This really bothers me.

6 things your mom never wants to hear
By Nancy Friday
from ThirdAge.com

1. Keep your secrets to yourself. Keeping them helps with having a healthy separation from your mother. There should be things you just don't tell your mommy. This begins early and continues throughout life.

2. Keep your sex life to yourself-— for the same reasons as above. Your sex life, perhaps more than anything else, helps to define you as a separate individual. Telling mom the intimate details lessens your tie to the men in question and keeps you her little girl. Also, has it ever occurred to you that she (and many other people) just may not want to hear about it?

3. Near misses with danger. Don't keep making her responsible for you. If you're in trouble and you need her help, go to her with a plan that allows her to help you on her terms. This demonstrates respect and maturity.

4. Beware of envy. Yes, even from dear old mom. Don't expect her to always be thrilled with your great career moments, for example, when she has perhaps never tasted personal economic success.

5. Don't make her your best friend. She's your mother and you love her, but best friends should be people other than mom. She probably has her own best friends, who are able to support her as yours do you.

6. Don't make her your diary. For instance, I caution mothers not to read their little girls' diaries, because that invasion inhibits the formation of a daughter's self. A girl needs to own her own story. It's part of her identity.