Dear Diana,
I am 21 years old and doing a postgraduate course in computer animation. At the training centre, I am friendly with one of the guys. We get along well and spend a lot of time together even after class. At home, too, I keep talking about him. Last week, my mother told me to invite him home. Things went fine when he was around, but after he left my mother threw a fit. She did not like the way he was dressed, the way he talked and the stuff he spoke about. In short, she detested him. She has told me to cut off ties with him. It is not that I am planning a future with him. He is just an acquaintance for now. I am fond of him, but there is nothing more to it. Ever since my mother's outburst, I have been upset. I stopped interacting with him and he is wondering what is wrong with me. I do not know what to tell him. Nor do I know what he thinks of me. In class, too, I avoid him. As she is a single mom and I am her only child, my mother is extra cautious about me.
— Aneesha

Dear Diana