My dear father is in his 80s, and my sister and I fear that he has been showing signs of alzheimers or dementia. he has been paranoid, rapid mood swings, we dont know what he is doing with his money (he has retirement/SS money that he gets, but he still asks to borrow money, because he says hes broke), we fear someone may be taking advantage of him, and scamming him, he thinks my brother in law is spying on him, and he is being verbally and mentally abusive to my mom and sister, so much that it caused my mom to go to the hospital!!! PLEASE HELP! I don’t know what to do.

My sister and I want him in a nursing home. We dont think he can take care of himself. It would not be safe. And we cannot take care of him either.

He is stubborn and refuses to go to the doctors, therefore we cannot know for sure if he is suffering from dementia, and thereby also making it impossible to force him into a nursing home if he does need help. this is a real emergency for us, as it is taking a toll on my mothers health.

I’m 17 and was forced to move in with his new wife and her daughter when I was 13. For awhile it was alright living here untill my older brother left for the airforce, and since then it’s been all going down hill. I feel trapped in this house, my friends will invite me to parties, but lately i just haven’t been in the mood. I’ve been tired and very lost. My girlfriend and I just broke up and I had no idea it would take such a toll but I miss her alot. and since then I’ve felt I’ve hit rock bottom. My mom lives about 35 miles away and I’ve tried going over there to escape but she always bringing over guys and she’s always drinking. I’ve tried going to my older brother’s house, but 1 has a serious drinking problem and the other is always working, they live together but neither of them can stand eachother, so when I go over there I get caught up in the middle of their arguement. But idk most days I just find myself sleeping all day and if I’m not sleeping I’m eating or going to the bathroom. and pissing away my summer. But my queston is, what should I do? I know there isn’t much I can do but I just need some answeres or suggestions.

Im black,19, and sick and tired of being a virgin!
being a virgin sucks @$$! all of my friends that I have know since grade school even my f-ing brother have lost their v-cards! Im the only guy who is still a virgin. they joke about it all the time. they say im like a 12 year old innocent boy trapped in a 19 yo guys body. ever have a uncle just laugh his @$$ off at your because you have never had sex? everybody I know has had sex atleast 20 times by know and here I am still a stupid virgin. Its not because Im ugly. Im a pretty decent looking guy. its just that I have been holding on to this stupid disney fantasy of finding that perfect somebody. well Ive seen the light and it turns out that perfect someone has more than likely had sex with about 5-10 guys by now. I have had lots of chances in the past to lose it but I chose not to presue the girls because they didnt connect with me on any level other than them being hot.I think its my moms fault Im like this…… well no……… its more my fault for believing in her. in 1950 being a virgin might have been something to be proud of but its 2009 and being a virgin=your a pu$$y
to men and women. well Im tired of being seen as a pussy! It was my original plan to wait till I got married but to hell with that! Im starting college soon and Im just going to have sex with the first attractive girl I meet who lets me. I think to myself dude your 19! If I wait any longer Im going to end up being the 40 year-old-virgin FOR REAL! I WOULDNT WISH THAT UPON MY WORST ENEMY!
this whole thing is just causing me alot of stress. I end up haveing to make up crazy sex stories whenever I make new friends because I learned at a young age as soon as you tell one of your guy friends your a virgin their respect for you drops like 20 points. It dont matter if they are black,asian,white,mexican, its the same thing everytime. I dont show it because Im use to hiding the way I feel about everything. I tell so manny lies sometimes I think Im NOT a virgin. HOW FUCCKED UP IS THAT?! at this point Im willing to have sex with just about anybody(no fat chicks, Im desprate but Im not hopeless) just to get rid of all this stress. Im mean I know people who have stds from too much sex and they get more respect than I do for being a virgin! I know girls who are 16 with f-ing kids! I meet guys who are my age and they have had sex with like 10+ girls! they have shown me pictures! and cell phone videos! after a while it really takes a toll on your self worth when shit like this happens. all I do is work out now. I dont watch tv, I dont hang out with friends, I dont play video games anymore,I dont talk to people, all I do is work out. I just lift weights and ride bikes trying to bulk up so when I get in college girls will notice that I exist. its not because Im fat. I only weight like 145 LB Im just trying to get muscles.
girls like that. I guess you can say that Im throwing away everything I believe In but the way I see it all that I believe was based on a lie so I no longer care about purity and things like that. I just want sex. I feel kind of bad saying this because its true. all of the standards I use to have and hold people to are just seem less and less important as the days go by. Im not saying Im going to be some sex craized freak who has sex with every woman I come into contact with its just this whole virgin thing has got to go. I just cant do this anymore. 19 years is just too much for me. I mean if a girl just knocked on my door right now and I have never seen her in my life and she said lets have sex i woulnt even think about It I would just grab a condom and do it. Im far beyond the point of caring. I know IM not the only guy who thinks like this.

Ok so i went to my Friends place for the weekend and i saw this boy,And he kept staring and smiling at me,and he was like talking about me Etc.So I had to go hang out with his Friends and him,So He had all these questions he wanted to know,but he was too chicken so , his Friend tolled us that his brother wants to know if i had a boyfriend,But i knew that it was not him cause he said He never said that ,and whenever i answered a question hed stare me in the eye,and there like a spark! and whenever he looked at me he would smile,And he asked if i like to party and what im doing this week,What do you think? I can feel something between us,And i wont see him for A while Or do you have any advice for me? thanks!

My 6 year old niece has recently stopped eating, again. She has never been a good eater, but now she has stopped eating her few foods that she would eat. She has issues with texture, mixed foods, etc. She was a failure to thrive baby and had many other health complications. As a result she is the size of your average 4 year old. My sister brother in law have done everything they can to help her daughter. They have put their lives on hold many times and traveled all over the country for weeks at a time seeking the best doctors in order to help her. My niece is great with liquids so dehydration is not a concern, but her lack of caloric intake is taking its toll. She is getting sick again and breaking out in sores around her mouth. My sister doesn’t know what to do, I am trying to be as supportive as possible. My daughters and I just finished making fudgecicles with protein powder mixed in. I was wondering if anyone has some creative ideas to get her to eat. Remember, she is not a typical picky eater, if she was we’d send her to bed without dinner, she litterally has a hard time eating, one bite will be delicious to her and the next will cause her to gag and throw up.
Any ideas and recipies are appreciated.
Thanks

I’m studying to be an anesthesiologist at the moment in medical school, but I’m clueless on matters of money. After taxes, my future family will be able to generate about ~190K of annual income (the taxes just kill it).

I was wondering, what would kind of home would I be able to afford on my income? I’m not saying that I’m wanting to live in the fastlane of luxury, but just wondering what my family will realistically be able to afford.

I know there are many variables that probably apply, but could you give me a ballpark number in terms of house cost?

had baby with boyfriend of 8years….weve never lived together, ive got my own house, he lives with his brother…..when baby was 4months old he said he wanted to make a proper go of things and move in with me…fine, i was happy to give it a go……it lasted 2 weeks….he clashed horribly with 1 of my older sons (nearly 15), he’s a lovely happy helpful lad, i give him a lot of leeway because he does so much for me and turn a blind eye to things like smoking…anyhoot, the b/f literally dun nothing but pick on him, and bless my boy, i watched him bite his tongue and keep out of his way just to keep the peace, well to cut a long story short, there was a big bust up after 2 weeks, bf actually swore at my son and gave me an ultimatum….either i sent my son 2 live with his dad or he was leaving and going back to his brothers….well thats a no-brainer, so told bf that i respected his decision to go ‘home’ and at least we’d given it a go…..things were difficult between us….we agreed that he wud take the baby 1 day in the week overnight, bringing him home in the morning b4 work and also on a friday night, bringing him home saturday morning….anyway….heres the thing….he’s stuck to that but insists he loves me and wants to be a couple….his brother picks the baby up in the week so the only time i see him is literallly in the 5mins it takes to drop the baby off in the morning during the week, and when he brings the baby back saturday morning he wants the 3 of us to spend the day together and always wants to sleep over mine on a saturday and sunday night….it sorta feels to me like he cant/wont be a proper boyfriend…but wants the the luxury of my home ( my bed) at the weekend to relax and av a drink , watch my sky+ and spend some ‘family time’ with our baby…dont get me wrong, he’ll buy dinner 4 us saturay night and do a sunday roast, always gets me a bottle of wine and anything else i want…heres the question…is he doing the best that he can, should i accept him for the person that he is and just do my own thing mon-fri, spending my weekend with him, or is this pathetic and unacceptable and way beneath me as a quite lovely lady….yes or no…for or against…..opinions much appreciated

Ok my boyfriend is my step brother as well so I don’t know. We have been going out for two years, my dad and his mom have been married for six months. Well anyways after my boyfriend and I told our parents my dad was fine with it but his mom is like freaking and she hates me and I don’t get why. We were together first why should we have to break up. She keeps bitching me out almost every day and saying I need to end it. I don’t want to nick and I love each other so much we are both 16 btw. And we just became sexually active with each other. But also lately my boyfriend has been coming in at night and sobbing not crying sobbing he feels like he is caught in the middle of two people he loves and that he dose not want to break up with me and he dose not feel like choosing. This is taking a toll on my boyfriend and it hurts to see him like this I don’t know what to do. Advice?

My story: I was sixteen years old, two weeks before my seventeenth birthday and one of my good friends parents were out of town. She decided to have a girls night at her house and told me at lunch when my other best friends current boy was sitting next to me, Will. That night I went to my friends house and Will and his brother showed up with some alcohol and some friends. I had never had a drink in my life and my parents don’t drink or do drugs or smoke or anything, so it was all new to me. Jake handed me a drink and I took it not knowing what to do because I had never been to a party. After I had my one drink I wasn’t feeling well so I went to bed with my friends fourteen year old sister in a twin sized bed. The next morning my friend Nicole had to come in and tell me she pulled Will off of me and the fourteen year old girl witnessed Will raping me. I wasn’t wearing pants when I woke up. I panicked but didn’t know what to do, so I told my best friend, who was dating Will. I kept my mouth shut. A week later the rape was reported because my friends could see the toll it was taking on me and them. The case went to a state attorney and Will and his brother lied, which resulted in the case being closed. My family and I got an injunction against him, but it resulted in me switching schools and leaving behind an Editor-and-Chief position for my school newspaper.

Well my parents are getting a divorce, I mean it was expected, because they fought everyday and they both cheated on each other.
My father might go to jail, for being falsely accused of something. Such a long story, I won’t get into it. But this court thing has cost my family so much money, we’re broke now. We were once rich…but now we’re not. my brother and I might have to quit some things we do, just so my mother can afford luxuries for herself.
My mother just told me that we’re moving THIS YEAR, into a some place we can afford. My mother, brother, and I. My father won’t live with me and my other siblings are going to be living on their own, or with their spouse.
It’s possible I might move out of town, which would be horrible, because I’m terribly shy around new people. And I have all of my friends here at home.
My family doesn’t care about me AT ALL. They have admitted that much.
My brother’s gf is having a baby due on MY birthday. And my sister is also having a baby this summer. So the attention will be all on the babies, not that it was ever on me anyway.
I cut myself, I can’t help it, and I am thinking of suicide. Probably not anytime soon, I try convincing myself not to, but it’s hard.
To top it off, I have no real friends, or anyone for that matter, to talk about this with.

Sorry I’m venting. I needed to get it off my chest. Any advice, similar situations? You can be completely rude to me about complaining about this, if you want. I don’t really care, I just needed to get this off my chest and I want advice. Please?

PS I’m 14.