Empty space is very important to seeing a whole landscape.

And I think we both know it wasn't an accidental omission. You worded it that way because that's how you think of your relationship with your mother now. In the past. Not part of or important to your adult life.

You make think of her in fond terms, kind if like an almost mythica or mystical figure of your youth. Someone who took care of you and loved you unconditionally. When she carried the relationship entirely because she was the adult and you were a child.

Likely, you'll be looking to replace or replicate that with a woman willing to commit to you. You'll expect the dame dynamics of responsibility for the relationship, plus sex.

So you're not a suitable partner for anyone who wants an actual partner rather than someone to "mother". Because you don't value relationships enough to participate in them but you feel entitled to them.

You can find a woman who wants to "mother" you. I would forgo having children though. Good chance she'll leave you once actual children consume her day and she needs a fully engaged partner.

You can feel hard done by all you want, but it won't be just me. I'd say the majority of women will get the same take from what you said. Especially since you responded defensively rather than with accountability. You could have chosen to explain what you meant and acknowledged that you worded it poorly. You didn't.