My mom said the same thing with my cosplay. I just looked her square in the face and told her I was a freak, but I'm her daughter so it's her choice to love me as I am. If she chooses not to then it's her loss.
I love cosplay and thankfully my family has finally accepted it, especially now that my nieces have grown up idolizing me and want their own sailor costumes.
I think if you find something you really love, and defend your right to be you, people will take you more seriously. Try it, some moms it has a profound effect, some get more strict like my mom did, but I kept at it, I sewed when I could; taught myself things and made my own costumes from what I've learned it's been a long journey from that point. I still love cosplay.
Unfortunatly, I stood up to her the 15th, and got kicked out and told to support myself in everything. I stayed with a friend for a day in fears of sleeping in a park. And the next day went to my grandparents. I told my aunt about all of my cosplays and my aunt supports it fully, even cuts my wigs, gives me ideas and says "That's awesome, your gonna do great!". My mom on the other hand doesnt understand for in a way she finds shes losing me. And like I told my grandparents a day or so, she pulls me and my brother in by our umilical cords with promices of love, only to end up eating our heads off. But I agree with my mom about it being petty spendy so I'll continuewith cosplayings but I'll hold onto those cosplays and keep doing those ones instead of chosing a new cosplay every con. Thanks though! This really helped me a lot, gave someone that understands me in a way.
@Tomecko:
Oh wow! I can see how that would relate to me. But my whole family being very strong Jahovah's whitness' and seeing dressing up as something I'm not (Like my male cosplays) Makes it a horrid sin in their eyes. But like said, my aunt supports it fully. And it's good to have at least one person in the family understands.
ANYWAY to stop the whole.....durpdurp drama problems I've created. Chel....those are so epic! For my cosplay progress my aunt helped me with the crafting foam horn so it looks even better! And I found some of his....tassle thingys at Fabric Depot in the clearence bin so after I get my GED done and over with I think I'll start a little bit on Helios.