My stepmother use to worry about other people's "teeth"! You had to have good teeth to go out with me, LOL (not that anyone ever asked as I was Wallflower #1 in my youth).

I think the bad comments only affect me to the extent I think they're true. You were a very pretty 18 year old; who cares what a boyfriend's jealous mother said? Ah, you hadn't thought of that? Took me a long long time to realize and "feel" just how jealous my stepmother was of "me"/my youth, etc. Think of it, your boyfriend's mother's day was past and it was now your and his day. I've begun to develop a lot of compassion for my stepmother in the last few years; too bad I waited too long to be able to show it to her! :-(