How can you deal with a close family member ignoring you?
Let it go and move on. They either have their own issues of why they are ignoring you and if you really want to know pursue, otherwise, it may be within themselves and their own issues and there is not a darn thing you can do about it. I’ve been in a similar situation with a cousin of mine who I hadn’t seen in ions. I went out of my way and travelled long distances to see her and one time I brought my 85 year old mother with me so she could visit her nieces. Unfortunately, there is always family drama and when the fire emerged into major flames, she went to me, her cousin and my mother for financial support, while her immediate brothers are worth millions, and we are barely getting by. If we opened our homes to her, she would never leave or try and find an alternative method of a living arrangement. Sometimes it’s tough love to say no. And due to my decision, she chose to no longer have further contact with me. It’s truly her loss not mine. I’m over begging for forgiveness when I did nothing wrong but go out of my way to reconnect cross country. Sometimes, it is best to leave things the way they are. Sadly spoken.
Have you ever gotten into any fist fights with a family member? If so, what was the reason?
Oh yeah, me and my brother used to get into fist fights each other a lot, and I do mean a lot. The reasons were because of pride, toys, territory, theft, sometimes there would be no reason; usually small things like that. Sometime there would be more serious reasons. I’d often joke that we couldn’t come within two feet of each other without getting into a fight. These fights would look more like bare knuckle boxing matches with elbows, knees, and sometimes there would be kicks and weapons. No, none of them were sharp. We were beating each other not killing each other. We’d be bruised, beaten, and bloody at the end with one of us giving up or we both get tired.Heh, it’d happen so often that our mom would often throw her hands up and tell us to take it outside, sometimes we’d be given sticks, and we’d just stand around and do nothing for minutes on end and it drove her nuts.He, he, he. It’s funny to look back on it all long after it’s said and done.
How do you deal with embarrassing family members?
My parents and siblings are totally embarrasing. My mom is constantly picking her nose or scabs? My step dad is just ugly and disgusting. They both wear dirty, stained clothes. Their house should be condemed. It is filthy and cat hair all over. It smells so bad you can't breath or want to eat there. I don't want to hurt their feelings. I have tried buying them clothes and cleaning their house. I am going to be getting married and my boyfriend's family is perfect. They are upper class people that have a little money. I don't know how to introduce them to my family. His family is very family orientated. My boyfriend doesn't even want to associate with my family because they are so gross and how they act. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. My boyfriend does have good reason not to accept them and he tries because he loves me. He just had to clean the toliet after he overflooded the toliet with skid marks. What should I do? Seriously?? How do other people handle this sort of thing
How do you deal with a family member who is constantly putting you down?
I am going to tell you how I dealt with my own mother’s put downs.I remember when I was growing up my mother would constantly talk about other people. She was and still is a very judgemental person. I didn’t know it then but she did the same to us, her own children. For example, when I was around 12 years old she would say things like, “You should do your eyebrows” or “when are you going to start shaving?” When I got a little older she would tell me to put on makeup if we were going to any type of social gathering. I didn’t think much about it then but as I got older I realized just how unhealthy this was to my young mind.As I got older I began to see her for who she is and along the way she managed to get in a few put downs that still sting to this day. I am a struggling student with a family and when I made some curtains for my place she was the quick to call them ugly and ask if me I was so poor I couldn’t afford curtains. I explained that I could have bought them but I wanted to save money and use up some extra sheets I had, this upset me because I was damn proud of my curtains! From this she assumed that I don’t have enough money to take care of my children’s needs let alone to buy christmas gifts.She has judged my parenting, my life choices, my partner, and my children themselves.So what I did was cut her completely out of my life. I wanted nothing to do with her because she is a toxic person that plants seeds of self doubt and I don’t want that around my children. I know this hurt her deeply and I think about it from time to time but I am happy this way because the cloud of negativity is gone.I realize though that she won’t be around forever and I don’t want to have any regrets. I plan to pick her up for lunch for her birthday and have a long good talk with her. I will let her know how important she is to me but how much more important my children are. I plan to have contact but a minimal amount in order to maintain my happy cloud.
How do I deal with my ghetto family?
My family is ghetto that it's embarrassing. Especially my mom and my brother. Whenever they're angry in public (and they get angry in public very often), they yell and act violent, and make a scene out of everything. They don't even realize that people are watching. It's SO embarrassing. Our family is so poor and ghetto. We're like a hood family even though we're not from the hood. Bad attitude ghetto family.
How to deal with ghetto family?
I know what you mean. Whenever I'm around my family or friends and they'e acting ghetto it makes us look so stereotypical of what black people are thought out to be. Anyways it's only one day you have the rest of your life to avoid being ghetto. Someday you'l have to come to terms with it though. Good luck & hope this helps : ) p.s. idk if you're black or not so sorry if i assumed
What should I do if a family member is making physical threats to me?
Go directly to the police. Explain in very clear terms exactly how this person has threatened you, using their exact words as much as possible. Explain that you believe (if in fact you do believe, which I assume you do) this person is physically capable and emotionally willing to carry out those threats, and that you take the threats very seriously. Ask them specifically what they can do in light of the threats, or what they recommend your next step should be.It shouldn't have to be this way, but it is — you should demonstrate by your behavior when giving your report that you find this a very grave matter. Police are only human, and they will only take it as seriously as you do. If you give even the slightest inkling that you do not take this person's threats seriously, neither will they. Your report will be taken by a very polite police officer and shuffled to the bottom of the stack. You must present yourself credibly as a potential victim who risks suffering real harm at the hands of this family member.In the meantime, I would not stay at home. See if you can stay for a few days at the house of a friend unknown to the family member, or failing that, at a hotel in a different town from your home. It might also be wise not to even show up at your house to pick up things for an overnight stay, so either have someone you trust go to your house and pack a bag for you, or maybe just buy a few necessities at a Wal-Mart or Target.You can't live like that your whole life, but a little caution for a few days may be necessary until something is resolved.
Family member has violent outbursts. how should my family cope?
I would say togetherness but I was never around a family that always fought, always argued etc until I was older. My parents were kind and sweet and very loving and accepting no matter what life through at them. They never even argued with each other and even as a bratty teenage girl my father only fought with me a few times.I would say a family outing but I know now that could just lead to fighting in public. You really need counseling, even if the whole family doesn't go, a few sparks of light might help and might convince the others to come at least once.