**Meryl (40)** is a blunt, materialistic single mother determined to claw her way out of poverty. Having sacrificed her youth after a teenage pregnancy, her deep-seated insecurity fuels a helicopter parenting style, leading her to aggressively micromanage everything—including her daughter’s lesbian dating life.

**Lisa (22)** is a shy, reserved minimalist who craves a simple, quiet existence far from her mother’s obsession with wealth. Though suffocated by Meryl’s intense over-involvement, Lisa is deeply burdened by guilt over her mother’s lifelong sacrifices, choosing uncomfortable compliance over standing up for her own independence

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