My mom took the news of me staying with Aunt Brooke for the summer extremely well. I think she was relieved because there wouldn't be any conflicts with her live-in boyfriend. I think she felt that now that I was 19, she had done her job and I was on my own to fend for myself.

It was a little awkward moving in with my aunt at first. She was doing me a huge favor and I didn't want to intrude. I didn't know if she was dating anyone so I figured I would try and stay out of her way as much as possible until it was time to...