Your parents know you better than any of us. They are probably not allowing you to date to keep you out of situations like the one you've got going on with the guy who lives in your home country. Parents aren't as dumb as you think, and kids are rarely as "grown" as they think. Trust them on this one, and enjoy your friends and everything else you've got going on in your life. Boys will be there later when you are allowed to date, so you aren't really missing anything.