I truly believe that as much as they'd like us to believe otherwise, our parents like us better when we are dependent. They've had 18 years to get used to telling someone what to do and when it's no surprise they don't want to lose that.

But even so, we can only allow so much, and at some point or another, we have to put the breaks on it all. Here are four signs you need to watch out for.

1. They're obsessed with knowing what you're up to.

Look, I understand some parental concern, but five phone calls a day is a little excessive. Not to mention the hell you have to pay if you don't call them back. Am I right?

2. They question EVERYTHING!

Where you are, who you're with, what you're doing. A never-ending list of questions that, after a while, begin to feel incredibly invasive. Are we not allowed to just live our lives, or are we just going to have a never-ending checkpoint that is our parents?

3. It's not just phone calls; they want pictures AND Facetime.

Yes, you heard me right. Somehow, a regular phone call turns into a request for Facetime. TIP: Don't answer. It's a trap. They're trying to prove to themselves that somehow you're doing something wrong which, most of the time, you're not.

4. Opinions!

I think we've all kept things from our parents at one point or another, not because we think we're doing anything wrong but because we don't care to hear anything they want to say. It doesn't matter if we think their reaction will be positive or negative. Sometimes we just need to make our own decisions.