Jan 05 2009
Momma’s Boy?
Welcome to Mental Monday, dark passengers. Tonight we have insanity at its highest for you. And where does it come from? You guessed it.
Television!
So, I was watching the international dance competition that was on and I decided not to change the channel to watch the news when it was over. Instead, I got to watch a reality show called Momma’s Boys. Have y’all heard about this show? Basically, it’s a Bachelor type show with the twist of the having the guys’ mothers around the whole time. If a girl tries to kiss one of the guys, his mother flips out. If she wears a low-cut blouse, she gets a dirty look from mommy.
Now, don’t get me wrong, y’all. I think it’s vitally important for a woman to be able to get along with her mother-in-law, but this is crazy. These moms have set all these rules for the women who want to date their sons to the point that one mom started screaming at a date she didn’t like and called her a whore because of what she was wearing. (Hello! She was going rock climbing and wearing running shorts. Get over it.) They had to actually be pulled away from each other before she could go on the date.
What do you think happened next?
The mom got the producers to put her on a helicopter so she could go spy on her son during the date. And when did she arrive? Just as they were making out in the hot tub, of course.
Does anyone else out there see an issue with this? Why is it that these men feel the need to do what their mothers tell them at almost 30 years of age? Why are these women so unwilling to let their sons grow up and live their own lives?
Maybe I just don’t get it. As a woman, I don’t see the guy’s point of view and as a woman without children I really can’t wrap my head around the mom’s perspective. It all seems crazy to me.
So tell me what you think. Is this perfectly natural behavior for mothers and their sons? Is this a form of mental illness? Are these people just crazy? Surely someone out there can tell me what’s up.
Jen
“Let your dark passenger come out to play…Be your own nemesis!”
How did I miss all of this, oh yeah I was buying my books for school and I missed out on these shows, oh know. lol
Needless to say, I use to be a junkie with these spots, a guilty pleasure I suppose.
Duncan - It’s nice to hear from a guy’s perspective that this isn’t reasonable behavior. You know, if you ask a mama’s boy about it then they always think it’s totally and completely fine.
Yeah, I wasn’t too impressed with the judging on the dance show, but a few of the dance acts really impressed me - particularly the duet from Ireland, the soloist from the USA and the group from the USA…There were probably some more great acts, but I wasn’t watching for the first hour or so.
Lannaxe - *gasps in horror* You missed a television show? How dare you have a life aside from the idiot box…cause that’s what was on.
Jane - Thank you! That’s the appropriate response to men that don’t know how to cut the cord, women who date them and the moms who manipulate the whole thing. Ugh…I can only imagine how much of a disaster that must have been for you. Blech!
Jen,
Read this post first thing this morning and have had the Ramones song “Mama’s Boy” stuck in my head all day because of it. I blogged about it and gave you proper credit for it.
Oh no! I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
I’ll have to pop over to your site when I get back from the store to find out!!
Well you know how much I watch tv, so needless to say I didn’t catch the show. I do know a few real life mama’s boys though. I don’t know how those men can live like that. Even with overbearing moms. I wonder what these women need to let go. Besides a life!