Ah, I wasn't aware that you didn't live with both of your parents. If dad isn't around, and you have to be around your mother's family for long periods, keeping quiet for the moment is exactly what I would do too.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell