I moved out at 19, and it was one of the happiest days in my life. Being able to pay rent on my own and not experience constant fights and verbal abuse is aweso

I moved out at 19, and it was one of the happiest days in my life. Being able to pay rent on my own and not experience constant fights and verbal abuse is awesome. Americans really tend to look at a lot of things from other cultures that they haven't experienced personally with rose tinted glasses. That's because people rarely talk about what they implicitly consider normal. For most people in my culture (Russian) everyday verbal and psychological abuse was and still is just norm of family life, and physical abuse is probably too for almost the majority.