Dear Chase,

I’m really sad, desperate and heartbroken. I feel very frustrated with my family’s unfair treatment. We always argue – at least once a month.

I am the youngest in the family and only have an elder sister. My parents always listen to my elder sister and back her up, no matter if she’s right or wrong or has a bad attitude. They always think that I’m wrong and boycott me, no matter what I say or do.

This time, we got into an argument because my mum just doesn’t understand that I want some privacy in my room. There are two rooms in our house. Sis often walks in and out of my room to do something while I am sleeping or studying. I’m a full-time worker and a part-time student.

Rest time and study time are both very important to me. I feel very tired after working from Monday to Friday and on alternate Saturdays.

I just don’t want people to disturb me when I'm in my room.

I tried to talk to my mum politely but she just didn’t want to listen to me. When I got angry, they all thought that I wanted to cause trouble, and started to scold me unreasonably.

My elder sister wants to chase me out of the house. Why? The house doesn’t even belong to her.

My parents listened to my elder sister and asked me to move out of the house too. I was heartbroken when they said that. I had thought of moving out before but the time is not right. What am I supposed to do?

Whenever my elder sister asks my parents to send her somewhere, they are willing to do so even if they’re busy. However, when I ask them to fetch me or go out shopping with me, they will say they are busy and then ask me to go by myself.

My relationship with my elder sister is not good at all because of their unfair treatment. When my elder sister gets angry, my parents dare not scold her but when I get angry, they all scold me and are unreasonable towards me.

If they think their elder child is the best, why did they have another child? Do they care for my feelings as the younger one?

I’m really not happy living with this kind of family.

SM

Dear Thelma,

I'm a 21-year-old girl and very upset with my boyfriend for starting a "cold war" between us. It all started when he asked me about my friend who is a guy. He wanted to know if I was still in touch with him.

I said yes. Although I'm not very close with that friend, I chatted with him because he wanted some help from me. I clearly explained to my boyfriend that my intention of chatting with my guy friend was only to help him. But my boyfriend couldn't accept it.

After that conversation, he started ignoring me. He didn't want to reply my messages or answer my calls.

- Anxious over boyfriend

Dear Chase,

I’m really sad, desperate and heartbroken. I feel very frustrated with my family’s unfair treatment. We always argue – at least once a month.

I am the youngest in the family and only have an elder sister. My parents always listen to my elder sister and back her up, no matter if she’s right or wrong or has a bad attitude. They always think that I’m wrong and boycott me, no matter what I say or do.

This time, we got into an argument because my mum just doesn’t understand that I want some privacy in my room. There are two rooms in our house. Sis often walks in and out of my room to do something while I am sleeping or studying. I’m a full-time worker and a part-time student.

Rest time and study time are both very important to me. I feel very tired after working from Monday to Friday and on alternate Saturdays.

I just don’t want people to disturb me when I'm in my room.

I tried to talk to my mum politely but she just didn’t want to listen to me. When I got angry, they all thought that I wanted to cause trouble, and started to scold me unreasonably.

My elder sister wants to chase me out of the house. Why? The house doesn’t even belong to her.

My parents listened to my elder sister and asked me to move out of the house too. I was heartbroken when they said that. I had thought of moving out before but the time is not right. What am I supposed to do?

Whenever my elder sister asks my parents to send her somewhere, they are willing to do so even if they’re busy. However, when I ask them to fetch me or go out shopping with me, they will say they are busy and then ask me to go by myself.

My relationship with my elder sister is not good at all because of their unfair treatment. When my elder sister gets angry, my parents dare not scold her but when I get angry, they all scold me and are unreasonable towards me.

If they think their elder child is the best, why did they have another child? Do they care for my feelings as the younger one?

I’m really not happy living with this kind of family.

SM