Mommy Dearest

[Rushmore]

What the hell is up with these grown men still tugging at mama's apron strings??

Now, don't get me wrong, I love my mom. She's the greatest.

But between guys like Hellmuth, Negreanu (who, it seems, actually LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER???), and Matusow, we're looking at a grassroots movement to emasculate the great poker minds of our generation.

Before you flame me, take note: If you are a day over 18, and you still live at your mother's house, or bring your mom around with you when you go out to play with the other boys in the poker neighborhood, then there's very likely something WRONG with you.

At the very least, you ain't gonna get laid much.

OK. Bring it on.

[daryn]

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If you are a day over 18, and you still live at your mother's house, ... then there's very likely something WRONG with you.



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i don't understand this one. please elaborate sir.

[Rushmore]

I sense danger, but will step forward into the scary darkness.

God created man to be a naturally curious, yet reasonably fearful animal. Adding the capacity for rational thought was the twist with this animal. He was proud of His little experiment, I'm sure.

Curiosity is what makes us successful as a species. We discover things; some even pioneer.

If you stay in the cave, sucking at mama, there is no fire. There is no dinner. There is no acknowledgement of your own nature. There is the false sense of security, and there is growth and personal evolution stunted, ultimately, by fear.

I consider this "wrong." Go out and learn. Skin your knee and forsake the Bactine. Hunt. Gather. Thrive.

But that's just me.

[ohgeetee]

If Barry Bonds's Mom stayed at his pad while going to the world series to watch him play, would you feel the same way?

[Rushmore]

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If Barry Bonds's Mom stayed at his pad while going to the world series to watch him play, would you feel the same way?

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OK. I thought he was living with his mom.

I do, however, feel like these guys seem a little unnaturally attached to their mothers for grown men.

I once had an emplyee, 48 yrs old, tell me he couldn't come to work because it was his mother's birthday, and "you need to understand, Dave, my mother is very special to me."

Bleccchhh!

[EnderW27]

So...God created the caveman so he could leave the rock dwelling at 18 and go play poker? Am I parsing your history correctly? Seriously, are we talking nature, nurture, religion, evolution? Shouldn't, say, 13 be a better time to leave the cave? That fire ain't gonna light itself you know.

[Laomedon]

The dude definitely just wanted the day off. I have to use that excuse, it's a good one.

[Lottery Larry]

I know someone who brought his mother into the game... and now she's a regular!

Anything wrong with THAT?

[Rushmore]

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Shouldn't, say, 13 be a better time to leave the cave? That fire ain't gonna light itself you know.

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Absolutely, wholeheartedly agreed.

I was prorating the age for the dumb times we live in.

[Rushmore]

I was mostly repulsed by the maudlin notion that this grown man had that he felt more for his mother than the average person.

Let's be honest. We all love our mommies.

Some of us just seem to believe their relationship with their mommies is just, well, you know, like, super-special!