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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:21 PM
    Divorcing my parents
    Am I elgible to be emancipated? My mom doesn't care about me or at least if she does she doesn't show it in way. She makes me feel horrible about myself and all I do is try to help her be happy. She is getting married at the end of the year to a man she met online he has 3 kids and she has 2. we have barely anymoney any money we get she spends on her "new" family. All she does is yell at me. Nothing I do is right and I feel that I would do better in school and be happier if I was on my own. I am planning to go to college and become a pharmacist. But its hard doing good in school with all of the stress because all I do is cry. She makes me pay her for my phone bill and its really hard because I'm not old enough to have a job yet but in 7 months I can get one. She treats my little sister and her boyfriends children like they are angels but acts like I'm a child from hell please help me in anyway possible to get emancipated!!
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:26 PM
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    she makes me pay her for my phone bill
    You have a phone?? How did you get that? Is it a contract phone or pre-paid? How much do you use it?
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:29 PM
    Its on her plan but I have to pay her for it and if I don't she shuts it off
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:32 PM
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    its on her plan but i have to pay her for it and if i dont she shuts it off
    Was that the agreement?
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:35 PM
    That I can't do anything wrong and I have to pay it everymonth
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:38 PM
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    that i can't do anything wrong and i have to pay it everymonth
    Did she insist you have one, or did you ask for a phone?
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:40 PM
    I had to beg for one and my 10 year old sister has one
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:45 PM
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    i had to beg for one and my 10 year old sister has one
    1. Did your sister get one before you did, or after?
    2. Who pays your sister's phone bill?
    3. Why did your sister get one?
    4. Contract or pay-as-you-go?
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:48 PM
    She got one after and her dads parents and hers is a prepaid
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:50 PM

    When you begged for one, and were told you had to pay for it and not get into trouble in order to keep it, what went through your mind? How did you plan to pay for it?
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:51 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by baby_b123 View Post
    she got one after and her dads parents and hers is a prepaid
    Did she beg for one too?
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    Aug 7, 2009, 05:53 PM

    Is yours a contract phone?
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    Aug 7, 2009, 06:10 PM
    Yes I have to ggive her my phone at 10 and she gives it back to me in the morning
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    Aug 7, 2009, 06:19 PM
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    yes i have to ggive her my phone at 10 and and she gives it back to me in the morning
    When you begged for one, and were told you had to pay for it and not get into trouble in order to keep it, what went through your mind? How did you plan to pay for it?
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    Aug 7, 2009, 06:26 PM
    I thought she was crazy for telling her own daughter she had to pay it but can you tell me if I am elegible cause I'm not supposed to be on here please
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    Aug 7, 2009, 06:31 PM
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    i thought she was crazy for telling her own daughter she had to pay it but can u tell me if i am elegible cause im not supposed to be on here please
    You're avoiding my question -- "When you begged for one, and were told you had to pay for it and not get into trouble in order to keep it, what went through your mind? How did you plan to pay for it?"

    Big articles lately in magazines and newspapers that kids under 16 have cell phones and they have no business with one. To use for what?

    Why aren't you supposed to be on here?

    In order to be emancipated, you have to be able to support yourself with a place to live and have money for food and clothes. If you can't even pay for a cell phone, I'm guessing you are ineligible for emancipation.
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    Aug 7, 2009, 06:37 PM
    Well for one I do pay for it and I baby sit because I'm not old enough to have a job yet. But when I turn 16 I can get one and pay for it easier but when she told me I had ot pay for it I though I was her daughter I shoudnt have to pay for it and I use it in case in emergency happens when I bbabysit or when I'm alone I can call some one... and I think I should able to do it because my life is
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    Aug 7, 2009, 06:43 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by baby_b123 View Post
    well for one i do pay for it and i baby sit because im not old enough to have a job yet. but when i turn 16 i can get one and pay for it easier but when she told me i had ot pay for it i though i was her daughter i shoudnt have to pay for it and i use it incase in emergency happens when i bbabysit or when im alone i can call some one.... and i think i should able to do it because my life is
    You begged for a cell phone, agreed to pay for it, and your mom got you one, and now you are backing out on the deal? You DO have to pay for it; that was your agreement.

    Do you call friends on it?
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    Aug 7, 2009, 06:45 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by baby_b123 View Post
    i thought she was crazy for telling her own daughter she had to pay it but can u tell me if i am elegible cause im not supposed to be on here please
    In order to be emancipated, you have to be able to support yourself with a place to live and have money for food and clothes. If you can't even pay for a cell phone, I'm guessing you are ineligible for emancipation.

    Why aren't you supposed to be on here?
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    Aug 8, 2009, 04:26 AM

    I am going to go with "no, you are not eligible". Like Wondergirl said... if you cannot afford to pay for your phone (probably only part of a phone plan also... ) then you do not have the means to support yourself.

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