#moms

It feels mean. It feels cruel. It feels arrogant. It feels unappreciative.

Wanting to be different. To be better.

She is kind. She is brave. She is gentle. Her words cut and burrow underneath my skin. She will love me till the day she dies and I will do the same. I thought there was something wrong with me and she cemented that belief in me. Some of my favorite memories are of her. I'm afraid she'll stop loving me. I'm awestruck by her. I want to be like her. I am. I wish I weren't.

Is there anything as bittersweet as the love between a mother and her daughter?

When Amy Piccoli’s son brought home a stomach bug in May 2024, she thought she knew what she was in for. The Los Angeles mom of three was used to seasonal illnesses and 24-hour viruses. Piccoli got sick, as she expected. But she soon became “really dehydrated” and ended up in the emergency room. As part of their workup, doctors ran a CT scan. The test showed spots on her liver and a mass in her…

I (23M) am friends with one of my mom's coworkers, "S" (32F). S is married to another woman, "Y" (28F). I've known S since I was a teenager because she worked with my mom. Back then I actually had a bit of a crush on her, but I never acted on it because she was older than me and I later found out she was a lesbian. I even attended her wedding when she married Y. Over the years we've become friends, but during the past year I've noticed some behavior that feels a little unusual. She's become very interested in my dating life and regularly asks whether I'm seeing anyone. She often tells my mom that I'm handsome and says she doesn't understand why I'm always single. In our chats, she frequently compliments me, asks personal questions about my relationships, and sometimes flirts with me. Recently she asked about my relationship history and also asked what my opinion was on older women dating younger men. The thing that really made me wonder was that she booked a dinner reservation for just the two of us and told me not to mention it to either my mom or her wife. At the same time, she's always identified as a lesbian, so part of me thinks that whether she is actually bi? AIO for thinking she might be interested in me romantically, or am I completely misreading the situation?

Reddit consensus: NOT OVERREACTING (NOR) (100% confidence)

Top comment: “NOR she likes you. And youll know it for sure if when you are both in person she touches you. Like grabs your arm or brushes up against you. Be prepared for that dinner. She may try something and if you aren’t into it, tell her.”

Notable comment: “NOR, RUN!

Call me a cynical old bitch but if she's got baby fever you may be a candidate. A one nightstand (or two) with a clean cut kid that you know comes from a good family, with no disease or mental illness OR pay thousands at a sperm bank. Sounds like you're in the 3rd interview phase...”

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She said, “If you asked me yesterday why I’m always yelling at people I’d tell you I don’t. But I do and I usually pick the fight.”

And then she got mad at me because I was shocked that she was just realizing this. Girl, you’re 56 and you just realized you’re always yelling at someone??