wickedcherub@dreamwidth

I completely understand. Which is very strange for an American (with absolutely no strong familial ties to any sort of culture) to say about something like this, but I do. When I told my mother a few years ago that I was going to move out, not just to go away to college but to go away, period, she wouldn't speak to me for a month, and my father kept telling me what a bad idea it was, how I'd never make it, how I was better off to stay home... You get the picture.

I give you huge kudos for having the guts to even bring up the topic of moving out. Maybe you're still stuck living at home for the moment, but at least, like you said, now they know.