I am a 19-year-old boy currently attending college. My life is great, except for one MAJOR problem..my parents. We love each other to death, but they (mom mainly) are way overprotective. Every time I go ANYWHERE, i have to call to 'check in' when I get there and when I leave.

As if this wasn't embarrassing enough in a group of friends, I have to BEG mom to let me go anywhere, and she has to call ahead to my friend's houses to make sure their parents are there and they know I am coming over. I cannot just go out and cruise around because mom has to know where i am and who i am with at all times. I am not a bad kid and I always stay out of trouble, so this strikes me as kind of weird. She will not let me give my friends rides anywhere, even though I am safe driver.

Another huge problem is with girls..mom REFUSES to let me go anywhere with a girl until she has met the girl's parents. Mom hates every girl i date, insisting that 'she will tell me' when I find the right girl. I have no social life whatsoever because of her. And Heaven forbid I be out on a date after dark! Mom FLIPS THE HECK OUT if I am not home from a date by dark. When I am dating a girl, I am not allowed to go to her house without first answering about 100 questions, giving mom the phone number and address of where I will be, and her calling to make sure her parents are there

Mom treats me like i a 15-year-old, and it seems like it gets worse every day. She is smothering me, and it really taking a toll. I long to be a normal teenager, one that can go out on dates and hang with his friends randomly.

I have tried talking to her about all this, but she insists that I am her 'little boy' and need to be protected. PLEASE HELP before I go insane!!