Well this just sounds straight up awful. So no I think you should just do what makes you happy because clearly they want you to feel miserable. But look even if you have the best family in the world, you likely spent the first 25 years or so of your life around them. Our lives are so short, everything requires a sacrifice. If you want to see the world and do things differently then you have to make that choice. Your parents had their chance, made their choices, lived there lives the way they wanted to, to the best of their abilities. It’s crazy for anyone to tell you that you can’t have the same choices.

On and off. As with people all over the world in all situations, some of them suck and some of them are ok.