Questions: Family & Friends

Or because they're old and just require someone to assist them?

My dad somehow sprained his ankle last night and i had to drive him everywhere today. even helping him out of the car to stand up. I don't mind doing this of course but it is a little sad seeing him basically deteriorate over time. thats old age for you.

The picture shows the classic group of school-age kids waiting for the bus in the rain. They're all wearing rain gear and one or two parents are with them, a few holding umbrellas.

A recent trend is for parents to drive their kids to the bus stop when it rains (some even when it's not raining) so the kids can wait in the nice warm dry car. This results in long lines of cars idling along the side of the road for several minutes, until the bus comes. This, of course, makes it difficult (and unsafe) for other cars on the road to pass them.

What do you think? Is it okay for kids to stand in the rain, or should they be coddled by waiting in the car?

Parental/family details:

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To me (rather indirectly), my brother (who is not even a teenager yet) has already showed signs that he is "in the closet." He denied being gay, but his hidden emotions and outright behaviors (according to both himself and his friends) have clearly shown otherwise. They're all trying so hard to hide it from his dad.

My brother may not be gay, but he sure isn't straight like I am. My mom said one year ago, she expects both of us to have babies with our wives. My stepdad is prejudiced (usually doesn't like his kid hearing about LGBTQ+, Black History, or issues related to such), but thank God he is not outright homophobic or racist (i. e., doesn't teach him stuff like "[these people] will burn in Hell" or "[those people] are subhuman/animals"). That said, my brother does use slurs sometimes; though I don't think he gets them exactly from his dad (my stepdad used to call his friends the n-word though; but he stopped doing that for some reason... like a long time ago).

I'm in deep fear that my younger brother will become a "spiritual successor" to Christian Walker.

It's a really weird conclusion, but politics and behaviors do often correlate. I wrote to my dad on Facebook everything that I wrote in my "first" post on here and all he did was reply to me with a black man shooting his shot basketball GIF and saying have a great day and that he loves me... Empathetic gaslighting much?

Sometimes my dad is more of a deadbeat than my stepdad. But he doesn't act as blunt most of the time. He was very blunt when I was a kid and sometimes strict, but I don't think he was on the same level as my stepdad.

Why doesn't my bio-dad take me seriously when I tell him the behaviors of my mom and stepdad?

Would you. . .

• Go along with it and pretend to agree to avoid a confrontation?
• Stay quiet and not do anything at all?
• Confront them about it, but try to keep it hidden that you are personally involved?
• Tell them flat out that you are one of those people and force them to backtrack or confront you about it?
• Walk away and/or cut contact with them immediately with no explanation?