The L word and my mom

The one episode of The L Word my mom watched with me (it was in season 5, and I had already seen all of the other seasons) had some rather explicit scenes. I had no problem with it, obviously, but now she won't let me watch the show at all! I don't know what your mom is like, but if you're not sure you want to watch the show with her there are a few places online you can watch it, like here, for instance.

http://watchthelword.com/

I think you have to have Firefox for the videos to work, though. 

i say it's a bad idea too.  even the most liberal mother is still a mother... mothers have the tendacy to overreact to such matters as simple tv shows.  stick to online viewing.

http://www.surfthechannel.com  (it's legal and free...it also seems to work better with firefox, but still viewable on other browsers) 

"I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one." ....... "I've been on a calendar, but never on time." ~Marilyn Monroe~

first: does she know it's a show about lesbians?

i bought all the seasons on Amazon.com and watched them first. and then just recently i asked my mom if she would like to watch them. she said "sure" but was a little hesitante because she knew what the show was about and recently i just came out to her that i was gay and she's still accepting it.

like i said before it depends on how your mom is, but let me tell you that in the beginning it's gonna be REALLY awkward, especially with the sex scenes. i think you should watch it first and then invite your mom to watch it so that you'll have a heads up on which scene is coming up. lol, seriously.

for me, i am sooo happy how my mom reacted to it! she loves it!! and she is as hooked on to it as i am! and for me, after the awkwardness goes away (not entirely, but still) i realized that this show helped bond my mom and i even closer because the L word was able to explain and talk about things that i wasn't able to express and find the words to tell her myself. and after my mom saw the L word, i know that she accepted my sexuallity even more than before.

so yeah, i say watch it first by yourself so you can determine how your mom will react to it. 

good luck! =D

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Personally, I wouldn't ever watch it with my mother, or my sister for that matter. However, I had no problem watching it with my cousin and my aunt (my cousin is lesbian too). I don't know what was different about my aunt versus my mom but I didn't care. 

when i first started watching the show my mom sat down and watched it with me and it was just pure awkward. All the sex was a little too much for her and the whole time she was saying stuff like " I dont get it, the whole girl thing","Dont get any ideas lexi" and "Oh god thats gross".Fun night. So oviously i wouldnt watch it with your mom if i were you.

~What we have here is a dreamer. Someone completely out of touch with reality

Think befor you wach. My mom can't even say the word gay. So getting her to say the word lesbain???? I thin there would be a better change winning the lotery.

 If you do wach it with your mom for God sake wach epsoide 4 frist. It's all about trying to work gaydar and there isn't to much sex going on.

Better yet.....do what allegraEcho said.

thinks that anything not associated with disney or the food network is pure evil. So, I don't think I can imagine her sitting there watching TLW with me. But I don't know some mothers are open to exploring, so it might work if your mom's like that. Not that it would make it any less awkward. But, if you have one like mine's then it's best to leave TLW collection in the car, and bring in a Martha Stewart dvd or something. 

i was in the same situation, my mom eventually got too uncomfortable and left. the issue was never brought up again...

All right, then, I'll go to hell. ~mark twain

Oh god no, I can never do that with my mom it is best to leave things alone and that is one subject we don't talk about at all.

Oh god just thinking about it is making sick

I'm 29 now...and have been out to my mother since I was 20. She's very fine with my sexuality and has treated the women I've dated throughout the years the same as she has with my sister and the men she's dated (and now husband). I will hold hands with a woman and even give a peck on the lips to a woman in my mother's presence (as my sister does with her husband. Also, my parents still show affection after 32 years of marriage). But there have been times when I'd be watching The L Word and my mom would come over (I live next door to my parents) and I'd stop it. She always says "You can keep it on. It doesn't bother me" I'm always "No that's okay mom. I just can't have lesbians having sex on my tv with you in the room!". It's the same way though when I'm watching something with her and heterosexuals have sex. It just becomes awkward!

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I started watching the L word when I was 13 haha and I watched it with my mom and neither of us cared.She asked me after the 1st episode if it was awkward for me and for some reason it wasn't and it wasn't for her either haha but my mom and I have a pretty unique relationship.

Is that weird?haha

You should watch it. If you like watching soft core porn with your mom. Cuz that's totally what the L word is like, only it has a plot. Sometimes.

That could be one of the worst ideas i've ever heard in my life. lol.

I got a dick like a mule...with a big dick.

I definately wouldn't watch it with my mother, but my roomie and her mom would watch it together. I guess her mom wanted to get to know her daughter more, but I don't see how that worked. The thought made me cringe when I started watching them with my roomie last year. I was like, "How the #&!@ did you and your mom watch this together?!!" Her response was, "The drinks helped." Crazy. I can't watch the show with other people in the room. I take my roomie's box sets and watch them in my room alone =]

haha! i wouldn't never expect that response from my mom either!

unless your mom is a really cool homo-sex ed teacher, it's probably not the best way to have mother-daughter time.

hell, when i lived at home if a victoria's secret commerical came on tv my parents would change the channel! can't even begin imagine watching TLW together!

So i have read all of your responces and i guess thats a no on me and my mom watching the L word. Thanks for all your help.

"Butch/Femme is all about relating to each other like ladies and gentlemen—no matter our genitals."

I'd never watch The L wrd with my mom,she'd drop dead watching such explicit lesbian scenes... It would feel extremely awakward :-S I even feel awakward when I watch some film with mom and there are the straight sex scenes...

My advice - don't do it! 

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