In the case of my sister and I, it took a long time for our mother to accept that we are lovers. At first she was out of her mind with anger and kicked us out So we got a place of our own. Then when she realized nothing could keep us from being together she started to accept our unconventional relationship. She told us she only wanted to see us be happy in life. That was seven years ago and we live as a married couple. Now when our mother calls she says "How are you two love-birds doing?"