first entry.

so im not sure how this works, i guess its just like an online journal type thing, i needed something to fill up my time haha. i need help with a relationship problem, my parents do not approve of the guy i am madly in love with, and im not sure how to break it to them and tell them we are together, he's made mistakes (big ones) in the past, but who hasn't? i know they are just worried for me and want to protect me but i there comes a point where they need to let me make my own decisions , they can help me with school, friends, work, family, but they cant choose who i want to be with. any ideas? let me just point out that my parents are strict, i'm currently 19 years old, go to college and i still have a curfew.. pathetic right? i just dont know how to sit them down and tell them im not a child anymore and i need them to let me break free a little bit, i'm willing to do it slowly, i just need to start my own life and i want them to be apart of it, but if they keep keeping me on such a tight leash they will slowly push me further and further...help?