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Originally Posted by Kurara
Besides, in Oedipus.. I believe that he was in love with his mother but there was never really a relationship..
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No, you've got it wrong. Oedipus was born to the King and Queen of Thebes, prophesied to slay his father, left on a hill for that reason, rescued by someone, meet his father on a road many years later (unaware that it was his father, or that he was the King), killed him over a rather stupid argument, and slew the Sphinx terrorizing Thebes.
Oedipus then became King himself, and married the Queen, the old King’s wife, and his own mother. Both were unaware of their relation. They had children together.
When Oedipus and the Queen learn of their relation through means I cannot recall, the Queen hung herself, Oedipus gouged his eyes out with a buckle from her clothing and left Thebes to wander around in misery until he died. And just think of the children!
There. That’s the story of E.D Puss. Just so everyone knows.
EDIT: And Freud's "Oedipus Complex" is something rather different. But be aware that Freud's specific theories don't hold much weight with psychologists anymore.