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To want to be accepted as i am?

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Stingray2008 · 14/12/2016 23:38

Ok so this is something thats been bugging me for years. I am very close with my family but always feel like they dont really accept me for who i am.

Im not exactly girly id rather live in jeans and tshirts, i dont wear makeup and am just not interested in that stuff yet they are always commented about how i should be more feminine.

I also love motorbikes and have been riding since i was 17. When i had children i gave up for a while but got one again when i went back to work (i cant drive)and the way they acted you would think i was the most evil mother in the world as "its selfish to ride now you have responsibilities" and "your not a boy we thought youd be more feminine now you have children". My dp also rides and when i say what about him then i get told its different as children need their mums.

I know its silly it bothers me so much but it really gets to me. Its like they just want me to be somethimg im not. Like i said im really close with them otherwise. Has anyone else experienced this and aibu to let it get to me?

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Footinmouthasusual · 14/12/2016 23:39

They sound strange op just smile nod and do what you choose as you are an adult.

Stingray2008 · 15/12/2016 06:47

I can ignore them most of the time but sometimes it really gets to me. Maybe more so since having children as i dont have many friends so some weeks they are the only people i talk to.

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Bringbackpublicfloggings · 15/12/2016 06:54

I know the feeling, ive been riding motorbikes since i was 17 and my family hated it, though i am feminine, in their eyes bikes are for guys..and apparently im selfish because if i have an accident its the kids that will suffer..told them to sod off! Its your life

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