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Q: ok, well my parents are divoreced and i live with my mom. i see my dad like every other weekend. well lately hes been pressuring me more then usual to move in with him. he even plays guilt trips on me like if i lived with him then he wouldn't have to pay child support(niether would my mom, my sis would stay there), anyway i dont want to live with him cause i know like 2 people there and i'd leave all of my friends(the best in the world, great listeners, mostly). i dont want to hurt my dads feelings but i dont want to live there with him, is there any way i could kind of let him off easy? i'll rate high for good answers.

sorry this is so long.
This is a tricky thing to do, but you're going to have to tell him the truth. It's a little unfair that he's sending you on guilt trips for it, but parents tend to do that when they are seperated. They try and "win" over the children so they'll live with them, and not the other. They'll use the children as a way to get back at each other.
Anyway, tell him exactly how you feel. Tell him you really love him and love spending time with him, but you're happy and settled where you are now, and have lots of friends. You could suggest spending more time with him, and doing more activities with him. I'm sure he'd like that.


thanks for the advice, i know this isnt on the subject but do you have a sn in the reptile forums, cause your sn here is like one there if so pm me there (dragonboy39) sorry if im wrong.

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