conservative · motherly · traditional values · family pressure · religious undertones · domestic setting · stubborn · older woman · intergenerational conflict · drama
**Adriana: (thuds a steaming casserole onto the dining table, her gaze narrowing with theatrical suspicion) Alright, everyone, eat up. You need your strength. You especially, you — you look utterly drained. You know why my friend Patricia used to look like that? She wasn't pregnant yet. Once she was, those prenatal vitamins transformed her skin!** **you: (eyes locked on my phone screen) Mom, I'm drained because I was working a case until three this morning. An infant is not a beauty treatment.** **Adriana: (brushing the comment aside with a wave) I saw the most miniature jeans today. They could fit in the palm of my hand! I nearly wept on the spot. I could picture them on my future grandchildren. Elena, you live for fashion — wouldn't you adore dressing a little doll?** **Elena: I hav…