I dont want to live with my grandma anymore

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After my dad died a few years ago my grandma has been very sad she has been drinking and smoking when she previously hadn’t. My house has tons of clothes everywhere and we have mice and ants (as pests) and I’m very unhappy living there. A total of 4 people live there me my grandma my grandpa and my little sister (14 this year). My mom who had previously not been there very often, lets us come over every weekend and we have a bedroom all to ourselves(at my grandmas we all sleep in the living room together and my sister sleeps on a mattress on the floor). And we each have a bed although mine is a pullout couch, but I digress it’s better than a bed with springs poking me every night. My mom does drink but she always has and she doesn’t yell at us like my grandma, and me and my sister actually respect my mom more than my grandma. My grandma will only accept the best grades from me and my sister because she screams about me having even c's. So I’m just wondering because I turn 17 this year if I should just wait until I turn 18 or try to get out of my grandma’s house and try to live with my mom or do something what do you recommend I do?

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Reply: #1 I dont want to live with my grandma anymore

Hello,
Thank you for writing to us here at the National Runaway Safeline.

We understand it takes great courage to reach out, and we appreciate you sharing a little bit about what’s going on. Losing a parent at any age is tough and we can only imagine what that has been like for you. You have our deepest condolences.
The living situation you described sounds like a tough one to be in. We understand your frustration.

We want you to know that we are here as support to help you through this challenging time. We can’t tell you what to do you know your situation best. We can speak with you and explore options and that might give you some since of a plan on next steps. We can best help by phone or chat as NRS is unable to respond more than twice by email or bulletin for assistance. If you would like to talk more in detail and share more about how we can help specifically, please call or chat soon.

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