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Archived questions from: November, 2005 (see latest in Family category)

Family: Help and advice

How can I get my parents to understand he is a genuine guy?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6720 days ago

30 November 2005 (F) - Hi there, I'm looking for some advice on my problem: I'm a 16 year old girl (turning 17), in high school. For the last few years ive had a really good friend, lets call him John* who lived in a different state to me (we live in Australia). Now i al...

Her parents won't let her marry me...help!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6699 days ago

30 November 2005 (M) - I am 24 years old and I have found the girl of my dreams. She is 25 and I want to marry her and she wants to marry me. We have done every thing the right way, I have told my parents and she has told her parents. Her parents invited us around t...

I feel like I have a lot of problems, but no one to talk about them with...

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6720 days ago

29 November 2005 (F) - Every normal girl can talk to someone. Their mum or their dad or even their sister. Not me. My dad is lovely though. I accidentally wind him up a bit. My sister is only kind to me when she's not on MSN or with her friends or basically never. My ...

My cousin's in love with me...and she's only 12!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6713 days ago

29 November 2005 (M) - I think my 12 year old cousin's in love with me... how do i tell if she really is and what do i do about it?...

My husband wants a DNA test done on our child-I feel humiliated!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6721 days ago

29 November 2005 (F) - What should I do if my husband goes ahead with a DNA test? Based on a joke years ago, now my husband wants to do a DNA test on our child. I feel a biggest insult/humiliation in my life. I know I can not prevent him to do the test. But if he goes a...

We're still engaged but his family doesn't like me-part II

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6722 days ago

29 November 2005 (F) - Continued from NOV. 28..."we're engaged but his family doesn't like me"....Yes, he has problems with his sister and dad. The thing is that his sister knew my brother, my brother drank and everything, so she thinks that I am like my brother. I ...

My duaghter's unhappy and crying about her relationship. Should I help?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6721 days ago

29 November 2005 (F) - I have a 22yr old daughter living 1000km away, with her boyfriend. They are having major relationship problems, she comes crying to me every time they fight, via phone call or email. I am so stressed over this. What can I do to help? Should I ...

My boyfriend would be perfect, except that he feels I'm not good enough for his family!

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 5917 days ago

28 November 2005 (F) - My bf and I have been together for almost 6 months. I am 29 and he is 27. I have three children from a previous marriage, he has never been married and does not have children. He lives about 30 miles from me, and works about 5 miles from me. H...

Conflicts in my family because I'm not rich...please help

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6713 days ago

28 November 2005 (M) - Why do i have to conquer the world to be considered worthy of existence on this planet? I mean i did all the things required to let me earn a living for myself. But what i realize, it doesn't count anything for my family or ppl in my society. ...

How do I correctly handle my girlfriend's son?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6722 days ago

28 November 2005 (M) - I have a girlfriend that I started dating about two months ago. She's 39 and I am 38, and we're both divorced. I have 12, and 14 year old step-children from my previous marriage. She has an 11 year-old son, who's father she divorced when he ...

We're engaged but his family doesn't like me!

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 4978 days ago

28 November 2005 (F) - I've been dating a guy for quite a long time now, he proposed to me, but his sister doesn't like me and has a strong impression on him, not changing his mind, but just making him angry. His mom is the only one in his family that he really gets ...

Tried to offer support to my brother... but his negativity rubbed off on me!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6142 days ago

27 November 2005 (M) - Hi.. I am in need of some serious help. My personality has changed since I tried to get close to my brother when he was hurt with his break up. I tried to offer him a listening ear and support and went so much close as to reveal some of my deepest ...

How do I start to do some soul searching?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6726 days ago

23 November 2005 (M) - Dear Cupd, and readers. I relly need some advice, and I hope that I can get all the advice that i can get. "How do you find yourself, and what your purpose is in life? How do break free from what society expects you to be and search what it is ...

How do I break free of my protective family?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6726 days ago

23 November 2005 (M) - How do I tell my parents to get a life, and let me go and get my own life? I'm 22yrs still living at home, working in partnership with my dad, I am not allowed to move out,not allowed to travel, make friends, meet my friends. If my cellular phone ...

My cousin and I want to date!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6618 days ago

22 November 2005 (F) - I hope you can help! Myself and my 2nd cousin are very attracted to each other but havn't yet taken things to the next level as we are unaware of the law in this situation. Please help as we would not like to break the law. We are aware that a lot ...

How do I get Mum and Dad to come around to my dating an older guy?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6726 days ago

22 November 2005 (F) - Ok, so here's my problem. My friend wants to set me up with this guy, who is "just like me". We have talked on the phone for a few weeks now. I really am beginning to like him! Heres the thing: I am 18, he is 25. Now, I don't think it is a big deal, ...

Is my culture right to think the way it does?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6728 days ago

22 November 2005 (M) - The culture that i have grown up in to has made me think irrationally rather than realistically. People in my society constantly dream of something that will happen to rescue their life and solve all their miseries. Is this right to think? On the ...

My son wants to marry a woman 36 years older than he is!

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 6665 days ago

21 November 2005 (M) - My 16 year old son has told me he wants to get married to his 52-year-old girlfriend now. what do I do? Please help me, I need your advice. Martyn in Watford, Hertfordshire...

I'll never measure up to my dad's expectation...

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6729 days ago

21 November 2005 (M) - The guilt tripping, mind games and control tactics of my father has influenced me to such an extent that i can't see myself living on my own or making my own life. He has raised me up in a way so that i satisfy his ambitions and wishes in life. In ...

I got with my cousin's boyfriend, after she persuaded me to have him. Now she hates me for it!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6486 days ago

21 November 2005 (F) - Me and my cousin were best of mates, going places, and having a laugh. We would go to meet up with some lads! But a couple of weeks back (about 2) me cousin told me to set a trap up for her boyfriend. So I txted him and told him that I liked him. He ...

I just wish my 10-year-old daughter would act more like a girl!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6729 days ago

21 November 2005 (F) - I wonder if anyone could help me! I have a 10 year old little girl and she is slim and blonde and very pretty but she hates looking like a girl. She want to wear tracksuit bottoms, trainers, cap (round the wrong way}. She hates washing and brushing ...

My husband's ex wife is abusive and lies to their daughter!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 5975 days ago

21 November 2005 (F) - Hello! A long story short; My husbands ex wife has done everything she can to keep him away from his only daughter who is 5 years old now. Through legal help we are finally establishing regular visitation and by being in the same state now. H...

I have to choose between the father of my baby and my mum!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6730 days ago

21 November 2005 (F) - I am 19 and just had a beautiful baby girl. Her father and I are going through tough times right now and I came back to live with my mom to clear my head. We agreed I would go back to be with after things have cooled down. My mom and him don't get ...

After his lies about his having kids, I can't help but wonder when he says there's nothing between him and the ex...

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6731 days ago

19 November 2005 (F) - I have been going out with my boyfriend for 6 months now. We get along great. The only problem is that he has 2 children with his ex-girlfriend. During the first 3 months that we were going out he denied the fact that he had children and told me ...

Mum's racist views have percolated into my own unconscious mind, and I want to get beyond them!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6730 days ago

19 November 2005 (M) - Hello, I want to break free of shackles that tie me up due to my upbringing. I have always looked at the world from the eyes of my mother, who is quite simple in her outlook, yet she is kind of racist at times. She looks at things black and white ...

Mum's boyfriends are poor choices and they always end up moving in...

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6731 days ago

18 November 2005 (F) - My mother always dates men that are not good to her and they always end up moving in. This I feel puts me in a bad situation. She has dated an alcoholic, two ended up in jail, and the other we have had arrested two times and have a restraining order ...

Mum doesn't like me going out with my boyfriend, but she won't talk to me about why...

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6732 days ago

18 November 2005 (F) - Why is it, and what can I do? HI, I am sixteen turning 17 and the boy I am going out with (dating) is 19. He is the first person I ever been out with, and the only one I seem to really like and would ever consider to have as a first boyfriend....

His family threatened to disown him if he gets back with me!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6732 days ago

17 November 2005 (F) - I'm sorry for such a long letter but I really need help on this one and I have to tell you the full background! My bf of 3 years and I have got back together after a three month on-off period. We do love each other to pieces and get on great. The ...

His mum says he has to choose between living at home and being with me...

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6734 days ago

16 November 2005 (F) - Me and my boyfriend have been together for a little over nine months. We are very happy together but our main problem is that his family does not believe we should be together because of our ethnic differences. He is Ukrainian and I am Hispanic and ...

My folks don't like my boyfriend because he's Christian and they're not...

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6736 days ago

14 November 2005 (F) - I'm having me and my boyfriends problem. My parents don't like him because our religions are different. He is Christian and my parents are Buddhist. But I already converted to Christianity and my parents still don't know about it. If I told the...

Can I trust what my husband tells me about his aunt?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6736 days ago

14 November 2005 (F) - Long story, 2 quick questions. Can I trust him? And Is he cheating on me? My husband and I have been together for almost 5 years now. When I met my husband, he was living in his own house and his aunt lived with him. She has been all but disowned...

I can be reasonable and calm with anyone except my mum!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 6722 days ago

14 November 2005 (F) - Hi! Hoping for some advice on how to stress down! Me and my mum are like chalk and cheese and rarely see eye to eye about anything! Since I've left university I've had to move back home for a year whilst I complete a course that I do at college....

I've been cheating on my boyfriend with his younger brother and now I'd rather have him than my boyfriend...

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 6295 days ago

12 November 2005 (F) - I'm 18 and have been dating this 25 year old for 3 years. He has a 15 year old younger brother. And we kissed. Then we had sex. While the older brother was away we had sex for a week. Now I want to go out with the younger one but not hurt the oldder ...

Who should introduce their parents first?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6739 days ago

11 November 2005 (F) - Please I want to know: Who has to introduce the partner in a relationship to their parents first. Is it the lady or the gentleman? thank you...

I'm in love with my boyfriend's brother but I don't know how the brother feels!

This question has 43 answers - newest was posted 4892 days ago

10 November 2005 (F) - I'm in love with my boyfriend's brother. His brother has told me time and time again that he feels the same way. I am not happy with my boyfriend and really don't know what to do. I need to find out whether his brother is stringing me along or if ...

How can I learn to worry less about the past, so I can move on in my life?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6739 days ago

10 November 2005 (M) - I am seperated from my wife. It has been a year and we have a little boy of 2yrs and 8 months. I have these overwhelming feelings of guilt for leaving both my wife and my little boy. I phone my little lad every day and I see him every 2 weekends ...

My folks don't approve of my boyfriend rght now, but the important thing is how much he cares for me, right?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6741 days ago

9 November 2005 (F) - Dear Cupid, I am going out of my mind! The reason being I am 24,(nearly 25) and unfortunatley still living at home. The reason being is I am paying off a new car. This will be all paid up by early next year. I have met a new guy and he adore...

I cheated on my husband with my half-cousin and now he tells me our affair is over!

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 5940 days ago

7 November 2005 (F) - Hello. I just dont know where to start! I have been with my husband for 7 years and we have a great 5 year old son. Earlier in the year i met up again with my half cousin that i haven't seen for years, he was really good looking!We exchange...

There's an age gap and he's married and he has kids. But I can't help the fact that I love him!

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 5991 days ago

6 November 2005 (F) - I've known some family friends for a number of years and have always got on really well with the dad. Recently he told me he loved me, and I think I feel the same about him. We kissed and got quite physical. We get on so well, and always have done. ...

My boyfriend thinks I should also sleep with his dad, but I'm completely disgusted by the idea!

This question has 15 answers - newest was posted 6708 days ago

5 November 2005 (F) - I am 18 and my boyfriend is 19. He said to me the other night; "If you love me you'll sleep with me, and my dad as well." I told him that the idea was disgusting but he just repeated the idea again and laughed my opinion off. I can't understa...

In order to get full custody of her son, my fiancee had to cut off contact with me!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 6745 days ago

3 November 2005 (M) - I am engaged to be married a year from now to the most wonderful woman in the world, positively my true love. We have been best friends for 3 years and our love for each other was unstoppable and became clear last May. With her I knew a happiness ...

I'm scared of sexual contact with anyone after being molested by my cousins since childhood!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6707 days ago

3 November 2005 (F) - This is something that had been bothering me for so long.... I grew up around my male cousins and nostly that's all i knew was boys because that's all i had been around. Well i guess i was a very attractive little girl because everytime i was ...

My boyfriend seems to think he's his sister's keeper!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6747 days ago

2 November 2005 (F) - I'm widowed and my boyfriend of 6 months has never been married. He's normal and wonderful in every way, and I believe he is going to propose soon. My problem is he feels an inordinate amount of responsibility for the care of his single sister. ...

What's the best way to help my boyfriend on his recovery from childhood abuse?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 6748 days ago

2 November 2005 (F) - My BF was phyiscally and emotionally abused as well as neglected as a child by his mum's BF (he has also suggested it was sexual but not actually said it out loud). His mum knew and done nothing. As a result he went to live with his aunt. While hi...

I was with his brother first, before I met him. Should I tell?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6747 days ago

1 November 2005 (F) - Dear Cupid, I met a guy that I really liked, and we had sex a few times. Our "relationship" was cut short because he was only visiting my hometown for a few weeks, and he didn't really stay in touch when he left. Now his brother has moved here and...

Mum takes advantage of me, so she has more time to party...

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 6749 days ago

1 November 2005 (F) - I'm 18yrs old and I live with my boyfriend cause my mother kicked me out. Every morning I wake up to take my lil' sister to school and pick her up. My mother asks me watch her after school and on the weekends like I don't have anything else to ...