I was in the same situation as you 18 years ago. I had an aunt who used to discourage me telling me that I will not be successful because i had a child early. And that He was going to set me back. I proved her so wrong! I am now a Network Systems Engineer making way more money than her in less than half the time she was in the company that we both work for. She also degraded me for not being married so my husband and I decided to get married with over 300 guests paying for it ourselves. I think that really made her more Angry. Now that my children are old enough and independent enough I have decided to go back to school to take up nursing AND there she was again stating her opinion that I will not complete the course. Once I heard that...it makes me want to finish and succeed in it more than ever.So if I were you prove her wrong. Make her feel that she's wrongGood Luck