Thank you, Soupe du jour, and it’s good to know where her reaction came from. I hope you have enough support for yourself
In my mum’s case, I think it was mostly ignorance, maybe a little stigma, and not being able to tell her what was really going on because I felt she’d just dismiss me, like she often does (also I didn’t understand my own feelings - even if she was more understanding I might not have been able to explain - I was in a relationship that looked good to everyone on the outside, nothing was obviously wrong but I felt like hell!)