guess she doesn't read PoA either then
Nope, the woman can barely use a computer. Right now she can't figure out how to change the batteries in the keyboard for her iPad, so she's unable to send eMails.
Think about that for a minute.
My mom would worry so much when she knew I was going flying that I stopped telling her until after I was back. She seemed to prefer it that way. Last fall she finally went flying with me, which was her idea, and she enjoyed it.
Initially, I think my mom was just afraid of me crashing and killing myself. I suppose she thought that because of the number of speeding tickets I had at the time (a lot), even though I had never had an accident of any sort and always took my driving seriously. I told her I was taking lessons after my first solo. She thought for a minute. Realizing that telling me not to do something had never worked for her in my life, she then said "If you're going to be a pilot, you need to get your instrument rating. JFK Jr died because he didn't have his instrument rating." Then I got my instrument rating, and she said "You should fly twins. That way if one engine quits you have a second engine to land safely." Both grossly oversimplified, but it was the path I was going anyway. She ended up being my first passenger on an IFR flight. The day after passing my instrument checkride, I flew her from NYC to Virginia in the Archer. Flew over 10 hours that day in the little plane (PA-NY-VA-PA), and she did pretty well. I think that was when she realized that I was a halfway decent pilot. She'll never fly with me again, but more than anything it's because the circumstances won't present themselves.
Motorcycles, it's just easier not to talk about. Mom knew I rode in college (my "motorcycle gang" as she called them - the chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association I participated in - came to my graduation in their riding gear), but after that it was easier to just not bring it up since she never liked it, even though she did like my CMA group. She seems happy to believe that motorcycles were a part of my life that's now gone by the wayside.
Guns, she just hates guns. Another one that was easier just not to talk about and I think she's happier that way, too.
Then he isn't qualified to have an opinion. You might retort to that effect, and tell him about your serious concerns about his judgment, considering he can draw broad conclusions about your decision making, based on a topic he has only shallow knowledge of.
I bet some podiatrists know something about heart surgery - but not much more than a lay person. . .
Some personality types respond well to that, but in my experience that rarely works well with high time pilots who are looking down on your lack of experience. There are a couple of those on another forum I participate in, and pointing out to them that they lack relevant experience is very quickly brushed off. While it might make you feel good at the time, it doesn't help things long term.
