[quote=Heroic]
I intend to maintain full contact, visit for family dinners, and eventually return to my roots and move back to this little old town just to be here. They won't change their beliefs on how to parent me, but once I hit college, my decisions are my decisions. They cannot control my life once I hit that point, and I am free to do as I please. Though if they try to help me, I will respect their advice, interpret it myself, and that's it.
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So what changes when you do that that isn't the case already? Is it legality? The ability to fight back? The thought that you'll be able to sustain yourself?