Hes already 35 and still has neither wife nor children.
Last week, I was at my mother-in-laws house with my son. One of her childhood friends happened to be visiting as well. Throughout the afternoon, this lady spent all her time doting on my son.
Its such a shame I dont have any grandchildren, she sighed wistfully.
This friend of my mother-in-law had her son quite late in life, well into her thirties. The boy was her miracle, her entire world, and she spoiled him rotten. Sadly, her husband passed away when the boy was still a toddler, so she raised him on her own, juggling two jobs just to keep their heads above water.
When her son turned thirty-five, she finally plucked up the courage to ask him when she might expect grandchildren.
He replied, quite calmly, Never.
He explained that the way she raised him had left him incapable of moving onthat shed coddled him, made him, for lack of a better word, a child in a mans body.
Im used to a simple life. No woman would ever want to be a second mother to me, he told her, his voice gentle but final.
He went on to say he was comfortable this way. There was no reason for him to change for anyone.
I dont need anyone but you, he added softly.
Tears welled in her eyes as she admitted, I failed to teach him the most important thinghow to be a man.
Do you also believe that a mothers love, while protecting a child, can sometimes stop them from growing into their own person?
Id truly like to know what you think. Please share your thoughts below.
