Do you BeLieVe the sayiNg that HoweVer a Man treats his MOther...

Its not a proven fact, but most of the people who have treated their mothers nicely have this thought deep inside them that they have to respect women and they do say at every stage of life. It's not like it is dependent on someone else. It's always how the relation between the mother sand the son goes down. If she was good and his wife/ GF is also good, then he will respect them and stay good. But if the treatment he received from his mother and wife/GF were both a bad experience, he also would be bad to them. That's the simple logic behind it. bourne

Hi Adeliza! I happen to agree with that saying. I was told by my grammy a long time ago to watch how a man treats the female members of his family, because that's how he will treat the woman in his life. But in my experience i have found this not to be entirely true. For example, the father of my eldest kids treated his mom like a queen, but as for me the mother of his kids, i was treated like dirt in my opinion. But on the other hand my bf whom i've been with for the last 14 years loves and respect his mom, and treats me the same way. So i can truthfully say that this saying can be true, i guess it depends on the man.

I disagree because mothers are different from women peers and relationships. You have a past with your mother. Maybe she's sweet and caring, maybe she's cruel and abusive. With a woman he may be dating, he doesn't have that past with and she may not behave like his mother does, so he will treat her differently.

well in my experiance its kind of true i guess. i'll give my mother in law credit, she had 3 wild boys to deal with. but i think that she kind of bullied them, at the same time she wasn't home much which left them starving for attention. my husband tends to hide what he really wants in order to make me happy, which bugs the crap out of me. He is the same way with his mother. any time they ask him to drop everything to do something for them he does it even if he doesn't want to. I've been trying to break him of it and I slowly am making progress with him. I think how a guy treats his mother can be a factor on how he will treat his girlfriend, but not always. I've seen some guys treat their mothers good but treat their girlfriends like crap.

No I don't think this is true. My husband treats me far differently than he treats his mother. Actually he and his mother hardly speak anymore.

I've heard this one worded a little bit differently... If you want to see how a person will be likely to turn out down the road, look at their parents. Oftentimes, the "nut doesn't fall too far from the tree" - especially with regard to sons and dads, daughters and moms. (There are always exceptions to this rule, of course.) Interesting discussion!

Most mamas boys seem to be whiney jerks who think that you should do what they say. They seem to have a deep-seated hatred for women. Although they treat their mom nice doesn't mean they will treat you nice. My boyfriend isn't a mamas boy, he hasn't seen or heard from his mom in years, doesn't even know if she's alive. But my boyfriends the best and I wouldn't trade him for the world.