Sorry in advance if this is a long post, I am 21 years old, British immigrant, and indian girl, I have grown up in an Indian household with strict parents. I am currently a student at university and doing average, but surviving. I have grown up in a very sheltered household so moving away to a different town to college was big for me, I like to be independent so it was amazing to be away from home. My parents are very clingy to me and I'm definitely not a big fan of that. Since moving out of the house I have had to got to know myself as a person and had to get my own visa so I'm currently on a student visa. I also do not have a job because of my immigration status but have been in the US for about 17 years. I have recently got into a relationship with someone who is not indian, in fact he is Native American, being honest as I am I tried telling my parents when we were 2 months into dating, my parents freaked out and held the fact that they are financially responsible for me, against me. According to my parents we are broken up and in all honesty we are not we are now 10 months strong and he has been helping me out in life so much and was there for me when my parents were threatening to disown me. I really like this guy and I hate having to his half my life to my parents and how them suspect that I'm doing things, I don't know what to do, any advice?? Please I could use anything, I feel like I'm losing my mind living a double life.