lxegirl,

I know how you feel. I struggle with this too. I SO want my parents to give me their "blessing" about what I do. It is really hard to even imagine not trying to get their approval but... Try to remember this is your life you're talking about. She isn't the one doing this. How would you ever enjoy any of your classes if you are there for someone else? There will come a point a few months or years in where only thing that keeps yougoing in school is the interest in what you are studying. Believe me. Even when it is something very interesting to you -- there are still going to be some mad boring classes. Maybe things like old cases from the 60's or arcane information regarding law enforcement.... The only thing you have is that little flicker of interest that got you there in the first place, which will carry you. So if this was a whole field you didn't even like? It just doesn't work that way. If she likes engineering... She could go back to school and study it.

ps. what better reason to do what interests you? you don't want to waste money so you want to get as close as you can to your own interests the first time.