do you like being independent or not?

I like being independent. I had my first taste of independence this year. I started working last May and am living away from home (I work in a different province) and only go home around twice a month. I pay for all of my expenses and act like a freeloader when I'm in the province :D so I kinda have a double-life. I like being independent because it makes me feel like I'm actually maturing in life. Thanks for commenting in my dicussion!

even though its the hardest thing i could ever see myself doing i love it. its a hard road to travel but at the end whatever you have you know you can say I GOT THAT.

Well honestly i want to be independent but my income is not sufficient with my expenses so i still need my parents to support me. At this age i still dont have enough income to live a life with my own. I cant afford to buy my own house and to support my daily needs and want. And also i dont like to be alone at home for i will feel sad and lonely.

hello friend... well, at your age, you should be pretty much independent because at 21, i think you're mature enough to do the things by your own... but since you're studying in college and still dependent on your parents, you can't do so... but at least you can try it... after college, you can go to watch movies, take a tour around the town, meet up with a friend, and do all the things you want to do at your early age... i'm at 18 now and studying in college... i'm also still dependent to my parents like you do but i do enjoy myself to be independent... i'll stay up in the library, meet up a friend, take a lunch, play some games before i go to my house... my parents are controlling me so i have no choice but to stay in my college extra time before i go to my house...

I enjoy being part-independent. I'm eighteen, so my parents still have a part of me so I can't like, move out and stuff. Our parents tend to let us do as we please and just check up on us from time to time--see if our grades live up to their eexpectations and all--but all else we can do it by ourselves. They don't want to raise spoiled brats, neither to they want to raise wild freaks, so they train us early on.

Hey..been independent is a very good thing to experience but you have to be careful so that your freedom doesn't change your personality and your focus in life..but all the same its good to be independent.

I like to be an independent person. I am going on age 41 soon but I have been this way all of my life. I think that I like to be set in my ways and do things the way I want to most of the time. I feel a little too humbled when I ask anyone for anything. It is just in my nature to want to be flying solo with a lot of things that I do.

I love being independent because I don't have to tell where I'm going all the time, where I'm spending my money, etc. I don't have to ask permission since I am not spending their money. If you still have to ask for money from your parents then you also have to ask for their permission if you are allowed to go some place fun but expensive. You can buy anything you like with your money, you don't have to ask your parents for money to buy an expensive dress or shoes you really like. Being independent also makes you learn the value of money. Since you are paying for the house, credit cards, car, food, gas, etc, you have to learn how to budget your money so you can pay all the bills and still buy things you like.