Holly Briscoe, 34

Louis is great company, very funny. He has a very sweet sense of humour. Not nasty. He doesn't laugh at people. We share music: I got him into Led Zeppelin and he got me into Razorlight. He gives me good advice on clothes and he's a fantastic film critic.

It can be difficult to share "treats" with a teenage boy. My idea of a treat is a meal out, but he doesn't like that. Although we do both like going out for sushi, and end up chatting loads about his friends, his life. That's when the stuff that I want to know comes out. But I do respect the fact that he doesn't want to tell his mum everything.

But we do spend lots of time arguing. It's quite shocking. The main source of the arguments is homework. I'm always having to say: "I'm not nagging, I'm trying to help. I'm doing this because I love you." But I think he feels tormented by me.

I have to bargain with him sometimes. I did today. I'm getting him a pair of jeans in return for him eating healthily all day. Normally he eats well at home; I grow all my own vegetables here. But at half-term he's off doing his own thing and just eats crap. So he'll be forced to eat salmon and brown rice later.

We are both very messy. He gets £20 for cleaning his room. But he's obviously not financially motivated as he's thinking of paying the cleaner to do it for him.

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