I'm a 16 year old mom I wanna chat w/ people

Subject: I'm a 16 year old mom I wanna chat w/ people
From: "'Kate
Date: 3/21/2004 10:42 PM Eastern Standard Time
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On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 21:11:44 -0600 (CST), (Abel
Magana)
Hi. maybe you can help me. My dauther ran of with her boyfriend. She
stayed out all weekend and lied to me said she was going to my parents,
but never got there. After she got home i took away her cell phone and
the car. she said i didnt like her boyfriend and didnt want her to see
him. so she went to live with him and i have not heard from her and i
dont know where they live. three months before graduation from hight
school. She is 18yo. now i need someone to talk to.

Hate to be the one to tell you this but she's 18 and there's nothing
that you can do about it now. She willingly left your home and she is
an adult.

Yep gotta agree, once they hit that wonderful age of 18 they can't drink or
smoke legally but they can leave home !
I moved out at 18, yep right frm the fire into the fryin' pan ! She will have
to learn on her own ...........now if I can just take that advice when it is my
turn
Bev

'Kate

"Abel Magana" wrote in message news:...
Hi. maybe you can help me. My dauther ran of with her boyfriend. She
stayed out all weekend and lied to me said she was going to my parents,
but never got there. After she got home i took away her cell phone and
the car. she said i didnt like her boyfriend and didnt want her to see
him. so she went to live with him and i have not heard from her and i
dont know where they live. three months before graduation from hight
school. She is 18yo. now i need someone to talk to.

First off, mind the fancy backgrounds and pictures. There are only ten types of people in this world: Those who understand binary and those who don't.
Secondly, I'll agree with the rest here that she's an adult and there's really not much you can do in regards to making her come back, if that's what you want and not what she wants. Here the age for a child to move out on their own, run away, get kicked out, whatever you want to call it, is only 16, so maybe she is old enough (and mature enough) to make it on her own, but for some reason I kind of doubt this, just based on the little bit you've said so far. If she's not mature enough to even consider any advice you have given her, then maybe, with time, she will realize that what you have said has not all been to hurt or control her. Maybe she will see that all you are doing is trying to help her, and maybe even save her from herself, at the least.
I was 16 and took off from home. Only advice I'd really have to offer right now is to keep your doors open to her and if at all possible, maybe through her friends, or if she has an email address that you know of, let her know that your doors are open to her, that you love her, care for her and worry about her, and perhaps she will consider this as it is, and put her in a position that she will understand, rather than get defensive.

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