<p>They come to visit him like during those family weekends, fall breaks, homecommings, etc. and each time his mom gonna tell me not to study too hard. What can it possibly mean? Any ideas?</p>
<p>Why do you care?</p>
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I don’t know, it’s just interesting, what they mean by telling that.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s a subtle hint. Of what, I’ll leave to your imagination.</p>
<p>Could be that they wish to encourage taking advantage of the whole college experience, rather than focus totally on the academic. Could be that they themselves studied but had little fun in college? Could be that they want their kid to finish higher than you in class rank! Could be that they don’t know what else to say to you.</p>
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<p>That is harmless. It is no different than telling people not to work too hard, when you bump into them on their way to work. That is no big deal. I would not loose sleep over that at all.</p>
<p>Whenever I go home, people that I see (friends of the family and such) always tell me not to study too hard. It’s just sort of small talk.</p>
<p>Unless she says “Hey _____, you seriously shouldn’t work so hard”, I think that she’s just making small talk.</p>
<p>Maybe your roomie has told them that you study a lot, or that you don’t study at all. I bet it’s just small talk. People have told me that before, but I don’t usually obsess about it…</p>
<p>Yeah, they don’t mean it literally. It’s like saying “take it easy”, sometimes phrases are just phrases and don’t literally mean specifically what they state.</p>
<p>You’re overanalyzing.</p>
<p>Maybe she doesn’t want you outdoing her son academically.</p>
<p>It’s just small talk. Don’t take it too seriously, she is probaly is just searching for something to say to you.</p>
<p>it’s just something to say.</p>
<p>Yea, or her son tells her stuff about you</p>
<p>sometimes a cigar is JUST a cigar. </p>
<p>Seek help.</p>