I very much like Homers GSA's response. Show your mum that you're being as safe as you can be ...and live by it when she's not around too. Aside from that the best thing you can do is to go on trip after trip and come home safe. She may at the very least become less worried about your travels as time goes on. Very few people want to make others feel worried but we all need to live our lives as well.

Don't hold it against her since you are, and forever will be, her baby. But please, please, please don't forgo living your life and doing what you need to do in order to make her feel better. You'll just end up "killing yourself" on the inside. It's completely normal to worry about those you love and I'm no exception when my wife takes off on her own ...even though we're both in our 50's and fairly experienced.

I was very fortunate in that I come from a travelling family and my parents where actually happy to see me go on my own first trip. They even contributed some money towards it. But my wife does worry about me when I'm gone ...thank goodness. After going on many solo trips and coming home safe, she is much less worried about it nowadays but still cares enough to admonish me to be safe out there. I've also had her ride pillion with me and she invariably commends me for how alert and cautious I am. Something to consider for your mum as well.


...Michelle