Back off...

Maybe it's me, maybe it's the world I've been living in, but lately I have not laughed at the stupid jokes my brother makes or the immature ideals that my dad tries to portray. I am not amused that my mom thinks I'm a child and I am so tired of being seen as a girl who needs a phone call every hour of every day. I have grown up and I need some space to find out what I want, who I am and where I am going; I don't need to be watched over every second of the day. I am forming my own opinions of this world and I want to be able to say what I believe, love who I want to love, and be who I want to be without being criticized for it, or rebuked for it. And maybe it is me, maybe I am sensitive to the fact that I am on my own now for the most part, but at the same time, I would like to be able to know that I can do it on my own and still have that approval, just a bit farther away. And yes I love my family very much, though at the moment I am tired of the constant questioning and the phone calls how many times a day... so right now... I need make my own life on my own and do what I want to find out what I want, need and who I am. So I want them to back off... and let me be until I realize where it is that I am going and who it is that I am.