Moms, friends, chats

So yesterday I had a long and interesting chat with a friend. He had broken up with his girlfriend, and explained us the situation. Today, my mom told me that it's good that men have this kind of chats. She says that before, only women would have them, that times are changing. I don't know. Maybe.
However, it strikes me that my mom seemed to be more interested in the kind of conversation we had, rather than the content of the conversation itself. Maybe times haven't changed that much :)