It was only bad because she gave me a "reality check" that I was already aware of with little advice on how to improve on it. Well, she told me that I and my parents are co-dependent on each other. She kept asking, "If you are an adult, why do you need to ask your parents permission?" So many people ask me that, and I don't have much of an answer. But she told me that now is the time to ask myself, "What do *I* want?" and to have a discussion with my parents about this codependency situation...ugh.