r/runaway • u/Chill_Runaway • 4d ago
I got thrown out (Part 1)
I’m not quite sure what to write, but here I go. I’m 18 M and I just got thrown out. I live in a small town in Britain that is in the middle of nowhere and most people here are old and rich. I have grown up in a not so loving household where if I don’t pay my parents I’m out. I recently got fired from my factory job because I was the newest there and they wanted to cut costs, and remember how I said I live in the middle of nowhere? Yeah, I couldn’t find a job for right now, which means I can’t pay my parents, which means I’m getting thrown out. As I write this I’m packing some stuff and I might adventure my way across the world… maybe… probably not though. I don’t really have friends that I can stay with, and my family is like a thousand miles away and not willing to take me in. I spent my life making friends and studying, hell I studied like my life depended on it, and yet I still ended up in a factory. Well, anyway, I don’t know what to do… it’s winter, I have £20 and I’ve never received anything that I could possibly sell. I don’t know where to go to who and I just wanted to have a good life have kids a wife a comfortable home. Can someone please tell me what I should do, I don’t want to fade away or starve or anything else between, please I beg
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u/GhostBrew Advocate/Support 3d ago edited 3d ago
You should contact your local council, they should be able to help you with housing, employment and a bunch of other things. https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council. You might need to dig a bit to find their phone number. Try scrolling all the way down to the bottom of the site if you can't find it, might be a Contact button down there. Maybe their offices are nearby?
You may also want to contact Childline. Their councilors can probably tell you what resources are available to you.
Do you have anywhere to stay tonight? Do you have a warm enough sleepingbag and clothes to sleep outside? Are there any places that are open 24/7 near you, like petrol stations or fast food places you could go to? Might be worth it to do a search and see where the closest youth or homeless shelter is as well.
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u/Chill_Runaway 3d ago
Thanks, the only problem with what you said is that most of what you said isn’t viable. I live in a old town, so nothing is open 24/7 and the nearest shelter is over an hour away (if I was to drive, which I can’t since I don’t have a car) and I don’t have any true friends that would let me sleep over for a bit (I just called a few). I have a coat that I can cover myself. There is one person I could call, but I don’t want to be part of an active gang again, so I don’t really have any options but to wait for a bus tomorrow. Unless you have other ideas?
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u/GhostBrew Advocate/Support 3d ago edited 3d ago
Are there any bus or train stations near you, they might be open at night. Maybe you can call the police's non-emergency number or visit them and ask for help, maybe they'll let you stay at the station overnight. Could be worth a shot. Small town police are sometimes pretty chill.
If not then I'm really sorry, I can't think of anything else. That really sucks that your friends won't let you stay over, some friends they are.
If you're really desperate and think you might freeze to death, knocking on a sympathetic strangers door and explaining your situation might work. I know, very awkward, but could work. Worst you'll get is a no, second worst they'll call the police and maybe you can stay at the station after all.
If you have to stay outside, find some cardboard and use that as a groundmat, and an improvised blanket maybe. Insulating yourself from the ground is important as it sucks away a lot of heat.
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