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I know I missed last week’s discussion of I Love a Mama’s Boy, but when your adorable nephew comes for a visit, you drop what you’re doing and lavish him with attention. I’m going to a do a not so quick non-recap of the last two weeks. This show is just 🥜🥜🥜…

Up first episode 4 – Let’s talk about Mom Esther, Ethan, and Leyna: This group is still in wedding planning mode. Well Esther is because she is doing it all and making all of the decisions 🙄. I’m not sure how it came to be that the future MIL is doing all of the wedding planning, but Leyna seems (mostly) ok with it – she would just like to have a say once in a while. What Leyna has taken on is the rehearsal dinner. She wants a low key, “tailgating” party as most of her family is from OH and are Buckeye fans. While Esther is invited to see the place, she starts to take over the planning until Ethan steps up and asks her to step back. I think is one of the few times in this show I’ve ever seen the son support the fiancée/girlfriend/wife over the mother. Of course, that is negated within minutes when he again announces to the venues owner that his mom is a MILF. Dear Goddess, can anyone make him stop saying this?!? 🤢🤢🤢

Mom Kelly, Matt, and Brittany: Yep, Britany finally made the cast list here, for the moment 😆. This will be a short and weird. Brittany has her first sleepover with Matt and Kelly decides to bring over some wine to help the night along, I guess? She is still there when Britany shows up but finally makes her way back to her house where she can spy on her son 🙄, or so she thought. Kelly has discovered that her husband (who makes and appearance this episode 😮) has strategically placed a bush that blocks a certain view of Matt’s house. She is so incensed by this that that bright and early the next morning she drives her four-wheeler over and uses it to yank the bush out (because digging it up and placing it somewhere else would make too much sense 😡). Brittany calls her crazy and I think Matt should invest in some heavy-duty drapes. I mean the woman was crackling like a witch while pulling out the plant 🤦‍♀️!

Mom Lorenda, Tre, and Abbey: Let me tell you why I’m rooting for Abbey to find someone who treats her right. As you may recall last episode, Tre spoiled his mother for her birthday/Valentine’s Day leaving Abbey out in the cold. But Abbey being the nice person she is takes it upon herself to get a separate gift for Lorenda from her because as she says “that’s 

Tre’s mom” (I don’t think this is the first time she’s done this either). She meets up with Lorenda to present her with said gift and also to ask Lorenda spend less time in her home as she would like more one on one time with Tre. Would you be surprised if I told you that Lorenda did not take this request well? Of course you wouldn’t, because these mothers are crazy! As punishment for Abbey’s boundary setting, she decides to exchange the gift that Abbey picked out for her from the store that she works for. And she does it while Abbey is working. So petty 🙄.

Mom Laila, Shekeb, and Emily: Last week we left Emily and Laila trying to find common ground and Emily was finally feeling like she was making headway with Laila (she wasn’t but she doesn’t know that 😜). Therefore, Shekeb decides that this is a good time to Emily about the date he went on with Yusara (don’t do it Shakeb 😬). Here’s the thing, he was going to have to tell Emily some time before the show aired but give it a minute, your girlfriend was starting to feel good about your mom – why would you stir up shit so soon? (cough cough producers, cough cough). This pisses off Emily and all the good will she was building with your mom went right out the window. All I can say is good grief what a mess. 

So ends episode 4… Now on to episode 5 😁.

Mom Nancy, Robert, and Kristy: It’s fight night and I’m not just talking about Roberto’s match 😆😆. Robert has arrived ahead of Kristy in San Diego for his upcoming match. Kristy came separately as she has children that need to be taken to the sitter before she can leave. But of course, Nancy doesn’t see it that way – Kristy should have arrived with Robert and if it wasn’t for her he would have never made his match on time! How dare Kristy put her children first (yes, sarcasm)! I beginning to think Nancy doesn’t like her granddaughters, esp. the one she wants a blood test on. Anyway, when we see this group later in the episode, it’s the morning after the fight and Kristy and Robert are having a celebratory breakfast which Nancy interrupt just to berate Kristy for not being there earlier. She is just openly hostile to Kristy and Robert sits there mostly silent as his mom goes off on her 😒. At least Kristy gets a decent dig in at Nancy, saying she should have had Nancy, take care of the kids since she doesn’t watch him fight (get into the ring yes – actually fight, no). I fear Kristy will hit her breaking point soon and it ain’t going to be pretty 😬. For the record, I’m team Kristy all the way.

Mom Esther, Ethan, and Leyna: this week brings a whole new set of wedding issues up between Esther and Leyna with some unwanted boundary setting again by Ethan. Issue one: Leyna’s bachelorette party in Miami. Shocker – Esther is also going to be in Miami the same weekend (allegedly planned ahead of time) and thinks she should be invited. Poor Leyna and her sister are trying to find a nice way to say no when surprise of all surprises, Ethan steps in and tells her not to go. So Esther tries to guilt them into inviting her by saying “feelings are hurt” by not being invited. Sorry lady, the bride gets to decide on who is at her bachelor party and you didn’t make the cut. Also, you don’t need to be involved in every aspect of the wedding – back off! But she still pushes. Next, we find them at cake testing. Esther is pushing for a gluten free cake because she is gluten free as are many people (uh not that many). The bride and groom are not opposed to it if, it tastes good. As usual Esther is running the show and Ethan has to rein her in. Then the poor cake lady gets roped into the bachelorette argument because Esther just can’t let it go and she will most likely crash the party 🙄. Esther continues to get annoyed with Ethan as he again steps in when she runs roughshod over Leyna. Ethan is beginning to understand that his mom is not taking well to the idea that she will have to step back from being his number one (and again this woman has 4 sons – I just don’t get it)

Mom Laila, Shakeb and Emily: First let me say that I want to be on Emily’s side, but she makes it so damn hard 😒. Somehow, Emily has convinced Shakeb to set up a meeting with her and Yusura, so she can grill her about what the hell is going on (nothing Emily, nothing is going on with Shakeb and her). Emily says she not the jealous type (liquid squirts from my nose at this statement 😜). Poor Yusura, she is going into this meeting thinking she could be helpful to Emily in regard to Laila. Right off the bat she is upfront with the fact she was unaware that Shakeb was in a relationship, which Emily doubts (but she not jealous – hard 🙄). Actually, I think Emily is more jealous of Yusura’s relationship with Laila than with Shakeb 😆😆😆. But the meeting seems to go well. However, later in the episode we find out that Shakeb has set up a time to work out with Yusura and without Emily 🤦‍♀️. Why would you do something so stupid dude?!? Emily doesn’t trust the girl because you went on a date with her! So he agrees to take Emily along and then lightly flirts with Yusura in front of her – I cannot with this guy, even if it was just friendly flirting. For the record, Yusura is not responding to his flirting because she is focused on her workout. And since Emily couldn’t help but notice Shakeb’s behavior, she gets pissed off and calls Shakeb a cheater and Yusura a homewrecker 😳. And Yusura is now fully offended and probably wants to be anywhere but there at the moment. She is an innocent bystander in a couples fight and gets fired upon just for being there. Emily and Shakeb need to end this now because it is too toxic ☣️.

Lastly, we have Mom Lorenda, Tre and Abbey: I am not sure Tre and Abbey’s relationship is going to survive this show. I’d put a 😢 but quite frankly Tre doesn’t step up then Abbey needs to RUN 🏃‍♀️! We start with Lorenda meeting with her best friend since 3^rd grade, in which she uses the time to clean out her clothes and bitch about Abbey trying to tell her not to come into their house as much as she does. And to make Abbey the bad guy for wanting some time alone with her partner. Next, we see Tre taking Abbey out to dinner for her birthday (aww). And to no shock to anyone, Lorenda shows up. This woman is vying with Kelly for the worst at crossing boundaries 🤦‍♀️. Tre thinks Abbey wants his mother completely out of his life when all she is asking for is that she is not at there house 24/7. I feel so bad for Abbey at this point because it’s obvious that Lorenda is working at pushing her out of Tre’s life and he is either oblivious to it or just doesn’t care. If your mom is more important to you than the mother of your child that you live with, you should not be in a relationship!

And that’s what I have to say about that! Until next week that is… 😁😁.

Other notes:

• Esther is married (2^nd husband I think). I wonder what he thinks about the weird relationship Ethan has going on with his mom 🤔?
• Tre would never survive on his own if he ever had to cook or clean for himself. Hell, he’d probably lose his housing because he has no concept of paying bills.
• Why does Shakeb think it is a good idea to work out with a woman he went on a date with? I know it was just a lunch date – but it was a date. Especially knowing how Emily feels about the situation
• Love cannot be enough for Abbey to stay in this awful partnership 😢.

Well, the one of the cringiest couples has entered the scene. I mean it’s really… it’s so bad I have no words 😬. And then there are the extras who get sucked into trying to politely answer the producers’ questions, while their face tells a different story 😆. Everything that makes this a great show in the worst way 😜.

Mom Laila, Shakeb and Emily: We start with Emily trying to make amends by bringing a s🤬🤬t ton of plants to Laila as an olive branch and as you may suspect – Laila rejects her peace offering. So, Emily just leaves them on the doorstep, which Laila takes inside after Emily’s departure. Emily says she’s doing her best to apologize (without actually saying I am truly sorry for my behavior 🙄) and hopes that Laila will apologize to her. Any bets on that happening? Besides Laila is still team Yussara (his date from last week) – shocking no one at this point. We end the episode with Laila coming over to bless the apartment. Shekeb is a little disappointed in her blessing as he expected a bigger production, like his brother got (I forget he had a brother🤔) with a reading from the Quron and candles. Mostly she just said a blessing over Shakeb, not his apartment. Emily returns before being given the go ahead by Shakeb (“I told her I would text her”) and I’m a little mixed because she does live there and shouldn’t be expected to depart her home just to make Laila happy, but if she agreed to…. but in her interview, she is snotty about it and it makes it hard to side with her. But Emily does invite Laila over for dinner and asks Laila if they could just start over. As they both love Shakeb, they agree it’s common ground. Emily says she is welcome to come over anytime she misses Shakeb and she really is making a concerted effort. Of course, in her interview, Laila says she will try again with Emily, but will still push Shakeb towards Yussara. 

Mom Nancy, Robert and Kristy: It’s the aftermath of Robert’s decision ruin a very rare date night to ask for a paternity test and Kristy is still pissed (rightly so) and she bitches to her girlfriends, who are firmly on her side (as am I). They discuss the need for boundaries with Nancy that Robert needs to set and if he doesn’t make a change soon, it could really impact his relationship 😮. Later in the episode we find Nancy showing up to her son’s house to have lunch with him and bitching that she doesn’t want to go into the house if Kristy is there. But barges into the home anyway, even though Robert’s car isn’t there and Kristy’s is. Poor Kristy is now stuck in her home having to entertain Nancy (she was not expecting her 😬), a woman who is going to great lengths to destroy her marriage, while waiting for Robert to come home. Kristy is holding off confronting Nancy about the paternity test as Robert isn’t there to manage the fallout. Nancy then complains that Kristy is rushing her out of the house (uh that would be your son) but of course Kristy is the bitch. She hates Kristy as much as she loves her son so you can just imagine how bad it is. We finish with Robert siding with his mom in an effort to keep the peace despite knowing it could damage his relationship with Kristy.

Mom Kelly, Matt and potential girlfriend Brittany: So, Brittany is finally meeting Kelly and for some strange reason Matt and Kelly seem to be setting up as if they are having a party – for the three of them??? Not even Matt’s dad, appears to be invited. Either that or he is just not playing along with Kelly’s nonsense. And it’s less of a party and more of an interrogation as Kelly forces the girl to wear a cheap hula skirt to determine if she will play along as this kind of thing is a staple at Kelly’s parties, then pulls out a list of questions that most guys don’t ask unless they are in a committed relationship. Things like would you sign a pre-nup (they aren’t official yet so marriage isn’t even on the table at this point 🤦‍♀️) and what would I find if I googled you. Props to Brittany for handling these two questions with grace and a little bit of sass. In answer to the pre-nup, she questions if Kelly signed one which annoys Kelly. When Kelly asks about googling her and if she would find nudes Brittany simple replies “my linkdin”. Kelly was also not pleased that Brittany did not have a problem moving out of state if necessary (as vision of Kim danced in Kelly’s head 😆😆). If Kelly was trying to chase her off, she has failed so far, but it’s only the 3^rd episode, so plenty of time to work on that. I was surprised Matt was offended by some of his mom’s questions. Later in the episode we see Matt and Kelly partaking in a couples massage to debrief the Brittany meeting. The response of the massage therapists was priceless “Are you celebrating an anniversary today” one asks before discovering it’s a mother son duo (dead 😵 😆). The two therapists are dancing around whatever question the producer asked them but admit neither has ever done a mother-son couples’ massage. Is this common? Because there is no way I would ever do this with my father. I mean I love my dad but nope, nope, nopity, nope on a couples massage with him. Kelly makes Matt promise to never replace her, and I just want to see the looks on the massage therapist faces at this point.

Mom Esther, Ethan, fiancée Leyna: These are the cringiest mother-son duo by far and that is saying A LOT. Mom “needs” Ethan around all the time. Ethan is one of four boys in his family, so again, I’m not sure why her focus seems to be on this one son. Now the fact that he calls her sexy and a MILF might be why 🤢. At least mom approves of Leyna, which isn’t always the case in these situations (looking at you Shakeb 👀). So, while the MILF thing may not seem cringy to some, how about a mother son wedding dance to the song Sexual Healing and no, I am not kidding 😳. Ethan tells the instructor that he wants their dance (with his mother) to be and I quote “romantic, sexual, sensual, everything”. The instructor laughs thinking Ethan was kidding, at least he thinks he was joking, then discovers that he is not joking. Every time they cut to Esther talking about the wedding it’s all about the things important to her. I see this ending badly… Anyway, they continue their grossly inappropriate dance routine, including Ethan’s mom grinding on him per Ethan’s request. He is waaaaaaay to sexual with his mother. Layna gets jealous with their “flirting”. Ethan calls it all fun and games – huh? If I saw any of these behaviors with a guy I was dating it would be a big NOPE from me. Oh, and did I mention that Esther is planning the wedding and making all the decisions? Matt says he reminds his mom that it’s not her wedding BUT he also feels like it’s her wedding. Am I the only sensing a showdown in the near future? I can’t wait to see where this goes…

And that’s what I have to say about that 🙃. If you want to read previous posts click on the I Love a Mama’s Boy tag below.

I have one word for all of these mother/son relationships – BOUNDARIES! Secondly, there is something quiet cathartic about yelling at these weird relationships, and they are really weird at times 😬.

Now, let’s dive on in…

Mom Lorenda, Tre and Abbey: Oh, this week does not look good for Tre. Turns out his mom was born on Valentine’s Day and every year Tre celebrates with his mother excluding Abbey in the process. The man actually bought his mother flowers and did not get THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD anything for the national (international?) day of love. So not good. But wait it gets worse – Abbey’s best friend told Tre that he needs to include Abbey in on his V-day dinner plans with his mom. His response “I gotta check with my mom – it’s up to her” 🤯. And does he actually bring this up with his mom? Of course not! He just takes her out leaving sweet Abbey at home. What the actual F🤬🤬🤬?!? I can’t tell if he is that obtuse or just a completely thoughtless idiot. Neither look is good on him. As I told Kim last season “run Abbey run…” 

In other news, it’s apparent that Lorenda has failed as a parent as she has not taught her son how to “adult”. Which is the one of the main sources of contention between Abbey and her. She feels Abbey (not Tre of course) doesn’t maintain the household the way she should and does not take care of Tre in a way he deserves to be treated – like a 5-year-old who isn’t allowed to mature beyond that age 🤦‍♀️. I would love to be a fly on the wall in this family’s therapy session 😆😆😆.

Mom Laila, Shakeb and Emily: I really hope this is their last season to get it right or move on from each other. As a condition for Laila blessing his house, Shakeb has to meet/have lunch with a woman of his mom’s choosing. Now I understand that blessing a house is important to many people, but I think using it as a bargaining chip is bad juju in my opinion 🤷‍♀️. Anyway, Shakeb actually agrees to this, and we begin his story tonight with him meeting up with her for lunch (I know I was screaming “don’t do it” too). The young woman is from Egypt and is the daughter of Laila’s best friend, but Shakeb has never met her before? I mean the woman considers Laila like a second mom and Shakeb, who is “so close” to his mother really has no idea who this woman is. What am I missing here (cough cough casting cough cough)? And although she has heard all about Shakeb, you want to guess what she doesn’t know? One hundred fake dollars if you guessed she doesn’t know he had a girlfriend 😜. Boy was she confused. One thing that pissed me off about this whole lunch was Shakeb’s interview where he says that the young lady gets how important his mom is and wishes that Emily would understand that. Uh hello – that isn’t the problem with your relationship! It’s the fact that your mom hates your girlfriend – do we need to replay season one?

Later in the episode, we see Shakeb stops by his mom’s house, while Emily is with him, to visit. Emily, who hasn’t made amends for her behavior last season (and she acknowledges that she needs to) wisely decides to stay in the car, which Laila agrees was a good idea. I do not see these two working things out any time soon.

Mom Nancy, Robert and Kristy: We pick up where we left of last time, Robert storming out of the house after the request for a paternity test. Of course, he only got as far as the driveway (probably because production wouldn’t let him leave – yeah I said it!). Mom comes out to double down on her belief that his youngest daughter is not his. That is a shitty thing to say without any proof other than she doesn’t look like you 😡. You may not like his spouse, but dragging the children into it, is beyond foul 😡😡😡! Poor guy is in such a tizzy over it, he can’t concentrate during training for his upcoming bout, which is annoying the trainer as it should. The trainer advises he not pursue it, but he chooses option two – ask Kristy to take the test 🤦‍♀️. Not only that he thinks date night is the best time to talk about it (say it with me now – IDIOT). His reasoning is that his if they just do the test and prove his mother wrong that will be the end of it. And if you think this whole thing went over well with Kristy, you’d be so very wrong. First, she says there is a thing called genetics that explains why one child may look more like one parent than the other. Her other issue is that he is willing to hurt her to please his mom and that he can’t even see that’s what’s happening. So, with date night effectively ruined, they head out.

Mom Kelly, Matt: I’m not adding Brittany into the mix until it’s more official. Of course, if she’s smart, she too will run for the hills before this relationship goes any further. On to the show – we find Kelly and Matt on an outing to a cemetery, yep a cemetery 🙄. This is because Kelly is feeling her age as her birthday approaches (she’ll be 60) and she wants to visit the burial plots she has purchased for her, her husband (who wisely chooses to stay off camera almost all the time 😁) and Matt – no one else. This guy is going to be attached to her for eternity 😳. They are having a little picnic plot side and Matt finally tells his mom about Brittany and that he wants them to meet. And Kelly starts in on how she will be much tougher in her vetting process this time around. Have I mentioned how ridiculously dramatic Kelly can be? She is too much, and I don’t know how Kim survived all those years living with her. We leave them lying on their plots with Matt vowing they will be together in this life and the next 🤢. 

Other thoughts

• BOUNDARIES PEOPLE, BOUNDARIES!!!!!
• In case it wasn’t clear I stand by the other women (girlfriends and wives) in most of these situations (jury is still out on Emily) because they really get the short end of the stick, and I can relate.
• Props to the trainer for calling out Nancy’s treatment of her grandchildren in his interview. I always love the side “characters” who are honest when questioned by the producers
• I often wonder if the producers with the moms begin to side with their craziness or stay neutral, especially those who work with Kelly and Laila as they have been around since season one 🤔.