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My mother is a compulsive hoarder!

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20 November 2009 (F - My mother is a compulsive hoarder. She has been for as long as I can possibly remember, and once my father left it took over everything. I remember rushing to clean my house on my tenth birthday, so the friends I had invited over wouldn't see how ...

Help needed!!! How can I improve my relationship with my in-laws?

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19 November 2009 (F - Hi, I've just recently got married. My husband is Hispanic and comes from deep religious background. His parents are pastors. I am African American and I was raised by a single. We had talked about married when he proposed I said yes but he didn'...


   

Problem - evil step mum!

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19 November 2009 (F - I was adopted by my stepdad when I was 8, he is the only father I have ever known.. We have always been close, but became even closer when I was pregnant with my son and my husband left me, my mum and stepdad were there will I gave birth and ...

Will he ever come back to me?

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19 November 2009 (F - My boyfriend and I were wonderful, he started to have financial issues in his family and then decided to take some finacial moves to help, one was moving away. About a month or two before he was to leave he told me we couldn't be together, i deserve ...

A time to self reflect.

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19 November 2009 (F - -Self-reflect- Most of the time when anybody has problem in a relationship, they basically blames the other party and rarely themselves.. Y? Well, i would say its human nature to point 1 finger to the other party, while not realizing that t...

   

New girlfriend vs daughter from ex wife

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19 November 2009 (M - I've been divorced for over 2 years now. I've got a 4yr old daughter that lives with mom. I see her on Mondays and have her every second weekend, holiday etc. The divorce was easy, friendly and we're still friendly. I've been dating the girl of ...

Are they husband and wife?Cousins? Or brother and sister?

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19 November 2009 (M - My son married my best friends daughter a few yrs ago and have a kid. 5 months ago i hooked up with my friend and now she is expecting our kid. How do we figure this out. The new baby will be both our kids half sibling making them not only related ...

I want to spend as much time with her as possible but her family are getting in the way!

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19 November 2009 (M - Hey guys, Me and my GF is in a long distance relationship right now. We haven't seen each other for 7 months and counting. Now, I'm going to visit her soon, and me and my whole family are going out of town to a nice beach resort. So I asked my GF...

My girlfriend had a one night stand before she met me and my family knows about it!

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19 November 2009 (M - I lost my virginity to my recent girlfriend and she has slept with two people before me. Only one of them bother me since it was a one night stand which she ended up having sex with twice. My cousin was there in the same house the first time she did ...

How can I get the intensity back that we once shared...?

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19 November 2009 (F - My story is super complicated! I do not and want bore you with the details. I just need some advice. Im in my first relationsip. It has been a 3 year long distance relationship. I visit her she visits me and so on. NOt as often as we would like. We ...

My parents don't like me talking to boys I'm not related to, what can I do?

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18 November 2009 (F - Ok, so i like this boy he is 18 and he is American, I am younger than him by a few years. My problem is that my parents say I am not allowed to have a boyfriend or date or communicate with any boys I am not related to. All my friendz know about ...

Should we work at this for the sake of our daughter?

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18 November 2009 (F - I have been with my fiancé for eight years. And we just recently had a baby girl five and a half months ago. Things are rocky and are not the same it used to be. Were no longer happy. We rarely speak,have sex, or even show love with a kiss or a hug. ...

I have a boyfriend but no friend to talk to if I have a problem or just for fun. What do you think?

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18 November 2009 (F - Hiya everyone :) Its not really a question question, just kind of needed some other people's views and opinions, or someone to listen really! I have a lovely family who i am quite close to, however when i was growing up they always kept themselves ...

Did the father of my baby give me Gardnerella Bacterial Vaginalis?

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18 November 2009 (F - I want to know what people think are the signs of a cheating man. I am currently pregnant - about the half way mark...and the father of baby has been on and off with me for most of this pregnancy which I finally told him point blank am fed up of the ...

I'm willing to compromise in my home. How can I get my daughter-in-law to pitch in?

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18 November 2009 (F - My husband and I both smoke. I know it's a nasty, unhealthy, disgusting habit but we have it, nonetheless. We don't smoke in other people's homes out of respect for their space but feel we have the right to do what we want in our own home. ...

Problems in the family...

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18 November 2009 (M - I am turning 22 this January. I have a problem with my dad. He has a mistress. My mother is always upset with him. My father left our house and went to live with this new mistress. I am really bothered, because I don't want my family to come to ...

He's introduced me to his family. Does that mean he's serious about me?

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18 November 2009 (F - Why would a guy introduce you too his family and bring you around them? I personally wouldn't bring any guys around my family unless I was planning to keep him around. The reason I asked is because I met all my ex boyfriend's family and was always ...

My girlfriend's mum is a pain in the bum!!!

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18 November 2009 (M - ok i recently posted about my gf and her mum well her mum has used her brains to get her daughter to think she was ok so she could text me. The following thing: I am warning you... dont ever contact my daughter again... she is 19 and does not ...

I need your advice... I'm in love with my first cousin...

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18 November 2009 (F - I'm in love with my first cousin but he lives far away from me, we talk alomost every night but i rarely see him, the problem is that we are only teens so we can't travel alone, I want him to visit me but its gonna be hard for him to do that as my ...

They wont let us see each any more!!

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18 November 2009 (F - Okay so, I've been in my relationship for 1 year and 2 months so far. We've gone through a lot and overcome it all. The fact we didnt see each other after we met for 5 months, was because we had to get each other's parents to like us, and the fact ...

I need 'alone time'! How do I get this with others around all the time?

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17 November 2009 (F - I never have time to 'be alone'.... and no I dont mean like sleeping time, like 'me time' to make me happy and explore. My dad or his girlfriend is always here so I can never get done what I am trying to do. How do I get some alone ti...

My mum calls me fat, now I'm feeling depressed...

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17 November 2009 (F - Most days i feel really down and i think i may be depressed, i cry a lot and the smallest things can make me cry. i feel like everyone around me dont love me, i think my family hate me, i think my boyfriend hates me, i think my friends hate me. me ...

How long will my boyfriend stay in jail for assaulting me?

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17 November 2009 (F - am 17 years old and i was dateing this guy who is 19 years old. we currently brok on saturday. because the police arrested him for hitting me on the street i guess people saw him hit me so they called the cops so they arrested him becasue i am a ...

Am I overreacting to my husband's relationship with my daughter-in-law?

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17 November 2009 (F - I am having a problem with my husband and daughter in-law. It seems that they have a seperate relationship that I am not a part of they can talk for hours and hours about things I have nothing to do with my husband says he should have a seperate ...

We are drowning in debt! My husband won't take that into account as we approach the holidays!

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17 November 2009 (F - Before my husband and I got together, he had a wife who got him into debt. After she walked out on him and his kids, he got a girlfriend who completed the process. The hole that the ex-wife started was dug deeper by the girlfriend. My husband is ...

How can I gently break the news to my mother-in-law that I am pregnant?

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17 November 2009 (F - Ok then. This is the first time i've used this site, so be nice! (And excuse the punctuation, my CTRL button is tempermental today) So I was wondering how to break the news that im pregnant to my mother-in-law. She is a wonderful woman, and has a...

Mum's going bankrupt, I'm the last to know! There's no communication here! Help!

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17 November 2009 (F - Ok, the short version of the problem i'm having is this: I moved to a new country a year ago, leaving behind my family to marry a guy I love. Everything is great with the marriage but things aren't so great with my family back home! They a...

Feeling used by lazy future brother in law!

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17 November 2009 (F - Hey Aunts Heres my problem and hope you can help , Im living with my fiance and his brother , and the problem is the brother , he is 20 and just lays around the house , we all have full time jobs and i do 90% of the cooking and cleaning my fian...

36 years old, happily married, but not sure I want kids....will I regret this later on?

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17 November 2009 (F - Dear All, I am happily married to the love of my life - I am 36 years old and hubby is 37 - we have been married for 1 year, and together for 3 years. Hubby really wants kids, but I am not so sure. I love the idea of having a child around th...

I am depressed, my mom is an alcoholic and I fear losing my b/f!

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17 November 2009 (F - Hey there, This is a pretty hard topic to talk about and I dont really know where to stsart, i guess first things first is my mom is an alcholic and i really dont know how to handle it, i turned to smoke, then quit that cuz my bf helped me stop, an...

He seems to feel as though I don't trust him and am being unreasonable. Am I?

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17 November 2009 (F - I've been a single mom for 5 years, after the end of a very abusive relationship. I have 3 kids, 2 teens and an 11 year old. I started dating a guy about 7 months ago and he is awesome! He's met my kids, but we've kept it pretty casual and ...

One thing finally goes right for me, and now my dad is being unreasonable. Please help me understand this!

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17 November 2009 (M - Ok so i need some quick advice. Bad. I've had a rough time with relationships. Out of the 3 ive been in, ive been cheated on 3 times. Ive finally found an amazing girl, we've been talking since this past friday, so not so long. But we both thin...

My girlfriend's threesome is haunting me...

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17 November 2009 (M - My girlfriend recently let slip that she was involved in a threesome when she was 16. The threesome involved her older sister (age 23) and the sister's boyfriend. Some things can't be unheard or rewound and it is now driving me nuts. The words ...

Where do I go from here? I'm 30, she's 19 and her mum hates me!

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17 November 2009 (M - Hi, I'm 30 and I've just started to go out with a lovely 19 year old, we both have spoken for three weeks online and before we met we both had our nerves, we finished off the first night with a kiss and since then our love for each other has ...

Mom wants me to be with another race!

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17 November 2009 (F - Hi aunts, serious problem here... my mom is obsessed with me getting married to someone of a different race of my own, I am african american and she wants me to be with someone caucasian.. She has this thing against african americans because the ...

I'm finding it hard to manage... any advice would be welcome.

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16 November 2009 (F - Hey, Ok I'm doing my leaving cert next year. I am finding it hard to manage. I work 8 hours every single saturday and sunday. When I am home, I have to cook the dinner and clean up the house. My mum is always really tired from work, and I do...

I am pregnant and ignoring two men. Which one should I choose?

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16 November 2009 (F - I need advice on this one. Its tricky. Am pregnant. The father of the baby has not been very supportive. He buys food and well made me sign a receipt saying I owed him 100 quid so I did and will pay it back to him and get him to sign a receipt but ...

I love my mother, and want to overcome my deep feelings of resentment that she didn't protect me growing up.

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16 November 2009 (F - Hi, I'm going to try to make this as brief as possible... Ever since my mum and dad split up when I was four (I'm now 20) me, my sister and mother have been living with my abusive alcoholic stepdad. He has verbally, mentally and physically abused us ...

I've been in love with my sister for 3 years!

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16 November 2009 (M - i need help i'm in love with my sister shes 17 and really beautiful and i'm 15 and i cant stop thinking about her every time i see her i want to grab her and kiss her and never stop this has bin going on for about 3 years now and i dont know if i ...

I just turned 18 and thought my mom would trust me with my boyfriend now, but she doesn't!

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16 November 2009 (F - Okay, so around october I started dating this new guy that I'm dating now. Last thursday I turned 18. In my mind I thought this would change things a little bit. So I asked my mom if I could help my boyfriend move into his moms house. My mom said no ...

I'm having problems with my step-mum, and I have a baby on the way. What should I do?

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16 November 2009 (M - Hello! I'm having difficulties at home with my step mum and dad. I was made redundant the other day and I was normally paying £100 rent every month. After I was made redundant and not earning any income anymore my step-mum kept asking for rent...

How do I tell my mom about my boyfriend, who she probably won't like?

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16 November 2009 (F - Hi im 18 and my boyfriend is 20 and I have been dating my him for a year and some months now and we are in love but i havent told my mom. The reason for that is because she is so strict with me and i kno when i tell her i wont see him that much ...

My mom said I can't go to a dance, but my girlfriend is going. I don't want her grinding with other guys. Help!

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16 November 2009 (M - My mom wont let me go to a school dance this weekend because she found out i was grinding with my girlfriend at the last one. We are 15 and we have had sex so its not even that special, but she thinks its bad. My girlfriend still wants to go with ...

How soon to meet his parents?

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15 November 2009 (F - I was wondering when a good time to meet the parents is.... My boyfriend and I have been dating for 2 weeks and 1 day...But we have been extremely close for about two months (he was just shy and slow asking me out - everyone said "finally!" when ...

Why are my parents so strict with me?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6 days ago

15 November 2009 (F - My parents always need me home and don't let me out past 10. My friends, boys and girls, are almost all allowed to stay past 3 or 4. I feel incredibly left out when they're having fun and I'm not included in the crowd. What makes it worse is that ...

Niece gave me BJ while sleeping

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15 November 2009 (M - I went to visit my sister while i was driving thru calif. We had a BBQ and lots of drinks. Well around midnight i went to bed and passed out. About 3 am i was woken up to a really good blow job but the lights were off. I was thinking it was one of ...

How long do I give my ex space?

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14 November 2009 (F - I know that if you want to get your ex back, you have to give him time and he may see that he misses you. What do you do when you have children? He calls the boys every night, and he comes over to drop them off every other night. What do I do?...

My mum is ending an 11 year relationship. How can I best support her?

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14 November 2009 (F - hey guys, ive written to you once before and u were all lovely and made me see sense. However im writing to ask for some advice on how to support my mum. she has recently told me that she is splitting up from her partner of eleven years. thi...

My 10 older siblings only contact me when they want my support!

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14 November 2009 (F - I had a full abdominal hysterectomy including my ovaries removed almost 16 weeks ago. I’m 42. My sister hasn’t contacted me for the past 13 weeks My sister Jane (she’s 55) is the only one of my 10 older siblings (most of whom are now in...

I had sex with both brothers, but fancy the younger one. How can I fix this?

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14 November 2009 (F - Okay, this is very dramtic. but heres the story. I met a guy. He is 15 and i am 15. he became pretty close friends and by pretty close i mean really close. he kind of ended up falling in love with me. Well he was a virgin and i took his vi...

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