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is this good to tell my parents?
im planning on moving out when i turn 17 in two months. this is the note i plan to leave my parents:
I can't be happy living in this house. I know you well enough to know that your thinking im spoiled for saying that, because afterall ya'll have given me everything I want. The truth of the matter is buying me things isn't going to make me happy.
Ya'll act like you have a bad kid on your hands. Especially you mom. You are so negative and rude with about 80% of the things that come out of your mouth. Telling me I can't work because I'm "stupid" really upset me. I know I may not show you the most respect in the world, but it's because I hold a grudge towards you for every negative, and rude comment that has come out of your mouth towards me. You can not find a balance between being my mom, and being my friend. The night we physically got in a "fight" is the night that I knew we'd never go back. You said that if I left again not to come back, and I don't plan on moving back in.
I'm 17 now and in the state of Texas I can move out, and the cops cannot bring me home unless I get in trouble with the law, and don't attend school. This took about two months of research to find out but it's true.
I'm sorry I have dissapointed you in the past, but I have dissapointed myself just as much. I don't know why I am so unhappy, and I don't know how I'm going to figure it out but I know I dont like living with that emptyness. If your reaction to this is to say that I'm being dramatic, and making stuff up, or tryin to be like my "thug" friends I'm sorry that you still don't understand me even at this last attempt.
I love ya'll.
i have a place to live
no rent
a ride to and from school
and theres a shopping mall across the street
plenty of jobs
i dont think i made this clear
sorry*
i have a place to live
and i wouldnt have to pay rent
id get the part time job for food and clothes ect.
i have worked and gone to school in the past
so its nothing new
6 Answers
- peachesLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I think the letter is fine, however I also feel you should try harder to get along with your Mom, if your Dad is living in the home you should be able to talk to him, if he's not maybe your mom is frustrarated from, having the burden of raising you and maybe a sibling alone, I know it is so hard to be a teen in todays time,but things are tough all over and the last thing your mom would need is to worry about you, and maybe if you try to get a part time job you will find out how hard it is,and you will have less time to worry about what she is saying, you say you have been given every thing and you are still not happy,all things change, you are responsible for your own happiness in life, and to fight with your mom is a show of disrespect no matter what she did to you, I promise you that things are not as bad as you think and parents who give their children every thing love you and just want the best for you, and if you move you consider this, you will either move with some one and they will have to take care of you, or you will have to get a job, pay rent, lights, gas, water, pay for food,clothes and you still have no bed, no couch, no towels,sheets and what ever else you will need to live on your own, and if you can't make it, you will be asking mom for a loan to pay for your wants, growing up is coming soon enough, and another year you have to try and make a better relationship with your family,and most kids in their teens are always mad at parents it's normal, so chill, don't be such a smart alec, help around the house with out being asked, God bless you and good luck.http://christianteens.about.com/od/advice/a/GetAlo...
- Anonymous5 years ago
1. That I was a full time smoker til I found out I was pregnant. 2. That I have done drugs before. 3. Lost my virginity at 16. 4. How many people I've slept with. 5. That I started drinking at an early age. 6. The time I lied about when I was staying for New Years when I was a junior in high school. 7. Met a guy in person once that I met off the Internet. 8. Driven drunk several times, many of those underage. 9. What sexual stuff I'm into. 10. The times I had my boyfriend sneak into my room when I was 16.
- 1 decade ago
Your note will not make one little bit of difference with your parents. They have no clue that they are a problem and your telling them they are in a note will not make them see that.
If you want to leave, leave. Tell them you do not want to live there any more and that you have the legal right to move out. Do not engage in a discussion other than that you have the right to move out and are exercising that right. Finger pointing and laying of blame will not help.
I understand why you want to leave the note, you believe that it make your parents change their behavior. But it will not. Nothing you have said in the past has helped; this will not help, either.
Moving out on your own is a big move. Will you try to get an apartment? Do you know some one who has offered to let you live with them? Are you working; do you make enough to pay your way; do you have deposit monies for rent and utilities? This is a BIG step. My daughter tried it at 18 with a friend and it did not work for a variety of reasons. Mostly related to no knowledge of what it takes to live on your own.
If you have not resolved where you will live and what it will cost, I suggest you bide your time until you have that information.
Good luck to you.
- 1 decade ago
My first reacton was to tell you not to leave a note and to talk to them in person, but i can see by the way you have written your note that its not really that easy.
Its all ok up until the last paragraph- it really does sound as though you have given up all hope of your parents understnding you, whereas I think you should be leaving it open for them to try again, just one more time.
Remember, that in life, no matter how bad things may seem to get that you only ever get one set of parents, if you can give them at least one more chance to work things out, then please do.Even end it in the letter saying (along the lines of0 "Im sorry that our relationship has come to this, i really do want it to work but it cant so long as im living with you. This isnt goodby forever,its me asking you for another chance"
I really feel that you will regret it if you dont gice them another chance.
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- ♥ Chevy Girl ♥Lv 61 decade ago
well, i agree. this note is great. it will get the point across... and i feel the same way except i have to wait til im 18 and then id leave a note like this to my parents if u dont mind me using some of it lol. u worded it so good. and just make sure u have some money, and ull be fine. my parents are the exact same way and im sick of dealing with it. im 17 and all i do is listen to music to help me and journal about their driving me insane,
GOOD LUCK, and be SAFE
- Anonymous1 decade ago
That's perfect. The note is really good and I think that it'll really get the message through to them. They've been jerks to you all your time growing up from the sounds of it. Maybe even abusive? Oh well, your note describes your reasons and how you feel toward them. But don't forget to plan ahead and have some money saved up to support yourself. (I know, that sounds lame, but you need it. Trust me, I am underage and tryinf to support my family of four, not working!)
GOOD LUCK
Source(s): My friends have been there and done that!