A 36-year-old New Mexico
woman, Monica Mares,
has declared her undying
love for her son, Caleb
Peterson,stressing that
nothing can tear them apart.Mares, who has
eight other children, had
given up herson for
adoption right after he
was born 19 years
ago,but on reuniting with each other recently, they
weresaid to have fallen in
love, Daily Mail is
reporting.In an interview,
Mares said she was
willing to give upher other children to fight for
her love with
Peterson;whom she had
when she was only 16.She
said, “It was almost love
at first sight for us whenwe met for the first
time last Christmas, since
I gavehim up for
adoption.“We have vowed
to fight for our right to
have a sexualrelationship and we appeal to the
public to help donateto
their legal fund and
support us.“We
successfully kept our
relationship a secret whenwe lived happily
together in a mobile home
with my twoyoungest
children.“But the police
found out about the
affair.”Upon police’s discovery, the lovers
were
subsequentlycharged with
incest, a fourth-degree
felony in NewMexico and
the mother and son whose forbidden loveaffair could
land them lengthy jail
terms, are facingtrial
scheduled for
September.The couple,
amid opposition from friends, neighborsand
even family who
sometimes throw things at
themand threaten their
lives, have refused to
give up theirlove.Currently,
Mares is not allowed to
see any of herchildren or
have any contact at all
with Peterson. Yetshe
maintains that it has all been worth it.On his part,
Peterson said he doesn’t
really see her ashis
mother.He said he started
falling in love with her
about a weekafter they met.“I have never had
anyone cook me meals or
make mefeel special. I
made the first move on
her after Istarted
developing romantic feelings towards
her,”Peterson said,
adding that even if the
judge offered tospare me
jail term due to my age,
on the condition thatI stop all contact with my
mother, I would refuse.He
added that he believes she
is the love of his life
andhe would wait for her
for as long as it’s necessary.