Why I got my guitar and well... EVERYTHING taken away.

Sorry that I didn't explain this earlier.

Anyway, last school year was a bad one for me. All of the things that my grandparents did made me very upset and started to mess with my head. I started to drift away from focusing in school and started to do other things. On the last day of school, I found an old HTC One M8 that my grandpa used to use. I snuck it to school so that I could be on GBATemp. (We had already turned in our Chromebooks)

When I got home, I snuck it to my room and kept it for a few months.

But, I made the mistake of using my grandma's Wi-Fi hotspot to talk to my friends VIA Gmail. She noticed that an Android device was connected to her hotspot and then she instantly blamed me. I don't like to lie... so I admitted that I took the HTC and she yelled at me. She yelled for my grandpa and he came up to my room. She took my guitar and handed it to him and said, "If you give it back to him, I will break it!"

So, he took it downstairs to his room and since that day... I haven't gotten it back.

I lost ALL trust from my grandparents.

I also don't get the car that is in the garage anymore. (That is the 1983 Buick Skylark)

So... yeah... I messed up.... but I was also mad at them for breaking my stuff. A $200 phone is nothing compared to 2 3ds systems, all the games, and a computer.
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MichiS97
Get out of this house ASAP. You have a right for personal possessions. Your grandparents are horrible people and have some serious issues which will definitely affect you in your personal growth
 
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MrMcTiller
Yeah... everyone is saying that. I probably should. But, I need to find out if it is actually illegal to break my stuff. Does anyone know? They are my legal guardians and I am only 15.
 
MichiS97
I think your best course of action would be to seek out some sort of youth counselor. Does your school maybe have a counselor you could talk to?
 
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The Real Jdbye
Even at 15, you do have some rights. You said you bought all that with your own money, right? So it's not like they have any ownership over it.
 
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MrMcTiller
No, I bought the Powersaves 3DS with my money. (I managed to sneak that back before they broke it)

I bought Omega Ruby (I have that still)

But, everything else was bought by family and gifted to me.
 
comput3rus3r
You're being ungrateful. Did you buy all those things you claim to be yours? On top of that you're on the internet right now, do you pay for internet service? Do you think it's easy raising, feeding, clothing children? You're doing bad in school and your future looks bleak. Your poor grandparents don't know how to get you to realize that you need to straighten up and focus on your studies so that you can contribute to society when you're older. You're 15 years old and the first response you get here is from a complete idiot telling you to leave home. Yeah go live in a homeless shelter that will definitely improve your quality of life. /sarcasm

What you need to do is talk to your grandparents honestly and tell them how you feel. You also need to accept the fact that you have responsibilities that you're not assuming and they expect you to assume them. If you start behaving more maturely then they would treat you more maturely.
 
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MrMcTiller
@JellyPerson , "take back" ... they didn't give them to me. My aunt and uncle did.

@comput3rus3r , you don't understand. I am very grateful for what my grandparents do for me. VERY. But, they go too far. I understand that they want me to be successful. I want to be successful too. I want to make them proud. But, when they straight up yell at me for literally fixing a fishing pole. Or for doing my laundry at the wrong time. Or for anything stupid like that. What do you say about that?!
 
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The Real Jdbye
I wouldn't expect grandparents to know how to log in to the router TBH. His grandparents are smarter than most. I agree with @SomeGamer
 
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MrMcTiller
Yeah my grandma thinks she knows everything about electronic devices. She always says stuff like, "I used to work for Kricket"

OR

"I learned this stuff working for PayPal"
 
comput3rus3r
I'm not saying your grandparents are perfect but I'm sure their yelling is out of desperation. I'm sure this is not the first time they're concerned about your poor school performance. You need to decide what you want for your future. You can focus on your education so you can have a descent job/life or you can focus on acquiring all the things that are distracting you from getting an education games/toys/guitar etc. By the way the people on here telling you to leave are dependents on their parents or other people. They definitely don't support themselves or they would not be giving you such bad advice.
 
The Real Jdbye
Yeah, he can't leave. First of all, I don't think he's legally allowed to live on his own at 15, plus it would be a terrible idea. Living on your own is not that easy, you need to cook and clean and you need to pay all your own living expenses.
If he gets a job that can sustain all that, then he can consider moving out.
 
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TotalInsanity4
@comput3rus3r he's already tried "just talking" with his grandparents. They're genuinely just as unreasonable as everyone here is saying they are. They're way too strict, and if anything I'd say his school performance is a symptom of that, not the other way around
 
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