Leaving

[xconfusedx]

I am gonna leave home this month...im 16, 17 in september....any last advice so that not too much of a fuss is caused at home?

[bednobs]

talk to them about it?

[nannybooby]

do you have somewhere to live , money for rent ,light,heat food a budget in mind and a job to suport it ? If not then best you have a good think about it get some plans together and talk to your folks. Even if things are bad at home you still need to have plans and money

[johnk]

Don't burn your bridges, you might find being on your own is not so hot!

[Clanad]

Here in the U.S., the folks living under the bridge downtown aren't all old alcoholics, drug addicts and other societal cast-offs. Many are, or were, youngsters that "left home" for problems that were, essentially, solvable. Don't apply a long term solution to a short term problem...

You don't say whether you're a boy or girl, but it doesn't really matter... life out there alone is not something you can even begin to imagine... and it's not pretty.

(You might get more responses suited for your needs in the "Family" section).

[carlton23]

I tried it when I was 17 and lived to regret it, so in a word "Dont"

[masterchef]

You are bound to regret it. The grass is never greener on the other side of the hill.

[boxtops]

You had some good advice in your last post about this http://www.theanswerb.../Question1037022.html

Please think twice about it - how will you fund yourself through college, how will you feed and fund yourself? You can't expect your friend's parents to pay for your household expenses.

[oldgit1947]

why are you leaving - can you support yourself, do you have anywhere to live. There is bound to be a fuss if you can't show that you are going to be able to look after yourself properly. Or is it that they want you to leave, in which case you should talk to social services or the local authority to see if they can help with housing etc.

[rov1100]

Maybe your parents don't know how you really feel. Why not approach them and tell them what you intend to do if the situation carries on. They will either back down or tell you to go but I think they will do the first.