If you had a chance, would you run away from home?

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I'm sick of my life. My parents restrains me from everything, making it difficult to be myself. I wanna be happy with myself and I want to met new people and new places, however, I'm still stuck here.
I'm thinking about how to become invisible for making it difficult to find me, and which things should I take with me. I have so many things that I like and spend lots of money on it, and this is one of the many reasons I can't get out of my house. I have an emotional attachment to them and if I leave them behind, I don't think I would resist the travel.
What should I do? Should I force myself to leave them behind or wait for a better opportunity?

And what about you? Would you run away from home if you had a chance?

Yes, I would. 10
No, I prefer to stay. 20
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  • wigz
    7 years ago

    I ran away from home a few times as a kid. I mean, I actually left home as a (teen) child, went far away and tried to make a new life. This is the summation: pretty much whatever is going on at home isn't as bad as what people will do to you as a runaway. The novelty wears off fast. Any questions? Just ask.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      7 years ago

      Well, what did you planned for a new life? If you're searching for the same things as other people like earn lots of money and have a nice job, of course the "novelty" won't last for a long time...
      I have low spectations about having a good amount of monet if I run away from home, however, it doesn't meant I'm not going to risk my confort and life to do so. The only problem I'm having is to leave everything at once.
      Did you had problems with this or not?

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      • wigz
        7 years ago

        money was not a factor when I left. I mean, above the amount needed to live day to day. It wasn't a concern when I left home, I guess my immature brain thought the $120 I had was good enough? I didn't have the foresight to figure out where I'd live or anything because the desire to be free of my parents, and the excitement, overshadowed it. I had a taste of a runaway life from a few risky short trips I took alone so I kinda knew I could get by if I had to. I just didn't realize the inevitable downward spiral. It's easy to get hooked into a life where you're completely out of control. Even as an adult I have been there but I managed to get free...a lot of people don't though.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          7 years ago

          And what you had been through during your trips? Was it really bad that you don't want to comment here or you did learn important things with it?

          Sorry if my questions are weird, I'm not that great with the english grammar...

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          • wigz
            7 years ago

            Basically, I found I could get by on my looks, hook up with guys and be provided for, be a stripper, sell drugs, etc. It's dangerous though. I got real lucky too, at the time it was the early-mid 90's and there just wasn't the resources and safer platforms you have today and I could've ended up a lot worse off since it was largely impossible to be independent or have an upper hand in this type of lifestyle as a female.

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            • Anonymous Post Author
              7 years ago

              What I understood was that you (not meant to be offensive) preferred to live a life of a prostitute, am I right? Why didn't you used other resources that could easily avoid all this unnecessary danger?

              I'll respect your choices, besides, I can't judge you because I don't even know you, but, when I saw and talked with some people in the streets that were in need of money, they use various abilities to avoid being in such degrading situation. This would be their last option, and some even said they prefer to die instead of doing this things.
              Couldn't you do anything against it, or you only saw this way for living alone?

              Like you explained, you didn't have the same resources at the time, but it isn't hard to ask help for someone that isn't engaging in things like that...

              Sorry if I sound a little bit rude, but I'm curious about what happened to you.

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  • bittermayonnaise
    7 years ago

    The things you own end up owning you, only when you've lost everything are you free to do anything.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      7 years ago

      But I don't know how to leave them away! I don't know if I give them to a friend or sell them. I would feel really bad if I had to do something like it, but I can't stand my family anymore. I'm really confused and scared, not about failing in the middle of the way, but to not being able to say goodbye...

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  • kasaikitsune12
    7 years ago

    Im trapped with 6 brothers in a small house!My answer is definitely yes!!!!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      7 years ago

      So why you didn't made it yet?

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      • kasaikitsune12
        7 years ago

        really hard to escape!

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  • _Jesus_
    7 years ago

    I did run away from home when I was a teenager. Then it started to get dark and I started to get hungry.. so I went back home

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  • MeharT7
    7 years ago

    Its your life and you have every right to decide what to do with it...

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