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You can run away with me. . . anytime you want.

Crux

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    Running away. Leaving everything behind and taking to the wind. It's a thought that probably crosses most of our minds at some point. Whether it's from our parents as children, or from our jobs and lives as adults.
    So the questions at hand:

    When did/do you think about it?
    How much did/do you think about it?
    What made/makes you think about it?
    Did/Would you ever act on it? Could you (have)?

    Was it in the Summertime? :}
    See what I did thar?
     
    I actually think about running away from everything quite a bit. I normally think about it after a long hard day at school. It normally comes after I think about my father as he really angers me. I think if I got in an argument with him, I might actually leave for a day or two, I wouldn't get anywhere disappearing for good though.
     
    I do think a little bit about running away when my life gets a little too much, usaully it is when something or someone really stresses me out. I could not really disappear as that would leave my daughter without me.
     
    When I was 16 I thought about it constantly because I couldn't stand my stepdad but I loved my mom too much to leave her like that.
     
    I dont think about running away persay or maybe I do, it depends how you define "running away". I feel like running away from the responsibilities of life sometimes, such as having to find a job, make money an stuff like that. I do think about it a lot, because Im having difficulties making my life the way I would like and how people think life is supposed to be. People expect so much from others and Im feeling that pressure. I dont think I can act on that, I kind of have to do what's expected of me, what other choice do I have?
     
    I have thought about it before, when I used to hear my mother and her husband arguing downstairs. I also contemplated it at other times, but those times were most frequent. I didn't think about it too much, I just thought that it'd be nice to get away for a few days.

    I did act on it once, after a particularly bad argument when I was 11. I climbed out of my window, met with a friend and slept at her house. Her mum didn't notice that food was disappearing for 3 days xD

    After that, some events happened, and my family really came through (well, most of them). It made me realise that I was being selfish, which led to a tearful apology to my mum and sisters.
     
    I always think about running away in the Autumn Term at school, when my homework slowly begins to pile up, god knows why. I just kept on thinking about it, it was just there in the back of my mind. Of course, I never did it, I'd never have any Wi-Fi. I never would've/could've because of that reason, what would I do without Twitter?! >=o
     
    Rococo said:
    Was it in the Summertime? :}
    See what I did thar?
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    Yes! RIP MCR </3

    There have been times when I have wanted to run away with my girlfriend because there are a lot of problems that exist within our home town.

    On a happier note, I would love to run away to Japan simply because it would be AWESOME!
     
    I ran away at fifteen (a month before turning sixteen). I was having trouble at home with an aggressive, psychotic mother and thought that going to Montreal with my boyfriend (who was visiting the last week of August) would be interesting and unique. So I did.

    Unfortunately, I didn't have a SIN Card or anything, so I couldn't:

    1) Work
    2) Apply For School

    So after a few evictions (couldn't pay the rent on a 20h/week salary (plus boyfriend couldn't hold a freakin' job)) and convincing on my father's behalf, I came back home at that point and finished up school.

    Though when I did disappear that day and didn't tell anyone my "plan," the police were involved and they pinpointed where our apartment was post-16th birthday. At that point, they couldn't force me to go back home or anything; however, they did suggest to my parents that maybe they should give up their parental rights and they'd put my in foster care or something.

    They were appalled and disgusting just at the thought, esp. my father.

    Coming back was a difficult reintegration as well. The school didn't want me (held my troubled and medically-acknowledged depression against me) and I had to slowly prove myself through homeschooling to be reaccepted into highschool. (They wanted me to wait til I was 18 and go to the Learning Centre - you can't even get a diploma there! Only some lame certificate that might get you into some very basic college programs. Might.)

    All good now. Running away isn't all roses and rainbows, though.
     
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    I tend to run away from my problems, either burying them under the cloud of medication or simply ignoring them until I have no choice but to stress the hell out and yell at those who disturb me.

    As for physically running away from my problems? Sure, every kid has fantasised about running away from home or whatever at least once. Unless you've lived an utterly perfect life.
    I certainly have more reason than most to run away and simply end it all, and I've wanted to do that many times, but I chose to not do so and I'm not going to explain why.
     
    When did/do you think about it? I used to think about it constantly, when I was like 10 and younger...

    What made/makes you think about it? Because nobody has ever (or probably ever will) fully understand me.

    Did/Would you ever act on it? Could you (have)? I went down our driveway once, fully intent on running away.
    Then a car drove past, and I ran home.
    Yeah, I was around 8 at the time.

    I wouldn't run away from home now. Although I still feel like people don't quite 'get' me, my older sister ran away from home a few years ago and I saw the devastation that that caused my entire family, and I could never do that to them.
     
    When did/do you think about it? Never
    How much did/do you think about it? Never ever
    What made/makes you think about it? Nothing
    Did/Would you ever act on it? Could you (have)? Nope

    That was easy
     
    I ran away once...sort of. I got pretty far, until I met these creepy girls and I got freaked out and I ran back home. Cliche ending.
    I was only gonna go to my dads house though, so I'm not sure if it counts...
    Besides that, I tried one other time but couldn't get passed a busy street :P
    Those were the only times.
    It was just because I felt my mom was being really unfair to me (I have a little sister). That was the reason for both times.
     
    thinking about it, I actually did considered running away as a kid...man that was a stupid idea. I can't cook, clean or even do any chore without help so how can I live alone after running away? I do think to myself how much I want to leave home and start my own life alone, but I need to graduate first before I can do that.
     
    Never really, I had great parents that where very understanding. Yes there where times when I felt I was being treated unfairly and times that I know I was but I have always been a very empathic person so I understood how hard it was for them as well.
     
    Tension build up in my family made me contemplate several times, but I never acted on it simply because I didn't have anywhere to go at all. Plus, I'm pretty sure my mom would had been horribly worried because of it.
     
    lol MCR <3

    When did/do you think about it?
    How much did/do you think about it?
    What made/makes you think about it?
    Did/Would you ever act on it? Could you (have)?

    So basically I can answer all of these with two words: "Never have". It's not something I'd ever consider doing (I'm at uni now so it wouldn't matter regardless, but I never would have whilst at home either). I love my family far too much to worry them like that, even if they could have been the problem. I'd feel far too guilty from the grief caused as a result, plus I'd get far too lonely whilst alone, that I'd never be able to run away for more than a day or so, so I just never would in the first place haha.
     
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