Ran Away

well i have never ran away from my home but i remember few days back my elder brother got angry for some reason and ran away from home and my mother and father got very worried about him and went after him and got him back to home oh thanks GOD he was back i dont know when he will grow up

I read the other response, and see that I am the first to answer this way. I ran away from home. But the reasons I did it wasn't because of not getting what I wanted. It was more of a need to survive. When I was 12 a family friend brutally raped me. When I went to my mother, she didn't believe me. For me runny away, was a way to feel and be safe. Since my mother wouldn't protect me, I needed to protect myself. I am from America and here, they have places for kids, that have problems and troubles at home. They are safe places and I knew that. So I ran away to be in that safe place. I once took off, and found two babysitting jobs, that payed me each $75 a week. I was able to rent an apartment with all utlities paid for $75 a week and had $75 left over for food. When I was 16 I was able to prove, I could take care of myself, and the courts agree, and legally made me an adult. For me, though it might not have been the ideal way to deal with what happened to me, it was the best thing for me. I have siblings that similar things happened to and they are a mess. I took control, of a situation that was out of control. By taking my control back. I got my life back.

Its not good at all.A brave person always stand by in a in a diffcult situation and try to face it instead of running away.Our parents do alot of things for us specially in a country like ours they need to struggle a lot for giving us a healthy life ,still if there are a few thing which they can't buy for us we need to understand them and help them by keeping them happy as they did us.

Personally I have never ran away fro home. I always said that I was going to and then I was to scared to try.

I have never run away. I have gotten really angry but never thought of running away. How long did you run away when you did? Did it help?

I haven't ran away, but I have just got up and walked out of the house. When my parents argue is can get pretty nasty on a verbal level. So the best thing for me to do is take an hour-long walk. It's not like they don't know; the front door slamming is pretty much a give-a-way.

I never ran away. I thought about it a few times, especially when things were rough. I never wanted to run away for anything petty. I never saw a point.

I have not tried that but I have tried not to talk to my mom when she didn't bought me an ice cream..hahahha.. I walked so fast that she could not catch me! bad girl! those were the days!

I have never run away from home. But I would think that when you have some problems with family you can try to talk about the things that bother you. I know that running away will make your parents very worried so it's better not to use that solution. I don't know if that can resolve the problems and make the other members of the family listen. It may... But I don't want to sound like encouraging people to run away each time they have a problem. Hmmm you are still young that's why you are thinking that running away can resolve your problems. Take care BrainTeaser and watch those exams!

I havent faced any problem so major that would force me to elope till now , dont know what future holds for me :)

hmmm..i never ran away from anything...not even if i want somebody to listen to me & they rnt doin so...i think yeah it is a kiddish thing to do...C u said u were @ age of 12 so its quite kiddish plus sometimes its not the solution for wht u r doing it for...:)

I think running away with a good and valid reason is not a cowardice act. Instead, in some rare cases like avonrep1, I think she is really brave to be running away and to carve a life for herself for survival means. My heart went out to her and it was such a bad thing that happened to her. As a guy myself, I haven't done that at all and that is because I'm surrounded by a family and lots of friends that are always willing to hear me out and share my problems. But I don't condemn running away because like the song from Craig David, "I'm running away...from the troubles in my life.." I think that is really a pretty good irony to life. If you just can't deal with it, just leave it...for good. However, the circumstances in which you are running away have to be a very good and valid one, instead of just running away just to get attention...have a good day bro ;)

i never ran away form home, I use to lock myself in my room, and let my parents wonder about me!!! Then they will check out what happened to me ;) and at the end, get what I want :)!!!!