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How do i leave my big homie?
I've joined a gang at 15, because my brother forced me into it. I'm from orlando, mercy drive. Its a crazy, shitty ghetto slum, tons of crime and murder, hence the name mercy drive...
I didn't want to join the gang... as a matter of fact, I tried everything I could to not be in it. But if I didn't join the gang. I would be dead right now like my parents. My entire family was killed by a gang, even my brother, in my home, when I was 17. I was taken in by my big homie and forced to have sex with random men every day, for money.
Its been over a year now, I've been doing this. My big homie has A LOT of fucken power... I'm afraid of him, he hurts me and neglects me, and I kno I can't survive on my own here in the projects of orlando. I need to leave. I crave education. I crave freedom, crave Life... is there anybosy out there that can relate and please help?!
I am not good enough for him ?
I am 20 and my fiancé is 32. It was my birthday last week and he bought me a brand new Bentley and a rolex.
He spoils me and I know I can't compete with him. He is posh and rich. Im not. His family dislike me because I done modelling. Things that perhaps they find revealing and inappropriate.
It was my birthday and his family were like "He works long stressful hours as a solicitor to buy that chavy blond b!tch a car!" and saying hes getting married to a girl that's been round the block many a time! They even said I look like i'm 'up for it'. His friends have even said it and my fiancé showed me the texts and one said 'Oh she's sucked many' but my fiancé brushes them off by saying "oh your jealous or whatever!"
It's insulting! My fiancé is beautiful inside and out. He loves me, I love him. Everyone wants to split us up. Even my ex boyfriend who I split up with agesss ago was in a shop, came up to us and said 'I boned your missus!' I was upset, its embarrassing for me and my fiance. Also in my past I dated two brothers and his family keep bringing that up! I have made plently of mistakes but people wanna bring them up.
I understand his family want the best for him, but even he told them I am that. He said he never wants no pre nup for our wedding cause he trusts me and loves me.
Our wedding is planned, we are getting married very soon and I have just found out I'm pregnant but only my fiancé knows. Like I want this to stop before we marry and have our baby because I won't have them ruining it. I even think sometimes I don't deserve him and should let him find someone better..
His parents told me on the quiet 'leave now before it's too late, and you can keep the engagement ring'.
My family are happy for me, I make my fiancé happy. What can I do?
i need to lose weight! how do i stop eating?!?!?
sorry its long ...
i am 16 year old female and i weigh 328lbs and my pe teacher wants to help me lose weight by having me keep a stupid food journal and it is not helping he said that he really wants to help, he said he wont give up on me but i told him i problubly will though. the thing is that i have a binge eating disorder, and i already know that i eat too much ... no one needs to tell me that and i just want to stop eating but i think it is phiically impossiable for me. i want to stick to exersize and eating right but i just cant!!! when i start eating i feel like i cant stop untill my stomach hurts thats when i know im full but .. what i need to do is just maybe eat some honey roasted peanuts and drink lots of water to keep me full and the other thing is my parents would notice that im not eating and i have a fear of throwing up so that wont work ... i just NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT!!! i have a family who loves me ... but i dont see why they do. i have a list of things that i hate about myself i have always hated myself for as long as i can remember ... i just want to die ... somedays i feel noting ... i just need a not so noticeable that will help me lose weight and fast PLEASE ... i have been over weight all my life and i just want to do something about it that i can actually stick to
when i eat it feels like i need to keep eating so i need a way to stop eating with out it being noticiable please
when i eat it feels like i need to keep eating so i need a way to stop eating with out it being noticiable please
what major what I take if I want to work with down syndrome/special needs children?
I would like to work with children in their early age and right before they head into school who have down syndrome. I want to be one of those people that go the kids houses and works with them and the childs parents in helping them develpe the skills that they need. If you have a family member that is in their young age and has down synodrome and you are close to them then you know what I mean.
I would like to know what major it is that I need to take to do this in the future, all of your help is appricated.
Thank you in advance.
What should I choose working or boxing for a 16 female girl?
So anyways i am in bewteen wanting to join boxing because i wanna learn how to fight.. i never been in a fight. Im skinny/ scrawny gettin kinda picked on .. name calling stick, toothpick, etc. etc. It gets annoying. But i cuss them out back. LOL!:D But anyways i wus wondering what you have to say. I mean im nice, shy, and on the sensitive side. But i do wanna learn boxing, it might be great for meh to build muscle mass or just to lear new fighting && defending skill. Iam a scaredy cat, hate gettin punched but i mean i do want to get tougher.Will dat help or is it ridiculous for me to think that?I mean my friends tell me that im too nice to people. They don't want people to take advantage of me guys or girls in any matter. IS it a good idea. ANother thing is getting a job..:( so i also want to work. Theres no $$ in my family. My parents barely work. LIfe is tough for me. I just turned 16 yesterday.Yay! Wanted an Ipad. but it diidnt work out. idiidnt get it. I mean im also thinking of getting a job beacuse i wanna be more social around people && not be so shy. I want to be more talkative to them but like i wus saying i aslo wanted the job so i can get clothes, shoes, etc. etc. SO im Wondering Whatt do you think????? Can you tell meh wat u think, IF SO LET ME KNOW WRite down below a comment/ suggestion/ or maybe advice is better. PLEASE && Thnxx:))))))
New Mom tired, sad , depress.. husband wont help?
k.. long story short. I been married for almost a year.we been married me and my husband didint have a stable place to stay.altough he owns a house that his father lived in with his family. I refused to move in and dicided to stay in my parents house until his father leaves. anyways finally his father left after a big urgementt between me and him. I happend to give birth to twins recently via C section. the babies were premiis. i had to suffer from preclamcia and massive wieght gain and swollen. my husband decide to sell the house knowing that were about to have kids!!! i lost my job and cant work anymore yet i get bills that said he was gonna help me pay.. he do-sent help with kids he dosent he dont even ask about thim.. he dont buy them nothing. and i was dined WIC < medecaid and all the Gov help because of his income. when I married him I diidnt sign up for this. I dont sleep night or day. ( I just had the babies two weeks ago .. and im still recovering. hat should I do.
what is up with my boyfrineds parents?
my boyfriend and i have dated for two years now. For some reason his parents have never shown they really like me.. we met in highschool, he was 18 and i was 16 going on 17. he dated another girl years before me.. when he was in middle school or freshman. they only dated a few MONTHS. to this day, his family still feels there is a reason to talk to her, invite her over, and call me her name even sometimes! he asks them to please stop talking to her cause he knows how uncomfortable it makes me. they talk to her like they love her to death but they will hardly talk to me when im around and theyre rude when they are. i just dont understand what the problem is? ive always been veyr respecful and nice even though theyve hurt me feelings.
gay boyfriend/parents issue?
ok so, i'm 19 and living at home. i've been dating this amazing guy for about five months. he cares about me so much and he loves me. i feel the same. recently my family have found out about him and they are shattered. they are convinced the 'gay life' will only lead to unhappiness. i love my family and they love me but it's awful being in the house now. my mum cries a lot and my dad is depressed. they say they'll never be able to get over it. my 16 year old brother is upset too.
i told my boyfriend yesterday that i need to stop seeing him. i've chosen my family over him. i feel shocking. i'm brokenhearted and so very guilty. i just wish i could feel his pain as well as my own so he doesn't have to suffer. my family are much happier though. i'm not. i don't know what to do. i love my family and i love him as well. i just want to die.
What legal action involving a grown man and teen girls?
we have a certain man that is 40s and he is constantly harassing my wife and my 13 year old daughter by txt and email and in person. he is a photographer and he has taken some questionable photos of my daughter and other teen girls (no nudity but poses that are more on the adult side and alot of cleveage showing on photos of a 15 year old girl) also he targets hispanic type teenage girls offering free photoshoots without speaking to parents first. he has threaten to slander my family reputation after i confronted him about this issue and he thinks he has done nothing wrong. What would be the best way to handle this situation?
its not my reputation i am worried about i was just using that as a slander possibility
My ex husband has moved on - I don’t love him anymore so why am I so hurt?
I was married for 9 years and together with this man for 11. We have 3 children one of which is 7 months old. Well 6 months ago when once again he wasn’t taking care of his family and only thinking of himself (there’s way to much to get into) I finally said enough and asked him to leave. He went through this crazy period where I was getting death threats every other day and now he is a born again Christian(and goes waaay overboard preaching to me).He was trying for a few months to reconcile and I kept saying no because too much has been said and done. So I get an email last weekend that he has met someone and in the last few weeks they have fallen in love and have a huge Christian bond with Christ. I snidely said if she is so Christian then why is she dating a man who is still legally married? And that I had lost respect for him because not even 3 weeks ago he was begging to work it out but is telling me 4 weeks ago they started to fall in love. Now I didn’t expect to have such a strong reaction. But I am taking care of 3 children on my own he doesn’t take them for weekends because he sleeps on his parents couch so when he does see them it is only for hours at a time. He pays me ZERO child support because he has been out of work for over a year (but collects unemployment) and I work full time and always have. So if he has money to take this new girl out then he should have money to give me for the kids. I have no free time whatsoever and am not interested in dating but some free time would be nice. he comes and goes as he pleases and now he’s in love and wanting to marry her. He says that she knows everything about his past struggles, etc… But if it were me and I met a man with a past anger/rage issue, gambling, cheating who is unemployed, sleeping on his parents couch and can’t even take care of the kids he has why would I want to have a relationship and potentially marry and have a family with someone like that? It makes me think she has issues too. The worst part is, I met this girl back when he and I were looking for an apartment and I was 8 months pregnant with our now 7 month old. She showed us the apartment!! Right when I kicked him out he went back to look at a one bedroom and they added eachother to facebook. She literally commented on every one of his pictures. And now over a few weeks they have fallen in love. I am super angry and have been a little too nice up until this point. At first I agreed that because he was looking for a job that he could just pay me $500 a month for all 3 kids (which doesn’t barely cover formula, diapers, etc..) Our paperwork was just submitted this week and I think I am going to fill the form out to change the child support. Why should he be able to save money to get his own place while I struggle to work my butt off and do nothing but take care of our kids while having to stay with my parents because he was irresponsible with money. Sorry for venting, I just am not handling this well and needed to get it off my chest.
