Is it normal for a mother to try to find a girlfriend for her son?

LadyInBlack · 18-21, F

It depends on your standards of what you consider as "normal".
I'm sure it happens everywhere. However, the rate that it occurs in is different for different cultures. It is also important to define "find".
For example, my mother is my teacher, she always puts me and this girl together for group projects and seating plans, and we started dating...etc. Or my mother forced me to go to church, where I fell in love with a girl there, and my mother shipped us upon realization...etc.

Muthafukajones · 46-50, M

Some
Mothers do it because they are concerned about their son being lonely. If done discreetly there isn’t anything wrong with it. More importantly it’s better to figure out why he isn’t social.

AuRevoir · 36-40, M

Yes... I think it's kind of traditional when you look at all of time and all of history..

If people think someone would be good for another person. Whether it's a brother, a sister, a cousin.. You'll at least have the thought about how well they'd match someone you know..

Being bold enough to pursue it is an entirely different category though..

SW-User

In some countries yes

SW-User

Mine never found me a gf but did have one of her friends take my virginity.

ArtieKat · M

The question should, in my opinion, be: would a bloke accept somebody his mother was trying to fix him up with?

JPWhoo · 36-40, M

No. I’ve never had a girlfriend before and although I want one very badly anyone my mother suggests is out of the running.

moonlighting · 46-50, M

Yes it happens ! Some go ahead and look for their future daughters in law too 😃

Some guys have it easy lol

Applepiedom · 61-69, M

Normal no,happen yes. Probably wish they could pick,yes

Donna15 · 41-45, F

Not common in the USA but I believe it’s the norm in some cultures

Pawpaw2molly · 61-69, M

As long as she’s not trying to fix him up with her friends

littlepuppywantanewlife · 31-35, M

Not a gf but a wife yes. It's called arrange marriage 😂

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

In some cultures arranged marriages are 'normal'.

SW-User

I would think it as weird but sweet.

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

if its norman bates...

Teslin · M

Ask my ex-wife 😅

Deceased · M

Its not uncommon. Especially for a yenta mother.

FreeSpirit1 · F

No I don't think it's normal, unless he is so shy he'll never get a girl, then maybe Mommas help would be ok

spjennifer · 61-69, T

I think it's fairly common everywhere unless the son shuts it down. Mom's want to find nice girls for their boys to marry, even if unbeknownst to them their son is gay or not interested. I think it happens more often as the son gets older and is still single.

SW-User

Yes. It's a weird motherly trait that while not prevalent, it is an awkward niche

chasingThursday · 41-45, M

Mine never bothered to

chillout17 · 31-35, M

Yea kinda of

bijouxbroussard · F

More common in some cultures than in others. In mine it would be seen as meddling.

SW-User

Yes. It's a weird motherly trait that while not prevalent, it is an awkward niche

ViciDraco · 41-45, M

I think mothers trying to set their sons up is common. I don't know thar or is normal for them to succeed...

Atlotto · M

Yes. More leads.

HotPizza71 · 51-55, M

Arranged situation maybe..Indian culture still do

Renaci · 36-40

Yeah it's kind of a stereotype in some places. So pretty normal. Especially depending on location.

SamInAZ · 41-45, M

No.