How do I convince my parents to let me move out?
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Swedishguy
Deity
Oh, if I were in your boots...
Stay home with mom a couple more years!
EDIT: Because... it's good for you!
Stay home with mom a couple more years!
EDIT: Because... it's good for you!
Masquerouge
Deity
A good idea would be to show you're adult and mature about it. Like that post you just made, actually 
Show them you've thought long and hard about it. Show them you can afford it, and how it's going to be beneficial for the both of you.
But really, if you just tell them the way you wrote it, you should be fine.
Just remember: being angry and whining will NOT be the best way to get what you want.
Show them you've thought long and hard about it. Show them you can afford it, and how it's going to be beneficial for the both of you.
But really, if you just tell them the way you wrote it, you should be fine.
Just remember: being angry and whining will NOT be the best way to get what you want.
Synobun
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Tell them that you will need to learn how to grab life by the horns, and that this is a great opportunity for that. Promise that'd you would visit them once a week, just to let them know you are okay.
If that doesn't work, well, you don't HAVE to be with good terms with your parents.
If that doesn't work, well, you don't HAVE to be with good terms with your parents.
Old Spice
King
Just take off in the middle of the night, don't give them any say in it. If you have to tell them, but other then that don't let them get a word in.
Masquerouge
Deity
Also: don't take your advice from 15-year-olds on a gaming forum
(Yeah, I know.)
Old Spice
King
I wouldn't listen to a frenchman either...
Hey, he had the sense to move out of France, didn't he?
Old Spice
King
Thats just the shame that all the french people feel, I know many that run from the France for that reason...
The OP is kinda screwed, your parents are not going to listen.
The OP is kinda screwed, your parents are not going to listen.
Gather up all your possessions, find a place to live and then scarper leaving a phone number. Or if there a bit funny about homosexuality: say you're gay.
Seriously just discuss it with them and see what they say, if there dead set against it, there's really not alot they can do to stop you unless your a minor I supose. Then just wait until your 18/16 or whatever and go.
Or if there a bit funny about homosexuality: say you're gay.Seriously just discuss it with them and see what they say, if there dead set against it, there's really not alot they can do to stop you unless your a minor I supose. Then just wait until your 18/16 or whatever and go.
De Lorimier
North American Scum
Ditto to what the cousin said. You have a good case, now sell it well.A good idea would be to show you're adult and mature about it. Like that post you just made, actually
Show them you've thought long and hard about it. Show them you can afford it, and how it's going to be beneficial for the both of you.
But really, if you just tell them the way you wrote it, you should be fine.
Just remember: being angry and whining will NOT be the best way to get what you want.
Swedishguy
Deity
And if they get mad and tries to hinder him, as the OP said...?
skadistic
Caomhanach
Tell them you'll be back if you fail and they can then lay into you how bad you messed up.
The living with a dude thing is going to be fun, Any one else thinking 'Three's Company'?
The living with a dude thing is going to be fun, Any one else thinking 'Three's Company'?
De Lorimier
North American Scum
She's going to go anyway. The question is now on what terms.And if they get mad and tries to hinder him, as the OP said...?
Oh ... yeah ... Three's Company! I wasn't thinking of something totally more perverse and unmentionable here. Three's Company it is!
Gilder
Deity
That's the most brilliant thing I've ever heard you say.
I say, tell them all mature-like.
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
Sit them down and tell them what you're planning on doing. They will protest, but that's ok.
Just do this a couple weeks before you actually move out, so you can smooth things out over time.
Key here is time
Just do this a couple weeks before you actually move out, so you can smooth things out over time.
Key here is time
Irish Caesar
Yellow Jacket
And make sure you go over what you're going to say by yourself in a mirror or something so that it comes out the way you want it. You want to be firm, but polite.
I'm surprised it's such a big issue, to be honest, most people these days tend to live at school. I took it to a bit of an extreme and moved a thousand miles away...but of course, I still go home on vacations and talk to my parents over the phone fairly often.
I'm surprised it's such a big issue, to be honest, most people these days tend to live at school. I took it to a bit of an extreme and moved a thousand miles away...but of course, I still go home on vacations and talk to my parents over the phone fairly often.
Technocactus
Lurker
Give them CFC accounts. Whatever crappy arguments they may have will be destroyed within 10 minutes.
Sell the benefits not the features. Benefits are the language of emotion and features are the language of logic.
List the benefits of moving out and then discuss them in a mature fashion. They won't disown you for very long. It's tough when children grow up.
List the benefits of moving out and then discuss them in a mature fashion. They won't disown you for very long. It's tough when children grow up.
Masquerouge
Deity
Yeah, I ran from the France. That boat was crap and anyway it was bought by Norway so...
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