Alright, so yes I’m nervous. I’m 15 and i want to move out. My best friend is 19 and getting a job soon and an apartment and I want to move in with her when she does. I’m afraid of going through this because of the tension it will bring and the stress it will cause me but i can’t take living with my parents anymore.
I know its kinda long but i pray someone reads it and gives me some replies..
My parents have home schooled me my whole life. I’m in 10th grade. When I was younger i begged them to let me go to public school and they refused. I had no friends and I felt alone. When I was 13 I started looking on the internet for people to talk to. What I found was Emo’s.. They understood me, helped me feel better, gave me someone to talk to. But one day my dad got on my Facebook and saw them and their pierced faces and different hair and completely freaked out. It was over 2 years ago now so its hard to remember, but i do remember being scared that he would make it stop, take it away, because i wouldn’t have anyone to be there for me anymore. And i was right he made me delete them off my Facebook and started monitoring it, making sure i wasn’t doing anything wrong (in his eyes). I’m writing alot so ill try to make this shorter. I decided to make a fake Facebook so I’d have someone to talk to and one sad night my brother saw it told my parents. I was so terrified i hid in my sisters closet. My dad called for me like he was actually worried so i came out and he started yelling at me. He shut me in his and wouldn’t let me out until i told him the password to my fake Facebook so i did and he looked at it and got mad and started yelling at me and asking why i changed my name and stupid questions like that. I have a hard time remembering the rest but i know i still felt alone so i kept trying and they shut me in their room again, only this time it was worse because my dad looked up the meaning of Emo and found a bunch of stereo-type lies. He tried showing me a page on it and it was sexual things and I wouldn’t look at it. I got into a corner by their bed and he started yelling again and tried to force me to look at the computer screen pulling my head towards it.. I didn’t really know what to do and i can’t remember much else but i know i got very depressed after that..
I truly believe my parents are failures. Recently my brothers girlfriend told me my brother was looking for an apartment because my parents might stop supporting him if he fails his ACT’s. They don’t support him half as much as they support my sister yet they expect even better from him. So yeah, he might leave. The only reason my 19 year old sister doesn’t understand whats going on is because she’s very immature, but even she thinks they are failures.
My family is Christian, yes i believe in God but my parents blow it out of proportion.. they think the end of the world is going to happen. They are ‘preppers’. Like on the TV show.. They tried telling me to spend money on some kind of preparing backpack crap once and i refused. I truly think they are insane sometimes and i don’t want to be like them. My dad tried forcing me to watch some religious show once too and we got into an argument.
Every time my dad is home someone is angry, irritated or fed up. He’s always in a bad mood, yelling, cussing, and my mom won’t do anything about it.
He’s never truly hit me, but he’s dragged me by my hair, cornered me in my room. The last time i ‘sassed’ my mom he came up to me where i was sitting on the couch jerked the computer away and started hitting my legs. I was really upset and ran to my room. He fallowed me and tried shoving me back to the living room to apologize to my mom. I dropped to the ground and he started pulling on me… but anyways why i still have room to type..
I need help because I don’t have proof other than my words and I don’t think that’s enough to get court approval for me to move out. Can someone tell me how i can legally move in with my best friend. She is old enough to be my legal guardian, is getting a job and apartment soon. She’s trying to help me and doesn’t mind if i move in with her. can anyone tell me how to make this legal???
Chosen Answer:
Well, there is something called emancipation. You can legally move out of their house when you’re sixteen. But you need to have a job and living arrangements in order. If the don’t sign the papers you have gotten, you can take them to court. I know it sounds scary, but it’s worth it in the long run. You’ll have to have a lawyer or represent yourself. If you represent yourself, you’ll have to give valid reasons why you want to move out. That also means telling them about (and what he’s done is considered domestic abuse) the domestic abuse. But if you get a lawyer, you’ll have to pay for it yourself, most likely. I hope I helped.
by: Demaris
on: 29th January 13