I know but ever since I was 16 I've had to pay to live in a house I cannot leave

Don't pay if you can't leave

Don't encourage him to wreck himself, come on.

You know it's his parent's place and if he can't leave, he's not in a spot to be all uppity.

But he can leave

If he really doesn't want to be there

He's a guy. His option is probably parent's place or a nice cardboard box under a bridge in winter.

If he's got rent money which it sounds like he does

I can't leave without my parents consent until I am 18

Then he's a runaway and they'll bring him back.

Have you considered claiming that you're a woman?

In your mind?

The reason I say this is because my mother is a "baluga whale feminist"

I don't know your specific countries laws but I left and it was not a problem

He's in Britain. He's said so.

He's got a Moby Dick for a mom.

I just can't imagine they'd force someone paying their own way to live with their parents

It's not all on the up and up.

Do you think it is right for a mother or father to take keep if they won't allow you freedom?

If I were to hazard a guess, his parents are being absolute shitlords and demanding any monies earned by the kid.

Keep as in a cut of what I earn

I personally would leave that situation

This isn't a matter of right and wrong, dude. This is a matter of present circumstance.

You are in a shit spot and need to make a plan to gtfo.

If you can't leave you have to deal with it

That is my point

Parents make the rules

You might be able to petition for emancipation.

But you're at risk of jumping out of the fryer and into the fire.

Are you paying them a rent that would get you your own place?

Potentially

Price some places out. Investigate emancipation.

Can't do anything with potentially

I'll tell you this, in the US, you can't reliable sign a contract with a minor, so no one will go into business with a kid.

This sounds Dodgy but my mate has offered his loft bedroom if I want to leave my mother and fathers house

Why is that dodgy

IDK

Is your mate a drug dealer or other type of hooligan?

It doesn't sound innately dodgy to me

It isn't really but it's trying to get everything sorted around that

I'm serious about that. I've offered a spot to friends in my home on numerous occasions.