the way) well I fell for him. And he knew I liked him. I ended up losing my virgin...

What shall I do? Is my family right or just being narrow minded?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3265 days ago

13 December 2015 (F) - So I've been dating this guy for few months now, we're both serious on getting married however my family are not keen due to the guys reputation regarding him being a player and being divorced before as well as being a control freak, the thing is ...

I want my house back! Relatives of my husband keep on visiting, and then they stay. Solutions please?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 3265 days ago

13 December 2015 (F) - My husband is originally from Spain but moved to the UK to be with me and he now has residency here and we are married and we bought a house together. What i'm finding really annoying is that members of his family (from Spain) keep coming over...

My mother is behaving differently a year after my father's death

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3266 days ago

12 December 2015 (F) - my dad passed away last yr in dec. i m living with my mom and younger brother. from some days iam seeing changes in my mom's behavior. i checked her phone nd thr i saw pic collages of my mom and my uncle who is my mom's frnd's husband. im totally ...

My morther's behaviour at my wedding upset me

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3265 days ago

12 December 2015 (F) - I got married 2 months ago and I noticed that on my wedding day my mother was very cold towards me. Just to give you a brief outline- my mother is a control freak and at times can be toxic. As a child I suffered greatly with her being both ...

How do I address the lack of sex and intimacy in our marriage?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 3263 days ago

11 December 2015 (M) - So I am living in a situation and I will give as much detail as possible so everyone will know how to address it and thank you beforehand I will appreciate the advice. Me and my wife have been married for almost 4 years in fact it will be 4 yea...

How do I know for sure if my suspicions that my boyfriend's younger sister is gay, and what should I do, or not do?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 3265 days ago

10 December 2015 (F) - Hi everyone My boyfriend has a 19 year old sister (I will just call her "Jane") and I have known her for many years but have recently realized something that is not quite normal about her. She is extremely pretty but has never had a boyfriend or e...

I found an unused condom in my dad's car. Is he cheating on my mom?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3268 days ago

9 December 2015 (F) - It breaks my heart to know i found an unused condom in the back of my dad car....is he cheating on my mom...God that is gross....

I love my husband but will he actually change and put his family as a priority?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3268 days ago

9 December 2015 (F) - hello, not sure how to start but im desperate for some advice...... im in my 20's married to an squaddie (army) we been married two years and in those two years have moved around 3 times with the army. I have a 6year old from a previous ...