Is ‘mummy’s boy’ just a myth? Or is there some truth in it ?

[Boohoo123456]

Those that have sons and daughters…

would you say you sons prefer you more than their dads? Are they closer to you? Is your bond more deeper than the one with your daughter ?

"Mummy's boy" is a (often lazy and inaccurate) description of a particular type of personality and/ or relationship. It isn't supposed to describe every boy with a mother.

I think all my kids prefer me to dad to be honest.

But my son is definitely more loving than the girls. More cuddly and likes to be with me every waking minute.

Maybe think about the difference between 'daddy's girl' and 'mummy's boy' and why these are not equivalent/symmetrical terms...

That’s not what the phrase means!

You’re a bit confused about what it means.

Aww 🥰 how old is he ?

Kinda but daddy abandoned him so he is fiercely protective over me my daughter is the same though and my youngest son is currently my shadow

It's definitely true for boy cats if that helps

Aha ok it’s clear the answers you are looking for OP! Do you have boys?

FWIW almost all adult mum-son relationships I know of are quite similar (where there is actually an active relationship). Son supportive and nice to varying degrees but mum doesn’t ‘bother’ him with the minutiae and at the same time either moans or accepts that she actually knows nothing about his day to day life/likes/hates etc. Is either slightly resentful or perfectly ok with the fact that the personal interactions are his wife’s domain. Where the mum has a daughter, the daughter does get the minutiae, whether she wants it or not. The daughter does get ‘bothered’. They’re either incredibly close and happy about it or have a closeness that’s got a lot of clashing and difficulty built in. Either way, it’s a closeness that is never there with the son… just as you might imagine two female friends would be close in a way that a male and female friend just would not.

On Mumsnet, mummy's boy means a man who has any sort of friendly relationship with his mother. See also "tied to apron strings."

It depends on personality as much as anything, plus family culture. My brother was closer to our mother as they got on very well and had a shared sense of humour and interests - both sporty. Our Dad was more bookish and practically minded, and we had more fun together.

Eldest adult son prefers my complany, daughter is closer to her dad, middle one gets on with us both equally. That doesn't mean we don't all love each other and value each other very much, we do!

DH barely sees either parent as they weren't a very close family growing up.

I've got a Mummies Boy and a Mummies Girl .....it's overwhelming and exhausting!!!

I don’t know if it’s age and he’ll grow out of it but ds (2) is very firmly a mummy’s boy it’s me he cries for, me that he wants to cuddle with to fall asleep. He’ll rough play with dp but he’d rather come to me to play. Dd (4) on the other hand cries for dp when she’s had a nightmare or she’s hurt and it’s always daddy she wants to play with. I do miss having time with dd so dp takes ds out to the park or out on errands so we can spend time together but it typically ends up with ds coming home and latching straight back to my knee.

Have one of each, both prefer me to their Dad!!! They both love their dad a lot but both would always pick me. Someone told me boys are more loving than girls, and it’s so true, he cuddles me all the time, can’t just sit next to me, has to be on top of me!!!! X

No DS has always been obsessed with his Dad and DD has always been obsessed with me. Now at 11 and 7 it’s pretty much the same. It’s not that we aren’t close but DS and DH have loads in common and do similar hobbies so they just gel together perfectly.