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  1. #21
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    Default Re: If I Am a Willing Runaway, is My "Kidnapper" Safe Once I Turn 18

    bree I am very glad to hear that Stay on course and best of luck to you!

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    Default Re: If I Am a Willing Runaway, is My "Kidnapper" Safe Once I Turn 18

    I would say virginity is likely an affirmative defense to the Mann Act.

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    Default Re: If I Am a Willing Runaway, is My "Kidnapper" Safe Once I Turn 18

    Quote Quoting BreeFearless
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    Also, how can my parents pursue the case after I turn 18?
    The crime was committed while you were a minor. THAT'S what matters.

    Also, transporting you across state lines (whether you think you went of your own volition, you're a minor you can't legally make that decision) is a FEDERAL offense, in violation of the Mann act if you two are having sex (which I guarantee, you are).

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    Default Re: If I Am a Willing Runaway, is My "Kidnapper" Safe Once I Turn 18

    And, sex or not, your boyfriend has already committed a number of offenses in two different states. The longer that this situation remains as it is, the greater the chance that he will be charged.

    As was previously suggested, if there is a mutual friend or relative you could stay with (WITH your parents' permission) then this might be the best avenue to pursue until you are 18. You do not have to live at home, but you do have to live where your parents allow you to.

    And while you think people here are looking or talking down to you, understand that most of us have experience in this and some of us (like me) have heard these claims and arguments numerous times only to find them to be less than entirely honest or, at least, greatly exaggerated - often it's a two way street ... so, we're skeptical. Everyone here would prefer that you be safe and continue in school up to and including college. But, running away from home and moving out of state to live with a paramour prior to completing college places you in a category where the statistics are very unfavorable for you. I won't go through the odds, but suffice it to say that you run the very real risk (statistically) of some mucho bad stuff happening to you in the next few years as a result of this decision, and note that EVERY GIRL I have spoken with in your similar situation has stated to me that they never believed that things would turn out as they did. I won't scare or bore you with the tales, but that knowledge gives me and those of us with experience dealing with situations like yours great cause for concern.

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    Default Re: If I Am a Willing Runaway, is My "Kidnapper" Safe Once I Turn 18

    My situation was so different. My friends came over to drink, smoke, screw, I couldn't even walk into my own bedroom without walking in on my friends having sex. My custodial parent allowed it.

    I was not emancipated....rather both my parents signed documents to allow my grandparents to take guardianship of me, after I talked to everyone about it and expressed my wishes.

    So with parental approval.....living with relatives (stress, not with friends) was approved by the court.

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