Mother and son fight to stay in sexual relationship

A mum and son who say they are ‘madly in love’ and that nothing can tear them apart have been ordered to stay away from each other.

Monica Mares, 36, and her 19-year-old son Caleb Peterson will have to stand trial on incest charges later this year in the US state of New Mexico. If found guilty, they could be sent to prison for up to 18 months....


However the mother and son couple have decided to go public with their affair in order to raise awareness of Genetic Sexual Attraction (GSA) and make it legal for them to have a sexual relationship. Mares gave birth to Caleb, who was born Carlos, when she was 16 years old and gave him up for adoption soon afterwards. She met him for the first time since then last Christmas, after the pair got in touch over Facebook. Caleb moved in with her and says he fell in love with her in part because she looked after him.

‘I never had anyone cook me meals or give me anything,’ he disclosed. ‘I never got anything my entire life and she went out of her way to make me happy. After about a week or so I started having feelings for her, and I guess I fell in love.’

The mother-of-nine reciprocated, and now says she would readily give up the right to see her other children if she was asked to choose between them and Caleb.

‘The first time we were physical we ended up holding hands, and then we ended up kissing – and the kissing led to other things,’ she said. ‘I felt comfortable with him and we fell even more deeply in love.’ GSA is defined as sexual attraction between close relatives who first meet as adults.

For example, if the couple are siblings or half-siblings, a parent or offspring, or first or second cousins. However, incest is a crime in all 50 US states, as well as in the UK. But Mares says she’s afraid to go out because people in her town know about the relationship, and threaten her and call her names. Caleb’s personal life has suffered too. Since the affair became public, his dad walked out on him.