I see this a lot in my dating pool.
No thank you ma’am.
Comment on Discussion Thread 🐢 Tuesday 23 June 2026
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 day ago
One of the small things I’m grateful for is that my mother-in-law isn’t a “boy mum” 😂
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 day ago
One of my friend’s is currently trying to co-parent with a “boy mum” and it’s really awful, especially since they also have a younger girl who is clearly suffering because of it.
But, yes, also glad that Boyo’s mum is not a “boy mum”.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Ugh I can’t imagine the issues their daughter will have. I hope her dad is able to provide her love and guidance as she ages.
Also the son is gonna have ✨major issues✨
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Thankfully my friend and his amazing girlfriend seem to have their heads on very straight when it comes to parenting the two of them, but woof, it sounds like an exhausting cycle.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
this came up in my feed just today!
dr ana on Boy Moms www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlofv8hOkf4
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Lol! That’s the video I watched haha I like Dr Ana.
She has a great video on Kafka’s unsent letter to his abusive father, showing adults kids going no-contact isn’t a new thing.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
yes!! 😊 I’ve been watching her for a few years
not only is she really good at analysis she explains well and also gives advice 😊
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
That’s a sexist narcissist.
and MIL#1 is one
awful woman , just awful
in decades I have never heard her say the truth once
or be truly polite
or have kindness or charity
or nurture or encourage
I treat her like I would a stranger, which is neutral good, which is more than she deserves
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Comedy Bang Bang had a character that was a Peloton instructor and “Boy Mom”. It was already a dumb concept but that episode made it even harder to take seriously
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I had to ask YL what this means and I immediately felt icky.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 day ago
It’s so, so gross. I consider the same as emotional abuse tbh, the issues it causes men is phenomenal
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
It’s is definitely abuse.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 day ago
First I’ve heard of it.
As a dude only grew up with an older brother so can’t really speak much about this that’ll help. It’s not the same concept(s) and not nearly as severe but as the youngest I got the shorter stick lol.
There’s also the concept (or expectation) that the ‘single’ daughter is expected to do a lot of the caring for elderly parents which is completely unfair and seemingly very very common. Came up far too often when reading about it with all the care stuff going on here at my place. Some of those stories were pretty fucked up.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 day ago
One family of my acquaintance has 4 boys (no girls), and the mum has had to be a root hog or die boy mum. Not entirely of her own choice I reckon - very traditional southern european family on both sides so a huge weight of expectations from EVERYONE of the previous generation to ‘keep our traditions’ no matter how toxic. The boys are turning out to be … a mixed bunch. At least one of them will probably be knifed before he graduates out of university - the others have much better manners but the same mindset. Not victims of the manosphere - these boys are being tutored by the preceding generation in how to be toxic arseholes. And they are proud of it and claim that this behaviour is needed to ‘succeed in life’. I pity anyone that marries any one of them - ahead of time.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I was thinking South European too, Middle Eastern
and also Japan
but it’s a stereotype and not all are like that
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Absolutely true. But this lot are being deliberately trained to be like that.