It Might Be True That 'Men Marry Their Mothers'

Science Daily ^ | 5-7-2008 | University of Iowa Health Sciences.

[TheWasteLand]

Especially if they’re named Oedipus.

[tired1]

kids have mothers nowadays?

[RKV]

Intelligence matters. Best available current science is intelligence if about 50/50 environment/genetics. Smart men want their children to have a shot at doing well.

[Uncle Miltie]

If you put a smart man in a room with the following women:

1) Astrophysicist
2) Investment Banker
3) Real Estate Mogul

He’ll pick the one with the biggest b**bs.

[doc1019]

First thought that came to my mind when I read the headline … ;-)

[Uncle Miltie]

Q: “Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women”

A: They’re not boring.

[TheWasteLand]

C’mon. Men aren’t like that. No, no, no, no...well, yes.

[fso301]

I was always terrified of ending up with someone like my mom.

[Tired of Taxes]

The researchers discovered that 72 percent of mothers of high-achieving men worked outside the home after they had children.

And I remember they still did all the cooking, cleaning, and tending to the children, too. I always was amazed at how the men expected their wives to do everything, and how the women went along with it.

Ironically, my husband asked me to stop working because my job was interfering with his. Once I resigned, he was able to focus more on his career and eventually bring in more income than we ever did together.

[Crim]

Shew...I couldnt agree more...my wife is alot more like my grandmother...

I mean...I love my mom and all....but...*shudder*...I wouldnt want to be married to a woman like her...

[martin_fierro]

[To Hell With Poverty]

Of course they learned from their fathers as well...marry a co-breadwinner and it’ll make your role as provider a lot easier.

[celtic gal]

Well this is interesting...but I cannot agree based on what my brother did...My mom was an RN ( surgical supervisor) and my dad an MD ( general surgeon). My mom gave up her career when we 3 monkeys came along..but she was determined and organized and did things when they needed doing. Maybe that was her training as 3rd oldest of 11 and growning up on a farm..anyway. Anyway, mom did not wait for dad to dig a post hole she did it and she planted the garden and cut the grass and kept the house etc etc etc...but my brother married a girl who was really small and thought she was a princess and to this day gets everyone to do every thing for her...if she had to dig a hole she couldn’t do it... so go figure,,,,

[blam]

"...but my brother married a girl who was really small and thought she was a princess and to this day gets everyone to do every thing for her...if she had to dig a hole she couldn’t do it... so go figure,,,,"

Maybe she married her dad, huh?

[celtic gal]

Hard to say...her dad died when she was 3 or 4 years old and when she was a teenager her mom remarried and the man she married legally adopted her..that all said, my s-i-l never liked nor said anything nice about her adoptive father who provided much for her. Truth be told, my sister in law is just plain spoiled, always has been...She is smart and could have achieved a great deal for herself but she preferred to be the MRS. and be the Princess....

[celtic gal]

oh forgot to say she is older than my brother...wonder what that means?

[HungarianGypsy]

Ha! I am nothing like my mother-in-law. She can do anything. I am completely flawed. But, my husband does treat me like he thinks I am his mother when he keeps asking me to do his laundry and where his clothes are.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Hey...(sticking up for fellow moms everywhere) you two watch it! Don’t make me have to pull this thread over and discipline you both...!!!

[Crim]

“Hey...(sticking up for fellow moms everywhere) you two watch it! Don’t make me have to pull this thread over and discipline you both...”

Oooook mom....hey..can I have a few bucks?