Man Up! Signs Your Man Might Be a Bit of a Punk

5. He’s a Mama’s Boy

There is nothing wrong with a man having a close, loving relationship with his mother. Studies have shown that men who have great relationships with their mothers tend to make great husbands because they’re more in touch with their emotions and have a healthy respect for women. But if your man can’t make a decision without consulting his mother first or can’t let go of the apron strings in order to take care of himself or his own family, then you don’t have a man for a partner, you have a child. If he still lives at home, she still does his laundry, cooks for him and he starts every sentence with “my mom says,” then he hasn’t grown up yet and you’ll wind up raising him like a son rather than living with him as a wife. He’s a man-child and if he’s incapable of taking care of himself, he definitely won’t be able to take care of you. You’ll just be another mother to him.