So my ex and I were together for 7 months and we had a very happy relationship. We had amazing chemistry. I was basically dating my best friend! We had so much fun together and then it had to stop. I live almost 3 hours away from home and I go to college. He lives around here, so my family never really had the chance to meet him. My parents already had opinions on him before they met him because he doesn’t go to college. They met him once over the summer and he was nice and polite, but that didn’t change their minds. Then about a month ago, my parents invited him to come up for dinner. He had to work the day I was driving up, so he drove about 3 hours, alone, in a car with no heat, because he knew it meant a lot to me that he gets along with my family. They still didn’t like him. We were all just joking around at the dinner table and he interacted well and he made a few jokes at my expense, but we were all doing it at everyone’s expense, so I thought it was funny and no big deal. Apparently, my family just didn’t like him because of what my parents believed about him from the moment I said he doesn’t go to college and I told them about where he’s from. He slept over in the basement and then the next day we drove back. We went to his house after for a sleepover and my parents found out. I am 20 years old, but I was not allowed to go over to my boyfriend’s house. They threatened to pull my loans if I didn’t breakup with him. They trash talked him and they barely even knew him. This situation terrified me to the point where I started to go to therapy! I wasn’t even allowed to talk to him, but we’re still friends. He has been very nice and understanding through this whole situation and he lets me deal with my feelings instead of pushing his opinions on me or telling me to do something. He said that they get another phone on their plan for really cheap if I wanted to use that to trick my tracker app that my parents put on my phone. I said I don’t want to lie again because I’m afraid of getting caught again. He understood and was very nice with it. He’s helped me with my anxiety and he’s been so sweet and caring. He said he just wants to help me feel better. I really want to see if I should take the phone and stay with him. It’s been almost a month and tomorrow would be our 8 months. I’ve tried to move on, but I am really in love with him. On the one hand, I want to move on and not risk having my loans pulled. On the other though, I want to be with him because I love him so much and I don’t think I’ll ever stop loving him. What should I do?