I was forced to breakup with boyfriend because of strict parents I've wanted to run away I dont know what to do?

[Anonymous]

me and my ex boyfriend was secretly together for 2 months and i was caught sneaking out to see him one night and my phone was taken and broke and we was forced to breakup. its been nearly 3 months and i haven't stopped thinking about him i still love him so much and my mental health has gotten so bad. he use to be there for me more then anyone ever has more then my own family ever was and he made me feel truly loved. all my parents care about is what others think. my mum made that clear when she first found out about me self-harming about 2 or 3 year ago now she told me that what is everyone going to think about this blah blah blah. she never bothered to ask if i was okay or check up on me.

my mental health has always been kinda bad but i was truly happy with him and i felt loved and cared about. but because of my family we can't be together. and i don't even have a phone to text him to see if he's okay. i have always thought about running away from home and a really good friend of mine told me i could move in with her. i really want to because that way i can live the live i want to and not with my parents controlling everything i do. i'm 17 and i have no freedom what so ever i'm not allowed a phone i'm not allowed out with friends not allowed a job i literally have no life but if i move in with my friend i can be a teenager i can actually be happy and live my life.

the hardest part is leaving my nieces and nephews i love them so so much and i don't want to lose them but i'm never happy and I've tried to be happy but its constantly a lie and i'm tired of not being happy. And if i move in with her there's a chance me and my ex can be together properly and actually be happy. he was always good to me when i told him about my insecurity's he helped me to slowly start actually liking myself and when i told him about my mental health he was there for me and helped me through it. i don't want anyone but him i could genuinely see us being together for a long time.

[slatyb]

In most of the US if someone is willing to be your guardian you can live with them. You could also file to become an emancipated minor.

[Asker]

nah i live in the uk. and wouldn't my parents also have to sign stuff if i wanted to be an emancipated minor? and if yes then there's noway i could do that.

[Avicenna]

Don't do anything rash

[Asker]

i've been thinking of leaving the last 2 year now i just never had anywhere to go. now i do but i just dont know what to do i sometimes dont even feel safe at home.

[Nikki1989]

Do you have money to move out?

Do you have somewhere else to go?

Explore your options...

[Asker]

My friend offered me a place to stay and i have just enough for a train ticket. and i could get a job so i wouldn't be depending on her. in case she ever thought i was using her which i'm not she told me i could move in with her and i didn't even ask her.

[Nikki1989]

Well, that might be something to consider.

[Asker]

the more i think of it the more i want to. but im scared i guess

[Iron_Man]

You’re too young to date anyway

[Asker]

I've seen kids at 15 and 16 getting pregnant. me and my ex never had sex we didn't plan on having it until we was older the most sexual thing we done was makeout and he gave me a hickey once we never seen eachother naked nothing of the sort. so no im not too young im 18 this year im a couple months off being an adult. so go and tell those 13 and 14 year olds thats havig sex that their too young and not someone that was looking for a future with someone she loved.

[Iron_Man]

Wait until you’re 18 you’re almost there. I thought you were like 15

[Asker]

i literally said i was 17 in the post lmao

[Iron_Man]

I didn’t see that one

[Iron_Man]

I read up to a certain part

[Asker]

ohhh okay then

[Iron_Man]

Yep”””

[In_Trance]

Find a new boyfriend Life goes on

[Asker]

how can i find a new boyfriend if im not allowed out? im not in school and dont have a phone anymore im using a laptop that sc or ig doesn't even work. and its not only about him. its because i dont feel safe at home i dont feel cared about or loved im pretty sure my parents like my siblings way more then me