Welcome to the forum and if you are truly independent welcome to adulthood! Try and remember that your parents love and will continue to love you regardless of disagreements in your choices. Your life is yours to make and your decisions and choices will be yours to enjoy or endure.
Remember that your parents desire for you is what they believe will hold your best interests. Try not to fault them for loving you and wanting to set you up for happiness and success. I promise the world will look different to you at their age than it does at 19.
When things get hard, remind them that you love them and respect where they are coming from and request some time spent together just enjoying each other's company minus their attempts to impose their will on you.
Bring your boyfriend around and include him in the family. When you marry someone, you marry their family too. The more interaction they have with him, and the more they see what a positive influence he is in your life, the more they will come to love and accept him and your relationship.
Good luck my friend and again welcome to the forum.
Remember that your parents desire for you is what they believe will hold your best interests. Try not to fault them for loving you and wanting to set you up for happiness and success. I promise the world will look different to you at their age than it does at 19.
When things get hard, remind them that you love them and respect where they are coming from and request some time spent together just enjoying each other's company minus their attempts to impose their will on you.
Bring your boyfriend around and include him in the family. When you marry someone, you marry their family too. The more interaction they have with him, and the more they see what a positive influence he is in your life, the more they will come to love and accept him and your relationship.
Good luck my friend and again welcome to the forum.
