Parental situation part deux, or why I can't "GTFO".

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for all their kind responses in the last thread I posted. Your words mean a lot to me.

Second of all, I'm feeling really stuck at the moment. My mother doesn't seem to like me very much - and yet, she tells me I can't go to university far away because I won't be able to come home a lot. Because travel costs are too high. But I don't want to be coming home all the time. I want to move on, to create a life for myself and actually become independent. But I feel like I won't be allowed to for a while. Heck, I can't even stay at a friend's house for a couple days if I need to, because I'd be in crap when I got back.

Anyways... thank you for listening to me vent.

things settle out in a couple more years

15-20 is horrible for both the teen and the parents

it gets better after that usually

I'm still hoping you're right, though.

...and now this one, perhaps your mom is passive-aggressive and you're the perfect target. Once gone, she'll have to aim for a new bullseye.

Patience. You will get past this. It will just take time.