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12-04-2007, 10:57 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Trying to get to New York
Hey, I am 16 and trying to get to New York. I know it sounds a little weird. But I cant live with my mom anymore. I'm desperate. I have to run away, but I have no where to go and here is not an option. Someone please help me.  |
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12-04-2007, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Talk to your mom or a school counselor, running away to NY isn't the answer, your mother will be worried sick and it's just not safe, it'll bring on a whole host of other problems. Realistically you need to stay in school and get your education so you can get a good job and be self-supporting in the future.
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12-04-2007, 11:51 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Six months here, six months there
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Listen to this person and stay in school. That is your best bet for having options in the future. There is too much possibility of being taken advantage of in a bad way at your age.
Stay with relatives if you have to and apply for college where you can live away from home in the dorms.
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12-04-2007, 12:03 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Why NY? For a 16 yr old with no where to go, The city is a dangerous place. There has got to be a relative or close friend that can help. If you drop out of school a job will be even harder to find, with no job where are you going to live? The streets? If moms so hard to live with find school activities to get involved with, work harder to get out the RIGHT way, get an education and a good job, and don't be so eager to grow up and be on your own. You'll have the rest of your life to be your own "boss". 16 is hard but please get a good eduacation it is soooo important.
I'm sure there are lots of people in here that will listen to you vent or maybe see how others might handle "your situation". Maybe you have problems that have a better solution other then running away. Talking about it may help.
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12-07-2007, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Stamford, CT
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Confide in a relative or counselor. Don't leave now, wait until you are 18 and done with high school. Suck it up now--there isn't much time left to have to live at home--it goes by super quick anyway.
NYC is awesome but you have to be ready for it. It can really eat you alive!
Finish school and try to find some relative to help you for a couple of years if you can't stand living at home anymore.
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12-09-2007, 08:28 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Austin, TX
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Running away is not the answer, and if you are only 16, you will have nowhere to go, especially in a place like NYC. Like the above poster(s) said, you need to confide in someone you can really trust. If you love NY that much, it isn't going anywhere. It will be there in a few years when you're done with school and can stand on your own feet.
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