Delmore's Life Topic, Current status: Furious

There you go, your giving him the idea to fake cry, not right, and it might just make matters worse!

Ever been in a situation like Delmore's?

Crying doesn't make any difference. All you can hope for is a way out of there.

My best friend managed to get out of her house by, well, contacting social workers who organised public housing for her to live in. Public housing may be ****ty but really, anything's better than living in fear in a house with your parents.

My mom has been acting nicer since she feels bad, and she promised me she'll try not to yell anymore. This is the calmest I've seen her in years, which really makes me feel a lot better. My dad is still going insane, but he's never home so it's not that big of a deal.

At least things seemed to have calm down. Thats always good.

This post has been edited by OSM on Jan 16 2007, 05:28 PM

Maybe you should comfort her, so she could calm down. Like I said, her stress is most likely due to something else, not you. When my mother gets upset, she gets really, really upset. However, I tamed her when I started giving her massages. Massages are a form of comfort, right?

If massaging isn't your greatest quality, have you been thinking of using other methods of comfort? Comfort always calms the beast, I think. :O

Maybe she's doing this because she just wants you to stay...?

She doesn't even know I was planning on leaving.

Well those are good news. At least you can tell your mother feels bad for yelling at you and stuff. Hope things get better over time

Well see how it goes the next week or so. If she's back to her old ways again, consider taking action of some kind...

Otherwise, I hope she simmers down and lays off you.

Yeah, but... that's sorta reminiscient of my mom's turnaround on some odd days, and just 60 seconds ago she was screaming at me for nothing again.

Sorry to disappoint you, but... maybe you're having a temporary detente with your mother. D:

But... yeah, that's what I think, from experience. :s

Then don't EVER tell her or you have another problem

Ask if you can do something for your mom.

I wasn't going to tell her.

Okay, I think that's enough of the "lol hit ur parents bak delmore" crap, because it's only going to worsen his situation and make him look like a degenerate asshole in the face of the court.

If you're serious, you're ****ing insane. I doubt he has a tranquilizer on hand.

But on topic, I think Delmore should lock himself in his room until they beg him to come out.

EDIT: Oh, saw Delmore's post. That's good that she's calm. Do you still have to do the counseling?

This post has been edited by Spritanium on Jan 16 2007, 08:14 PM

has your mom begun menopause

and your dad

Sorry.

Your mother must've realized how bad she's been acting. I reccomend you be careful, since she went for the knife the last time, but everything might just turn out okay after all.

You could use this oppurtunity to talk with her and establish boundaries, suggestions, and reason with her.

she trying not to get you to leave, because I think you are taking your mom for granted.
If she knows how she abuses you then why would she tell you to stay. If she really cared she would actually do something about it. Anger management.

READ THIS ADVICE

I've seen some people saying how stupid the police are. It's not the cops fault for this, since he probably sees lots of kids who are lying or insane, and probably didn't see you as any different or one in a million of kids causing trouble with their parents.

Now as far as HELPFUL ADVICE, if you dad is insane and your mom does NOTHING to keep you out of his way, then she is NOT a responsible parent, no matter what. Number one thing to do is to either try to get your Dad to become calmer, or something. Does he abuse her like he abuses you? I don't believe her apologizing attitude personally, but I'm not there so I can't tell how shes acting.

A lot of people have been talking about recording the abuse, yet you have no recording equipment. Would your school have equipment (like a webcam or a microphone) you could borrow? And if you couldn't borrow it, could you "borrow" it? Sorry if thats unethical, but this sounds more serious then petty whatever its called.

Or perhaps you know a kid you could borrow one from? BY ANY MEANS if the abuse starts up again, borrow one either from your school or from a kid in your school, friend or not.

Possibly even "borrow" some of your parents money or your own money to rent the stuff from one of the kids at your school. When you get the evidence call 911 from your house, but if they restrict your phone privileges, call from your school.

Thats all of the advice I have for now. If you find out that your dad abuses your mother, you could use that information to reason with your mother. Spying on them to learn this may be necessary. Also if he does abuse her, do your best to record it on webcam or mic for the police as well.

Nice to hear that, but be prepared.