It's a lot easier to love cardboard anyway … 

Dalton Ross is currently studying abroad in London and wanted to make sure his mother didn't miss him too much while he was away. After receiving the lovely son-shaped gift in the mail, she decided to make it the real, loving son she never had. 

“Jokingly sent my mom a cutout of myself while I’m studying abroad," Ross says of the photos he posted to reddit. "She seems to be entertaining herself with it.”