There's a problem with mommys and their baby boys.

You see, mothers have a problem with loving too much and not loving enough.

It's a divine flaw I don't quite understand.

Mommys love their baby boys so much. Their boys are perfect in their eyes. So perfect that no one will ever measure up. (Cue horror stories of crazy mother in laws) So much that they side with them through everything. Even when their precious baby boy is not in the right.

And mommys don't love their baby boys enough. Because if they did they would do the best thing for them - to tell them when they're wrong and push them out of the nest and encourage them to be independent men and gentlemen. The mommys would love them enough to see them as imperfect and still love them perfectly. Mothers don't though.

Something that has been on my mind as I watch a friend of mine deal with his struggles by turning to his mother. He turns into his head and to his mom. And I feel like it isn't good. You can love your mom and respect her advice and opinion and still be capable of making a decision on your own without her approval. I feel bad for him, really. How is he ever going to grow up and live an independent, adult life? And how will his future wife ever be able to measure up to his mommy-boy-ness?

Moral of the story: mothers are too loving and not loving enough, maybe that ought to be accounted for as little boys grow up.