The two fall in love and begin dating through their teen years and early adulthood. But after she gets Richard unstuck from a log (after getting lost on her way to her karate tournament) the two begin to have a conversation, with Richard telling her people already like her for who she is, including himself, and she should just live her life. Until Nicole met Richard, she felt like she had to win and succeed in order for people to like her. Before this, we see that Nicole had strict and controlling parents, with her mother planning out her whole life for her and demanding nothing but success from her. Their relationship is given further exploration in ' The Choices.' We see how Nicole and Richard met in their adolescence. On the another hand, Nicole sometimes uses Richard to control her sons, as part of making him 'the bad cop' as seen in ' The Password.' In ' The Love' she is unable to explain why she loves Richard, but the two eventually just hug each other. But that does not stop her from protecting him with all her might, and taking care of him as well. She is aware that Richard is socially awkward and still has memories of him being an idiot. Nicole's love for Richard is rather odd, but it is still there. But she loves her daughter, and was willing to change the entire family in order to make sure she is okay. Often she advises not to engage with her brothers in dangerous things, and scolded Anais at the end of ' The Goons' even worse than her brothers. Well aware that she is smarter than her brothers, Nicole tries her hardest to make sure Anais' intelligence stays intact. Nicole treats Anais on a higher standard than she treats Gumball and Darwin. Such as doing everything she could to make Darwin feel more comfortable in his environment (believing Darwin was unhappy), expressing great sadness when thinking that Darwin needed to be released into the wild and kissing him on his forehead while hugging him. The relationship between Nicole and Darwin was heavily emphasized on in ' The Roots,' where Nicole expressed more love for Darwin than she had done in any other episode. Also in ' The Origins: Part Two,' she, like Gumball, was overjoyed to know Darwin was alive and well upon his return to Elmore, she even showed her concern when she noticed Darwin's bruised feet.

In ' The World,' Darwin and Nicole are shopping in a supermarket together, implying that they do occasionally spend time together as mother and son. Also in ' The Gi,' she was concerned for her sons as they were both being ridiculed by their classmates. She has shown her care for him in ' The Genius,' when she got angry and sad about the government taking Darwin away. However, she does love him very much and treats him like her own son. In the show, she rarely speaks to him one-on-one. Oddly enough she does not interact with Darwin that much.

Nicole shows concern when she notices Darwin's bruised feet.

Even when they differ in paths, and Gumball wants to make Nicole realize her mistakes, Nicole (while tricky) still accepts Gumball's tips when he is right. Gumball's idiocy creates problems for her but she is willing to forgive him in the end. She is aware that he is not the most popular at school, so she often gives him advice or physically tries to help him, whether it be going to school with him or confronting his bully. Nicole loves her son very much, and has been willing to go to great lengths to protect him from any danger that can happen.

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