I wish my relationship with my mom was different. I feel like all my friends feel like their mom is their best friend and I’m not saying she shouldn’t be a parental figure but I feel like we can’t ever have fun or joke together. Our relationship feels transactional. Also I feel like our personalities clash so much. I have a certain sense of humor that she doesn’t agree with and it’s getting harder and harder to realize that this will probably be all our relationship ever is. I am 20 years old and my mom is 61, so the age gap could be a big part of the reason why we don’t see eye to eye but it hurts that it can’t be the way I want to be.