My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.
My mother shut all her family out of her life over the years, though we made several futile attempts to stay connected. May God rest her soul.
Controlling mothers do not pass the baton to their son's new wife.
If there's an award for best mother-in-law in the universe, in the future, when my son gets married, I will win that award.
Your mother doesn't own you. Your father doesn't own you. You own you.
Boys are slobs... One reason is that mothers let them get away with it. Mothers are notorious for spoiling male children.