Should I move

Ok, so, I’m a 19 year old girl who still lives with my mom and step dad. I am out of school and have a job, but my parents still treat me like a child. On week nights I have to be home around 10:30 or 11 p.m. depending on when my mom wants to go to sleep, and on weekends my curfew is midnight no matter what I’m doing I HAVE to be home at no later than midnight. I also get paid an extra $25 a week to clean the WHOLE house everyday. I told them not to worry about the money and I’ll just clean up after myself and they still get on to me if I don’t clean the house. Even after holidays everyone leaves me the huge mess to clean up. If I don’t do one thing I get yelled at. No one ever helps me clean they think just because they pay me they don’t have to do anything around the house. If I’m gone for the weekend I come home to dirty house and have to clean it even if I haven’t been home. If dinner is cooked in this house I’m the one who does it. To top it off, My 24 year old sister lives here and we fight constantly. She doesn’t help with the bills(neither do I) but she NEVER cooks or cleans.She has her own room but stays in mine because she is scared of demons or ghost that are supposedly in her room. I have no clue what to do. I’m grateful that my parents are still letting me live here and stuff but I feel like I can’t do anything right because it seems I’m constantly getting in trouble. My sister doesn’t have a curfew and when I talk to my parents about all this my mom starts telling me how it’s all my fault and they put a roof over my head and blah blah they also tell me our house our rules. I know if I move then my family won’t talk to me. but I’m tired of living here and can’t take it anymore. I also don’t believe in moving in with your boyfriend before marriage, but my boyfriend and I have been together for over 2 years and we want to get married but I can’t wait until then. Please help me

Answer #1

First of all, I really doubt that your family would no longer speak to you if you moved out. You’re 19 years old and I’m sure your parents expect you to move out some day! It just sounds like they really depend on you to help out around the house, but don’t fairly compensate you. You have a job, if you don’t need the extra $25 a week to be their personal maid, you should have the right to refuse! I understand and respect your decision to not move in with your boyfriend, but moving somewhere is probably your best bet. Figure out exactly how much you make at your job and how much you already pay in bills, like your cell phone, credit cards or car insurance. Once you come up with a good estimate of how much you have coming in and how much you have going out, look around for some apartments you could afford. Let your family know you are thinking about moving out and show them that you are going about it the right way and are responsible and mature. Maybe they will think about how much you’d be missed and start treating you like an adult. If not, start saving up and move as soon as you want to.

Answer #2

Thats the same situation I am in, except my bother is younger than me. I can’t stand being at home anymore. So I started looking for apartments, I would totally check some out in your area, some of them run for about 500 and include everything. Heat,water, all the basics you need. Of course you have to pay for phone internet and sometimes cable… but thats why most of us have cellphones these days, there really is no need for a home line anymore. I mean if it comes down to it, why dont you switch rooms with your sister, if she is afraid of her room, and not yours why dont you just give her your room and take hers. It will give you some peace at night. If your not looking to get out of the house, try to talk to your mother and step dad, don’t yell about it but make it a calm conversation, tell them hoe you feel about everything, simply suggest for the beginning that your sister starts to help out more because its unfair to you, to have to do everything around the house by yourself. Hope this helped.

Answer #3

if they shout at you again walk out and go stay with your boyfriend for a few days, go back and see how they coped without you, then if they are okay tell them youll only stay if they clean up after them selves and leave you alone without a curfew

Answer #4

Do not move in with you’re boyfriend. Listen to me, I’ve been there…I did it! Don’t get me wrong, I am still happily married and have been for 11 years, but even with all the precaution in the world, pregnancy happened way too early and I feel as if I didn’t even have a life before I started the life of my first childs. If you want your independance, move out to something you can afford. If you can’t afford anything then change jobs. I know you won’t like hearing this, but its a lesson I’ve learned the hard way. Mom and dad are right. it is their house and their rules. if you want you’re own rules…move out, but on your own, not with a boyfriend. At least not until your ready to have a child. I know you think it won’t happen, but it will.

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