So I lasted about five minutes in the car, with my mother, before finally blurting out "AH, WE BROKE UP!" (so stop tormenting me with your inane questions!). Even as I was saying it, I couldn't believe the words were actually leaving my mouth. To my total and utter surprise, she did not flip out. She reacted with calm curiosity and we proceeded to have a normal, adult, mother-daughter conversation, a first for us. So this is what it's supposed to be like...