there comes a point in everyone's life when you have to
stop caring about what other people think or say and
finally start to do whatever makes you happy.
you have to realize that you don't have to live up to other people's conception of how you're supposed to be and finally become yourself.
they'll give you hell for every choice you continue
to make that they don't approve of but it's your life - not their's
and until you realize that you will continue to live your life
for other people and their happiness. not your own.