Hi all,

My problem is my family and my boyfriend of 3 years.
mainly it's my mother who doesn't approve of my relationship. She says my boyfriend is to needy and depends to much on me that I need a man who can take care of me and alot of other random things she feels I deserve. I love my boyfriend, we have had alot of ups and downs, but at the end of the day he still makes me happy.
We used to fight alot of verbal and emotional disagreements a few physical, but things are getting better now since we got more involved in church his mood swings are getting under control and he doesn't get physical anymore. Thats the biggest problem I have with him.he has consistent mood swings and they are very obvious when they occur. Anybody that comes across him can usually tell. My mom feels that it's to much for me to have to deal with, but I don't agree. I love him and even though hes put me through alot, it didn't stop how I feel and I'm not sure if that means somethings wrong with me. My mom tells me I have to have something wrong with me.... Now just this weekend me and him were arguing and I ended up crying and my brother walked in and asked why I was crying I told him it was fine and then he started to insult my boyfriend and it resulted in an.exchange of words. I got my boyfriend to agree to go home so while walking him to my car my brother was outside and my bf called my brother the b word and some other words they ended up getting into it again and I ran in between them and before I could break it up my bf punched my brother. Then my step dad came out and they all argued and I took him home. Now my mom is telling me if I dont leave him alone, I'm basically getting cut off from my family. I hate feeling like I have to choose and idk what to do?