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Hello,

My parents are long divorced and my father lives a long distance away. I rarely see him, going once a year for 3-4 weeks or so. I'm 17, almost 18, and I want a part-time job (I'm in school) so as to be able to see him more often because we are really close. I also plan on doing my best to move out of my custodial parent's (mother's) home ASAP (Department of Children and Families, mental institutions, alcohol, and children are not a good combination). My father will help me strike out financially at first, and my college education is going to be paid for by a full-ride scholarship. I have a few questions.Could I take 2-3 weeks of leave from a part-time teen job, paid or unpaid, so as to see my father? Does anyone have any advice in making it on your own at 18? Should I feel as guilty as I do about leaving my mother's home, who, despite many heartaches and issues, loves me and financially supports me? Thank you :)

It's 2 in the morning, and I found my mom passed out on the kitchen floor. There were a couple puddles of blood due to cuts on her hands. There were odd things, like wrappers and random bits of trash in soup she was making, so she was confused. She was unresponsive unless you practically beat her, and I had to carry her to her bed and change her as she made a mess of herself. She's mumbling like a deranged drunk (in the few moments we can wake her at all). The thing is, she takes a bunch of meds, including Ambien and cyclobenzaprine -a muscle relaxant- and also consumed alcohol. I don't know if I should call 911 or not

My parents divorced when I was 5 and now I'm 16. I live with my mother and stepfather. My dad lives a few states away and is divorcing his second wife. My mother and stepfather are verbally and physically abusive, so much so that I'm afraid to talk to and trust anyone. The exceptions to that are my dad and my one friend. If it wasn't for my friend, I would have packed and got the hell out of here years ago, but this friend is the one who stopped me from cutting and suicide, kept me out of drugs and alcohol. Without him, I don't know what I'd do or where I'd be. If I went with my dad, I'd get a job and pay for plane tickets down to see him as often as I can, but it would be so hard, not seeing him. And I do love my mom despite what she does to me. Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you very much :)

I would like a third party opinion.

They both drink, I've helped my mom to the bed when drunk. But, for three years they worked their butts off to send me to a private school and still push hard to make sure I do well in school. I'm 16, and probably going to do all dual enrollment classes at a local college next year. I have A's and B's, and am not in trouble. Except by them and all of my "failures". If I get an A and a C on the test the same day, they'll ignore the A and yell for two weeks about the C. I'm not allowed to get a license even if I pay for insurance. I have a longtime boyfriend, and when I hang out with him my parents whisper about me being a whore and probably going to get knocked up. My mom calls me names and degrades me all the time, as does my stepdad. Physical violence is not really uncommon, though it never is severe. If I want to go somewhere over the weekend, God help me, because it is a battle. Mom will yell and scream about how I'm worthless and don't deserve to go etc...mom has severe mood swings, and once lost her mind and wanted to run out of the house naked so people would call the police and lock her up because she is "a bad mom", which leads me to think she may have a mental disorder, but she refuses to go to a psychologist. She refuses to take me too, even though she knows about my cutting and suicidal thoughts. They do want the best for me and for me to succeed, but their ways of going about it has me depressed and wanting to quit. I just need a third party opinion, somewhat of an internet psychologist, if you will.

Thanks for reading.

Ok so my xbox 360 is constantly overheating about every ten minutes, and it's in a clear area. I get the two flashing red lights. I bought it from gamestop used about two months ago, and it came with a one year warranty. So what do I do from here? Do I take it into gamestop? Will they repair or replace it? Or do I send it directly to Microsoft?

Thanks :)

My boyfriend and I are both 16, and have been dating 2 years. We are sexually active, and my parents found out by finding a condom. Now, my parents are more on the liberal side, and I honestly don't care about the trouble I might be in compared to my boyfriend. My parents want to tell my boyfriend's parents. My boyfriend's parents are really archaic-religious, and I don't even know if I'll be allowed to see him ever again if my parents follow through. He is my first, and I am his first, we use every precaution available, and I know even if by some chance we don't make it to marriage, I will never regret him. How can I convince my parents not to tell his/or is there an easier way to help my boyfriend's parents digest this?

Thanks.

Okay...this situation might be a little long to read, but please see it through and help me out, I'm at a loss for what to do. I'm only 16, and I have no trusted adult to talk to so I'm turning to the general public on Yahoo. Please read, and please answer. Thanks :)

Okay, so last night my mom found out my stepdad does marijuana. She'd suspected it for a while, because she'd smelled it on him before but he lied to her and said it was a weird sleeping pill the doctor prescribed him. She found out he lied to her by finding his stash. It wasn't much, and I know pot is illegal for the stupidest reasons, but he still lied to her. His marijuana use proved his double standard, his hypocrisy. My stepdad has called me a drug addict when I take ibuprofen for headaches or cramps, and calls my mom an alcoholic for the glass or two of wine she has every once in a while. My stepdad drinks so much more than her, and he drinks the hard stuff, like vodka and everclear. Though my stepdad drinks and smokes, he's given so much to my family. When my biological father and my mom divorced, I was maybe 5 and my sister 1. He's practically raised us, making sure we got good grades and provided a great private school education for me for a couple years. He's given more to my sister and I than my biological father has. His parenting styles are not much to my liking, I must admit, as he is the epitome of the "authoritarian" parent and often enforces his (frequently insane) rules with screaming, intimidation, and physical violence. I'm not saying I'm beaten to a pulp, but I believe that it's uncalled for and the punishment does not fit the crime. I do love my stepdad, but I don't know what to do. Last night, my mom was crying really hard, and yelled at my stepdad that she doesn't love him anymore and she wished he was dead, she wants a divorce, and we're moving to an apartment ASAP. After their big argument, I went and comforted my little sister, and then went and comforted my mom. My sister fell asleep and then my mom went to take a shower. Right then, I was so out of my mind and I really couldn't stand it, so I got drunk. I'm not proud of it, but I believe some of the things I said to my parents when I was drunk were definitely for the better, and I wouldn't have said them sober. I definitely overdid the alcohol, and began throwing up a few hours later, so I went in the kitchen to get something to eat when I hear strange noises coming from my mom's room. I went to go see what it was and it was my piss-drunk mom, curled up in a fetal position in the tub and attempting to "take a shower" fully clothed when she had taken one about an hour before. I think, that if I'd left her there in the tub, she would have drowned. She was so drunk she couldn't walk or talk. I carried my mom out of the tub, drunk myself, to her bed and laid her there. She passed out immediately, and I figured she'd fell asleep, so I went back out in the kitchen. As soon as I went out, I heard a huge crash and ran back in to find that she rolled off her bed onto the floor and her iron fell on her face. I moved the iron and all other dangers from her area, and tried to move her back on the bed but my stepdad (who I'd been begging to watch over my mom, as he is 46 and I'm 16) finally came in and told me to leave her there, that apparently this is common for her to do. So I left the room, went to my bed and promptly passed out, from a combination of alcohol, shock, fear, and utter exhaustion. This morning, I woke up to my mom coming in my room and asking me what happened to her, that she didn't remember anything and why does she have huge bruises all over her. I explained to her what happened, and she told me the last thing that she remembered was knocking back a couple sleeping pills with a huge glass of alcohol. I froze and then told her that she could have died, that narcotics and alcohol are deadly. I'm scared and I don't know what to do. My mom values my opinion, and she's asked me whether they should divorce and we should move out. I have no clue what to do and I have no adult to ask. Please do not lecture me for drinking, I understand it was wrong. I'm a good kid, with good grades and grandiose plans for my college, my career, and my future. I just need to know what to advise my mom, and what to do in situations like these. If you read all that, thank you so much, I just needed to get my story out, and I need advice badly. Thank you in advance.

OK, so my computer is kind of going crazy right now. I have Windows 7 starter, and my computer is an HP mini 110. Yesterday, I was surfing the web on a website I've been on a million times (not porn, don't judge) and it activated a virus I've had before and have gotten rid of in the past. The virus is some fake antivirus protection scam showing that you have a lot of fake computer errors and stuff. So I did what I did before, I exited everything and booted the computer in safe mode. I did a system recovery and the system recovery automatically rebooted my computer. I tried logging on normally, but here is where the problem begins. The computer boots normally, with all the sounds and everything, up until the page where you choose your Windows profile. When I click on it, Windows doesn't load. Instead of my background and all my icons and stuff, it is just a blank green screen with a cursor. I can't do anything on it. So, I tried to open the safe modes. None of them work. Instead, it gives me an error message saying "Windows has stopped working", and I can't do anything in safe mode either. I've tried messing with the BIOS settings and stuff, but it didn't work. My computer doesn't have a disk drive either, so I can't boot a repair CD. Can someone please help me? Thanks :)

I feel very depressed and keep having thoughts of suicide that sicken me, but there's so many things I have to deal with. I'm just gonna give my life as it is now and if you have the patience to read through it and respond then thank you so much.

So I'm 15, and I live with a stepdad as well as my mom and sister. My stepdad became my stepdad when my real dad cheated on my mom and ran off to another city with another woman. At first, my stepdad was okay...but beginning when i was about 13 he got abusive. He's knocked me dizzy before, constantly makes fun of me, and tries his hardest to lower my self esteem, such as forcing me to get a medium when I'm a small. and telling me that A's and B's will get me nowhere. My mom lets him do this, and I ended up depressed. My best friends at the time were no help, as they ditched me to "follow Christ". So a year later, I'm alone and friendless with extreme trust issues. I cut myself with scissors, knives...I ended up attempting suicide. But then, I met my current boyfriend of one year, who has helped me so much, stopped my cutting, and temporarily stopped my depression. Lately, though, I've been feeling depressed again because my mom believes my stepdad is cheating on her, and I am all she has to talk to so I know everything and it is killing me. She asked me to make a decision about whether we should move to an apartment or not, and I'm not sure. I love my stepdad financially, but that's about it. My dad who lives in another city is about to get a divorce from his current wife, who has a son, and may move to Italy. My parents hate each other and I constantly pulled into the middle. My mom has also given me phentermine in the past to help me lose weight, when I am not that overweight. It's like, everyone comes to me with their problems, but I have no one. My boyfriend and I seem on the edge of a breakup too, because with all my stress I'm blowing up on him.

So if you read all that, thanks for listening, please post your story or advice.

Okay, so I am 15 years old and all my life I've had a love of reading and writing. I'm writing a novel, and would loved to have it critiqued. Don't be too mean, please :) thanks. The sample is the just the introduction to my story, I need to see if my voice and diction are good. So here is the sample.

A woman is on the corner of 67th Street. With her stiletto heels, her Christian Dior gown, and the way she exudes confidence like an aura, she looks like a supermodel. But yet, she looks around, wary, like she is hiding something. Shivering, she puts her gloved hands into her pocket. This is strange. Why is she shivering? It isn’t cold. For Manhattan in February, it is quite warm. I myself am wearing a short sleeved shirt and shorts. I walk to the newspaper machine, slide a quarter into the slot, and get the Sunday edition of the New York Times. I saunter to a bench and pretend to read, while in truth looking at the woman on the corner. She doesn’t notice me. Nobody really does, since I seem to have a knack for invisibility. The supermodel woman looks around furtively, her gaze skipping right over me. Once she thinks she is alone, she opens her expensive looking purse and pulls out a gun. Startled, I almost drop my paper. The woman bursts into tears. Ribbons of mascara trail down her face as she puts the gun to her head. I drop my paper and run to stop her, but I am too late. She pulls the trigger. Her slight frame crumples on the ground as I stand frozen in the rainy, desolate landscape that is the dregs of New York. The color red makes its debut on the gray streets of the city. Her head lay in a pool of scarlet. I close my eyes. All I can see is red...

I'm 15 years old and am a D cup bordering on DD. I don't like it because the first thing people notice about me is my boobs and automatically stereotype me as some slut or something. Will I keep growing?

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I'm 15 and have had a lot of things happen in my house...I was considering telling someone but I'm not sure what the qualifications of "abuse" are.

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I got grounded...and I want my stuff back. Any ideas where a parent would hide it?

I love mcr!!!!!!!! im like, emo at school for liking them...but oh well!!! anyone else like them??? <~Gerard Way~>

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