Depending on where you are from, in some ways that is understandable. However, if you are in the US, stop feeling guilty. You have every right to live on your own and have your own independence. So what they don’t like it. They will get over it. Trust me, they will. I’m a parent of 2 grown children and 7 grandchildren. I raise my oldest grandchild as he is a special needs kid. He is now 18, deaf and has ASD. He will probably live with me for the rest of his life or my life that is.
I can understand, to a point, what you are feeling. I was married and had children when my family moved away from Missouri to Utah. My mother was dying of cancer. She did not want us to move. It was against her wishes for us to move away. I had to do what was right for my family and for my sanity. Two years after we moved my mother died. Mind you, my parents were my adopted parents. After years of abuse, I was not close to them. I did not return to Missouri for her funeral.
This leads me to my children. My son moved out and started his own life. Our daughter decided to stay home, even after she got married and started to have children. Her first child is the one I raise. She was not married when she had him. My wife became very sick in 2011. My daughter was there to help me with her mom. In late 2014, my wife was told she was dying. My daughter promised her mother to be there for me. My wife died on Feb. 3, 2015.
My daughter and her family continued to stay with me, for about a year or so after my wife died. When I told them to move out, she was angry because she would not be doing what she promised her mother. Taking care of me. I do not need someone to take care of me. I will be 65 in June. I may be legally blind, but I raise my grandson, keep a house, do grocery shopping, cook our meals, wash our clothes. I do not drive anymore.
My children have moved on. Both my children live over 4-hour drive from me, yet I rarely see them. What I am saying, yes it is emotional to leave your parents, yet you are old enough to live on your own if you have a good paying job or are in college. You deserve to have your freedom. Your parents will be fine. It is an adjustment for both of you. When they realize them having their freedom to travel or do whatever they want, they will enjoy it. They will appreciate it when they see how well you are doing in your life and with what you accomplish.
Let go of the emotional guilt. You will feel better. Live your life.