My son was shy and had few friends, spending most of his days locked in his room, obsessed with video games. There was never any talk of him having a girlfriend. I wanted him to interact with women like a normal boy. One day, I found my son's mobile phone in the bathroom, and on a whim, I began messaging him while pretending to be a young woman. Our conversations gradually grew more explicit, and my feelings of maternal love for my son began to change in unexpected ways.