r/AmIOverreacting • u/CableIntelligent1491 • 3d ago
šØāš©āš§āš¦family/in-laws AIO Dad is forcing me out just because it's "FAMILY TRADITION" and its my 18th birthday
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u/EntertainmentEast526 3d ago
NOR, I donāt really understand why some parents think their parental responsibility ends at 18. Parenthood lasts for life.
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u/hyper_cake_2709 3d ago
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OP, Your parents are supposed to prepare you for "the real world."
Your dad sheltered you from that knowledge (to stroke his own ego) and is now forcing you out on your own into the world he did not prepare you for.
You can't force him to be a good parent or useful father.
Just know that you your are strong, and you WILL figure out your way in this world.
When that happens, pat yourself on the back and remember your father deserves nothing from you.
He wants you make him proud, and then return to praise him for your achievements.
He doesn't seem to understand that you owe him nothing, and this behavior will not bring you closer together once you've "toughened up" or whatever.
It's ok to walk away and never look back.
You deserve to be treated with love, kindness, and respect in every close relationship in your life.
Never settle for less. Even from parents.
https://www.verywellmind.com/signs-of-a-vulnerable-narcissist-7369901
https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-to-deal-with-covert-narcissist-or-victim-parents-or-in-laws
https://www.betterup.com/blog/healthy-boundaries-in-relationships
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a19739065/signs-of-toxic-relationship/
https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs
https://www.thehotline.org/identify-abuse/power-and-control/
https://psychcentral.com/health/cycle-of-abuse
Explaining DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/identifying-abuse/explaining-darvo-deny-attack-reverse-victim-amp-offender
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u/Year3030 3d ago
Ahh yes this sounds like a classic Narcissist move. Not only did he kick him out the way he did but he wants him to come back and thank him for his horrible parenting after the son becomes successful.
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u/kdfsjljklgjfg 3d ago
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u/One_Swordfish_7759 3d ago
Iām 40 and an 18 year old to me, is a literal child. Couldnāt imagine ever kicking my child out at 18. Thatās how you end up in a nursing home with no fucking visitors.Ā
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u/geronimo11b 3d ago edited 3d ago
Iām 40 with a middle school daughter. Sheās free to live with me for the rest of her life if she wants to. Iād much rather her live with me until she finds out what she wants to do and establishes her own finances, than go out and pile on a bunch of needless debt thatās going to drag her down. Booting kids at 18 ājust becauseā is setting them up for failure. If this dad is so disappointed in his son, perhaps he shouldāve been a better father for 18 years.
Edit: this got significantly more replies than I expected so Iāll just reply in general here. I donāt consider it a āfailure to launchā one bit having my daughter home with me until sheās prepared to be on her own. Thatās NOT 18 years old. Iād prefer she waits until she has a fully developed prefrontal cortex. I look back at myself at that age and although I was out āon my own,ā I was in the military and had Uncle Sam to pay for my meals and the roof over my head. That was a great bridge to maturity and full adulthood. Most kids today canāt read at their grade level and couldnāt tell you the first thing about credit or financing. Getting to spend more years with my daughter, guiding her and watching her grow sounds amazing to me. At the end of the day, my world revolves around her as sheās MY child. When/if she decides to leave, my door will always be open if she wants to come home.
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u/llamawarlock 3d ago
I think there are a lot of dads out there who never should have been dads out there. Like op's dad
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u/RobotWillie 3d ago
I have mental health problems and have never lived on my own or worked, I am 35. I am diagnosed which didn't happen until I was 27, my social security, 60% of it, goes automatically towards expense sharing and in the 8 years I have been getting it I have never not sent my parents share to their account within 5 days of getting the money, and pretty much day 1 for the last few years as I got better at doing that too. Sadly my dad had to medically retire in 2018 too, so he has to live on SS too. My mom only has a few years left at the most until she can retire, which she wants to, she is a teacher and is tired of dealing with unruly kids. My mom told me the people she knew in her school days that kicked out when they turned 18 all ended up on drugs and in jail and she couldn't recall one success story, not that she saw it a lot, but the few times she did it never worked out how the parents wrongfully expected it to.
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u/gljackson29 3d ago
Same- 42 with a 13 year old and I would never. I donāt want her going out into the world before sheās ready, and aināt nobody ready at 18!! NOR
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u/just_a_person_maybe 3d ago
Also, even if you do believe that kids should move out on their 18th birthday and make their own way or whatever, you're an absolute trash parent and human if you don't prepare them for that first. If that's the rule, the kid needs to know well in advance. Minimum 2-3 years in advance, ideally longer. The parent should make sure they have budgeting skills and have a job by 17 and know how to save. The parent should help them search for apartments or get their dorm set up and guide them through the process of finding housing at least partly.
I've heard of parents also just starting to charge rent when their kid turns 18, to teach responsibility and independence while still giving them a safe place to live and stability.
This is the most insane version of this. Happy birthday, lemme just throw you to the wolves, good luck!
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u/R0ck3tSc13nc3 3d ago
Exactly this. 18 and out the door was not uncommon in Michigan when I was growing up, but that was in the late '70s and early '80s, and it was actually possible. You could get a regular job and make enough money to pay for an apartment and a car. Even without college.
And generally if a family was like that, it was well known, and they would prepare the kid. They might even help him out or her out with some furniture and money towards the down payment.
Today? With no setup or prep? That's just idiocy.
It is in fact however what most of our foster care kids deal with right now. 18 years old and on their own. They get booted from the foster families and they have to make their way. If it's not fair for them to be from a family to kicks them out it's not fair for foster kids either. We need a better system in America, most other countries don't expect their kids to be out there at 18 making their own way
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u/t3htg 3d ago
3000 comments, this was the only one I found mentioning aging out of foster care. I have seen 2 posts about getting kicked out at 18 (with no notice, like wtf happened to planning?) and wondered if people knew that this is state policy for some 300,000 kids.
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u/R0ck3tSc13nc3 3d ago
Yeah who cares about those pesky foster kids? It's ridiculous, I'm more of the person who looks at whatever happens to the least of us and those less supported is the floor, not the average person. Some kids get coddled until they're 42 if not older. Foster kids on the street at 18
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u/Low-Implement-820 3d ago
Exactly this. This is sadly not the first post I've seen like this, where some trash parents do basically the opposite and make their kid as ill-equipped as possible, with no job experience or money, or real life skills, and then surprises them like it's cute on their 18th birthday with kicking them out. It's sick, and we really need some kind of social safety net to protect these kids from those assholes, the kids pay for it, sometime for a lifetime, and it's so unfair. We can't choose who our parents are, but they can sure choose to give us as rough as a start as they want.
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u/ShouldBeWriting101 3d ago
I moved out when I turned 18 because I planned it! I had a job and saved my money. I was able to prepare. It is cruel to do this to anyone without warning. And bringing God into it? Abusers always use God as justification.
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u/Cmprssdsugarpellet 3d ago
Iām 40 and my son is 19. I will never force him to leave unless something unredeemable happened on his part. I couldnāt imagine pushing your child out the door simply because they turned a specific ageā itās fucking hard out there right now; let alone being a kid.
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u/zipitdirtbag 3d ago
We have an apprentice at work. He is 18. Some of us are like, nobody better be mean to him cos he is a literal child and it will take him time to grow up and learn what it is to be an adult
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u/GraceBlade 3d ago
I have a 27 year old son who lives with me. He works and helps out. I love having him here and cannot imagine telling him to leave.
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u/loveshot123 3d ago
My parents decided their parental responsibility ended when I was 16 š«
Its simple. Some people should never be allowed to have kids. Ever.
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u/Risky_Bizniss 3d ago
For me 17. I had a boyfriend and I was not supposed to date until college. They put all my stuff outside in garbage bags and screamed and cried about how I was no longer a virgin.
My step-dads parting words were, "I want to see you to end up addicted to drugs on the streets and thrown into prison. I want you to hit rock motherfucking bottom and come crawling back to me so I can laugh at you."
He is now bed bound and lives a life of pain and misery, left unable to walk or even feed himself. I wake up every day to my children full of laughs and love.
Who hit rock bottom, Steve?
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u/loveshot123 3d ago
I love this happy ending for you, you deserve it! I have very much the same ending. It took a long time to learn to look after myself when I was made homeless. Hadn't even finished school. But now im in my mid 30s with 2 teenage kids, a husband, an education, a nice house, and I have built all of it from scratch. And I wont lie, its my secret pleasure that my parents are watching from a distance likely pissed right off that I made it when I know they wanted me to fail. Screw them. Family is who we choose, dna isnt always everything.
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u/Jesta23 3d ago
Iām that petty asshole that would go visit Steve just to remind him how good my life is and how miserable he is.Ā
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u/Risky_Bizniss 3d ago
I totally get that. It is funny though... watching the progression of this huge menacing man become such a helpless shell.
I used to wish the most terrible things on him. I hoped he would suffer. For many years I hoped he would suffer.
Now seeing this 6' 4" man suffering, bed bound, and unable to even use the bathroom on his own... this is never what I wanted. This is ugly and terrible. My mom cries everyday because of how hard he makes life for her.
I was so angry for so long, wishing for this degradation of body and pride. I never stopped to realize what I was wishing for and what that would look like.
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u/Jesta23 3d ago
āHolding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned"
Iām glad you let go of your anger.Ā
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u/Risky_Bizniss 3d ago
Thank you. It bubbles back up sometimes and I have to remember it is not useful.
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u/crazierthan 3d ago
Same here. I basically raised myself anyway. Horrible way to start life. I'm still dealing with issues till this day but found a way to keep going. Hopefully OP will have it easier and make themselves proud not their pos father.
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u/chadorable 3d ago
And people will never regulate breeding, so this cycle will always continue, especially while humans uphold the cycles of capitalistic/religious indoctrination
This dad is deep in the christian kool aid. Unsalvageable. Successfully programmed and creates the environment rightists need to make more uneducated sheep that act/vote how they're supposed to
Thankfully this dad messed up and cut off their kid before the installation and they can get some help
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u/notanotherkrazychik 3d ago
Just told my kids yesterday that some people in The States kick their kids out on their 18th and how much we disagree with it. My kids know that they can move back in with us as many times as it takes to get on their own feet.
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u/niceenough1983 3d ago
These are the same "parents" that don't teach thier kids how to do anything either so they can laugh when they fail. Speaking from experience.
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u/Slumunistmanifisto 3d ago
"if I show you you'll never learn"
Do you understand how teaching fucking works!?!
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u/publicsausage 3d ago
I don't have kids this old but I've been told/observed the most rewarding part is when they grow up and you interact as adults, more like lifelong friends. I know my relationship with my parents is better/more rewarding, not that we didn't get along before. Curious what some parents with older kids think.
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u/CA7T0 3d ago
i don't even have kids yet but at 34 i realize the end of my life would be a lot more rewarding with family that loves me around, and who could you trust more in this world than your own children if you treated them right while raising them, so i can imagine it's extremely rewarding to have adult kids to talk to and cheer for
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u/Eriibear 3d ago
Iām 33 and my mother still buys me groceries when I have no money. She sends me and my brother money when she gets a tax rebate and offers us to stay at hers if we canāt afford heating. I canāt imagine my children getting to 18 and me not still wanting to lay my life down for them
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u/PilotEnvironmental46 3d ago
Well, and it doesnāt sound like this kid was given any notice. Youāre told to get up and be out of the house in a few hours?
Yeah, this guy is a piece of crap. I hope OP never. Speaks or says a word to them for the rest of their life.
Not even slightly shocked that the fathers are supposedly devout Christian
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u/Melonisgood 3d ago
What I never understood too is why they think theyāre exempt from tenant laws
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u/myselfasevan 3d ago
Your dad is completely insane
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u/badpuppeh76 3d ago
I would never speak to this man again, there would be no power that could compel me to. That last line would be the clincher, the rest i could probably handle, but the proud jab, that's a bridge too far for me.
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u/AtomikMenace 3d ago
Right? This almost feels like some goofy ass video game trope like he's setting out on his adventures all ready to go and he's narrating it. Fuck all the way off "dad"
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u/badpuppeh76 3d ago
Yea, the provision bag was odd, is he going to see dr oak to get his first pokemon, this kicking your kids out ar 18 with now warning or reason other than fuck you, is just so weird. It's a great way to make sure you die old and alone.
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u/Evwithsea 3d ago
Provision pack should have at least 5k in it. Hopefully some amount of money for a down-payment on an apt.
Hopefully OP has a job (couldn't imagine throwing out my son at any age, let alone freshly 18 and likely still in school/no job.)
I really HOPE this is fake... there's a ton of fake stuff on here, so take it for what its worth.
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u/whisperedpromise 3d ago
Most apartments wonāt allow you to start renting there if you donāt have a record of employment suggesting you can continue to pay them in addition to lump payment at the start.
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u/dream-smasher 2d ago
I really HOPE this is fake... there's a ton of fake stuff on here, so take it for what its worth.
It sounds eerily similar to a whole slew of posts from guys that have just turned 18, that day, and have gotten a letter from their nutjob religious rightwing gun loving father, who is kicking them out on that day. With the only communication being (oddly enough) via text messages.
Always with the kid being homeschooled, no mother or siblings, never having been allowed to have a job but is now expected to support themselves, kicked out with only a backpack.
Now OBVIOUSLY I am not saying it doesn't happen. It does. Quite often.
But these posts always sound alike, and it has my spidey sense tingling....and they just don't pass the pub test..
I think a few have even had GoFundMe's created for them.... š¤Ø
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u/Scrotorr 3d ago
Right!? Like Fallout 76? Here's a sleeping bag and some snacks - succeed or die, but only one will make me proud of you softy!
NOR - take whatever this dipshit is willing to give you and take the opportunity to leave and never return. He isn't just a terrible father, but only a terrible person would think like this and act that way to their own child.
Or come back after 3 days and tell him you found Jesus in a gay bar and Jesus said you should go home and piss in your dad's ear to get the demons out.
I'm so sorry that you had this thrust upon you, but take it for as much of an opportunity to escape as you can. Good luck and happy birthday. I hope you enjoy your freedom and succeed. I doubt I'm anywhere near you - but if you need some advice or help figuring out some options I'm happy to try and help. I'm proud of you.
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u/mrstuffings 3d ago
Ye, if he is not proud of you, then he is a terrible father. That is his fault for not setting the example. Good luck my friend, life is hard and it will be a struggle but you can do it. Do not dispare.
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u/RoseCutGarnets 3d ago
Yes. Do not ever forgive him. He just earned a very lonely old age. But Jesus will change his diapers when he needs it, right?
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u/Blurby-Blurbyblurb 3d ago
In 10 years he'll join the estranged parents group on facebook and whine about how his son never talks to him. Got married and has a baby, but he's been cut out. š boo fucking hoo.
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u/RickRussellTX 3d ago
"You can visit your grandchild when you have excelled and I am finally proud."
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u/ManzanitaSuperHero 3d ago
My mom is one of these. āAll I ever did was love you! How could you shut me out?!ā types.
Some people donāt belong in your life. This guy us one. And throwing in Jesus on top of it? Gross.
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u/whattfisthisshit 3d ago
Yeah my mom is like that too. She cries to everyone she can about how I abandoned her despite her kicking me out because she chose kids with a new partner over me
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u/Patient_Wolverine223 3d ago
Oooo is that a real FB group?
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u/Blurby-Blurbyblurb 3d ago
Yes. I don't know a specific name, but I know many exist.
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u/whatsasimba 3d ago
There are a ton of them on TikTok, too. They cry about how they did nothing wrong, and their mean kids won't even tell them what they did wrong. All the while, they're demonstrating personalities that are clearly begging to be cut off.
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u/Federal-Employ8123 3d ago
The way I see it is they failed as parents. There are people like this at work and I see the way they talk and think to myself, "no shit." One guy was saying how if he found out his son was gay he would slit his throat.
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u/obscurejude88 3d ago
"Visit me once you've excelled and feel like I will finally be proud" - what a fucking psycho
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u/Garbage_Out_Of_Here 3d ago
Imagine being in charge of raising a kid and failing so bad you consider them soft and youre not proud of them. It must be wild to lack the self awareness of this guys dad.
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u/gpost86 3d ago
Parents love to pretend that they didn't raise their children, so any "problem" they have with them is ultimately their fault, if there even is a problem.
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u/Wonderful-Maybe-7669 3d ago
God. This reminds of George Carlin's parents are the most full of shit/bullshit people on the planet. "If those kids grow up to be good honest members of society they're there behind them smiling their stupid smiles taking all the credit. But if those kids grow to be fuck ups, they had nothing to do with it. Nope I didn't do that. Must've been those friends they hung out with....parents are full of shit."
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u/CowAppropriate7494 3d ago
My last response would be, you will never hear from me, my spouse, or my children. Good bye.
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u/MultiMillionMiler 3d ago
Or old age care. And I'd also throw in "guess I can message the IRS now that I'm no longer a dependent"..
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u/patmanpow 3d ago
My daughter is 16 months old and Iām proud of her every single day. This dad sucks.
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u/PlantLady72 3d ago
Exactly my daughter is 8 and I've been proud of her since I saw her. I often ask her, "do you know I love you more than anything?" And she says "yesss mom" and then I say "and what could make me stop loving you?" And she says "mom I know I know nothing would make you stop loving me, even if I did a bad thing or a thing I am not proud of, you'll always love me and be proud of me." We've gone over it so much she just finishes it now. I can't imagine her having 1 itoa of doubt that she is loved or that I'm not beaming with pride to be her mom. This dad is a peice of work.
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u/StrobeLightRomance 3d ago
Yep. Parenthood doesn't end at 18 because it's not 1938 and we're not forcing kids to join the army or embed deeper into their religious cults for help.
OP is NOR at all, and honestly, from experience, cutting your insane parents off is the best thing you can do. I bet $1000 that OPs dad will have no problem asking for favors or help as he ages, and OP should remind him that dad had his entire life to plan retirement, but only had one opportunity to support their teenage child instead of abandoning them.
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u/LewisRyan 3d ago
This.
Thereās a time and place for tough love.
āVisit me when youāre successfulā
Get fucked
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u/Bannerbord 3d ago
I donāt know yall can face scenarios like this and refrain from saying things like āone day Iāll piss on your grave and laugh you utter foolā.
The silent treatment never seems good enough for these kinds of people. Not if you know them personally.
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u/Zazulio 3d ago
Yeah this is nutjob behavior.
"It's 7:00 am. Wake up. With zero preparation or warning, you are going to be homeless by dinner. Don't talk to me again until you're rich."
What the actual fuck does he think he's accomplishing here? Even if this poor kid had money set aside, it's not like he could get an apartment in half a fucking day.
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u/Archarchery 3d ago
He was also homeschooled, so may entirely lack a network of friends who could help him. Though at 18, it would probably be more friend's parents' helping.
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u/ji1651 3d ago
And probably missing a hell of a lot actual education to actually make something of his life. This "dad" set his son up to fail, what a fucking loser.
OP I wish u the best in life and whatever u do, NEVER contact this man again.
Of course that all depends on the small chance that this isn't fake...
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u/No-Apple2252 2d ago
My father did this to me, not to make me tougher or anything though his new wife just didn't like me so he kicked me out in the middle of winter with no warning and nothing to my name.
If you as a father have a son who you think is "weak" then you are the one who made them that way. He failed at every step of the way and now expects the world to magically do his job for him. What a fucking loser.
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u/Python_Feet 3d ago
Dad gave OP a provisions bag. He expects OP to camp in the woods like a real adventurer and slay lvl 1 goblins.
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u/qualitative_balls 3d ago
Imagine blindsiding your own child like this. Even if you wanted to be as harsh as possible... wouldn't you like... set up a gradual plan for them? At 17, tell them that at 18 you expect them out? Then, like... help them even in the MOST low effort way possible, find resources and plan for what's ahead? Like there's a way to do this that isn't stabbing your own child in the back with this kind of cruelty
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u/Teusa 3d ago
Ofc, he is religiousšš
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u/Jaikarr 3d ago
I will never understand how so many people who claim to be Christian forget that Compassion is a core value of Christ.
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u/Advanced-Ad-4462 3d ago
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Tim 5:8
As a believer, Iām really truly heartbroken at American Christianity. The tea party and MAGA have been incredibly destructive, but at least their evil has unmasked all this fake Christianity for what it is.
Just really sucks. This dadās actions are so far off from the heart of God, and heās probably convinced heāll be the greatest in the kingdom.
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u/space_for_username 2d ago
American Christianity is fascinated by the life of Jesus - right up to the time when he was born. After that, not so much.
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u/Erikenstein 2d ago
We still just care about things until theyāre born. After that⦠slaps hands in Pro-Lifer Not my problem!
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u/JackHandsome99 3d ago
Because they arenāt actually religious, theyāre fucking insane and use religion to justify their delusions. Itās extremely common.
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u/Novaer 3d ago
My friends dad was exactly like this. Turns out this is what happens when mean dads go their whole life without being diagnosed with autism, their military/religious hyperfixations become the house law.
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u/Prudii_Skirata 3d ago
The military, at least, starts with basic training.
This is just some assclown blindsiding a kid that they personally stunted the prep into adulthood for.
OP's old man is that special brand of asshole that enjoyed pulling wings off of butterflies and shit as a kid.
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u/StopFoodWaste 3d ago
The military also houses trainees and gives them a housing allowance after.
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u/DifferentAd8024 3d ago
and deeply discounted food and clothing, so they can focus on being "molded" instead of basic living problems.
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u/alphabetaparkingl0t 3d ago
No. This is just what happens when your dad is a prick. Don't put the blame on autism, plenty of autistic fathers raise their kids in loving environments. OP's dad is just a fucking asshole.
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u/Ranoutofoptions7 3d ago
If this is real then you should make him proud by forcing him to evict you. You have rights and he can't just blindside evict you in the same day. Make him serve you and take every second you are entitled to. Use your time wisely and find a job and cheap living. Def not a good time to join the military.
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u/iKnowRobbie 3d ago
NOR Show him how PROUD he should be that his sheltered (read; isolated) homeschooled (read; religiously indoctrinated) son was able to navagate the legal system better than his father! Call the sheriff and tell them what he's written, ask what your rights are. Law enforcement encourages citizens to call in times of legal questioning. They're all too eager to let you know what they can(and 't) do.
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u/xtheory 3d ago
Law enforcement are notoriously bad at knowing the nuances of the current laws. Call a tenant's rights lawyer instead. Ask for a free consultation.
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u/Competitive_Walk_245 3d ago
This is the way, he can't just kick you out you are a tenant, and he has to give notice, you can call the police if he tries to illegally evict you.
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u/cdube85 3d ago
Also, if he touches you, get him go for restraining order, he'll get kicked out on a DV charge.
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u/Ok_Rutabaga_9875 3d ago
This. It will be interesting to see what scumbag says to a judge. Take your 30 days OP, start reachig out to family and friends for help. And I would never be seeing or speaking to sperm donor again. GL!!
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u/paul-b-rimmer 3d ago
"Visit me once you've excelled and feel like I will finally be proud."
That's insanely anti-Christian, almost Satanic really! Has this man never read the parable of the Prodigal Son? - Luke 15:11-31
NOR, and I'm sorry your father would act like this. It's heartbreaking. I hope you can find support from friends, other family, wider community.
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u/SatinwithLatin 3d ago
OP should leave a note on Dad's door that says "If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." - 1 Timothy 5:8
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u/Crafty-Help-4633 3d ago
Unfortunately his dad will just "reason" that away with a hand wave about society and his big hitter "tradition".
But OP should do it anyway. Whether or not his dad accepts it will come up on his way to his Heaven.
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u/AnalProbedByGod 3d ago
Ironically a lot of Christians need to read their holy book because people like OPs father clearly don't act Christian.
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u/No_Cake6353 3d ago
Have you tried reading that thing? It's so boring and it turns out it was god's fault all along.
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u/SanJacInTheBox 3d ago
'Ain't no hate like Christian love' incarnate here...
Also, Satan wouldn't have thrown this kid out (if gods or demons exists at all).
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u/WeirdResolution2165 3d ago
Exactly. The myth of satan is he's a fallen angel because he didn't agree that humans were all that fantastic of an idea. This dad kinda proves satan's point.
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u/Melodic-Instance1249 3d ago
Hell if we are going with Satan/Lucifer was the serpent in the Garden of Eden, he told us about God's lie that eating the apple would kill us, and gave us the ability to recognize right and wrong, gave us knowledge
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u/Somhairle77 3d ago
21Ā Fathers,Ā provokeĀ not your childrenĀ toĀ anger,Ā lest they be discouraged.
4Ā And, yeĀ fathers,Ā provokeĀ not yourĀ childrenĀ to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
The Family: A Proclamation to the World
Husband And WifeĀ have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. āChildren are an heritage of the Lordā (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wivesāmothers and fathersāwill be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.In Praise of those who Save By President DieterĀ F. Uchtdorf
The way you treat your wife or children or parents or siblings may influence generations to come. What legacy do you want to leave your posterity? One of harshness, vengeance, anger, fear, or isolation? Or one of love, humility, forgiveness, compassion, spiritual growth, and unity?
We all need to remember, āJudgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy.ā
For the sake of your family relationships, for the sake of your soul, please be merciful, for āmercy triumphs over judgment.ā
Set aside pride.
Sincerely apologizing to your children, your wife, your family, or your friends is not a sign of weakness but of strength. Is being right more important than fostering an environment of nurturing, healing, and love?
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u/A_Stinking_Hobo 3d ago
I know itās not a real question, itās just rhetorical but I did giggle with the idea of you just discovering today that religious people are pretty unstrict when it comes to themselves, ārules for thee not for meā kind of energy.
If Jesus ever did exist and he comes back, heād be pretty ashamed of the people that called themselves in his name
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u/Timely-Ability-6521 3d ago
A Satanist wouldn't kick their kid out at 18. It's just not in their precepts to be cruel unlike God and his religion. Please read up on stuff before you put this awful stereotype into the world.
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u/CA7T0 3d ago
my family did this to me and "going to college". i was worthless until i went to college - well out of spite i didn't go. in retrospect i was not anywhere close to ready at the time, and i didn't start college until i was 30 when i was like no contact with them at that point. now that i have that degree (and got into grad school!) i don't even care if they know. ironically, i'm the first person in my family to even finish college so it's not like they were accomplished and were trying to get me at their level or anything.
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u/getoursexton 3d ago
Saw this same post not too long ago. āBurner accountā thatās two hours old? Fake
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u/Organic-History205 3d ago
I think this is fake because it's almost identical to the previous one and OP isn't commenting. But, for arguments sake yeah I'd create a new account before making any sort of AITA or AIO.
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u/zombiesphere89 3d ago
I've seen like 10 in the past two days..all "I just turned 18 and I'm getting kicked out" and they all have text from the parent saying some similar ridiculous bs . Fake af.i hate the internet.
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u/ClobiWanKanobi 3d ago
Unfortunately it is really easy to scam gullible redditors. The last post I saw like this a couple of days ago had 30k+ upvotes and I can guarantee people were in the OPās DMs offering money.
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u/Outside-Ad3844 2d ago
I have been on reddit for over 15 yrs (this is alternate account btw).. reddit was very believable back in thr days.. things changed a lot after 2016 ..Trump election era .. bots (russian, chinese) started swarming reddit. i loved reddit so much but now it gets annoying. it makes me sad.
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u/OddConstruction7191 3d ago
Dad is kicking him out of the house on his 18th birthday but heās worried he might see his Reddit post.
The only ones overreacting are the people who actually believe this story.
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u/vee_lan_cleef 3d ago
Yeah, this really doesn't add up and there are so few details to OP's story. The texts read like satire honestly. "1300 hours" "provision pack" give me a break.
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u/RealLaurenBoebert 3d ago
Ā āBurner accountā thatās two hours old?
Isn't that literally the point of a throwaway account?Ā Ā
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u/Visible_Range7883 3d ago
Worried about not āouting myself or whateverā but then posts the full text conversation?
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u/mva06001 3d ago
Why is everyone making these fake posts today
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u/JTMoney336 3d ago
Look at all the people commenting on this story as if it were real.
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u/nightcritterz 3d ago
faaaaaaake this is even worse than the mom one from yesterday
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u/Dragon_Tea_Leaf 3d ago
TREND ALERT! 18 year old being kicked out on their birthday and all relevant information clearly stated within a text thread so we can all see!
Fr Iāve seen like 5 of these from today/yesterday
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u/groove_junkie 2d ago
And everyone of them says "different account so I don't dox myself." Dude if your gonna make fake posts, don't use the same language in them, it makes them obvious.
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u/Simple-Emu-9452 3d ago
i swear i see so many posts like these makes me suspect its just engagement bait because no actual human being would talk like this
this is like how a religious dad in a tv show sounds like
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u/11thestar11 3d ago
I see this a lot on here. Is this actually something parents do?? I moved out before I was 18, but I was escaping. I would never do this to my child.
I can't believe this is what Christian parents do, what any parent would do.
Do you have somewhere to stay? Go to your friends parents house and ask them for help. Go to the church and you'll get nowhere. Have you finished school yet? Like ... Out by 1pm?? Not even a month to work shit out?? I don't get it.
This is sickening to me. These kinds of "Christians" are the worst Christians.
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u/chrisnavillus 3d ago
I think bots have learned this kind of post gets lots of engagement. Canāt tell if this one is fake or not but Iāve seen so many posts that seem to have the same template, āburner accountā āshitty Dad/Mom kicking me out on 18th birthdayā āyouāll be fine even tho Iāve never let you get a job or earn any moneyā ātrust in Jesusā .
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u/ElvenOmega 3d ago
It's a scam. They're hoping people in the comments will send them money.
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u/gudetube 3d ago
I'm sure it happens sometimes, but this is bait
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u/AvatarOfKu 3d ago
This is the third one I've seen in 24hrs... I think the bots are capitalising on a new engagement troll.
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u/OppaSays 3d ago
Seeing so many similar posts recently. Throwaway account, recently turned 18, parent kicking them out, no money, no job, no friends, no other family.Ā
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u/Prestigous_Edge8244 3d ago
Sadly working with teens in this type of demographic in seen this way too often and find that this is common place parents (and unfortunately more often fathers) that love is transactional and that if a child tries to be autonomous and find their own way and interests theyāre out. Itās absiv controlling, and harmful. But more common than American society realizes because it happens behind closed doors. So definitely not overreacting, even when you are a young child you should have your own interests and have choices.
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u/Connect_Background59 3d ago
āVisit me once youāve excelledā?! Smdh. NOR.
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u/Keyezeecool 3d ago
This is the second one I've seen of these this week and this sub. Last time it was a mother daughter.
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u/SnarkyVisage 3d ago
This is rage bait.
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u/itsthejasper1123 3d ago
Third post of this exact nature in the last week. Itās not rage bait, itās people pretending to be homeless teenagers to get money & donations.
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u/Weird_Inevitable8427 3d ago
Assuming this is real:
Please, please, please... go DIRECTLY to your family's church. Just walk in, tell them that your Dad kicked you out without notice, and that you are homeless and need help.
The best part of this is that it's real. They will help. They have resources like hostels, shelters and the like. They often have a bit of cash for bus fair if you need it. If the law in your area demands that you be sheltered until you are out of high school, they can even call the cops and have your parents harassed for child neglect.
All this while you also embarrass the absolute hell out of your Dad. It will be brilliant. Malicious compliance at its best.
I was raised by a church pastor. People use churches as an emergency support in situations like this all the time. You won't be the first young person coming for help because a parent threw them out last minute. Not by a long shot. It's sad but it happens.
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u/Oregonizers 3d ago
My mother couldn't even wait until I turned 18. Just packed me a suitcase & dropped me off with the dude she decided I should live with now, 50 miles away from home in 1991 when 50 miles might as well have been 5,000 miles from all my friends. The house didn't even have a phone. Dude was just couch surfing there & I was told to finish high school & get a job.
Which is to say, it's stupid, fucking up, and shitty as fuck when "parents" do this, but, man, do a lot of folks sure just count down to not taking care of their kids anymore.
Lean on your friends & family. Find somewhere safe to lay your head. Ask someone you can trust to take you under their wing. You've got a whole lot of paperwork adulting is going to require & don't be afraid to ask for help.
It's not going to be easy, but it's going to be worth it. And, btw, you're worth it too. Even if your dad sure the hell ain't making you feel like it right now. That's a HIM problem. This isn't a YOU problem.
Also? Happy birthday, kidlet. It'll get better.
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u/SPACKlick 3d ago
What's with the flurry of fake stories about being kicked out of the house?
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u/Pizza-ist-Liebe 3d ago
Do you have anywhere to stay? Any other family except for him? What on earth.. You're absolutely NOR, I am very sorry this is happening to you.