I’m 19 and I booked a trip to London for a week since my job is shut down for three weeks and school hasn’t started yet. My boyfriend lives there, and I thought it would be the perfect chance to see him and also experience traveling on my own for the first time.
My parents are really upset about it. They won’t even talk to me anymore besides my mom a little, and they’ve been crying and saying I don’t understand the pain I’m putting them through. My dad already told me when I get back I’m basically grounded. The thing that really hurts is they keep saying it’s “all because of a boy,” like I’m choosing him over them or replacing them with him. That’s all they mention, over and over, and it makes me feel awful.
I get that they’re worried, but I don’t think it’s such a horrible decision. It’s literally just one week, and other family members and friends are telling me to go for it. Now I’m stuck between feeling excited about this experience and feeling like my parents might never forgive me.
Am I making the wrong choice here? And if I go, how do I handle things with them when I get back?