Re: Parents make life so confusing at times :s
Stylobabe,
I hear such complaints from young desis all the time about their parents. Such things stem from trust deficit between parents and their kids. You need to face up to the truth: Your parents don't trust you.
What have you done to establish a relationship of trust with your parents? Do they consider you trust worthy?
From a parent's perspective, I know parents from desi countries who let their daughters pursue careers out of country simply because they trusted their daughters.
Obviously you have a choice to move out and live your own life as well. I neither advocate it nor oppose it, it's something that's better left to the individual to decide according to their abilities and circumstances.