Steph: Kaw advice was excellent... i will add something... if you just dont agree with C guide, for example, relating your M situation with your parents situation, just state that and try to focus more on what you are feeeling... and what she might be feeling...!!... If your W moods or no hopes for R in the future affects you, think a lot about MLC stuff... think a lot that many many of her words arent true at all... that only are a result of her turmoil... i can say you this MLC men and women, suddenly can change their views of world and forgett all they had said...!!... Remember that, and use that awfull mood to catch the signs that point you her turmoil, her confution, her scares... and reinforce in her the importance of growth with age, with the good memories of the past and the great wishes for the future