Am I wrong to be upset with my mom?
I'm 17 years old and I live with my boyfriend. I do not speak to my mom at all. My boyfriend and I started dating at 15 but waited til we were the age of consent (16) to engage in sexual activity. My mom found my condoms and grounded me for a month. She already had a monitor on my phone, chaperoned our dates, and had a tracker on my car but we found a way around all of that. After she took my condoms. So we started having sex at a mutual friend's place and he used the pull out method and I had a pregnancy scare. I tried to text my Aunt and ask if she could help me get on birth control but my mom, who monitors my phone, sees all my messages through her app. All of this made me stop talking to my mom. I told her if I'm old enough to work and drive then why do you have such a tight leash on me, I'm being safe. She went on a long lecture and I just said okay. Weeks passed and I stayed in my room as much as I could to avoid talking to her. Recently my 17th birthday passed and in Texas, you can be emancipated at that age. My mom told me if I'm gonna keep acting like we're strangers then I can leave. So I packed my things and went to my boyfriend's apartment. We pay the bills together but his job pays more since hes 18. My depression has gotten so much better since being with him and I don't have as much suicidal thoughts now that I'm not under her roof. Now when I talk about this though, people tell me that my mom was just trying to protect me, she was strict because she cares, I'm too young for sex, I'll thank her one day, etc. Okay yes I get. But my mom feels how she feels and I feel how I feel. Am I really in the wrong here?
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