Anthropomorphization

"What the hay was THAT?!" I queried frantically.

"That, my child," mom said, "was love at first sight. Nigh-on infatuation. Like a... passive version of Attract from the Pokemon series."

That threw me for a loop. "Wait, Pokemon? You've played that?!"

And that gave her pause. "I... don't think so..." she said, more than slightly confused.

Both of us having things to think about, we moved on.

Mom brought me to the section for ladies' wear. Previously, i'd never felt comfortable walking through here. Now, though, i was actually browsing through the items.

One thing i found odd, though: The bras were gone entirely. When I mentioned it to my mother... "What? Not fond of showing off a bit?" she joked, thrusting out her chest, emphasizing her far more than considerable G-cup mammaries.

I'm pretty sure that my entire coat turned red. "M-m-m-mom!" i stammered, left eye twitching.

"Whaaat?" she said, exaggerating the word, "Do you see anpony ELSE wearing one?"

I took a brief cast around and saw that not one mare was wearing a bra. In fact, many were quite deliberately showing off their breasts. Some of them were quite well endowed, too.

"This is practically a new world, hon. Remember, mares outnumber stallions four to one." my mother said, taking on a lecturing tone. "This new world has new rules, new laws, new social mores. In this society, what I'm feeling is, "If it feels good and doesn't disadvantage anypony, DO IT!"" she laughed at this. "We are the next evolution, the next step in the advancement of our society! We have more freedom than ever! What better way to start than with the freedom of the body? For once, anypony can feel good about themselves WITHOUT having to use makeup! What's wrong with reveling in it a bit?"

As she finished, there was a round of applause as we noticed that we'd drawn a bit of a crowd. Not to mention that mom found out a few seconds later that she was standing on a soap-box. "Where did THIS come from?" she queried.

Everypony shrugged and resumed clapping. Also, a pair of hands gifted my mother with an award.

She grinned at me, stepping down. "See what I mean about new rules?" she said, quite smugly.

Deciding not to question it any further, I selected a few outfits and went to the change room to try them on. Sure enough, they all fit nicely and (from what i saw in the mirror, possessing some fashion sense for once) made me look good. I took a leaning-back pose, also making finger pistols. "Lookin' cute, feelin' cute!" As it stood, I totally would've tapped me! If, you know, I wasn't me.

I decided to buy those.

Impulsively picking up a few packets of seeds and a few types of candy to sate my sweet tooth, we went to the checkout counter. The cashier refused to take any money from us after my mother gave such an inspiring speech, however, and so we got our stuff free of charge.

New outfits? Nothing!
New romance? Nada!
New beginning? Pr-iceless~!

'I believe i'm going to like this new world.' i thought to myself as we left the store.