Ok I kind of jumped when I saw this post! LOL
For one, I had the surgery done April of last year. I can go into essays of what the procedure was like and advice/tips but to avoid straying from the subject, I will give you my obviously biased opinion on this matter. Here goes:
You're gonna get a lot of hate and this is inevitable. I openly make jokes about my boobs all the time, but I also hear people criticizing other (not mine because I don't tend to dress provocatively) women's breast implants very often. I don't take it personally, but I can see sometimes it is difficult for society to accept the fact that breast augmentation is not like lipo or the gastric bypass (my mom did that since she was diabetic) in the sense where there is no way around getting your boobs bigger other than surgery. If you tend to be sensitive to other's comments, this surgery may not be for you. You have to make sure you are doing it for yourself and nobody else.
However, enough talking about other people. Though it may sound cliche and whatnot, you only have one life to live! The way I look at it is that if you are old enough to make mature and responsible decisions (which I'm sure you are!) nothing should stand in your way. I only oppose of surgery when I see a very insecure girl who just wants to have like a million surgeries at the same time and gets them for all the wrong reasons. IMO, just like your mom said, if you get them to make YOURSELF happy you will end up happy. I have a boyfriend, but I chose the cup size I wanted and only asked him for insight in making the decision of the surgery, very little input! lol It has to come from you 100%
If you decide to do a consultation or continue w/ the process you can PM me and I'll help you out as much as possible! Good luck with the decision and give it some time before committing yourself! HTH