Was 6 th grade for me . Went from nice mostly white school to very diverse and mixed Junior High . Was a pretty big culture shock . <| sep |> Hey Rolling Stone this would be interesting if you didn ' t ruin a guy ' s life with fake rape allegations like two years ago . <| sep |> You can put some strict boundaries about your family criticizing your life choices , and put some consequences for trespassing the boundaries , like cutting phone calls or not visitint your parents . But . This is a lor of work and conflict , so you can also take your boyfriend example and everytime they tell you that you have to marry a doctor you can tell them , yeah , yeah , pass me the potatoes , and laugh about your crazy family with your boyfriend . Changing them would be very difficult and hard , for cultural reasons and how they have been raised , you don ' t have to take their advice but you can avoid conflict but not giving a shit about their opinion while being polite and uninterested