Well I'm 16 years old, and like everyone else I want to move out of my parents house. I live with my mom and step-father and their two children in a three bedroom house. My step-dad and I havn't gotten along in over 3 years. I used to live with my grandparents until he and my mother got married, I want to move back in with them but don't want to stress the hassal on them of a 16 year old teenager in their retirement years. When I was 13, I got my first real job working at a church's chicken. I worked there for 3 years. The summer when I was 15 I worked a total of 3 jobs, yes at my age I found ways to where it was possible, I'm determined and standing my ground. Now I'm 16, and this summer I yet again have three jobs. I know at 17 I can move out and it's only 4 months away, but me and my know-it-all step-father have been continously argueing since the beggining of the year. YES, I pay my truck payments, insurance, cell phone, personal needs (clothes, school supplies, etc.) I PAY MY OWN GAS, which most kids don't and I know hands on, living on my own is not going to be no party. Well since I'm still under the legal age, he has pretty much said that I can figure out how to pay my own bills with out an adult (My mom and him signing off on everything) and has canceled everything. My truck however my grandparents bought from him for me, and I've been paying them monthly. WELL he took that too saying the title was still in his name, I can't get proof cause funny how it is, my grandparents are gone for the next three weeks on a motorcycle. So the only people that stand up for me are gone, and funny how he starts drama right when they leave. I know once they come back I can have all my insurance and everything figured out again through them, their just the ones I have always been able to count on. I've offered to pay rent, I've asked to move out and he says no, just to make my life just 'Oh soo much better and it seems like my mom is afraid to stand up for me. I've been paying my own way since I was 13. I'm determined and my one goal in life is too proove to him I'm not trash like he thinks I am. Im an honor roll student, this is my senior year. I graduate a year early from high school on a "over-achievers" program and I'm also taking dual credit courses at St. Phillip's University this year as well. Even though I work 3 jobs this summer, I also do community service with disabled children, and I'm taking online courses for school. I don't know what else I need legally just to live on my own, and I want this more than anything. I've already looked into roomates and the cost of living in apartments here in san antonio and I know I can make it on my own. Help would be greatly appreciated please, thanks for reading.
Chelsea
kx4mx27@yahoo.com

