Another parental story

"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
11/29/2015 at 14:27 • Filed to: Meet my parents

UPDATE! It appears that my mom exhibits many of the personality traits associated with narcissistic personality disorder, and that i have what are called FLEAs. Suddenly, everything makes more sense.

So my parents roasted me and banned me from the family computer for having an “inappropriate” meme on there. They said that for everything “inappropriate” on there, they’ll give me a consequence. I’ve just looked up the rights of minors under law, and if I paid for it, they have no right to touch it. I love being “that guy” so I will threaten to call the cops if they steal my shit. Not through 911, just through their non emergency number, but still. They’ve pushed me around for too damn long.

DISCUSSION (45)

Jack Does Cars > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 14:32

You just had too dank memes, man.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Jack Does Cars
11/29/2015 at 14:34

There are two things my parents can’t handle: my dankness and the truth. These memes are both.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 14:34

Fill the entire computer with NOTHING BUT MEMES

whoarder is tellurium > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 14:34

Oooooookay then.

#firstworldproblems

If it is that bad, just move out.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 14:35

My parents gave me less shit for having something even less appropriate on the computer (hint-it rhymes with dornography).

Future next gen S2000 owner > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 14:37

If you don’t like the rules your parents have for you, don’t live with them. Even threatening to call the cops on your parents for them laying down the law is a bad decision.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
11/29/2015 at 14:38

Why can’t I have your parents?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Future next gen S2000 owner
11/29/2015 at 14:40

I can’t move out from the control of these sssholes until 19 (they moved to BC for that reason) so I’m just going to make their life a living hell for the next year and a half.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > whoarder is tellurium
11/29/2015 at 14:40

They moved to BC because here, you can’t move out until you’re 19. Believe me, I tried.

whoarder is tellurium > Future next gen S2000 owner
11/29/2015 at 14:42

Exactly. This is the type of stuff you’d expect to see on Maury.

Plus, the officers would most definitely side with the parents.

TheHondaBro > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
11/29/2015 at 14:42

Dude, keep your cornography to yourself!

Kinja'd!!!

Future next gen S2000 owner > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 14:42

You can. You just don’t want to. Just the truth.

GhostZ > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 14:43

Does that law apply only if you’re a resident of BC? You could find a place to live elsewhere and move there then force them to have to go out of jurisdiction to come bring you back.

Alternatively, what’s the emancipation laws look like there?

You could look into colleges too, which could let you move out into a dorm, though you might have to be emancipated first before they’d let you apply as a single adult instead of a child, and a lot of financial aid is still draconian; it’s usually expected the parents are paying for school, and demanded that your parents forward tax information. They use the parent’s income to determine your costs.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 14:43

Because of the reasons. Also what was the meme in question?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > TheHondaBro
11/29/2015 at 14:44

Oh that’s the stuff..

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 14:55

What was this particular meme? And you should totally print like 100 copies of it off and just put them around the house and in their cars.

Leon711 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:01

Thats probably a genre of porn too.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > GhostZ
11/29/2015 at 15:17

It’s either your parents or CPS here. Neither is a good option, although I’d rather not take the chance of CPS.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > whoarder is tellurium
11/29/2015 at 15:18

Yeah, you’re right.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Future next gen S2000 owner
11/29/2015 at 15:19

Oh I want to leave so badly, but the law won’t let me.

traitor joe > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:23

I am from BC and this is definitely not the case. I moved out at 17 and I know others who have done so as early as 15.

It’s not always fun living by your parents’ rules, but I’d suggest you deal with it for the time being.

Future next gen S2000 owner > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:27

Pack a bag, get all your cash and walk out the front door. Get a taxi to the bus stop, get a ticket to the other side of the country. You say the law won’t let you but the law is only stopping you in your mind. A police officer isn’t standing outside your front door keeping you in your house. If there is, then you have bigger issues.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Future next gen S2000 owner
11/29/2015 at 15:31

Brh, checking greyhound rates.

Sam > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:38

You had a family computer? My PC is just in my room, has been since I was like 10 or something.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Sam
11/29/2015 at 15:42

*have. My family isn’t poor, they’re just cheapskates.

Sam > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:45

Jeez, just get a job and buy one for yourself. I’m sure there are plenty of places around you hiring.

Rainbow > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:50

Did you buy it with your own taxable income? I can guarantee that’s a requirement for something to truly belong to you. Anything your parents bought you - or that you bought with allowance or whatever - legally belongs to them.

GhostZ > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:51

There’s also the process of enforcability. If you walk out of the house with all your possessions and cash, they have to report to their police that you’ve ran away. The police have to follow up and track you down, they have to go to another jurisdiction and cooperate with them. This process take months, maybe years. In almost every jurisdiction, it’s not a crime to run away.

If you’re a legal resident of another jurisdiction by the time they catch up to you, then it’s likely that a custody suit would take longer than it would be for you to turn 19 to be filed, and cost them far more than they’d be willing to spend to have you back for a few months.

In many cities and states you can rent as long as you have enough for a security deposit, which now makes you a legal resident of that area and under their jurisdiction. Do you have a job? If it’s at a franchise, ask if they will transfer to you to another location. Likewise, you need a bank account that isn’t a joint account with your parents.

Now, if you lie about your age or name when moving somewhere, that’s fraud and that IS a crime. But honestly leaving home, living somewhere else, and then having your parents decide to go to the authorities to find you, is not a crime, to the best of my knowledge. Just make sure you do the legal research in advance to know where you’re going and what their laws are.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Rainbow
11/29/2015 at 15:53

I worked odd jobs to pay for most of my stuff. I get $20 a month deposited into a trust account as opposed to an allowance.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > GhostZ
11/29/2015 at 15:55

What if I crash at my friend’s place for a couple months while I get a job and save up for a place of my own?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Sam
11/29/2015 at 15:55

If my parents would let me get a job, that would be fantastic.

Ryan A. > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:57

Is there another car-related blog for adults?

Thunderface > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:58

I think I’m confused. It’s the family computer, but you’ll call the cops if they touch it?

GhostZ > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:59

I’m not sure. There might be harboring laws about hiding someone in another jurisdiction, since you wouldn’t be legal resident there. In any case, it is inordinately risky and more liable to end up with you on the street than anything else to go somewhere without a job on someone else’s goodwill.

Get a job out there by applying and calling or transferring your current work. Or work your current job until you’ve saved up enough money for a few month’s food, rent, and a security deposit so you can live out there while you search for a job.

If you don’t have a current job, then you shouldn’t even be considering this, go back to step 1 and get a job.

Rainbow > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 15:59

That’s probably good then, but I have no idea how the law actually works.

Sam > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 16:03

I don't think you need their permission.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Thunderface
11/29/2015 at 16:03

No, I’ll threaten to call the cops of they take away stuff that I have bought with my own taxable income, such as my tablet and Xbox.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Sam
11/29/2015 at 16:06

I live out in the middle of nowhere, and if I get a job, they won’t drive me into town, facilitating a 1 hour bus ride each way to simply get to work.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Rainbow
11/29/2015 at 16:06

Yeah, it’s convoluted.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Ryan A.
11/29/2015 at 16:07

A car blog for adults? What a neat concept!

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 16:17

Kinja'd!!!

Thunderface > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 16:38

Ah I see. You should definitely stand up for yourself then.

Sam > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 16:55

Then do that? I mean, I had my own car, but it was still a 1 hour drive each way to get to the Jaguar dealership. Longer, on a few of the day where there was rush hour traffic.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Sam
11/29/2015 at 17:03

Now to buy a bus pass.

Sam > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/29/2015 at 17:09

Just go for it.