'Teenage girl, free to a good home': 15-year-old girl puts ad up to move out of parent's house after there's tension due to their divorce, they see the ad and ground her

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Sep 12, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Divorce is immensely difficult for anyone. No matter how old you are, or anything else in your life, no one wants to see the dismantling of their parent's love and marriage. Many people try to stay together for their children and end up doing more damage than good. In this story, that may be the case. We don't know how long this couple has been fighting and unhappy, but it's seriously affecting their teenager's life for the worse. It's better to cut the cord instead of keeping things going. This 15-year-old is so uncomfortable in her own home that she prefers to spend most of her time in her bedroom, away from her parent's tension and hostility. 

Things are so uncomfortable for her, that she decides to put an ad up to move out. She tries her best to add some humor to the situation, but fails miserably. They see the ad and she faces consequences. When I read this story, I see a girl who's crying for help. It's not really about moving out; she's trying to alert to everyone about the uncomfortable situation she's in. 

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    AITA for putting up a “free to a good home” ad for myself on my social media?

    Mother grounding her teenage daughter
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    I'm 15F. My parents told me they were divorcing a month ago. It s ks, but things have been really weird around the house for a long
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    time so it kind of a relief that it was just divorce. They obviously hate each other and are trying
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    not to let me know it but like, they're not doing a good job.
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    Anyway I try to stay in my room as much as possible now because there's just this weird vibe and they act annoyed whenever I'm
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    around. I found out why last week. I went downstairs stairs to get a snack and I heard them arguing about who was going to
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    get custody of me, but like who has to take me. Neither one of them want custody. I turned around and went back to my
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    room because I didn't want to hear the rest of the argument and also because that really hurts and I didn't want to cry in the hallway.
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    Divorce papers and wedding rings
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    I couldn't stop thinking about it and I kept thinking about how they both have basically ignored me or seemed annoyed with me
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    for the last few months and how they must really hate me to be mad at each other over who has to take me after the divorce.
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    Friday, I was really upset about it and I got on my social and wrote an ad for myself, kind of like "Teenage girl, free to a good home, we're divorcing and need
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    to rehome our teenager as neither of us want her anymore. She doesn't eat much and does
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    laundry". I was trying to make it funny so maybe it wouldn't s k as much.
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    It caused a small sl.......m because it got back to other family members and some of my friends' parents who were worried
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    about me and called to find out what was going on and whether I was ok. My parents grounded me and told me that I upset everyone
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    for no reason and I should know better than to post things like that. They said of course they love me, things are tough right now. But I heard what they said. Idk, chat, am I TA?
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    Comicreliefnotreally NTA. As the adults, they need to know when and where to have private conversations. Sorry your
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    parents are morons and that you had to hear it (hopefully they really didn't mean it). Unfortunately, what you heard may stay with you for
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    a long time (I remember convos I had 30 years ago). What's sad is they grounded you without seeming to ask
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    the question why you did what you did. Try to talk to them about what you heard and what you need. Divorces
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    are messy, that's no excuse for them to spew their mess on others. It's tough for them, they need to
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    remember their responsibility to you. Good luck!
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    Napalm Springs ΝΤΑ I sincerely hope they didn't actually mean what they said.
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