<p>Ah ha. How true jym.</p>
<p>I didn’t mean what’s the big deal if he’s gay, but why wouldn’t he just come out to his mother if he were? I would think life would be rather untenable being this close to your mother and being repeatedly fixed up with women, AND hiding his true inclinations… I bet she wouldn’t even bat an eyelash but would just go right back to the site, change all the ‘she’ to ‘he’, and keep on “helping”. The truth is probably more that he’s perfectly comfortable with being taken care of by his mother (she IS his best friend after all), and is too passive to do the work of creating a new relationship.</p>
<p>Just my luck that my son came out to us early in high school, otherwise I could have been this mother!</p>
<p>Actually I have no idea if this guy is gay or not. I just cannot imagine interferring in an adult child’s life to this extent. If my son is happy being single, then I’m happy for him. Yes, I want grandchildren but if my son does not have kids, I’ll be very happy to be a doting Great-Aunt. If he wants to find a partner, then I hope he does but he’s on his own. I helped him find his college, I’m done!</p>
<p>[Matchmaker</a> mom fields dates for son on TODAY - relationships - TODAYshow.com](<a href=“http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38224213/ns/today-relationships/]Matchmaker”>http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38224213/ns/today-relationships/)
^here’s the clip of the two of them on the Today Show</p>
<p>What the heck has happened to our society? Doesn’t this mother understand that there comes a point when it’s time to cut the cord? Come on—stop trying to control every aspect of your kid’s lives. Even birds know when it’s time to nudge their babies to the edge of the nest.</p>
<p>To me, this mom’s behavior is just one more example of how parents enable their kids to remain dependent on them far longer than they should. The fact that this 31 year old is OK with this arrangement and is willing to go on national television to tell this story answers the question as to why he can’t seem to find a woman who wants to have a relationship with him.</p>
<p>This Mom is getting desperate. Son is 31, she’s 61, and gc within 1 year. I guess she waited until son was 30, before she put issued ultimatum. Didn’t they make a movie on this topic? </p>
<p>For you Moms with D’s. Seattle is very nice. :)</p>
<p>From this article: [Matchmaking</a> Moms Get Online Dating Site to Set Up Kids](<a href=“Meddling Moms Get Dating Site”>Meddling Moms Get Dating Site)</p>
<p>“Geri Brin launched the ‘Date My Single Kid’ feature on FabOverFifty.com after many unsuccessful attempts at matching up her son Colby with, among others, ‘the saleswoman at the upholsterer I used to re-cover my sofa’ and her dental hygienists friends daughter, she tells the New York Post.”</p>
<p>Seriously, “dental hygenist’s friend’s daughter”?? This is like something out of a sitcom. I think I saw this on “Will & Grace” once.</p>
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<p>nysmile, parents like this treat their kids like this for one reason: to meet their own needs- to have purpose, to feel relevant, to be “needed.” They certainly don’t behave this way because they want the best for their children, they love them so dearly, etc. They don’t want the parent role to end, so they keep their children dependent and feel quite proud to tell others how close their kids are to them, how many times a day that their kids call them, that they are their childrens’ “best friend.” I have met several parents like this. In my experience it is usually the Mother for some reason.</p>
<p>Ha, ha, Northstarmom, I’d like to unload some sons onto some strong minded, heavy footed women who could kick them into shape. I might join that board.</p>