emotion5ickne55
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Ohio
I'm a 17-yr-old female from cleveland. my parents have been physically and mentally abusive for my entire life. my school has called social workers on them for physical abuse on at least 2 different occasions, and one instance was in the past few months when i talked to the guidance counselor about college, but she became distracted due to the fresh scab on my face. my parents' reasoning for their physical and mental abuse is that i supposedly defy them and do not give them respect. yet, they know that physical abuse doesn't work since they've been doing it for as long as i remember, the first big instance i remember would be when i was younger than preschool age, and my mom was mad that i couldn't learn the alphabet so she sent me outside in the middle of winter, without any clothes on. these days, she often flies off the handle over incredibly random things. i have 100% confidence that she has at least one psychiatric disorder. my father is a bit more level-headed, but refuses to be separated from my mother in any way, so he sides with her 90% of the time. they took my cell phone, they tapped the home phone line, and do not allow me to have friends, they find reasons to hate every single person i come in contact with. it's usually for silly things, like their parents being divorced, or they don't have a 4.0 gpa. i am currently in a relationship with a 24 year old man i met at work, and i know it may sound extreme, but he isn't the average 24 year old. he is a chef at a local restaurant and has his own apartment, own car, etc. he truly does care for me, he writes me letters constantly and even if he is living in a fantasy world, i know that a life with him for the few months before college would be a million time sbetter than staying at home. i've read up on ohio, and i learned that there are no legal emancipation laws. what are my options? can my boyfriend become my "foster parent"? i will be finished with high school on may 13, but won't turn 18 until june 24. i will stay w/ my parents until may 13 b/c i attend a private school which i couldn't afford on my own, and i need to graduate, but i want to know if i can move in with my boyfriend the night of may 13, when i would still be 17. can my parents do anything about this? will the courts simply dismiss the case if they try to charge my boyfriend with anything, since i'll be 18 in a month and a week after moving out? i dont' know if my parents will be for or against this, despite all the unrest in my house, since they have an obsession with control. my younger sister is verbally abusive and my younger brother is a wrestler and uses that to his advantage when he puts me in headlocks and beats me up over stupid things, like when he wants the computer when i'm on it. i can't believe how awful my life is, but i'm hoping there's a light at the end of the tunnel. please, someone, tell me what i can do!
I'm a 17-yr-old female from cleveland. my parents have been physically and mentally abusive for my entire life. my school has called social workers on them for physical abuse on at least 2 different occasions, and one instance was in the past few months when i talked to the guidance counselor about college, but she became distracted due to the fresh scab on my face. my parents' reasoning for their physical and mental abuse is that i supposedly defy them and do not give them respect. yet, they know that physical abuse doesn't work since they've been doing it for as long as i remember, the first big instance i remember would be when i was younger than preschool age, and my mom was mad that i couldn't learn the alphabet so she sent me outside in the middle of winter, without any clothes on. these days, she often flies off the handle over incredibly random things. i have 100% confidence that she has at least one psychiatric disorder. my father is a bit more level-headed, but refuses to be separated from my mother in any way, so he sides with her 90% of the time. they took my cell phone, they tapped the home phone line, and do not allow me to have friends, they find reasons to hate every single person i come in contact with. it's usually for silly things, like their parents being divorced, or they don't have a 4.0 gpa. i am currently in a relationship with a 24 year old man i met at work, and i know it may sound extreme, but he isn't the average 24 year old. he is a chef at a local restaurant and has his own apartment, own car, etc. he truly does care for me, he writes me letters constantly and even if he is living in a fantasy world, i know that a life with him for the few months before college would be a million time sbetter than staying at home. i've read up on ohio, and i learned that there are no legal emancipation laws. what are my options? can my boyfriend become my "foster parent"? i will be finished with high school on may 13, but won't turn 18 until june 24. i will stay w/ my parents until may 13 b/c i attend a private school which i couldn't afford on my own, and i need to graduate, but i want to know if i can move in with my boyfriend the night of may 13, when i would still be 17. can my parents do anything about this? will the courts simply dismiss the case if they try to charge my boyfriend with anything, since i'll be 18 in a month and a week after moving out? i dont' know if my parents will be for or against this, despite all the unrest in my house, since they have an obsession with control. my younger sister is verbally abusive and my younger brother is a wrestler and uses that to his advantage when he puts me in headlocks and beats me up over stupid things, like when he wants the computer when i'm on it. i can't believe how awful my life is, but i'm hoping there's a light at the end of the tunnel. please, someone, tell me what i can do!