Hi,

Okay so a long story short, I'm currently working in London living at home, in a 4 year long-long distance relationship. I'm 26 years old.

Me and my girlfriend have decided to live in her area of England (Hull area) which is a 3 hour drive from my hometown.

I've recently just been offered a job in her area, where I'll be taking a large pay cut, but will have no commuting costs and housing is much cheaper.

My parents are completely against my decision, they say its stupid for me to take such a big pay cut, they've said they think im going backward in my career (even though the job itself is great). They say I shouldn't be moving to an area with much higher unemployment. They are saying becuase of my decision they won't be supporting me financially if I need it, and that I'm effectively cutting them out of my life in my decision.

How do I approach parents like this?

I suffer from anxiety too (ocd), from a young age, so this is really just making me doubt everything now. It's keeping me up at night, sweating, not eating etc.

Thanks in advance for reading.