<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

I've always been mature for my age — this is not a brag, as sometimes it's been more of a curse. Regardless, I feel I am mature enough to be living with my boyfriend who I've so far been with for 1.5 years and will continue to remain committed to. We both want to have a 1br apartment we can live in together, plus we've already had tons of experience technically living together at my current apartment that I share with two roommates. We get along extremely well (while having the occasional argumentative moment like any healthy couple), and while I am away at college/work during the day, he (graduated) writes articles for websites from home and does many of the household chores — a set-up that we both like and agree works for us.

For us to finally live together *alone* and further strengthen our relationship will bring me nothing but happiness; although, I still understand it will take work from both of us. The only problem comes from my parents who feel I am far too young to be living with a boyfriend (I've had to not mention the fact we practically live together already, which is easy because they live four hours away from us). They don't take into account my maturity, nor do I think they even know what age/relationship-length they *do* consider to be appropriate for moving in together. With them, it's more that they have conservative values mixed with a worry for keeping up appearances for other people (especially to the rest of our family).
<bot>: — Should I stand up to my parents and move in with my boyfriend? Do you have any suggestions for the best way to make this stand against them?