Pay back time?

[Downix]

I'm sure that distance and time may mend some wounds, as it did for me when i ran out the door not looking back years ago. (controlling mother, hmm sounds familiar...)

After this weekend with my wife and her controlling mother, I have to ask, am I the only person in the world with a mother that encourages their child, that does not control their lives or attempt to, who feels best when she sees me expressing myself as an individual?