@eskielover: I appreciate you sharing your experiences once again. I love hearing other people’s life stories because everybody has one to tell. So I don’t mind candid posts about those experiences. I think anybody who can share and live out their own life has a gift that can’t be taken away. It’s understandable that such difficult and volatile financial and social environments can leave parents all over their children no matter if the children like it or not. And in my case when those closest to me have seemed to let me down I have too experienced “what can I do to not be like my parents?” I have witnessed a pretty detailed account of how stressful the medical field can be and at least that’s not the path I will follow. I have seen Failure to Launch and loved it for the same reasons that bring so many people here to this forum group! Echoing the same thought about having a unique life story there is no better way of life than to “be yourself” as I’ve learned on previous threads because it’s impossible to live someone else’s life! As you have shown here there is no right or wrong time to embrace autonomy from your family but doing so facilitates that you are a unique and powerful person, and I’m hoping that this growth can turn into an opportunity to help others in this same struggle.