I was reading an article in a Romanian magazine on what women can't understand about men and one of those things was the relationships men have with their mothers - meaning a very close one, to the point where it feels like there are 3 persons in a lovers' relationship: she, him, and his mother... Does this hold for you, are you so close to your mother, is she so important so as to make your girlfriend or wife feel jealous? Is your mother always interfering between you and the girl you love?
when dave and i first got together, there was MAJOR friction with dave's mom and sister. he's very very close to them. i was okay with that, it's what i was looking for. a man who's good to the women in his life and values them. however, we women can be HORRIBLY possessive of the men in our lives, that includes brothers and sons. a new woman in the family tends to provoke a huge battle of wills and conflict for dominance. i'm not the sort who ever cared about that. family is family. there's no point in fighting with your family for dominance. they're your refuge. however, they didn't quite get the message. dave finally had to step in a poot his foot down with the both of them. they needed to hear it from him, though. but since then we've all gotten along very well.
except for the occasional dramatic falling out (which is to be expected, I suppose) I have a very strong and good relationship with my mother. but ever since my first girlfriend my mother has always been very supportive and gone out of her way to form a friendship with my girls. I would say in some cases, my family has been one of the pros of being my girlfriend. (one of many, of course. countless pros. yessir.)
My Mama and I get along very well. She is only 16 years older than I so we are almost peers now. She made an excellent mom and is my hero. She paved the way to make a life for my sister and i. I will be eternally grateful for what she did for us. That being said, of course i have my issues. They are petty and mean little. Gotta love the mamas.
I never cared for my mother. She was mean to me and my sister. She didn't like me and my sister when we would pee together. And she never let me have a BB gun. So we never got along. Peace
