:lol: I first attended boarding school at age 12 - 8th grade (middle school), and I wanted to go! I also spent a lot of time away at camp. Home life wasn't too happy for me. So going to college was just a trade up from boarding school!
I lived on my own for years, and all over the world, only to wind up back home at the age of 31 to help take care of my grandfather (now my grandmother as my grandfather passed away 4 years ago). Funny thing how this all happens - I resented it like hell when I first came back, the loss of freedom, privacy, and not having to answer to anyone. Now I wouldn't trade it for the world. I didn't resent my grandfather - I just didn't care for my grandmother tracking my every movement, even inside the house! She still does that... *grr*
So I never had a moment at FF when I wasn't worried about work and personal/family responsibilities, and spending too much time on the computer.
But I do understand what you all are going through. Things were different in my day, but I strongly remember when I turned 20 I had this major crisis because I was no longer a teen and I realized people would start to hold me accountable for my actions! :lol: It took me months to get over it!
It's not uncommon these days for people in their twenties to still be living with parents, so don't feel bad - it's so darned expensive to live on your own that a lot of people need to save before moving out, especially if they're still in school.
When the time is right it'll happen, and you'll gain so much you won't feel those grown pain twinges.
