Mum isn't letting me move out for university and I really want to.

This is a special case.

She should be able to get a loan that will not be dependent on her mother's income.

Yes it does seem to be the only option.

I don't know about the boyfriend bit. Wouldn't it come off as offputting to have a gf whose estranged from her family?

Parents are the only ones statistically to give the most **** about you. Even your best friend won't care about you as much as your parents do statistically.

I'm trying to save OP from creating WW3, while you guys want her to burn the house down and then jump onto benefits.

Contact your Dad, see if he can help. Tell your Mum on results if she doesn't help you financially you'll tell everyone you know about what you saw.

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Blah blah blah talking BS again! My best friend helped me a million times more than my own parents did with my mental health. I owe it to my best friend for getting me out of clinical depression. My mother did **** all and called me pathetic and attention seeking.

Who says I'll be a benefits scrounger? Get that attitude out of your backside.

Parents are the only ones statistically to give the most **** about you. Even your best friend won't care about you as much as your parents do statistically.

I'm trying to save OP from creating WW3, while you guys want her to burn the house down and then jump onto benefits.

Except not all parents are good parents.

You are 18 years old and want to take on the world. You don't have any qualifications of high stature, or a big bank balance, or have any idea of saving/investing/tax.

Ok, OP, let's say you walk out today. How do you stop your bank account from magically going to zero? How do you pay rent? £300 a week? That's probably more than your part time income for the week.

You are 18 years old and want to take on the world. You don't have any qualifications of high stature, or a big bank balance, or have any idea of saving/investing/tax.

Ok, OP, let's say you walk out today. How do you stop your bank account from magically going to zero? How do you pay rent? £300 a week? That's probably more than your part time income for the week.

Wait so that kind of logic means I'll be a benefits scrounger? Oh wow you must be great with people. I don't want to live with my mother anymore. Get off this thread and quit telling everyone that parents care more than anyone else in the world. My mother disproves your naive statement perfectly.

Yes, but I would still hang in their till I got a real job. OP wants to run away at 18 with no qualifications of value, little bank balance and no idea of how the outside world works.
This is a perfect example of how people end up in prostitution or drugs (not saying it will happen to OP, but this is a risk). They have no or little income, need money, have no support and meet *******s.

You have no means to support yourself financially and want to walk out the door, so yes you will end up on benefits (until you get a proper job after your degree).

Do this OP, hang in their for a while, get your degree, get a well paying job and then go.

Yes, but I would still hang in their till I got a real job. OP wants to run away at 18 with no qualifications of value, little bank balance and no idea of how the outside world works.

This is a perfect example of how people end up in prostitution or drugs (not saying it will happen to OP, but this is a risk). They have no or little income, need money, have no support and meet *******s.

But her money does feed you. Why doesn't she care about you?

Erm honey I will be getting support from student finance and my uni (as well as my friends).

You do understand that the grant you will get will be low and even lower because your mum sounds like a high earner? She would normally be expected to pay the difference but obviously in your situation she will not, so therefore you could be on min loan of £3821. That is £73 a week.

I checked on the student finance calculator and I think it was £8538 or something like that. I did read that estranged students get the maximum loan from Student finance and I don't mind proving evidence I'm estranged. I'm planning to get a part time job to save up too and my mum's boyfriend has said he doesn't mind helping me on the quiet.