Dear Shirley, Earth Angel:

I wonder how your bully-free week has been going.

You wrote: “if i try to talk to them to seek advice for a friend who is LGBT or depressed, they say “she/he is crazy. you shouldn’t associate with them.” – well, you know your parents’ position on boys vs girls, LGBT people and (now I know) about depressed people, so don’t seek their advice on these issues.

You wrote a few posts ago that your father is good with tools. Seek his advice regarding tools.
You know your parents are not… good with gender roles, mental health and sexual orientation, well don’t seek their advice in areas they are not good at, or educated about.

Learn WHAT to ask for from WHOM. Hope you post again- let me know if you noticed me going Anonymous and what you felt or feel about it, including me using a new account/ username (castingman)- I still feel strange about the whole thing; wished my account wasn’t deleted and that my username was still my real name..

anita