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But it's very clear he could have done much better in the MOM department.[/quote]

Different poster here. PP, shame on you. How dare you insult this concerned mother. As a mother myself, I can totally relate to her worries. I would want what is best for my child, too. And she is not being nosy or interfering, merely seeking the advice of a (supposedly well-educated) group of people.

OP, don't mind such rude posters.[/quote]

Can you not see how badly OP has been insulting her own son for this entire thread?  She is telling all the world (at least the internet world) that she doesn't think her son is man enough to make his own important life decisions, specifically, who to get married to and when he should get married to her.  She is further insulting him by making the completely ridiculous 
 "prediction" that if he loses his current gf he will "never do better."  Are you kidding me?    You don't think that's insulting?[/quote]

I am the poster to whom you are replying. No, I don't think at all that OP has insulted her son. An insult is addressed to the person directly, just like many of you here are addressing your insults at the mother. She merely expressed her opinion and her concerns about her son anonimously to an unknown group of people. And she would be entitled to express those same concerns directly to her son, without it coming across as an insult. Get over yourself.[/quote]

No that's exactly the point.  OP is not "entitled" to "express those same concerns directly to her son."   The fact that she feels "entitled" to do so is proof that she is a malignant narcissist.[/quote]

PP here. Yes, the mother is entitled to discuss such important topics with her son. Our job as parent is not merely to feed and house the kid until he is out of the house, but also to guide him through life to the best of our abilities. Nobody cares more about his well-being than the parent. He must understand that the mother expressing these concerns is meant out of kindness and love.[/quote]

She is certainly entitled to ask her son about how the relationship is going and what his future intentions might be.  She is certainly not at all entitled to impose her preferences as to his choice of partner, timing of a proposal if any is forthcoming, nor is she entitled to predict a hopeless romantic future for her son should he decline to adhere to her dictates about his personal life.[/quote]

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