eaglesgirl37

For what it's worth, I think you're definitely taking the right attitude. Of course your relatives love and respect you, no matter what silly comments they may make! I can't understand why your mom is saying that...it doesn't make any sense, and I can't see how it would make you feel anything but sad and confused. Maybe it's just her misguided way of showing loyalty and standing up for you...in any event, she's the one with the wacky interpretation of things, not you, unless your relatives are being unusually cruel or critical. But I really wouldn't worry about it. Next time she brings it up, I'd suggest telling her that you'd like if she'd refrain from such comments in the future because you feel a lot of mutual love and respect between you and your other relatives. Hopefully that will put an end to it, because this doesn't sound like something worthy of her getting so worked up about unless I'm missing something big here. I'm sure your mom means well, but she needs to know that those comments are not doing any good and that they need to stop immediately. I hope that helps a little and that you can soon have this off your plate entirely, Soulster .