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how to tell parents your LEAVING?

i am 19 yrs old and i want to fly back to NY to live there. i am now living in Tx with father but he is very strict,over protective and doesn't listen to what i would like.ITs his wasy or no way!My mother who lives in NY is the same way.!but im tired of them treating me like a 5yr old when i have proven to be a responsible young woman!i tried telling them but they don't listen and r just trying to FORce me to stay here..I tried telling them that i was buying my ticket but they both said u better not!I have a place to live there n i could get my old job back.They are extremly controlling!!!!!!!!!they have always been!And so im just wondering if i should try talking to them again even though they will tell me no u are not leaving and dats dat, or should i just buy my ticket,leave, and leave him a letter?I don't want to hurt them but im just so emotionally tired and i want to get away!plus i have stayed quiet and dealt with it for a long time!! I IN DESPERATE NEED FOR SUM HELP.PLEASE ANY ADVICE! i kno im old enough to just leave but i dont want to do it in a bad note!THANKS FOR YOUR HELP :)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Wow, I hate when parents are so controlling. I bet you obviously do too. Yea, you're old enough and stuff,but that's not how your parents see you. They just love you a lot and don't want anything to happen to you. They want to always be there for you, but they can't always be there.

    You have to let them know that you will be leaving them and living on your own sometime. Maybe that time is now.

    Tell your parents that you've proven to be responsible and you will be leaving them one day. Tell them that you will visit them and you will always love them. That might soften their protectivness a little.

    And that you're not a little girl anymore and you're growing up to be a young woman. You have to tell them that it hurts you inside to know that they don't trust you!! Most importantly of all, tell them that they will always be on the #1 list and you'll always go to them when you need help.

    Hope this helps!! Good luck!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    my parents are the same way. I am the oldest of 3 children and I was the first to leave. i left when i was 17. i just packed my stuff and i left i couldnt deal with it anymore. my sister is 19 going to be 20 in october. she did the same thing. last saturday she told my mom she is moving back to indiana and our mom freake, out saying she is not her daughter, etc. we live in iowa, and she just packed her things and had a friend already coming to get her from indiana and got there about an hour after she told mom. they really dont have a say in what you do because you are an adult and if you want that responsibility go for it. i know you dont want to go on a bad note but sometimes thats the only way to do it. your parents will still love you and they will be upset but they will also get over it. they are mad because you are their child and they dont want you to leave, or they dont think you can make it on your own.

    Source(s): personal experience
  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • it sounds like you've tried to leave and they won't let you. you are 19!!! you are no longer a minor. they don't have to help you leave, but if they are preventing you, ITS AGAINST THE LAW. i say leave a note stating your feelings and buy your own ticket and leave, but make sure you have a support system in place before you venture out on your own! good luck!!!

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  • Dee
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    You have to just do it. So long as you are independent and taking care of yourself and don't go crawling back for support, there is nothing they can do.

    Just do it and call them occassionally to say Hello.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    enlist in the army !

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you need to be nice about it and just do it

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