Hey everyone, thank you for your thought. I appreciate you taking the time to sit down and write me about this. I know it's not very important but it is in my life right now and it's good to have people understand me.

Joyce, about your question, I have irlfriends that I've tlaked to about this, but they are more like this 'ask that guy out, your mom shouldn't be acting that way' so to them they are just like 'do what you want, Genny' so that's why I came here about all this.

My mom has a lot of friends she goes places with sometimes, most of them are friends from high school when she was younger. She also talks with my niece's grandma a lot. We are also around each other a lot and do things together, but I think it's time I get a job, maybe a boyfriend? I don't want to rush into things but I just think I need to get out--my mom says that she just doesn't want me to make any mistakes or regret doing things, but to me I think a person needs to make mistakes because that way they can learn from them....I know my mom just wants what's best for me, she has good intentions, she's like my best friend...I'm not saying I want to leave and never come back I just need her to understand I'm growing up and I'm not a little 12 y/o anymore. I just don't know how to explain that to her..