I wasn’t allowed to live in campus in my first year despite my begging my parents (I was also 17 so I couldn’t do it myself)—it wasn’t mainly money, but my dad’s annoying paranoia of me (he is so obsessed with the idea of girls staying home during college bc they’re more susceptible to changing in a bad way—kind of sexist considering my little brother has done 10x worse whilst I have always been a rule follower).
My second semester of my second year is starting soon, and I can’t afford to live off-campus either. (My dad lost my college savings + tried so hard to get a job but I literally cannot find one).
How do I get over this FOMO? I still am so angry at my dad for not letting me live on residence my freshman year, because I know how important the first year is. I want to make long term friends, study with people, etc…. And I’m still just so upset because my parents took that opportunity away from me—even worse, my university is very study-oriented and alr kind of difficult to make friends.
(After first year, housing for upper years is pretty difficult to get—and expensive. It’s only guaranteed for freshman’s).
I always try to talk about my feelings about this to my parents but they think I’m living in a fantasy and my reasons are stupid??? They don’t think the college life is as important—they just said to commute like everyone else bc it’s just how reality is.