: Many resources discuss the "mother-son bond," exploring healthy independence versus issues like "enmeshment" where boundaries become blurred.

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Maya froze. Then her eyes welled up. “When we first started dating, your father had this silly code for how he felt. He said, ‘4-1-12’ meant… ‘I love you in four ways: as a partner, a protector, a friend, and a fool.’ And ‘12’ stood for the twelve years he wanted with me before he got old and boring.”