MAMA'S BOYS AND WHY WE LOVE THEM

For the past month, I've been enjoying this early morning ritual of Whatsapping with my Soul Sisters from India, who are three fellow Harlequin/ HarperCollins authors. We text some crazy shit to one another, and in the post-view glory of Captain America: Civil War, we got into a discussion about:

Mama's Boys and Why We Love Them.

We've all heard of super bonds between Fathers and Sons, Mothers and Daughters, Fathers and Daughters and even applaud the examples, going all mushy when we witness them in person or virtually. But then why do we have this slightly negative reaction to the bond between a Mother and Son? 

ma·ma's boy

noun

unpunctuated: mamas boy; noun: mummy's boy; plural noun: mummy's boys; noun:mama's boy; plural noun: mama's boys

1. a boy or man who is excessively influenced by or attached to his mother.

   synonyms:

   milksop, namby-pamby, coward, weakling, mollycoddle;

And I'm thinking, have we as a society failed to understand the Mother and Son bond? We just may have because look who's 

BRINGING THE COOL BACK IN MAMA'S BOYS.

Don't ever mess with Superman's Mama...

Or, Batman's mother...

Even evil gods love their mothers...

Brothers will fight over their mothers...

And the biggest shocker is Spock getting sentimental with his Mama...

And this is why we love these Mama's Boys.