VintagePunk
Blue Crack Distributor
It's interesting to me, the whole issue of physical affection between kids and parents and especially with opposite gender parents. I don't know how much of it is how we are raised and how much physical affection there is with our parents and how much of it is the level of paranoia that can exist today about these issues. What he said about being gay and their relationship being different, I don't know if he meant that in terms of the physical affection.
Maybe I'm naive, but I don't read anything sinister into that. Just sounds to me like he may be comparing their himself and their overall relationship to other (straight) teen boys and their mothers.
I was raised in an affectionate family. My mom was more demonstrative than my dad, but I kissed them both on the lips. To this day, when I see my mom, I kiss her and tell her I love her when I leave. I've raised my daughter the same way, too.