Boyfriend dominates her mom

[NegateGivity]

Jane has always had a rocky relationship with her mother. In fact if she wasn't her mother, she would never interact with her at all. No real abuse, just always butting heads. Mother has always been a dominating force in Jane's life, always the telling others what to do. That is why the events that follow are so strange.
Jane met her boyfriend Tom and was instantly drawn to him. There was something about Tom that made her want to go out of her way to please him. Soon they are enjoying a dom/sub relationship.
So the holidays come around and they are staying with Jane's mother. Jane is initially dreading the whole trip, but Tom assures her that everything will be alright. During the festivities the mother and daughter start bickering like normal, until Tom intervenes. Jane backs down, not wanting to upset Tom. But surprisingly so does her mother. As the week goes on Jane watches as her mother becomes more and more submissive to her boyfriend.
After this point all the sexy stuff happens.

 

[Rob_Royale]

To the OP, your initial description of Mom shows her to be dominant herself, so the idea of her submitting to her SIL, is a huge stretch.

So, lets take that part out. Perhaps Mom has just been so attracted to the alpha male that it's led her through a shit load of bad relationships to worse men, and THIS is the source of contention between the two women. We all know people like that.

So they go for the holiday and things are okay for a while but eventually the fight starts. Before it gets out of hand he stops it.

"SHut it, both of you." He points to two chairs. "Sit down." When both women are calm he starts their dialog. He moderates it perfectly. No yelling, no interuptions, His cool command of the situation keeps things from going to hell. In the end both women have the heart-to-heart they have always needed, but could never be calm enough to have. It ends in tears and laughter.

Finally he stands up his wife and looks her in the eye. Then he kisses her, taking her chin in his hand firmly. A very dominant move.

Then her turns and does the exact same thing to her mother, to both ladies surprise.

That's when the daughter realizes how alike she and her mom really are. Both submissive and trusting, the difference between them is the daughter found a good man.

What the daughter wonders now is if he's good enough for both of them. And if she could be cool with it.

This could be a great family drama that turns sexy at the very end. Afterward a sex filled sequel would fresh out their new relationship.

 

[CuttingEdge]

I don't know... I think if written well enough there could be a nice character arc where the mother changes from being controlling and bitchy, to being more subservient, and especially so for a younger man. Maybe he reminded her of her late- husband, or an ex-husband, or even an old boyfriend from her college days. There is just something about her daughters boyfriend that she is drawn to. What that is will be the key to plausibility of the story.

I think the real challenge will be what is the inciting incident that allows the daughter to share her boyfriend with her mother. It might be one thing for her to be in a situation where she has to see her boyfriend interact with her mother, (she is in bondage) but entirely different for her to be okay with it.

Interestingly enough, the inciting incident for the Branch Davidians' in Texas was when a daughter walked in on David Korsch having sex with her mother. Up until that point she had been semi-okay with polygamy, but seeing her boyfriend with her mother solidified in her mind that he was a false profit and that she was in a cult. That was when she went to the authorities about all that was happening within the compound. There were others, that went to the authorities, but she was a pivotal witness.

 

[NegateGivity]

Without going to deep. I was picturing the mother to being used to controlling her family, being the matriarch. For what ever reasons that has made her sex life take a back seat. Now daughters boyfriend comes along with deus ex machina that get's girlfriend and mom become his submissive partners. Again nothing to deep, just mom getting her groove back with the active participation of her daughter and her boyfriend. So now mom and daughter are on equal ground under her boyfriend. Now they can have a different kind of mother daughter bonding.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Without going to deep. I was picturing the mother to being used to controlling her family, being the matriarch. For what ever reasons that has made her sex life take a back seat. Now daughters boyfriend comes along with deus ex machina that get's girlfriend and mom become his submissive partners. Again nothing to deep, just mom getting her groove back with the active participation of her daughter and her boyfriend. So now mom and daughter are on equal ground under her boyfriend. Now they can have a different kind of mother daughter bonding.

Go for it. Its a solid idea. Most everyone can relate to some parent/child angst and seeing it work out in the end is something readers enjoy.

 

[LupusDei]

To the OP, your initial description of Mom shows her to be dominant herself, so the idea of her submitting to her SIL, is a huge stretch.

Just to say, "switch" is a thing apparently (a person who, upon certain conditions, if not seemingly randomly, switch between dominant and submissive roles in different relationships or even within the same relationship), if you go explore D/s relationships and fetishes. Dominance over other's dom is a thing. People taking turns dominating each other is a thing. It's not black and white, even if often presented like that.

But I would agree in part that a helicopter parent isn't necessarily a "natural" dominant either. They may do that exactly to overcompensate for own insecurities. A "true" dominant would see through it instantly and take advantage.

 

[NegateGivity]

But I would agree in part that a helicopter parent isn't necessarily a "natural" dominant either. They may do that exactly to overcompensate for own insecurities. A "true" dominant would see through it instantly and take advantage.

Exactly. The Mom is just the big fish in her small pond. The boy friend comes in and is a much more dominating force. Maybe mom was always submissive but was forced into the role of being in charge and having to make all the decisions. Now this outside force is relieving her of the responsibilities that she was forced to take on.
Daughter watches her "force of nature" mother submitting more and more to her boyfriend. And as she does, she is also becoming happier and friendlier with her daughter.