Next Tribe: A Son is A Son Until He Takes A Wife

Years after writing a book about the importance of the mother son bond, Kate Stone Lombardi wonders if she can stay close to her son now that he’s getting married.

With Mother’s Day 2017 right around the corner, I’d been pondering the mother son bond even more then usual. Then, almost on cue, my iPhone bings. A photo of a plate, captioned: “Tomato herb rice with white beans and spinach—not bad.” I don’t know what most adult sons text about with their moms, but Paul and I often exchange pictures of what we made for dinner.

“No meat?” I reply.

“Protein in beans,” followed by a heart emoji.

Paul and I have always been close. Among other things, we share a love of debate, bad puns, and cooking. The food bond started early. Paul claims that when he was 8 years old, I snapped at him in the grocery store produce section, “Didn’t I raise you better than to buy peaches out of season?” In my defense, my son, now 28, is an inspired cook and a careful shopper.

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