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Re: Cutting off from family? - March 14th 2011, 08:10 AM

You are setting yourself up for grand and spectacular failure.

I suggest that you just suck it up and deal with the differences. You will find that it's not just your family that disagrees with you, but most of the world. Anywhere you go - people will disagree with you. It will be very frustrating if you are finding that you do not want to live with your family, but for the sake of practicality I advise you do so until at least seventeen or eighteen years of age. Irregardless of political, religious and lifestyle differences, you are dependent right now on a lot of things. Gaining your freedom in return for losing all practical ability is not a good idea. Sooner or later your newfound freedom from your stifling family will be offset by the "What the fuck do I do now!? Life is so hard.." a few weeks down the line.

If you can, I suggest you try and get your parents to enrol you in a boarding school of some type. You sound like the kind of guy who might want to look in to some kind of military school. Your parents can financially support you from a distance, you will still have strong and capable parental/mentor figures around you, you will be safe and well looked after.

You are fourteen years old. For all your enthusiasm, determination and willingness to be a man, it's still a big change when you are all on your own. You need to know how to run your finances, cook your food, do your housework, maintain a vehicle/property, pursue academics, keep fit and healthy, and having no family around you will make it a lot harder to do this. In time, you will grow to be mature and experienced, and then you can set out on your own.

Otherwise, I suggest you either suck it up and stay with your family for a few years solely for practicality, or you find a boarding school.

Let us know how things go.

Regards,

- Duty

Last edited by Duty; March 14th 2011 at 08:16 AM.
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