Need Advice: Minor running away from home

[militarybrats]

It may seem like your dad choose your stepmother over you. The Love that he has for you is different than the Love he has for your stepmother. When I was 16 I felt the same way that you do now. That my dad was choosing my stepmother over me. I moved out of the house with my 21 yr. old boyfriend that I thought that I loved and he loved me. Well six months after moving out I got pregnant. Things were not working out with my boyfriend I was scared and all I wanted was my family. I moved back home with my dad, and he got rid of my stepmom. My dad was very upset that I was pregnant, but he stood beside me and helped me out. My dad was the one in the delivery room when I had my first child. He made sure I graduated high school and went to collage. As for my child father he has only seen his child 3 times in the last 12 years and just started paying support for his child. My dad was the one that supported my son and I for the first 4 years till I finished school. Than I got a good job and I have since gotten married to a wonderful man. I was lucky that my dad was there for me. God knows where I would be if my dad did not love me. Please stay at home it is an ugly world out there. I thought I knew alot when I was 16 but I was wrong. If you feel things are that bad at home why don't you get a part time job after school that will cut down on the time that your at home. Then when you can move out without being a runaway do so. Till than why don't you sit down with your dad just the 2 of you and tell him how you feel. He may not realize that you are unhappy. I know it is rough but just hang in there.

 

[AHA]

Well, this really sucks. My life living here just is not worth it. (There's so much crap that...I just don't know.) I dont want to go to court, but I want to leave. Even if I got parental permission, would living with "Bob" in Missouri, being age 17 at the time, would that be illegal?

P.s. Not having sex- I'm smart enough to wait -wink-

You are eager to move in with "Bob", so the "not having sex" part would fly our the window the same day you move in with him which could land him in jail if someone, anyone, reports him to the police. It doesn't have to be your parents that reports him.
It's easy to be madly in love when you don't have to deal with every day issues like money, bills, laundry, cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping etc etc etc etc. Enjoy not being a adult with all the burdens for as long as you are legally a child. You will be an adult for a veeeeeery long time, and trust me, it's nothing worth rushing into prematurely.
If he is Mr Right, then he will be there when you have become of legal age to do what you want.
Focus on school so you can get a good paying job and not have to be dependent on a man for your entire adult life. You will need money more than you will need a man to survive.

 

[Ms Piggy]

Grown up at 16.

Missouri

This no longer seems like a law forum with the current advice but it is good advice. I got pregnant at 15 by a 21 year old man. I had the baby and kept him. The dad went on to get 2 more juveniles pregnant. He is currently on the sex offender list because someone prosecuted. He was never in my son's life. A boy needs a dad.

My son chose to run away at 16. He did return promptly when he realized the police were after him and he could be put into a boys home. He chose to continue to defy and disrespect us in our own home and is no longer living under our rules but under new rules that are much more strict.

The advice that I wish people had given him is "go home and get along with your parents". You seem like a smart young woman. Just be patient and wait for your adult priveledges. The laws are as they are for a reason. I'm sorry about the loss of your mother. I think counseling would be an EXCELLENT idea. It is not a sign of weakness but a sign of having the strength to say I need some help dealing.