My Son and I Are Lovers

What is it called when a mother is in love with her son?

The Oedipal complex, also known as the Oedipus complex, is a term used by Sigmund Freud in his theory of psychosexual stages of development to describe a child’s feelings of desire for his or her opposite-sex parent and jealousy and anger toward his or her same-sex parent.

Do sons get attracted to their mothers?

Many boys are attracted to their mothers at a young age. Many suppress this attraction and it fades through puberty, and many develop an aversion to thinking about their mother sexually. However, it is a normal variation of sexual attraction that some retain and continue to have it as adults.