Yes, it's weird.

This is how it went:
Yes, mom, it's weird.
But no one else has told me it's weird.
Of course not. No one is going to say that to your face. Don't worry, they tell me all the time. I am just the only one who loves you enough to tell you, it's weird.

I'm telling you because I care. Sounds very similar to I'm not letting you go to the beach with your friends because I love you too much. Hm. That's the rub.

Most of the time it's hard to tell someone the cold, brutal truth. We don't want to hurt feelings or crush dreams. Some people don't have a problem with it and blurt out everything that happens to cross their mind at any given point. I find those people are usually wrong and don't have many friends. As humans, most of us do not really want the truth. We want to live in ignorant bliss. I know I do. Unfortunately, it usually doesn't get us very far. We have to face the truth to break our comfortable shell and grow. Despite our highest reasoning skills, we typically need some kind of help with this.

The trick is to be open to that help as well as learn how to offer it to those we care about when they need it. I know I've made the mistake of offering my seasoned, unsolicited, glorious wisdom at times when it was really not appreciated. Offended and appalled I'm not praised for shedding the light, it usually takes me about 36 hours to realize I was saying it for myself and not for the person I claimed to care about. It turns out that the only way to really help is to really care...about the other person.

Love is the foundation. The love of a parent, dear friend or our Savior gently guiding us back on the path we always wanted to be. It's easy to fight this. We have pride to thank for that. However, as we listen to the support and selfless advice of our closest confidants we might just find they are right after all. As difficult as it might be to swallow...

I doubt I'll be able to stop telling my mom my arrogantly naive opinions. The truth is, it was weird. But she really doesn't care and therefore neither should I.