tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683327698036898782.post8301808250336800269..comments2023-03-13T05:12:47.060-04:00Comments on The Cloudless Sulphur: Mama's BoysJesslynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01762215652730418100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683327698036898782.post-67597066260832910772010-07-07T23:22:42.619-04:002010-07-07T23:22:42.619-04:00You know, I am going to come out and say it. Nons...You know, I am going to come out and say it. Nonsense. Girls make more eye contact with their mothers (scientific studies will back me on this one) than boys, and girls are just more in tune with what's going on socially. Why would boys be more attentive than girls? <br /><br />That said, I have no kids, and the only intimate experience I have with the younger set is one, with a very dear and cuddly little boy and two, with a sister and brother - and the brother is way more cuddly than the girl. He is also younger, which fits with the sibling age roles. <br /><br />Does this mean I should start wishing for a boy to come on the storks beak rather than a girl. <br /><br />I am not pregnant, just to clarify.<br /><br />Finally, I have never heard Brian F-O talk with such poetic candor than the above statement. <br /><br />Do I contradict myself?genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011447807204268746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683327698036898782.post-82733490765209840492010-06-21T19:59:51.371-04:002010-06-21T19:59:51.371-04:00I've re-read this post every couple of days th...I've re-read this post every couple of days the past two weeks in an attempt to figure out how to relate my mother/son relationship in terms of your underlying question. When people who know me well but have not met my mother ask me to explain her, all I can really say is "imagine my energy level, kookiness, desire to have everyone involved, obsession with planning, loud voice, and general musical personality...and turn it to 11." See, my mother "gets" me, in a way that few (if any) people do. It feels like we were cut from the same cloth. I try to emulate my father in a lot of ways because of the strong counter-balance his personality brings to that of my mother's and my tendencies, but that's just it - my default setting is the Ferrasci genetic code. My father and I enjoy a wonderful relationship that has evolved and broadened as I have grown and matured. My mother still loves me with the ferocity she must have had since the day I was born, and often still sees me as the cute little 4-year old that would help her shop for shoes. It's an innate connection.<br /><br />But more to the point - why have you been writing about boys so much?!?BFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13352705768355042754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683327698036898782.post-45558313142991965902010-06-10T09:19:29.695-04:002010-06-10T09:19:29.695-04:00Yeah, I agree, some boys do cartwheels at the ment...Yeah, I agree, some boys do cartwheels at the mention of mom, but not all.<br />Mastellarsteedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09904134705195684603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683327698036898782.post-87392937663716145922010-06-09T01:41:28.237-04:002010-06-09T01:41:28.237-04:00my nephew Jesse is the biggest mama's boy i...my nephew Jesse is the biggest mama's boy i've ever seen or heard about, ever. <br />that being said, neither my brother nor Hank have the worshipful relationship with their moms that you describe. even though ever since i can remember my mom had this piece of old music framed that was called "a boy's best friend is his mother"<br />so yeah, generalizations ...Kghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536059115792594831noreply@blogger.com