“nasty.”
“embarrassing.”
“F–king weird.”
Mom Melissa Ann Marie has actually been harassed with those epithets — and worse — for regularly paying $50 to take her 12-year-old son out on monthly dates.
But San Diego-based Singleton says the Mommy and Me encounter is completely healthy rather than worrisome.
“It’s really nice,” said Mary, 31, a jeweler and mother of one. explained to instagram audience Of more than 7.8 million viewers — including A-list mom Khloe Kardashian.
“We get to spend thoughtful, intentional time together,” the self-crowned “boy mom” continued, adding that she plans each of their special outings. “I want him to learn how to be thoughtful and creative when it comes to planning dates with women.”
Despite Mary’s good intentions, social media brutes are lighting their torches and sharpening their pitchforks, digitally bashing the blonde for her seemingly “toxic” parenting practices .
But #BoyMoms always catch the bullshit rap.
Laura Elizabeth Graham, a millennial mother of two from Tennessee, previously found herself on TikTok’s flaming-hot roasting spit Teaching my child to cook Just to make sure he is not influenced by your daughter [Stoffers] Lasagna.”
She stamped the sassy snippet with the tags #BoyMom, #MamasBoys and #MotherInLawProblems, which ignited a fire of criticism from online fault-finders who labeled her a “red flag” on the fly.
But Graham, 29, told The Post Her controversial motherhood tactics are often misunderstood.
She defended herself, saying, “Being a #BoyMom to my children, Liam and Lincoln, is my purpose in life.” “My goal is to raise not only successful young people, but also compassionate individuals.”
However, it seems that this is too much to strangulate From Once a boy becomes a man, mother dearest can eventually wreak havoc on him.
A new mom recently participated in Reddit’s “Am I the A-Hole” forum, Accusing your mother-in-law of “emotional incest.”
“When I was having contractions she came over and tried to get my husband to sit on the couch with her because she ‘needed to make sure he was okay,'” the anonymous whistleblower wrote. “I saw him rubbing/squeezing her inner thighs several times.
“She’s strangely sexual towards my husband and if he won’t defend himself, I’ll defend myself.”
researcher has warned That emotional incest is “when a parent turns to their child for the emotional intimacy that a romantic partner should provide.”
But Mary insists that her mother-child relationship is fraught.
“It’s not strange at all,” she Said in a follow-up Instagram clipDescribing the “healthy and open” dynamic he has created with his son. “We’ve been going on ‘dates’ since [the boy] It was small.”
The blonde outlined essential dating etiquette tips and tricks that her kid picked up during their recent one-on-one.
“What did he learn last night?” she captioned the video before ticking off a list. “To open the door for her date. Don’t walk ahead of his date. Pay attention to their preferences when it comes to things (e.g. ask where they want to sit at the movies – not just where you want).
He further said, “His chair was pulled to the dining table. Learned how to give non-verbal cues and signals to the waiter for the check, learned how to pay for everything myself” and “learned to be creative and thoughtful while not spending too much money.”
Leaving aside the obvious success of her outright tradition, Mary admitted that the word “date” can “trigger” trolls struggling with childhood trauma.
“It’s so sad,” she sympathized in a follow-up clip.
Mary said, “But there are a lot of women right now who are… dating and seeing what it’s like to date men right now.” “And it’s horrible.”
“Women want men who make us feel respected and safe,” she said. “And that’s how I’m raising my son.
“My goal is to raise a gentleman.”