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Mkay so.....state id, expired for over a year, can't renew without birth certificate. Lost my BC in the past five years, need a new one but the thing is...forms came in but my parents refuse to fill out. I'm trying to move out from where I am currently living but I need the BC, need the id renewed and a bank account before I can move out. I've also been trying to save up money for the past six months to accomplish this but my parents keep demanding all of my money. I told them last night since they refused to do what they were supposed to do a week ago in a timely manner using the excuse of my dad had to go into court for a ******** up HE did that caused him to get pulled over by a state trooper that they aren't going to get any more money out of me this week.

Tonight, he starts poking around for two hundred dollars.....firstly from my brother who is ******** trying to move out as well so that's a no go to begin with. Then he continues at me. I tell him no, he asked me why and I replied with I told you last night. He proceeded to punch me. Now then. A little history here, my dad gets violent when he gets angry. He's physically assaulted me all of my life. So I told him, he does that again I'm calling the cops and he has decided he's going to threaten me. I'm not going to give my parents any more money at all now. I'm not going to comply with their wishes since they wish to abuse me even further. I no longer see my father as my father anymore.

Right now, as many of us before me and likely after me......I feel like taking a knife and doing something I will regret later. A lot of us would when we've been abused by a man who fails to realize where he's failing. What right does a man have to be called a father when his only method to get what he wants is through violence? None. I no longer love my birth family or have any respect ******** ever for them anymore. I know a lot of you are going through similar situations. I tell you right now, don't believe a word of what your abusers tell you. Don't give them any trust. Instead, focus on getting the hell out of there. It takes time, I know but start looking for a place to move to. Preferably with a friend and work out a way to split your bills in half.

Make sure you have access to all of your legal documents, make sure you have money, transportation and a banking account. Take only the bare essentials. Lastly, do not allow them to guilt trip you. They will try to tell you they cannot survive without the money YOU work eight hours a day to earn in order to keep you their slave. Yeah, they won't survive without you but you can survive without THEM.