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Ways To Move Out At A Young Age (14-15)

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I know if you are being abused or that it you're house is not safe government can support minors and they can move out, but I don't think I would qualify for that. I'm not really getting abused, and I have stuff beyond the bare minimum.

Reasons for wanting to leave: -this house -mice -farm -my dad

(Sorry if this is really jumbled or confusing, I'm not great with writing and don't really know what information I should give)

The house is the biggest issue. We built this house about 5 years ago. My parents are kinda cheapskates due to my dad having a hard time keeping a job, throughout the whole marriage, so a lot of things in my house my parents wanted to do themselves to save money. That resulted in unfinished floorboards, trim and almost no vent covers. The whole house is this light grey color which makes it feel like an asylum. We have a farm around our house, it is a dump, our dog doesn't even have a shelter right now; dirt gets tracked into the house all the time. Our old house was messy, cluttered, but never really dirty. This house, you could sweep everyday and it gets dirty the next day. (Btw my mom now has a job and so we're the most stable we've ever been, since her job is hard to get fired from. but that means my dad unable to keep a stable income, can't be used as a reason)

We have mice, and have tried everything to get rid of them, normal mouse traps, live trap, glue traps, high frequency noise thing, smells and nothing has gotten rid of them completely, I'm pretty sure the only reason we have them so bad is because our house is unfinished but we don't know hoe they got in, in the first place. The mice were in our walls before we started to actually see them, me and my mom told my dad we heard them but since he is starting to lose his hearing he gaslit us and didn't believe us. I have now had mice in my desk, my closet and even IN MY BED. We have now decided to use poison. So we'll see if that does it.

I have sensory issues, with smell and grime, mostly on my hands, so I after fighting with my dad for so long, I finally got out of doing farm chores regularly. I still have to do them sometimes with moving animals or getting pig food. Our barn is falling apart, our dog is using a metal barrel as a shelter, has to be chained up 24/7 because since our other dog died of old age shes been bored and prone to running away. There's trash everywhere. My dad will give you a farm chore but not really teach you how and then get mad if you do it wrong, he also shoves off his work to others.

My dad is a narcissist and I'm pretty sure on the spectrum, I can't diagnose that though but all of my sibling have tism on some level. He yells at me and my siblings, and has gotten physical before. He's 54, so an older gen where that's acceptable. He used to be worse though, I am the third youngest of 9 kids. When the three oldest were little, it was better if my dad wasn't around at all then if he was there, for my mom. The only reason (that I've been told) my mom stayed with him, was because God said it would work out. Don't get me wrong, I think my parents love eachother, but it was more of continuing the cycle with narcissist fathers. And yeah, he's a lot better than he was, my oldest brother mowed the lawn at 5 because my dad wouldn't, and one of my brothers always hid fly swatters so my dad could find them. Right now, he's not that physical or neglectful often enough that I think it would qualify. He's spanked and slapped us a few times but otherwise, nothing physical this year.

I want to move out because I hate it here so much, I have a lot of mental health issues and this place has never felt like home. My parents haven't even set up a bank account for me yet, granted they have been really busy as of the last few months but I've been asking ever since I turned 12. I can't get my license because they don't have time to drive me to classes, and because of that, can't really get a job or do anything for myself. My counselor has suggested staying with my one of my siblings for a bit, to just get out of the house for a while, but the sibling she was talking about, lives in Minnesota so it would cost quite a bit of money to fly there, that my mom would have to pay for cause I can't get a freaking job and have my own money. Besides, I don't want to impose on either of them in that way. Or any of my siblings for that matter(There's 4 moved out and married) So I don't know what to do. It's been taking a toll on me for a while now, and has made my depression worse to the point I can hardly actually function sometimes, and then my dad yells at me for it. My counsel even said it sound like a prison, YEAH AND I WANT OUT ALREADY.

(Again, sorry if this doesn't make sense)

Location: Idaho

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