Ever since I changed shapes from round to, well, not-so-round, my mother constantly nags me about how I "just don't look like her son anymore" (uh, it's called puberty, aging, etc)--good thing we don't talk that much. I obviously can't speak from a female's perspective, but I imagine that women face more scrutiny over exercising, especially when weights are involved since weights are, as some people around you have put it, "manly" (I didn't know inanimate objects possessed gender). Like BP said, shut them up with the results you achieve, and always feel free to vent here. Goodness knows I do
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