I can't pretend to know what is truly bothering you. You are a man, and men are natural wanderers. They have this eternal need to stray. It's in their blood. Why God planted such a seed in you men I will never understand. But he did, and because of it, I see a lot of men torn asunder by the responsibilities they have to their families and this ceaseless yearning to ramble and meander."

She stopped talking for a moment, and I started to say something.

"No, let me finish, William. I may be your mother, but I am also a woman, and at this moment, I want to speak to you as a woman. I want to be brutally honest with you."

I suddenly felt very uncomfortable, and I was mentally kicking myself for bringing up the topic at all. I didn't want my mother to speak to me a...

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