Well Clara Mermaid, I have to say your dad really fudged up. He probably wanted to help, but what he did was seriously not the right thing to do. I had a similar problem with my dad when it came to me not getting a degree. Of course he was trying to help me go the way he thought was best, but it didn't help when he didn't even respect the path I was walking, or am walking. What I did was not talk to him about it. If he brought it up, I'd end the conversation by giving him only one word answers (yes, no, okay), and find something else to do. If he was talking about something pleasant or at least we both agreed, I talked for as long as I could. He seems to have got that if he wants to talk, he can't make me feel like dirt.
As for PearlieMae's comment on "you'll be able to get a boyfriend as long as you have a va," I disagree. Not that you won't find a boyfriend, but that it takes more then that. I'm not talking about just looks (by the way, you look just fine as far as I can see), but personality, character, and many other things that can make you a wonderful person to be around. Sure, men are very visual, and we do think about a certain activity a lot, but those areas are far from the only things we care about, even early in a relationship and especially later on. Don't know if I talked too much, but I hope I helped.
