"You see faces, not hearts.."

Originally Posted by Jarf'd

recently i graduated from a 2 year school getting my associates degree then transferred to a 4 year. I wanted to move out of my parents

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Towards the end of my living with them they'd usually let me hang out with my friends and let me be my own person. All in all I don't think it was that bad.

I can't imagine anything worse than living at home while you're at university. Surely that defeats the primary objectives of being a student? More importantly, your parents would still sometimes not let you hang out with your friends when you were 20? That's not over-protective, that's just plain demeaning.

My parents always told me not to go out and get drunk or go on crime sprees when I was a kid but they were always of the opinion that I lived with the conseqences of my actions. If I did go out and get pissed up one night, the hangover the next day was punishment enough. My parents never really knew any of my friends' parents after I was about 12 and I doubt they cared. That level of control is completely at odds with my experience of parenting in this country, perhaps that why we're so big on teenage drinking and pregnancy.

Still, being left to my own devices never did me any harm. If nothing else, I've grown up being a good judge of character as I had a chance to meet some wankers, rather than being protected by my parents.

Jam it back in, in the dark.