I'm thinking about running away, going to live with my uncle in Dallas, why you ask? Well here's why:
Lately I'm feeling that my family doesn't need me, I mean before my little brother came, my life was perfect! Not to mention before my oldest brother moved back into the house. A long time ago I lived in a family of 4. It was the best. I got new game systems a lot, because my parents both worked and they always had a lot of extra money left over to buy me and my older brother whatever we wanted. Then came my oldest brother. When he moved in, my parents then had to use more money on him, now we had less wants fufilled. Then bad luck hit, my little brother. Now my parents only had extra money to buy something in the budget of 20 dollars. No, my wants aren't what's bothering me right now, these aren't important in life.

Today they seem to pay attention to my little brother and 2 older brothers more than me, I mean my parents went to my little brother's rodeo at school, but even my dad never went to mine, BECAUSE HE WAS WATCHING SOME STUPID TV SHOW (THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD, HE TOLD ME)!!! I really counted on him to show up, I wanted to see his face and show my friends who my dad was, I also wanted to see him cheering for me.

What do I even do for the family? My little brother brings noise, my teenage brother is a sort of "security keeper", my oldest brother keeps the house clean, helps around with just about everything my parents don't have time for (no I don't mean spending time with the family.)

I don't even think my dad likes me, when I'm working hard on something, he always has to notice the bad parts to it, never the good parts (OH but he notices my little brother's hard work.) Every time he'd make me feel bad, he thinks he can make it better by buying me something I wanted, sure I might be happy, BUT THE PAIN STILL STAYS. I love him and I try to make him be proud of me, and yes he does say I work hard, but I don't think he really thinks that in his heart.

As for my mom, she's sometimes very unreasonable, when she won't let me go somewhere, she never has a good reason that will make me accept her decision.

Well... the least I can say is that sucks. I don't have any brothers or sisters, so I can't really tell you what to do, or if you should run away or not. The mom, thing I can understand. "Just because" Right? Anyways, He wouldn't go to your rodeo because he was watching the little engine that could? To me, that's my definition for a lame excuse.

:>.> Don`t you idiot! Then you will get harassed by street gangs and ect.

Well, all I ever saw running away as was a complete act of selfishness unless the runaway was abused or something, which is not the case. So your running away to help ease problems with yourself, but how will that ease problems with your family? Surely you must realize that once you become a true runaway your parents will have become heartbroken. I made the same mistake in six grade (though it wasn't because my parents didn't love me enough) and ran away. When I came home after walking out of town a few miles, my mother was near the virge of heartbroken when I spoke to her.

Then again, I'm not you or your family, so I'm not one to judge. If you truly feel you must, than just do it.

Look at this for a while. I know you said that you want to move into your uncle's house, so you wouldn't nessesarily live alone, but this still helps. Why? Because I was thinking about running away for a while. But, anyway, unless the article I showed you doesn't already say this, sit your parents down and talk about how you feel. I can trust my mom with most things, and believe me, you're much better off when you think of your mom or dad as not just your parents, but as a friend. It really helps. :P

Pussy.

Suck it up and grow some balls. Your family needs you probably more than you know.

There's probably several good reasons why you aren't getting as much attention:
1. Your younger brother NEEDS it more than you.
2. If your oldest brother moved in, something MUST be going on that requires more attention than you are getting.

Also, don't act like your wants aren't important to you: you mention them more times in your whinings than anything. From wanting attention from your family, to want to feel useful to your family, to wanting video consoles.

I'd continue to yell at you and tell you why you suck, but that would probably be "detrimental to your self-esteem" or some stuff like that.

_{I have to agree with Leo and Kiao on this one. From the looks of that rant, you're being pretty selfish by thinking of running away. You're just deprived of the attention you once had... That's not a legitimate excuse to run away. Just get used to it.}

Thanks everybody, made me think twice.

If you did run away, we'd be all caught up in some missing child case.

Sounds a lot like me sometimes, except I'm an only child. I want to spend time with my dad and stepmom, but every time I try, they just seem annoyed. I have all this nice stuff, and I think maybe they buy it so I won't be in their faces all the time. :\ But anyway... Don't run away, because it has to be over sometime, right? I wait anxiously for the day I turn eighteen. <3 to you.

Try not to bump.