Parents Discover 17-YO Daughter's “Escape Plan” And Call Her Ungrateful For Planning To Leave Her Family

“My parents and some family think I’m an ungrateful and mean AH for being so secretive and having a plan to leave everyone.”

Ayoub

• Published in Interesting
• November 8, 2022

It's common for divorced parents to remarry while having children from previous relationships. Kids often find it hard to understand why their parents are suddenly no longer apart﹔ their life completely changes after that decision, and it's not something anyone could easily deal with.

Things get much more complicated when one of the parents decides to remarry and eventually expand their family by having more kids. All of these changes can affect children on a deep level if the parents do not manage their relationship properly.

Children from previous relationships usually feel abandoned and betrayed by their parents, especially if they partly ditch certain aspects of their old lives. Some children will have extreme reactions to this kind of change in their lives and revolt against any new aspect that didn't exist before, especially if they feel as if they are being neglected in one way or another.

A Redditor who goes the username u/AITA_throw8104736 made a post on the r/AmItheAhole subReddit where she explained how she had “escape plans” that her parents discovered and reproached her for. The user got a lot of different reactions from the Reddit community, scroll down to check out the full Reddit post and scroll a little further to read the comments from the original post.

Here's the original post by Reddit user u/AITA_throw8104736:

OP doesn't feel at home in any of her parents' houses.

OP started thinking of leaving everything behind a couple of years ago.

OP's father found out about her escape plan and didn't take it well.

The people in OP's life had mixed reactions after hearing about her plans.

OP added an ”Edit” at the end to provide more context about the situation:

Soon after, OP added a second edit for additional info:

Here's why OP thinks she might potentially be the a-hole:

Here's the reaction the Reddit community had to u/AITA_throw8104736's post:

The parents had the worst reaction to finding out their daughter is planning to run away.

OP stopped writing things down years ago.

Writing things down is a healthy way to process life.

Being prepared is a smart move on OP's behalf.

Bad parents never like taking responsibility for their past mistakes.

Considering their reaction, OP did the right thing by preparing.

The step-brother had no right to search OP's things.

The step-brother is one of the reasons OP wants to escape.

OP should not just rely on Reddit for advice﹔ she needs to talk it out with someone close as well.

OP has every right to prepare for the worst case scenario.

OP should find a new hiding spot for her important paperwork.

OP doesn't have to explicitly admit anything.

The parents had the absolute worst reaction to finding out their daughter had an “escape plan.” The way they handled the situation confirms OP's fears and justifies her plan.

OP needs to stick to her guns and find a solution to her living situation. If you enjoyed this Reddit story, make sure to check out similar content on our platform.

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