I have a 35 year old brother who is very bad at communicating, making social connections, has a video game addiction, cannot make enough money to move from our parents’ place, various health conditions he refuses to address. My mother is convinced the right woman will set him straight and motivate him to become a hardworking man. When I tell her that’s not a reasonable expectation and that he should really work on himself and make himself an attractive partner of value, she gets unbelievably angry. She refuses to even entertain the notion the way he is could be negative for whatever woman he gets with, she refuses to believe he would ever treat a woman badly just bc he tends to be a pushover in other aspects of life.

It’s moments like these why I realize men are the way they are. My mother is in complete denial her son is undateable. There is such a lack of awareness I find disturbing. Their little Nigel can do no wrong.