I divorced my parents and never looked back. Best decision I ever made.
Didn’t really run away. I just broke every contact aside chatting with my mom via email and seeing my dad every few weeks.
Never had contact with the rest of my family after my grandma died. And quite honestly, didn’t regret it for one second as they were literally the most toxic and shallow kind of family I could imagine.
i left home coz my old man wanted to decide my “future career” i was interested in photography while my old man wanted me to be the successful man with a “degree worth saying to others” left home to another country 2 years ago , everything was going good until i receive a call 2 months ago saying my old man has cancer , went back to home to see him i could litreally see the guilt in his eyes , he got teared up and was lost for words , i don’t regret pursuing my dream but seeing his condition at that time i wished that i could have spend time with him some more .
My entire family pretty much picked up and moved 5 hours away. I was quite comfortable with that.
For 5 years, I had one cousin who remained local. He finally left and I cried tears of joy.
But I kept it all inside.
I only got to the end of the street before deciding I needed to have more to my plan, and returning. But, I was only 5, and my parents were stood on the street watching me “run away” the whole time.