Two years ago I moved to the U.K. from Malta to finish high school and start university. During this period I lived with a friend of my mum called Anne (she took me inside her house because my mother’s family helped Anne’s family when they were having financial problems).

During the period that I lived with Anne and her children I was helping her to take her smaller child to school every morning before I go to university.

Anne is a single mother of 3 the oldest child is 19 and the smallest is 3.

I am 20.

During this last two years I have been talking to a friend of mine from high school in Malta and we became really close and we started dating 11 months ago after 6 years of friendship. It’s a long distance relationship, I live in England and he lives in Malta. I spent the whole summer holiday, four months, in Malta with my boyfriend and my family. Before coming to Malta for holiday, my boyfriend and I decided that in order to see each other more often i should rent a room in a flat, and I did. I am really in love with him and I never felt this way in my life.

We decided that moving away from Anne is a good solution for our relationship because she won’t let me have a relationship with my boyfriend in peace. For example if my boyfriend comes to visit me once a month I won’t be able to see him as much I want because I can’t stay out at night (I have to be home before 7) and I start uni at 9 am and finish at 3 pm, Anne keep imposing her religion beliefs on me even though I don’t believe, but she doesn’t care I had to leave my job because she didn’t want me to work on Sunday because that is the day for the Lord and sometimes she stresses me with her child because I have to take care of him. ( my family have been paying her while I was living there)

Since I told her that I am moving out she has been angry with me, because she doesn’t know who will be taking her child to school now.

But I am so tired of her imposing things that I don’t like on me and for the first time in my life I am making a decision based on what I really want and she is making feel like a shitty person, but I just want to be free...

What should I do? I need an advice.

I really love my boyfriend, he is caring, sweet and treats me like a princess and he is also my best friend and I feel like I should be able to have a normal life without my parents or Anne imposing their beliefs on me.