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Moving for the 7th time
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Moving for the 7th time
My mom is engaged to this dude who basically abandoned his daughter in a different state. Now he decided he cares about her and wants to move back. My mom is going with him, with the kid she had with him. And she's forcing me to go with her. I've tried reasoning with her, I've been nothing but nice, but she refuses to even listen to me and just calls me a "selfish asshole". If I do end up moving this will have been my 7th time. I would rather die than move again, help?
I'm sorry all I do on here is bitch about my life
(This post was last modified: 05-05-2013 01:03 AM by Dead.)
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RE: Moving for the 7th time
That's disgusting. People should just raise their OWN kids or better yet not have any. How these mothers can bring a new man into their homes is beyond me. I would be mad too if I were you.
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
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RE: Moving for the 7th time
What option do you have besides going with her? What about your real dad? Kids never live with their real dads these days so I don't even know why I'm bothering to ask. How old are you?
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
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RE: Moving for the 7th time
(05-05-2013 08:32 AM)TheCancer Wrote: What option do you have besides going with her? What about your real dad? Kids never live with their real dads these days so I don't even know why I'm bothering to ask. How old are you?
I'm 13, my dad lives in an apartment in a different town. I can't move in with him though because he doesn't have custody of me. Even if he did get custody, his apartment is too small for me to live with him (it's a 1 bedroom and he also has my grandfather living with him) nor the money (he works at a grocery store that doesn't pay a lot)
As for other options, I'm still trying to think of some.
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RE: Moving for the 7th time
You're just going to have to go with the flow. My advice: read a lot, keep your head down, make the best grades you can wherever you're taken---you got five years- go into college with a scholarship; then you can tell them to kiss your ass goodbye.
Your situation really is rough but you'll be ok. When you get just a little older the whole world is going to open up to you. Stay strong!
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
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Moving for the 7th time
That really sucks man, I'm sorry.
Do you have any relatives you can maybe stay with? Aunts or uncles? That's the only feasible option I can think of right now.
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