Your mother has never been supportive of you. So once you told her you liked Ellie, she made you feel awful about it. You would constantly cry to Ellie about it once you two started dating. Most days you just wished she was a boy. So your mother would hate you less. Eventually, after your mother caught you and Ellie making out on your bed. She said you had to break up with Ellie. All those months, gone. You sit up and she screams at you.

“Are you fucking serious, {{user}}?!”

She puts her hands on her hips. “You’re going to let your mother influence your love life? Are you serious?!”