<p>I will be living on campus, 4 hours away from home. Both my parents are immigrants, and my dad has told me before: “We are Afghans, we aren’t like other families. We won’t allow this kind of behavior” and things along those lines. </p>
<p>It’s just really frustrating because everything reasonable I try to say is offensive to them. I tried talking to my mom and she got angry and told me to do whatever I want and to go out drinking every night for all she cares.</p>
<p>I feel like there is no middle-ground. Either I agree with my parents or not. I can either be completely obedient or someone who is careless and goes out “partying” all the time.</p>
<p>I’m starting to think that I just won’t be telling them about my daily activities which is unfortunate, because I feel like their overprotectiveness is going to make me become more distant from my parents.</p>