greyhound tickets: I live in Missouri and my life is a disaster at the moment. I've been homeschooled for the past 6 months and all i can do is go to work and go home. i work from 7-5 at my dads tire shop. I dont get paid a cent. Whenever i get home i work 2 more hours. My parents dont let me do anything. Ever. And so the only way i get to do anything is if i sneak out. And i got caught sneaking out Saturday and now my parents want nothing to do with me. I'm 16 and i got 25$ for my birthday. My brother and my sister got a car and they treat them like angels. I turn 17 on Jan 30th and thats when i can legally move out. Except i honestly can not wait til then. I'm already close enough to killing myself. My life is miserable right now. My friend lives in Pennsylvania and I live in Missouri. Greyhound tickets from here to there are only 152$ I live 5 miles from one of the stations. I plan on buying a ticket and riding my bike over there while my parents are asleep. Then within 30 hours i can be in Pennsylvania. my friend lives with his brother. his brother is in a band and makes good money. my friend has a job and makes money too. i figure once i move there i can finish this year's homeschooling. Then next year i want to actually go to school in Philly. I would love to have the feeling of being free again. having a life. I havent had a life since i was 12... and im very close to killing myself if i dont do something about it. I'm just wondering, would i get caught if i did this? Or would i just be better off killing myself. because either way i can not wait til 17 without going insane. please help|||If they make you do work that long with no pay then that is abuse. You should call the child protective services.If you did run away then since you are not old enough to move out they can call the police, and have you brought back.|||!.report police and explain the situation - your parents will not through you away from their house, but may be will start paying you if you insist. 2. You already have a good knowledge- look for another tire shop to get paid job from them. 3. Prepare yourself to move out when you are 17, but first, find all information needed. 4. Thank your father on teaching you about the work you are doing.. 5. After you are 17, move out and enjoy your long happy life. Look at the advantages you have now-you have: 1.parents, you are not living alone, so protected 2.food 3.roof above your head 4. knowledge about tires 5.you are yang and healthy- the companies prefer to employ yang people instead old ones May be find out how much cost your work, talk to your parents and ask them to pay you. From your salary you can pay for your own food, clothes, electricity, water/gas bills- your own part, and the rest of the money you can save to use in the future. And- stop letting silly thoughts into your yang head!Do you really think your mother was suffering of abnormal pain giving you birth to you finish like that? They are not giving you money may be because they did not think yet that you can manage your own money- show them you can do this and they will respect you. Good luck!!!!|||You would very likely be caught. When your parents reported you missing, the police would search for you. Sooner (that day) or later (weeks from then) they would discover the destination of your ticket. You are a minor. Running away is illegal. Harboring a criminal is illegal. Your friend and his brother could be charged with kidnapping, among other things. YOu would not be able to enroll in school. You need your parents to do so. And, they would petition for your records- so had you not been found by t hen, you would be at the time you enrolled. Most runaways end up as prostitutes and/or living on the streets. I suggest you talk to your parents, or if you can not talk to them seek help elsewhere if you feel you are being abused or neglected. It will be investigated and if it is found that you are being abused or neglected, you will be removed from the home and placed elsewhere or they will make a parenting plan for your parents (telling them what they are doing wrong and how to correct it).|||stick it out for a while, maybe it will get better. it will. over time it will. just wait. dont think of running away, you could get hurt/raped/lost/robbed and things might not work out as planned. maybe talk to your parents. get a job that pays. stick it out, youll be in college soon. stick with your friends and make your parents trust you so you can go places with your friends. have a good friend group is important, you can talk to them, get advice, and forget about all your problems and just have fun. find something you enjoy and do it. it will make time pass faster, maybe a tv show that you can follow, or a sport, listening to music, or club at your school, or anything to keep you from being home if you hate it so much also think of how much you will miss in your life if you do kill yourself, imagine how your friends and family will feel, they will be crushed forever. its not worth it. you are special and there is no one like you, you only get to live once, live it up while you can, and dont let things get you down i really hope this helped. dont run away just yet, things will get better! theres always a happy ending, if your not happy, its not the end!!! xoxo|||I feel bad 4 u Don't run away even though it seems your parents don't want u but when u leave they will miss u and u will miss them and you'll probably get caught and i is extremely dangerous so don't do it and DO NOT kill yourself hope this helped and good luck, you'll need it|||Your father should be paying you if you work in his shop helping him.Running away does not solve problems.Have you tried talking to your parents to let them know how you are feeling. I would rather see you leave home than killing yourself.Life is so wonderful and once you have the chance to experience the world around you,you will find it more exciting.Making your own choices and doing the things in life is such a challenge.Try to bear with things until you are old enough to leave on your own.It really isn't that much longer.Just don't do anything until you have a clear mind.I wish you the best and hope you make the right decisions in your life.|||Killing yourself is a long term solution for a short term problem. You need to either stick it out, or maybe you can move in with a relative. My question is, why has this been going on like this? I see red flags. Why have your parents been keeping you in the house since you were 12? And why are you doing homeschooling as of 6 months ago? What has changed? Too many unanswered questions. Personally I wouldn't risk the money for a ride and move in with your friend and his brother. You really don't know somebody until you live with them. What if they are into drugs? What if they do something illegal. Do you want to end up on the streets or in prison? You think your life sucks now, it could be worse. There is so much out there for you, and it would be a shame for you to not get to experience it. Maybe consider why all this is happening and make and effort the best of it to stick it out, or like I said before move in with a relative. Sounds to me, that playing by the rules and earning your parents trust would be a good start in the right direction. Sneaking out probably knocked you down a few pegs.|||well if your not trolling then heres what you need to do, basically make sure any electronic devices with any kind of gps navigation or locating devices are off or just left all together. normally thats where the police go first to try and find you. make sure you dont tell anyone about this in times of stress even the most trustworthy person can buckle and snitch. make arrangements first before you go stay with you friend make sure your able to stay find a job help out with bills and what not or else things could break down quick. make sure to pack all necessary things i.e. clothes, cherished personal belongings, money, and leave anything unnecessary behind like school awards, gaming equipment so on and so forth. if it can weigh you down it will weigh you down. id say getting to the bus is the biggest issue but once your with your friend you have about an 80% chance of making it to your 17th and not getting caught good luck hope this helps|||Don't run away. Don't kill yourself you should be lucky you even have a home. There are homeless kids that would proably die for your life.|||1st of all, maybe you think people/parents can talk anyway they see fit each day. Turns out many are abusers. Actually they are not trying to be tough to make you better or help- they are tricking you. This goes for people at school as well. Words are abuse also. There are many types of abusive people/parents. Some ignore you. Some hit the bottle. Some hit you. And some run their mouths and put you down. THEY are sick and feel great by being mean, and thats the only reason they do it. They are wrong about everything. The typical abuser is close-minded, self-righteous and was also abused themself. Use defense and read many sites on verbal abuse etc. People tear you down to build themselves up. Its their problem. They do have problems. Abuse causes pain mistaken as mental problems- Cutting, OCD etc. Psychiatrists commit fraud and all disorders are a hoax. For chemical imbalances NO test exists. You dont have what shrinks say you have. Dont tell anyone about any so called disorders. They will only drug you. Jesus name and forgiving others who are wrong is important along with avoiding them. Call or I can- Child Protective Services- Transitional help to age 21- tell your teacher. Dont tell your parents they wont listen. Learn the truth, forgive, and Get Away from them. Read many many sites under "emotional abuse" and "dealing with bullies". I have some questions for you if want to talk about it.|||How are you going to finish home schooling if you're not at home? Duh. If you think your life is a disaster now, wait until they catch you and you sit in juvenile detention until you're 18.|||1 DO NOT KILL YOURSELF 2 you might want to get your stuff together so you dont have to pack the night of leaving 3 set it outside hidden or somethin (before hand) 4 leave a quiet way out of your house (before hand) 5 your plan sounds good from here