I'm thinking TheWyldcat came from a household like the one I grew up in. Parents divorced and mom is a 'tough-love' type of person with a temper.
You haven't lived until you've seen your mom get pissed at a toaster, rip the cord out of the wall, then launch it out the back door to join the other appliances that pissed her off at some point.
It wasn't until my step mom came along in my teenage years that I learned what it was like to have a mom like the one Matt has. It took me a while to get used to that, but had she never popped into my life, I might be one of those guys that thinks having a soft spot for your mom is weird.