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My Teenager Is Emotionally Abusing Me and I Want to Move Out
You should try almost anything else before you leave the home.
Reader Mom Without Hope writes,
I have a 15 year old daughter who has been controlling, bossy and rude to me for many years. We have tried punishments, groundings, chores etc over the years. She is still impossible. I feel terrible but I don’t want to be around her anymore. She is manipulative and always saying mean rude things to me. I am beginning to say to her things I feel terrible about. Like “I don’t want to do this anymore.”
Three years ago, she was calling me names and yelling. I told her to stop but she continued. I put my hand up to stop her and she leaned towards me, same time…I accidentally tapped her lip, she had braces and her lip started to bleed. I told her I was so sorry repeatedly… However, she called the police and I was arrested as she told them I hit her. No charges were ever filed and we hired an attorney as well. I have numerous acquaintances; teachers, principals, friends, family, her friends even, that offered to testify on my behalf as they had all seen her horrible treatment of me.
I resent her to this day. She tries to bait me to get me mad so she can call the police again, I fear. I really don’t like her as a person at all. I love her more than anything and I still do too much for her probably. She is a straight A honors student, but does not have many ongoing friendships. My life is hell daily. She…
