tardislass
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O/T, but your comment reminded me of a funny story:
When I was 18 and fresh out of high school I decided the best way to fulfill my dream of being an opera singer (no really- opera) would be to blow off college and move to Europe. I knew my parents would kill me before I even had a chance to get to Cleveland, OH let alone Amsterdam if I gave them too much notice, so I sprung it on them at the last second. They were- SERIOUSLY- getting ready to move me into my dorm room, so I was all packed up, when I explained that I wasn't going to college (it's even worse than that- I had a full music scholarship), I was flying out of the Canton, OH Airport to Detroit, and from Detroit to Rotterdam. I had the nerve to ask them to put my boxes- originally meant for my dorm- in storage for me. I Told them not to worry (ha), I'd be fine (innerspersed with a lot of crying, "I AM 18 YEARS OLD! I AM AN ADULT AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!")... and the rest is history.
I'm back in the states now, I am not an opera singer, I do have a college degree, and a ton of memories, not to mention something to laugh with my parents over (although I think it took them about 15 years to truly forgive me). I have 2 daughters- one of which is 14 years old, and I swear I will do something drastic if my family tells her what I did at 18 prior to her 30th birthday.
Karma is a cruel mistress.
I blame my current wanderlust on the idiotic notion of not studying abroad in college because I would -gasp!- have to spend another two semesters in business school. Biggest mistake of my life! Now I've traveled so often alone and had so many adventures that my family wants to come with because I always go to "such neat places".