"That's not how my mom does it": Women pinpoint the moment they realized enough is enough while dating a 'momma's boy'

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    People who dated daddy's little princess" or mama's boy last straw made say "nah out here"?

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    Ziggyzaggy7 His mom had a key to our apartment, and she would just use the key to enter the apartment without even knocking during any time of the day. She'd also jump into his bed if he's in the bed, and cuddle with him. We were 26
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    Salt_Inspection4317 That's a whole new level of cringe
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    Sufficient Drama_145 My MIL used to just randomly stop by until one day she stopped by when we were getting frisky and realized that if she wanted a grandchild, she needed to not randomly stop by.
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    will_write_for_tacos For a while back in high school, I was dating this guy and his mom kept telling him I wasn't pretty enough for him and he deserved a girl who was really pretty, like a cheerleader or something. He was a pretty average-looking 90s boy with bleached blonde hair, I was an alt girlie, we weren't totally mismatched but maybe a little I guess.
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    Anyway, If I called the house to chat with him, she'd either not answer the phone or lie and say he wasn't around. He called back a few times and apologized for his mom being a b . Once I heard her say, "Why haven't you dumped her and found your princess yet?"
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    After a while, it just got annoying, the relationship eventually fizzled out, and he ended up dating someone else. She actually called me one time and asked "How the h I did you deal with his mom?"
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    Elfich47 The undertone I am hearing is "I'm his mom, the only princess he'll ever need"
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    No-Diet-4797 This creeps me out. I'm a mom and have one kid, a son. I love him dearly but I'm training him to be an independent and capable man that won't expect his partner to baby him. I'm preparing him to be a good husband. I don't WANT him dependant on mom for ever.
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    KiloRomeo0588 When he didn't tell me his mother was driving 2+ hours to rip me a new one about how I wasn't good enough for her son. That's when I knew for absolute certain that he loved her more than me--and that's not what a marriage is about, y'know? (Don't worry, we called it off and I only lost the deposit on the venue.)
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    No-Diet-4797 Oh wow. Congrats on getting out of there. You would be "second mommy" to that boy and you'd always be second place.
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    -o-katyusha-o- He used to send pictures of me to his mom for her to judge how i was dressed, he wanted her opinion thing. Of course that kind of on every behaviour doesn't come alone, there were plenty, so iran tf away
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    endomiel We wanted to plan a holiday together. I had some suggestions of where to go and asked him for his. He said he didn't know and he'd have to ask his mom what he'd like.
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    CanofBeans9 That level of enmeshment and helplessness is just sad
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    peachmcguffin He had just purposely, on accident no-showed a flight that I paid for him, I was asking why he didn't make arrangements when he's known the flight times for 2 months. I was sobbing but instead of trying to console me, he gave the phone to his mama and never apologized or paid me back for the flight.
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    CuriousCrow47 When we got home from the first time I met his parents (we lived a long way apart and were engaged by that point) and he got a very long very dramatic call from his mother about how she disapproves of me and they wouldn't be at the wedding. And he didn't fight her, he called it off. Dude was 40ish at the time. I knew he was close to them but I had no idea he was such a mama's boy,
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    blueyedwineaux Mama's boy. He wouldn't talk to me about any of our relationship issues. Instead he'd go to his mother and she'd tell him what I should do, who I should be. I met the woman once for 5 minutes. He was also unemployed. I paid he bills, cleaned house, laundry, bills, cooked. He sat around "figuring things out". Yet, I wasn't good enough as I did not have a PHD (he has one).
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    avenger76 When I cooked he would say "that's not how my mom does it".
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    Ituzem I'll take it as a compliment, thank you))
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    ButltSaysOnline His mom packed him a lunch when we were heading out for the day. Just him. She didn't pack anything for me. Then she texted him almost the whole time and he answered every one.
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    fillerbunny-buddy How old was he at the time?
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    26. ButltSaysOnline
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    Merrakkimm His hand on her bt during the mother son dance at our wedding
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    Previous_Pie99 My ex boyfriend had to hold my hand and his mom's hand an equal amount anytime we went anywhere. He would be holding my hand and then "halfway through" whatever we were doing he would go hold his moms hand for the rest of
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    MeanSeaworthiness995 If this thread has taught us anything, it's that "boymoms" need to be stopped
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    Ring-a-Reindeer He consulted his family and came back with a bulleted list (I think there were at least 5 items) of everything he and his mom hated about me. Literally a Performance Improvement Plan consisting of everything he (and her) wanted to me to do better in the relationship.
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    Much Sock7713 He would call his mom every day, it wasn't that big of a red flag at first. One time she called in the middle of our date and they proceeds to talk in their native language for 20 minutes while I just sat there. He would ask his mom's opinion on everything, can't
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    seem to make any decision for himself - as small as whether or not he should buy new gloves. I found out his mom was calling him by the cheesy nickname between us. The last straw was that he said he wouldn't go to my home country because his mom made him promise not to.
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    euphoria066 He didn't cook, didn't clean, didn't work, stayed up all night arguing with 12-year-olds on call of duty and sleeping all day while I was at work, and said "I want you to fold my clean socks the way my mom does it."
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    SadBread134340 I dated a mama's boy. I was up for a promotion at my job and he some how made it about himself and finally said, "My mom wouldn't like you. You're too independent."
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    I had to ask him to clarify because this was over a JOB PROMOTION I worked my bt off for. And he said, "She would want you to not care about a job promotion and want you to be more domestic for me."
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    alldemboats his mom called me to schedule hanging out with him because he was "sad and needed moral support but was too shy to express it". we were 20.

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