I was telling someone the other day about how when I was a kid (like past 6), my mom and I never hugged, or told each other we loved them. She wasn't malicious at all, we just didn't do those things. When I saw other kids hugging/kissing/saying they love their parents, I felt incredibly cringey because it seemed so embarrassing and unnecessary. (My dad died when I was 11 but he hugged me every once in awhile, although I still felt cringey about it.)

The person I told this to reacted as if I just told them that my mom was a raging alcoholic or something. Is it so strange?