Ah, Jabby, how I wish all moms were that way. They aren't.
My mom would have said, "What are you doing here? You can't eat the food. It's too expensive!" As for cooking a meal, I don't think she ever did.
You sound like you have a really, really sweet mother though. I wish I'd had one like her.
I do agree that women, who are normal women, do tend to be the nurturers. I'm the one who hugs the kids and cries when they have to leave. My husband will say, as I cry watching my daughter drive off, "It's not like you won't see her again. We're going to her game in two weeks."
And he is very close to Jumper. But he doesn't slobber all over her when she is going to go back to school. I do. I also slobber like a big fool when I have to leave the Chicago area after visiting my oldest daughter and my granddaughter. Yesterday, after a visit, Jumper had to pull me away from them to get me to the car!
