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Can someone pls help me with these emotion-manipulation problems I have with my parents I’m 18 f you can read below :))?

I feel no positive vibes or love at home and sometimes my parents make me feel bad about myself or emotionally manipulated. My mom acts so much differently toward my brother who is 20. She laughs and is so nice to him and then with me she seems unhappy and gets offended by anything I do and makes me feel guilty. Tonight I was being open about how I am upset that the only time my family goes out to dinner or really spends time with each other is when my bro is home from college. My mom got so mad and offended and said that whenever they ask me to do something I go with my friends and not them. But like I can’t go out to ice cream with them cuz I’m lactose intolerant and idk if they forgot. They always ask me last minute when I already have made plans. And I don’t feel comfortable going out with them because my parents usually fight or I just get horrible vibes from them at dinner. I don’t even remember the last time they took me to dinner without my brother. Every convo w my mom makes me sad and I hate seeing that she treats my and my bro differently. My dad is usually mad for no reason or makes me feel bad for relaxing during the summer and they call me lazy. What do I do? I’m really trying to do what’s best for me and control my own happiness but it’s hard.

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  • 2 years ago

    rnaybe you should talk to thern about it and tell thern how you feel

  • mom
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    I am sorry that you are being treated that way, but I can understand. when I was growing up, I was treated like I was not wanted. I am the only girl and the oldest child. I have two brothers, one five years younger then me and one 12 years younger. also their is ice cream that does not have lactose inside. my late husband loved it because he was also lactose intolerant also. now I am a mom of three children, all adults. I do not bother with my mom, my dad passed away years ago and I did not even know about it. I love my parents but want nothing to do with them. I forgive them but will not forget how they treated me. my mom loves to lie and I do not like a liar

  • 2 years ago

    Sit down with both of them and tell them everything you just told us. Ask them how they feel about it, and try to make them understand how it makes you feel.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    first of all there re TONS of ice cream without lactose and which are not even made of milk products. TONS! and second it seems like they do ask u out but u re always busy. u want them to go out with u ON YOUR TERMS. that ain't gonna happen - they re adults and paying for everything, they decide when and where u go. and u should cancel your plans for your parents

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