So to keep it breif...last year I was supposed to be going to university but instead found an opportunity to come to France as an ESL teacher with children. My parents, paticularly my father, were not very happy at all and strongly discouraged that I go. They found that being a 17 year old with no savings or financial backing (my parents cant afford to back me) it was a stupid idea and they didnt understand why I couldnt just go to uni like everyone else and like I had planned and why I always wanted 'more'. They thought I was being selfish and irresponsible in coming. I came anyway and have really loved it. The intention was to return to my now defered university place after this year. However I have decided I would like to travel more and to postpone university until later in life. Its easier to go to uni at say age 30 than to up sticks and travel. Also, I get a lot of hapiness and satisfaction from travelling and isnt that the point of everything? Why stop something that makes me happy. I accept that to spend the next 5/6 years of my life in 5/6 different countries is a really niave, immature and douchey idea but its the one I hold. Anyway, I was recently discussing with my parents the possibility of postponing university another year (nevermind talks of postponing it 5 or so years) and again they were really really not happy. Again, they say I am being really stupid and selfish and maybe I am, but I know what I want to do. So I have said nothing more to my parents since but continued to look for another country to live in. I have been offered and accepted a job au-pairing in Stockholm. How do I discuss this with my parents without causing any huge issues? I know everybody says dont let people stand in the way of your plans, but its not as easy as that if your own parents are strongly against an idea. How do I convince them its only my decision to make and I've made the right one for me?
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