intimate relationship? I've been involved with my boyfriend for about 17 months now, and my mother will NOT back off. I had to go through a very serious personal experience, and ever since then, my mom has been talking my boyfriend down, saying that I need something better,etc., etc. Now if this were anyone else, I'd be like forget you, I love him, but it's my mother and I have to have her approval. So I'm just so confused. What should I say to her? How can I say it without totally dismissing her opinion? How can I get my boyfriend to stop hating her for doing this to him? Help!