I'm really grateful to everyone for the support and excellent advice!! I will think more about where my boundaries should be on various issues and ensure that I do not allow them to cross those boundaries. Use of vague or evasive responses will help too when they begin pushing things. Several people mentioned that their parents held back their social lives. I totally agree. In my experience this has made it much harder to make friends and develop romantic relationships. Coming to this late I lack experience and judgement.

arachnophobia.kid, yes, I think they care more about their own agenda and in many ways they are broken. It's hard because they were excellent parents during the early part of my childhood. I am very grateful for that. But things have been bad for so long. They have such a narrow view of the world and their opinions are so rigid and fixed. They cannot see their problems or put things into proper perspective.

rolan86, they would say that they want me to find a happy relationship. But in reality they don't. They do not like anything which threatens to complete with them for my time, energy, love, etc..