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[liam07]

hi i am looking for sum advise about moveing somewhere without any money or job at the moment my girl freind is haveing problems with her parents nd they are telling her to move out and im not the strongest with my parents ither so we want to no about if we could move out off home together but finding out where we could go with out paying rent or anythin like that at the moment i am willing to pay the rent or whatever when i have a job which i am currently looking for we are only 16 and we would rather live together but not at home could anyone give me sum advise on what to do and erm not being rude or anthing im not listening to anyone who tells us to try and get on with are parents because its not going to happen we are fed up nd want to move out many fanx liam

[Brett_Shelton]

Not to be rude or anything, but the only places I know of that will let you live rent free are homeless shelters. If you and your girlfriend are only 16, don't you have to be emancipated before you can live on your own anyway? I'm sorry you both can't get on well wth your parents, but I don't think there is anything available to help your situation.

[ank06]

About the places you can go....there are the shelters for homless people and some volunraty organizations which offer a place to stay, but they are still called shelters and they won't ave you for long (I would actually say a day or two). The second problem is your age, I really don't think they would have you if they know you have parents and they are alive and have a house of their own.

How about trying to stay with some friends for a while. Some trustfull friends who own a house or something and live by themselves.

Last, but not least, try to find a place at some college hostel.

Good luck!

PS: I know this is very very hard, but think aboutthe responsibilities and dangers you expose yourselves to!

[Robin]

The action I would take is:

1. Try to convince both parents that you would be better off living away from home and see if they will pay rent until you get on your feet

2. An alternative is to look for a job that provides free rent eg, a construction site that provides a caravan for a security person to live on site

If you can't get something, try to stay with your respective parents until you can get something.

My experience of being 16 and a parent of once 16 year old kids reminds me of what Mark Twain wrote (something like): "When I was 16 I couldn't believe how incredibly stupid my parents were. By the time I was 18, I was astonished at how much they had learnt in such a short time"

If you could patch things up with your parents, it would save you a lot of grief until you have a job and somewhere to stay. It's no fun being homeless and penniless.