Hi, I’m posting for a friend that’s 21F cause she doesn’t have phone access right now.
Location: Ohio
I live at home with my siblings, mom and step-dad. My mom has fairly traditional Arab views about living in the house, so doesn’t want any of us moving out until we are married. My siblings go up to 30 years old all the way down to 10 years old. She’s very anti us dating and overall pretty toxic, and we’ve had issues for awhile. I’ve been talking to a boy in our community (not even dating), and over July 4th he visited my house and my step father and brother beat him up so bad that he went to the hospital. I know I needed to move out but I was trying to create an action plan before then, as me and multiple of my siblings work at the same job. Anyways, this weekend my sister (20f) and I wanted to go out and asked our mom who agreed. When we were ready to go home, my sister called a Lyft for her and some of our cousins out with us, but there wasn’t enough room in the car for me to fit. I was a block away from my friends place who had just gotten off work and agreed to drive me home. The boy I’ve been talking to walked me there and then my friend was getting ready to drive me when she realized her car was blocked in by another car (seemed to be a DoorDash driver dropping something off inside the apartment complex). I texted my sister that it would be a few more minutes. Shortly later my mom texted me saying if I was gonna be disrespectful then I didn’t have a place to stay and to go ahead and not come back. I was so confused. I slept at my friends place and at 5 am the boy texted me that my family had come screaming and banging at their door. Once they realized I wasn’t there they came to my friends apartment but we didn’t open the door. A neighbor called the police and it took an hour for them to arrive and my family to leave. Since then my mom has told all of our family, a lot of which is out of state, that I ran away for a boy and that this is all my fault. She’s banned all my siblings from texting and talking to me and I’m too scared to go to work because they’ll probs show up. My mom keeps saying it’s because of the boy but it has nothing to do with him. I don’t understand what happened. My mom has kicked my siblings out before but never this long, and now she’s saying I ran away. The advice I need is that my mom emptied all my money from my bank account (I think a thousand or so) and also won’t give me my car back, which is under my name. She’s also monitoring all my calls and phone usage. I can’t go back to that house, or they’ll attack me. They all like to fight, they’re all crazy. What do I do??
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>doesn’t want any of us moving out until we are married
Adults have no obligation to follow those rules, but go on…
>my step father and brother beat him up so bad that he went to the hospital.
I would encourage him to contact the police regarding the assault.
>then I didn’t have a place to stay and to go ahead and not come back.
She can’t evict you like that. She also can’t do that unilaterally; your dad would have to agree, assuming he co-owns the property. She would need to follow Ohio laws for eviction, which include written notice.
>She’s banned all my siblings from texting and talking to me
The adult siblings can decide on their own whether or not they want to talk to you.
You can go back to the house, as you legally live there. Contact the police if you are assaulted. If the car is in your name, you can retrieve it; the police may be able to offer a civil standby for you to do so.
If your mom was on your bank account, you would have to sue her in small claims court to recoup the money. Going forward, open your own individual bank account at an entirely separate bank.
You can also get your own phone/plan to stop her from being able to access the records; as long as you’re under her plan, she’ll be able to see inbound/outbound phone numbers for calls and texts.
>The advice I need is that my mom emptied all my money from my bank account (I think a thousand or so)
If it was your money, then you can sue her in small claims court.
>and also won’t give me my car back, which is under my name.
You are listed as the only owner on the deed? Do you not have a key to the car?
>She’s also monitoring all my calls and phone usage.
Get a new phone and plan in your own name.