Is it normal that my mom is so awkward?
I am a 19 year old college student with my first boyfriend. My mom has been awkward through every step in my life. When I was 13 I wanted to shave because I was going on a class trip to a water park and she said no. She would not buy me a bra. I had to buy one and hide it from her so that I could change in PE. She never let me wear a 2 piece bathing suit or a bathing suit without shorts. She seemed so ashamed of me when I got my period. I believe that my awkward years would have been a lot less awkward without her. Now I have my first boyfriend. It took me a while to work up the nerve to tell her, but I finally did. She did not ask about him. She seemed embarrassed. I thought she would call my aunts and tell my dad, but she is keeping it a secret. Now I feel like having a boyfriend is taboo. No one understands what I am going through because to them, my mom seems normal. Is my mom normal?