[Tori K]

Home life is stressful and difficult, I've done a significant amount of research but come up with scattered answers. Does anyone know for sure?

[betotron]

go for it if you can

[usmcaf2004@rocketmail.com]

Don't know for sure but as soon as I turned 18, I threatened that I'd leave unless things would change. It was a great bribe (for lack of a better word) threat. They (my Mom more than my Dad. Dad was always more reasonable than Mom) put up with it because they knew I was going to be gone by the end of the summer anyway to go into the military. Whenever I thought my Mom was being unreasonable with something, I would just tell her that I was going to move in with my best friend at the time. She'd suddenly grow a brain and compromise to something a little more reasonable. I owned my own vehicle, I was 18, and had a place to go. There was no reason for me to put up with her and only did so because I felt bad for her. Once I left home, I never returned on a permanent basis and now my brothers (who have been out during their college years and only returned because it's a free roof over their head - I'm the oldest and have no sisters) tell me they now know what I was talking about when I blew up at my mom and wouldn't want to come home after I moved out. They thought our home life was normal but not perfect. Once they moved out and had a taste of freedom, the saw how much "less than perfect" our life really was. I'd google MA laws and see what they say. Make sure you have a plan before you move out though. For many situations, once you're out, you're out.