My Mother Left Me To Live Alone
Move!|27 June 2018

A Move! reader shares how she almost ruined her life after her mother deserted her when she found a new man.

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My Mother Left Me To Live Alone

I WAS 16 years old and in Grade 11 when I started dating boys. My mother rented a room for me elsewhere as my stepfather disliked me.I was lonely, confused and felt unloved. One day my then boyfriend asked me to move in with him rather than live alone and I liked the idea.

BEING ABUSED

This story is from the 27 June 2018 edition of Move!.

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