Thank you guys for all your responses. They really do help a lot and I appreciate it. I would like to make it clear though that my parents are, underneath the Mormon surface, really, really, really good people. They're loving, kind, funny, and always well-intentioned, but when it comes to the church, they are painfully naïve. The only reason I'm so upset with them right now is because, like I
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Watching their parents blindly throw their lives away to a money-hungry cult would be painful for anyone, right? It would make you crazy all morning, evening, and night, trying to figure out what to do to fix it, even though you know you just can't do a single damn thing about it? It would make you sit on the shower floor everyday and cry, because you just want to have your parents put you first
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One thing I forgot to mention in my original post is that I have two pets that I would really, really hate to leave behind with my parents. I have a dog and a cat, and while the food we buy for them right now is healthy and cheap, I don't know how I'll manage to pay for other things for them, like vet visits and and cat litter and annual shots and whatnot. Did any of you have pets with you when y
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Very very helpful, thank you. I’m going to write all of that down so I don’t forget any of it. (Well, more literally, I’m going to copy and paste your post into a Word document, but you know what I mean.) I thought a lot about the car thing and I’m hoping I’ll wind up living somewhere where biking would be possible. My parents have had a lot of repairs done to their car over the pas
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Yes, I was thinking about that (choosing your degree wisely) as I was making my plan. I don't agree with people who say you should work for passion rather than money, because I can fulfill my passions in my free time. Work is just what I have to do to get by. Still, I don't want to wind up working a job that I loathe, so I'm going to, if at all possible, pursue a degree that will pay off well eno
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I'm a little excited too, but mostly my excitement is crushed by the terror right now. I'm sure once I get the hang of things I'll love being on my own, but still it's painful to have to cut ties with my parents. It'll be worth it though, so I can be who I want to be and do what I want to do, like you said. Thank you for your reply. :)
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Yeah, I am planning on getting roommates when I move out. It's going to be tricky though, because I have a dog and a cat that I can't leave behind with my parents. Hopefully I can find someone who is okay with pets though. Thank you for your reply. :)
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It's refreshing to hear about your family's success. My extended family only serves to provide story after story of horrendous failures. Addictions, abuse, severe anger issues, the list goes on for miles. It's nice to hear about people who were able to work past their hard times and become better people because of it. I hope I can manage to do the same. Thank you for your reply. :)
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I'm leaving home soon, and not on great terms. My parents, I've reluctantly come to realize (huge thank you to Anon Dunn and the many other wonderful people who replied to my previous thread for pointing it out to me: http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1388178) that my parents are neglecting me and my four siblings. We never get to leave the house, we're all miserably depressed, none of us hav
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