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Mama's Boys Make Great Friends, But Bad Husbands

By Seth Meyers, Psy.D. on January 13, 2012 in Insight Is 20/20

A budding romance holds the promise of wonderful things: real intimacy, steady companionship, and the end of loneliness that many singles feel until they make that ultimate connection. Yet one reality that haunts far too many relationships is an enmeshed relationship between a grown man and his mother, a dynamic that is captured in the vernacular with the term "Mama's boy." Read More

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Submitted by Anonymous on March 5, 2012 - 7:42pm.

this is a culturally biased article. you could call all men in korean society as mama boys. and they are still able to sustain healthy relationships. so i would disagree.

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Seth Meyers, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist with the L.A. County Department of Mental Health.

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