Confusion
So my parents are still in and expect me (28F) to be. I live with them and actually got a whole lecture a couple years ago about how they won’t enable me to make the wrong decisions for myself by allowing me to continue to stay there. I can’t afford getting out and they know that. I had plans to and it fell through.
Part of these wrong decisions include in dating also. They will never approve of anyone I actually want to be with because they won’t be in the church and I don’t want them to be. It’s making things so hard. I’m getting lonely. Also my type can’t even be found in the church in the first place. I mean I find tattoos ridiculously attractive (I’m sorry idk if saying that is okay but I don’t really have anywhere I can say that). Plus I have to pretend I’m in so I can’t even look the way I want so how can anyone even know if they would like me. So I can’t even talk to someone when I really want to like I avoid getting their attention because I want their attention and it’s so backwards.
I guess I’m kind of asking am I alone in this kind of thing or is this like somewhat normal in this situation? And how do I stop?