December 30th, 2011
Walla Walla asked: I dread coming back from college every winter and summer break because that means that I would have to deal with my annoying younger brother. My brother just doesn’t know when to shut up and would always cut people off, and that’s just plain rude. It really ruins my summer vacation. What can I do? I don’t have the nerve to tell him to shut up because I don’t want to come off as nasty and I really don’t want to tattle tale. Any suggestions?
Chastelle
Categories: Family |
Tags: Dread, Summer Break, Summer Vacation | 4 Comments
July 4th, 2011

Major Madness asked: Hey i need some help. My Family and i are going on a vacation for spring break. We have two options. Costa Rica or Oregon.
Information Details:
COSTA RICA: very high end travel agency.
I would be with my parents, aunt and uncle and their 3 kids. It is a travel package where you are not sitting on the beach all day. You are going through rainforests. You kiack and aswell. It is warm there.
2. OREGON: My family has always been fond of the northwest. My granma lives in Spokane, WA and my cousins live in Seattle and we’re building a home in Idaho. We would be going to grants pass which is in a county literally right next to the californian border so it is warmer.
So i’m with family either way. Its just that i havent seen my aunt and uncle ( who live in oregon) for a loonnnnnggggg time .
What do you think? Please don’t say Costa Rica just because its warmer. I dont care. i want some honest opinions. THink logically.
Thanks
I live in Mass. so its cold here.
Aiden
Categories: Family |
Tags: Californian Border, Cousins, Idaho | 6 Comments
May 23rd, 2011

Blah asked: Going on vacation soon, Spring Break. Were going to South Carolina to my uncle rons, as we do every spring & summer. Last summer, my aunt and uncle and their 3 kids, 7, 5, and 2 now, went with us. they kinda invited themselves because my uncle ron is his brother. well, its MY vacation because my grandma and i have went there every year since i was very little. so yeah it is MY vacation
my problem here is that the kids are so annoying. the 5 yr old cries over every little thing(middle child) and the 7 yr old is so hiper and none of them will listen to me when i tell them theyre not suppost to be doing something theyre doing. the 2 yr old gets ALL the attention and to get my grandmas attention sometimes i have to scream “hey im gonna go jump off tha balcony!” and she knows im joking so she laughs and asks me wat i want. well, i dont get to do anything i want cos when the kids r with us they never want to go shopping really. they get tired and soon loose patience. my aunt sits on her bum while shes there and doesnt even offer to help with dinner or clean dishes. the kids r soo hyper(theyre all boys) and they r always fighting or following me around and bugging me and waking me up in the morning while im trying to sleep!!! they are rough with the dogs too! theyre small dogs! they jump around and run thru the house and everything!
the 2 yr old, whenever he cries mamaw always gets him n loves on him and he always gets what he wants. i always have my own momey my uncle gives me, so my grandma doesnt have to buy me anything. but all her attention is towards the baby! he makes EVERYONE happy xcept me.
also, the boys think they know it ALL> u cnt tell them theyre wrong! they will argue but the most annoying is when they cry over stupidstuff. we dont get to really go to all the places i wanna go 2 when the baby is with us cos mamaws like we will go when we dont have baby because im tired. blahblahblah. we all share the same house while were there too… the kids also scream and r being loud in the house and it annoys my papaw and me. we tell them to calm down but the brats dont listen. i go get my aunt or uncle. but they ruin MY vacation!! and theyre coming with us again this year!! i really dont like kids at ALL and it upsets me that theyre coming because i just get shoved to the side when theyre here. im the only girl in a family of boys and im 13. HELP PLZ!
PS: the 7 yr old & 7 yr old are my mamaws stepgrandkids
I cant visit another relative, i always go to my uncles. we have every year and theres no other relative id visit.
Rene
Categories: Family |
Tags: Cousins, South Carolina, Spring Break | 4 Comments
April 9th, 2011
asked: I am a recently retired elem teacher who has health issues. I love kids etc, what do you think would be the best way to find teens this spring break week and pay them minimum wage to work hard (not chit chat and lounge around), and just pick up like branches and empty planters in my yard,nothing hard, but I want to find good workers. So many aren’t. What might I say in my “ad” that would get this across. I can’t charge by the job, because I don’t know how long it would take ???
Heather
Categories: Family |
Tags: Chit Chat, Health Issues, Teens | 13 Comments
February 26th, 2011
Gigi asked: I am feeling so low this year. My boyfriend and I broke up, and I am not really seeing anyone now. My mother is addicted to pain pills, and is totally losing her mind. She called me up and accused me of breaking into her house to steal five pills and fifteen dollars! I live an hour and a half away! What in the hell is she talking about? Well, she doesn’t believe me, and now she refuses to speak to me. She has done weird stuff before, but this takes it. I am so hurt by her accusations, and she is really the only family I have, because my dad remarried this ***** almost my age, and they are always on vacation. Everytime I hear a holiday commercial I get pissed and sad. What should I do about this?
Daniel
Categories: Family |
Tags: Dad, Hell, Hour And A Half | 7 Comments
February 22nd, 2011

A. Roman asked: I’m a kid who just went black friday shopping for family presents (mom,dad,sis,bro). I do not work, im a student. The money I spent came from a year long savings of weekly allowance.
1. I just a bought a present for my mom this Christmas. The present is quite expensive but I’ve taken notice that she’s been wanting it very much; it’s a digital cam (she doesn’t know). When she found out I bought her something, she was ticked off and kept whining why I bought her something. She said I should’ve kept my money etc. But I just really wanted her to have something for Xmas, that is good. She did’nt even say “thank you”, she just went….”Didn’t I tell you not to spend….blah blah blah”
2. I bought presents for my family. And I love to give generously. But I just found out that….im just getting a COBY mp3 player (even though I have an iPod,,..that is broken..that my parents dont know) and a $20 memory stick….
The fact im bothered is not dat I’m getting a cheap present but,
but… the fact that my parents DO have the money and still give me those kind of things. I mean… I put a lot of effort to what I give so I’m sure they are going to enjoy it dearly…why don’t I get the same feeling back?
T___T
Rudolph
Categories: Family |
Tags: Digital Cam, Lot, Parents | 7 Comments
February 17th, 2011

asked:
I had a falling out with my parents 3 years ago. My daughter was about 2 at the time. I no longer speak to them nor do they see my one and only daughter. Last xmas I broke down and sent a xmas card w/ a picture of my daughter, wrote in the card to call me if they felt like talking some time. (You see they changed their phone number and I was not privy to the new number). No response. My father calls me in Feb. to let me know my Uncle passed away and he was in the car on his way to the funeral as we spoke. He told me, among other things, I should make amends with my mother. I said I don’t have your phone number. He said he would call me back with it and never did. To receive these cards in the mail for my daughter from them cause me grief, pain, anguish, anger. My daughter never sees these cards, when the fight started she was young and **** to say it forgotten them, so whats the point in me showing her these cards?? She don’t remember them. When she got older I was going to try to explain my cooky family but, now she is to young to understand. I don’t want to keep them. If we are ending the relationship, then end it. I’ve condensed this the best I can but, this stuff goes deep and I haven’t even scratched the surface.
Shallah
Categories: Family |
Tags: Anger, Cards, Parents | 6 Comments
November 22nd, 2010

Starsfan14 asked:
My parents live near us normally, but they have a vacation home about an hour and a half away that they like to use for holidays. It is pretty big, with a large yard and four bedrooms. My sister is going there at the beginning of next week for Thanksgiving with her four children and husband. My mother would really like my family to come and have Thanksgiving there with everyone. I am just concerned that it will all be too stressful to bother. I am 20 weeks pregnant and we have a two year old daughter. If we went we can’t leave town until Thursday morning and we would have to bring three of our four dogs. Likely we would be staying a night or two in the house. We would really only be going to make my mother happy. My sister and I do not get along at all. We never have and in the last couple of years it has gotten pretty bad. She doesn’t even know that I am pregnant. I mean it would be nice to she her kids, I would be going for my mother. So would you bother to go, or would you stay home?
Kenny
Categories: Family |
Tags: Dogs, Thanksgiving, Thursday Morning | 1 Comment
November 18th, 2010

Jetglam asked: My mom n me made plans to see a play for thanksgiving, dinner later with my bro.
Then she calls and says your aunt (my dads half sister) invited us for thanksgiving, want to go?
I hesitated because my aunt has been mean to me in the past and weird. I havent seen her since 2004 because of it.
In the past shes been catty, starring at me too long, etc
One time we took a vacation together for 5 days, she went off with strangers and i saw her very rarely.
So i figure umm well maybe shes changed since its been some years. So i said ok.
Then my Mom calls me the next day and says she told her were going but my Aunt said her oven is broken and can only prepare turkey breast, no turkey. Kinda weird.
Now my Mom says, she invited her 2 friends from the ashram as well. Last thing i want to do is sit with 2 of her friends for 4 hours.
I thought about it and told my Mom. You know im not going to go, ill meet you for the play but im going to cancel the Aunts house because i feel uncomfortable.
* 37 minutes ago
* – 3 days left to answer.
Additional Details
32 minutes ago
I said i dont want to have another negative time with the aunt. i have a bad feeling.
My Mom went on a tirade, cursing and screaming, “HOW DARE YOU< YOU DAMN TROUBLEMAKER, FU*CK HOW DARE U B*TCH BE RUDE<, etc"
I dont understand, i calmly said this woman has been verbally abusive to me for years, you never told her anything. I just changed my mind, i wont be going.
She scremas "BUT SHES NICE, SHE INVITED YOU".
I said she has not been nice in the past like when i thought we took a family trip together and she vanished for5 days.
My Mom says "F8CK YOU" hangs up
WTF?
29 minutes ago
alsomy Mom invited her for thanksgiving along time ago, she cnacled one hour b4 she was supposed to be here.
Report It
Laron
Categories: Family |
Tags: Cancel, Ck, Family Trip | 4 Comments
October 28th, 2010

Brooke asked:
My hubby’s fam guilts us into having Thanksgiving dinner at our house every year. Every year we ask that people from his huge family bring a little something, and then we spend half our saved Christmas money making up the rest. This year, I had my hours cut at work and we have been struggling since we have three kids that are small. My hubby told his fam that we weren’t going to have the dinner here due to financial problems and they assured us that everyone would chip in money. All 30 people. Then, a bunch said they weren’t coming this year. So 2 people chipped in and yesterday the whole fam decided to come after saying they weren’t. I assume they didn’t want to donate to the dinner. Now, we have spent a ton of money on food and plates and utensils and the people who didn’t donate say they will bring a pan of brownies or something. So, my first question is, should I just cook what the $50 from the three of us who donated bought? Should I mention the money when they come? Also, they all complain about health problems, like a stubbed toe that prevents them from working, and all their financial problems, even though they all drive huge SUVs and drink all the time. I don’t think I can handle the whining this year. If they start, should I just go to my momma’s? Or should I remind them that they are eating a free meal and should be thankful? I am so stressed right now. Please help! I know I sound whiny, but I am not whining, I am just furious. They do this all the time. My fam isn’t like this at all and I am not used to it. If you want a good idea of what it is like, think a house full of cousin Eddie’s from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
Clinton
Categories: Family |
Tags: Christmas Vacation, National Lampoon, Utensils | 5 Comments