Amish Preacher’s Daughter Tells Dad She’s Leaving The Community | Breaking Amish

Barbie is a 22-year-old Amish girl torn between leaving the community to be with her English boyfriend Lester or staying with her family.

[victorbryan]

Everyone is talking abt how the boy isn't worth it. It's not about the boy! If you listen to her, she's really crying out against the lack of freedom.

[missmagpii]

Her family speaks to her like that and then wonders why she wants to leave? Go be with your man, he respects you more than your parents ever did.

[amb]

My heart goes out to Barbie. She seems like such a sweet girl, but just isn’t ok with all these rules and expectations set on her and she wants to live freely. When she said “why would my dad say that to me? That wasn’t my dad”.
Her dad wasn’t thinking as her dad at that moment and was thinking more like a preacher and what his community would think about him if she left

[hollz]

I live in Amish Country (I am not Amish tho) and I can say that this is really how life is for them.. Sadly the women do chores, birth babies & listen to their husbands 24/7 that's their whole lives. Many Amish are leaving nowadays, they're tired of being suppressed.

[OllieW]

Poor girl, hope she finds peace wherever she ends up.
She's done the right thing, emotional blackmail and servitude is no way to live.

[ellaeadig]

Nobody should ever feel like they are going to lose their whole family just for saying they want to live somewhere else or just for falling in love with someone who lives somewhere else.

[lindaedwards]

So sad that a father can treat his daughter in such a way. My prayers go out for her❤️

[jennypenny]

emotional blackmail is a terrible thing, beit from an abusive husband or your 'family', I hope she leaves this controlling way of life and starts actually living.

[AlexandraG_]

Shes beautiful. I hope she chooses freedom shes obviously thirsting for it, and I wish her nothing but good things, happiness and success in her choices.

[CMBauer]

I want to hug her so bad. You can never go too far to be forgiven. ❤️ I hope she’s found happiness and peace. Poor sweet thing having to give up her family.

[rottierumbles]

For a Community that supposedly believes in Christ they literally have NO FREE WILL, that is NOT what the Lord wants for his children, when you literally control EVERYTHING someone else does in their daily life, that's not loving, caring or doing anything God wants, you're just keeping power over others, I can guarantee they don't have to do any of what they put on others, they have Freedoms these woman and girls do not (nor the men and boys) It's only those at the top that get to CHOOSE their own lives, NO ONE wants to be controlled 24/7 that's just ABUSE not love.

[samione]

Dang her entire life is so controlled, no wonder she wants to leave. These people use religion to keep their children under their thumb. I hope she leaves and thrives in the “English” world.

[JB-peyn]

The sister was only crying because she'll be in this same situation one day.

[brandongarcia]

My great grandma had one of these black irons and to this day since i saw this video i thought it was just for decoration and it's probably still in my garage/shed, but boy do i miss her

[atouchofyaz]

barbie is beautiful. I hope she find happiness

[e.w]

The way she described she has to choose between the love of her life and her family just confirms she is in a cult

[jamesstotz]

I am born and raised in Lancaster County. While I am not Amish I see and hear about this all the time. The Amish community is one face-covering away from being as controlling of women as the Taliban.

[xSunshinex]

The shaming and guilt tripping... I have no words. There is no love in that family.

[animcmillan]

Don't take it to hard what your father said, he's just angry. Your sister may follow suit one day and you'll be there for her.

[JJ-pmjc]

The hardest thing to grieve is to grieve for someone who is still alive.