A woman has revealed that she is thinking of breaking up with her boyfriend after she discovered that his mother washes his laundry every week.
She explained that her boyfriend lives by himself and works 40 hours a week but she is now having second thoughts after she found out that he takes his laundry to his mother.
Many internet users agreed that they also would not want to date a man who depends on his mother to do his laundry but others said they would not mind unless she becomes very involved in their relationship.
Writing on Mumsnet, the woman wrote: “I’ve met a guy: he seems OK, he works but the standard 40 hours a week and lives alone. He takes his washing round to his mum’s once a week.
“I don’t know but the thought of a grown man having his mum wash his dirty underwear turns me off. Turns me off to the point I ‘m thinking of calling it a day.
“Now I KNOW it’s my right to call it a day for whatever reason but I’m interested if this would be a dealbreaker for you lot, too or am I being unreasonable?”
She also said that the man is “mentally and physically capable of doing his own laundry”, and that she’s not talking about ‘borrowing her machine if his is too small for, by way of example, a duvet.”
The woman admitted that she would feel differently about a man hiring maid or using a laundry service because he has a very busy job.
One person commented: “My son has been doing his own laundry since his early teens, so yes, that would really put me off!”
Another wrote: “Urgh no. To me it screams ‘overly-involved mother’. Which is hideous. I have a friend who is like this and his mother is far, far too attached. As an aside, she cries a lot and I think emotionally blackmails him. It’s a strange dynamic and he is understandably still single at 41.”
Someone else said: “Yes it would put me off. Even if the mum is alone and it gives her a ‘purpose”, it’s still a strange dynamic that I wouldn’t want to be involved in. 40 hours a week gives him plenty of time to stick a couple of washes on.”
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