Okay I don’t know where to start I haven’t told anyone about this but here I go
my parents are planning to take the family to Egypt(we currently live in US) to visit our grandparents for 2-3 weeks. It doesn’t seem that bad right well my parents are middle eastern and I think they and my grandparents are planning on having me stay in Egypt when the rest of family gets to go home. Stay and do what you think? Well it’s pretty common to force your kids to take care of your parents. Meaning I’ll be cooking, cleaning, and everything else for my grandparents it’s not that I don’t like them other than the fact that I’ve only met them ONCE they’re also not the nicest people. And I don’t want to be left in a foreign country plus it won’t be long till they start thinking about throwing me into marriage. I’m 17 turning 18 summer 2019. I wanna go to college and have a job HECK maybe even live an independent life. If my parents do leave me would I be able to travel back to Amercia for I am a US citizen if I manage to keep my passport and ssn and ask for money to like live on or whatever. Would I be able to travel back to Mississippi and if I do would I be forced to go back to my parents home or what? This is just toppling on top of all the horrible things that happen to me. Please help me or give me any information. I’ve tried looking up things like this but I got nothing.
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i think that your best option is to talk to your parents before you go to egypt. ask them about everything. they can’t leave you there if you don’t want to. and don’t let them throw you into marriage, you are too young in my opinion (i’m 17 too haha). you have the right to go to college. so talk to them. i hope everything is going to be fine! 🙂
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/american-girls-forced-marriage-abroad-u-s-can-little-rescue
I know this is not what you want to hear. I will keep looking.
having middle eastern parents is truly tiring but dont let them force you whatsoever upon anything you dont want , they wont drag you on the plane , make sure about their plans but let me suggest the safest option , stay in the us , seriously try to come up with any excuse to stay , and i believe you’ll be a senior next year so work to get good grades then get a scholarship and start an independent life . i now was supposed to go to collage but my family arent letting me study abroad and they are telling me if i want to so badly i can go to my grandparents in syria . i wish i studied harder and ran away , sorry for this being long but really dont risk your future one bit .
Please keep us informed. Please avoid getting trapped into something horrible.
I have noticed something about parents who set traps for their children, if this is what is going on. They hope the child will not realize what has happened until the trap has sprung. Thankfully, you are quite aware of the possibilities you could face in trying to carry out their wishes if this is what they are.