I'm not sure what I would do because I feel quite certain that it would never happen. I am at William and Mary for financial reasons already, though my parents were willing to try to cough up the money so that I could go to Mount Holyoke. I eventually chose W&M because (a) it's cheaper, (b) it has guys, and (c) it was somewhat closer to home.

If my parents did tell me that they'd rather I went to school closer to home, I would not have to do what they said for financial reasons--all of my college money is in my name, so I could just up and leave with it right now. Actually, if I wanted to run off to Paris and bum around there with it, I could, but I'm not going to do so. ;) Though after finals, it sounds MIGHTY tempting. If it were for familial reasons, I would think hard about it, and I probably would go to wherever it was that they'd prefer me to go, as long as it was a decent school and I could do my major. My family is very important to me, and I am willing to sacrifice a lot for it, though I'd be resentful and it would probably cause a rift between me and my parents.

Actually, if I wanted to run off to Paris and bum around there with it, I could, but I'm not going to do so.

If I make mistakes, I have to deal with them, and they won't stop me from doing things they disapprove of.

It would, in general, be an ugly situation since my parents have told me for my entire life that once I was 18, they would have no say in my life besides advice. If I make mistakes, I have to deal with them, and they won't stop me from doing things they disapprove of. So far, in theory, that's the way it is, but in reality, I've barely left the nest. They seem to be trying to push me out. ;) I think it's 'cause I'm the youngest child and I've always clung to how things are rather than how they could be. I didn't want to go to high school, I didn't want to go to college, I'm really scared of leaving college and facing the real world. So, even though, in theory, I have all this freedom, I haven't exercised much of it.

Though I put up a big show of being independent and seperate from my family, everyone that knows me well knows that I am totally dependent on my parents' love and support, and that if they said jump, I'd probably say how high. After I said why, of course.

--Lauren

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