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Hi Pat B -- oy veh but I'm sorry to hear about your daughter and g-dtr.
And if your grand daughter could not change diapers properly, imagine what else she was deemed "incompetent" in doing! That poor dear.
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 10, 2006 at 6:45 PM
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Oh, the comments remind me...
my older daughter DID marry a mama's boy in his early 30s. He was emotionally crippled, never got those apron strings untied, and had learned to handle his own rather than express biological urges with a wife. The mother's influence could not be overcome, the marriage dissolved in acrimony and regret.
posted by
Pat_B
on October 10, 2006 at 8:14 AM
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Please don't send this info to my granddaughter...
she doesn't know how to change diapers like his mother does.
posted by
Pat_B
on October 10, 2006 at 8:07 AM
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Ariala, that's a good place to be! (Married and not looking)
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 9, 2006 at 7:00 AM
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Yikes...no one can compete with good ole mom, and even if HE is wanting
a woman, mom may not want a woman for him...no woman will probably be good enough for him...but I wish him luck!
Married and not looking
Ariala
posted by
Ariala
on October 9, 2006 at 6:57 AM
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Passionflower, have there been any perfect men since Jesus?
For sure the men in my life haven't been perfect. Oh, but wait, I guess that makes two of us? I must confess to a lack of perfection on my end as well.
Shucks.
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 8, 2006 at 7:35 PM
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There's always something wrong with them, isn't there???
No perfect men left.
posted by
Passionflower
on October 8, 2006 at 7:19 PM
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babe -- just one of those days when I could have written about
a variety of subjects, but chose this. You know how that is . . . .
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 8, 2006 at 7:18 PM
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Blanche, again I agree.
The new hubby would need to cut the strings and make it very clear to Mom that he had a new woman in his life who is now #1. It would likely be a(n) (possibly painful) adjustment, but also doable.
Here I am with the poor dude married off when, as far as I know, he has absolutely no one in mind. But on the flip side, maybe there is someone and he will surprise us all!
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 8, 2006 at 7:17 PM
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Very interesting post.
posted by
babe_rocks
on October 8, 2006 at 7:13 PM
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Everyone's situation is different, JanesOpinion, I'm not saying I'm glad
that his mother is no longer living, but from what I know of her, I would not want to know her or have her in my life. I'm rethinking my earlier position, and I can see that with the right combination of people, the mother/son/wife combination could work out, as long as Mom didn't outrank the wife. There's the rub.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 8, 2006 at 6:41 PM
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Blanche, sounds like you and MG have a good thing going!
(For which I am glad.)
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 8, 2006 at 6:38 PM
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It could happen, JanesOpinion, it would be wonderful if it worked out to
everyone's benefit, but I could not see myself in that situation. I am lucky that as my boyfriend jokes, I have no mother-in-law to worry about. His mother is dead.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 8, 2006 at 6:34 PM
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Blanche, I agree with you, but I doubt he would move away
from that beautiful new house of his. Ya know?
I think the woman is someone his mother will have to approve of and hopefully she will simply be an easy going woman who will become close to her mother in law!
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 8, 2006 at 6:01 PM
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If you're in the Midwest, Janes, then if he met and married the right woman
in my opinion, the best and only shot that relationship had would be to move to the furthest point in any direction they could get. I think Dear Abby would back me on this. I've seen the letters to her. Scary.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 8, 2006 at 5:51 PM
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Blanche, that's my fear too.
Maybe he could cut the cord, but I sort of doubt it. He's a neat guy, so I hope, for his sake, that he'll keep his mother at a distance when he meets the right gal.
Thanks for your 2 cents!
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 8, 2006 at 5:49 PM
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Only one tiny problem, JanesOpinion, his mother.
That's like saying, "So, other than that iceberg how did you enjoy your trip on the Titanic". Major red flag, which I would not go near with a ten foot pole.
If he hasn't cut the cord by his 30s, he is a serious Mama's boy, most likely, and no woman will measure up to his sainted mother. Aside from which, his mother would be criticizing every move his wife made, and he would back her, a ngihtmare.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 8, 2006 at 5:40 PM
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Ha ha! Julia, I did not see any granny shack or other bungalow, and
he did give a pretty thorough tour. So hopefully all will be well for him and his future bride.
posted by
JanesOpinion
on October 8, 2006 at 5:35 PM
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as long as he didn't build a granny unit in back, or design a bedroom just for her, he ought to be okay! lol.
posted by
Julia.
on October 8, 2006 at 5:32 PM
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