Mommy Dearest

A guy asked me out when I was a junior in high school. He said he was 17 and that he would pick me up, buy me dinner, and take me shopping at the mall.

His MOTHER picked me up and had made us pb&j sandwiches. She stayed at the mall with us and got her hair done. My date didn’t buy me a thing, which would have been okay if the night hadn’t been going so badly. Then, his mother came and found us and told him it was “his turn” to get a haircut and he replied “Can I potty first?” Really, a 17 year old asks his mother if he can potty?

On the way back to my house she stopped and said “Do you kids want me to leave for a while for… you know…” and winked at him. He put his hand on my thigh and looked at me. I immediately bolted out of the car. Later I found out he was almost 20 and STILL a senior in high school because he failed so many times.

Comments (33)
JackyMAugust 2nd, 2012 at 4:50 am

On the way to your house she stopped the car and asked if you wanted to have sex with her son? As in, right then and there?

Sometimes you wonder how a person could possibly be so creepy, and sometimes you are shown exactly where a person inherited their creepiness..

ShalamarAugust 2nd, 2012 at 5:13 am

No wonder he promised to buy you stuff – that’s probably the only way he can get a date.

RavenAugust 2nd, 2012 at 5:25 am

There is so much awesome in this story. I would have given full points had he whipped it out.

LiLoAugust 2nd, 2012 at 5:28 am

WTF doesn’t even begin to cover it.

SkadeAugust 2nd, 2012 at 5:40 am

How old are you in freshman year? 15 or 16? And mother suggests that her twenty year old son go ahead and incriminate himself by getting it on with a minor? Judging from the peanut butter and jam sandwiches and, and asking to go “potty”, I’d guess this boy is an only child being held back from growing up by a smothering mother. There’s definitively a My Very Worst Mother-story in this as well.

PsycheAugust 2nd, 2012 at 5:51 am

File this under “When It’s Time to Cut the Cord”.

zombiesushiAugust 2nd, 2012 at 5:53 am

Was he maybe mentally challenged in some way that wasn’t apparent? That’s the only way any of this behavior (on your date and his moms part, not yours) makes any sense to me :-S

NattieAugust 2nd, 2012 at 5:55 am

You’d think by age 20, he would have realized that this behaviour does not help in getting laid.

SkadeAugust 2nd, 2012 at 6:07 am

Oh, I wrote a comment about her being a freshman and probably minor. But now I see it said “junior”, not “freshman”. I apologize, I get confused by the american titulation system for the different high school grades. Still, there was some creepy parenting going on there!

JayAugust 2nd, 2012 at 6:18 am

You had me at “potty”

AlonzoAugust 2nd, 2012 at 6:23 am

ROFLMFAO

PhenAugust 2nd, 2012 at 6:34 am

Sure this guy could of been my ex haa

SportyGuyAugust 2nd, 2012 at 7:45 am

I’m with Raven, but in this case I’m sure his Mommy would have to whip it out for him

Baron von FancypantsAugust 2nd, 2012 at 8:05 am

Was he the brother of the girl in this story?:

http://myveryworstdate.com/2012/08/01/a-smashing-good-time/

Drinky the Drunk GirlAugust 2nd, 2012 at 8:16 am

The mothers that make mama’s boys are really screwing the kids over. No woman wants a baby for a partner.

MimiAugust 2nd, 2012 at 9:08 am

@Skade– junior year would put OP between 15-17 depending on birthday, so you’re actually not far off with the creep factor. (Freshmen are usually 14– some begin the year thirteen, others turn fifteen.)

reviewAugust 2nd, 2012 at 9:23 am

It’s obvious the boy was a ree-ree (see: not being able to pass high school). Shame on the commenters here blaming the mother for having a mentally challenged child and trying to take care of him.

AudaxAugust 2nd, 2012 at 9:26 am

Good job avoiding the crazy!

TraceyAugust 2nd, 2012 at 10:30 am

“Well, a boy’s best friend is his mother.” – Norman Bates

SRPAugust 2nd, 2012 at 1:23 pm

@review: Sadly, the inability to complete high school is not proof positive of developmental disabilities. Furthermore, I refuse to be “shamed” by someone who refers to the truly disabled as “ree-rees.”

DaniAugust 2nd, 2012 at 2:08 pm

@SRP take a joke, review doesn’t actually think that disabled folks are “ree-rees.” No one uses the term “ree-ree” while making a serious statement about people with disabilities.

Unless they’re a ree-ree.

JeffAugust 2nd, 2012 at 3:03 pm

I’m tempted to print this one out and show it to my mother for her birthday so she’ll know that she was only the second craziest overprotective mother in history…

NoishAugust 2nd, 2012 at 3:21 pm

Yes! Finally some useful parenting advice I can follow with my son.

reviewAugust 2nd, 2012 at 4:40 pm

@SRP: I’ll explain this real slow for you, because I (unlike others here) have empathy for your kind. 1) can’t pass high school 2) can’t drive 3) mother has to interact with him as if here were still a child to the point of telling him when it’s his turn to get a haircut and when to use the little boys’ room 4) makes him simple to eat foods like pb&j (for dinner?! not sure)
I wasn’t sure that your kind was around here, that I had to detail all of these signs. True, not one of them in isolation should lead us to conclude anything about the boy. But he’s a ree ree because he’s not trusted around “dangerous” objects like cars or forks, and the majority of the 19-20 year olds still in high school are getting there on the short bus because high schools kick the fully operational ones out by that age. The ree rees are still allowed to attend (in spite of the risks of adults mingling with underaged 15 year olds) because they are kept separate from the general population, and it’s better to have them under some kind of supervision while parents are working.
It’s a shame that all commenters had preconceived notions/chips on their shoulders that they had to get out: “kids nowadays are too pampered–let’s blame the moms”. You folks are too old and grumpy. As evidenced by not knowing how to use Google if you don’t know something…

@Dani: see http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ree+ree
The mentally deficient are synonymously called ree rees. I figured I would use that term specifically here to avoid getting flagged.

-PAugust 2nd, 2012 at 5:06 pm

creepy! in high school i saw a guy who looked 25, had a full long beard and everything. reminds me of him. glad you bolted instead a typical high school chick. =P

im from jerseyAugust 2nd, 2012 at 8:30 pm

I almost peed my pants laughing at review’s comments.

GraceAugust 2nd, 2012 at 10:34 pm

Steve Holt!

*fist pumps into the air*

buffyAugust 3rd, 2012 at 9:28 am

Oh lord. His mom was trying to pimp him out and get him out of her house!

DaniAugust 4th, 2012 at 5:35 am

@review I forgot. I do that sometimes. I’m a ree-ree myself.

wendyAugust 7th, 2012 at 10:00 am

Oh thank goodness, I read her story as “I was in junior highschool” which would have been 5th, 6th or 7th grade. I read the whole story thinking she was 12!

wendyAugust 7th, 2012 at 10:01 am

Sorry, I mean 6th, 7th or 8th grade. But still 12.

KCLeaAugust 7th, 2012 at 11:59 pm

Same here, Wendy. :/

blondieAugust 9th, 2012 at 7:48 am

Wendy, that’s EXACTLY how I read this story, too! I had to go back and re-read it after seeing some of the comments. It added a whole extra spin of crazy.

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