Thanks for sharing. I can relate to that you say your parents tell you they miss you but you don´t feel it´s for real. I think mine miss me but I can´t say I miss them back. We live quite far away from each other and especially my mum would want me to move back to where they live.

I think some of this wanting a mother figure depends on that I look up to older women who I admire, who have studied and who are intelligent and successful. As I myself strive for.

My parents didn´t go to university and they don´t have interests or such that I admire either. Perhaps that´s one clue to why I look for mother figures.