Writer who refuses to date ‘mummy’s boys’ because they ‘never grow up to be men’ divides opinion in heated GMB debate

• Writer Flora Gill, from London, said she’s had bad experiences of ‘Mummy’s boys’
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A writer has divided opinion by declaring that she won’t date men who are too close to their mothers, claiming that ‘mummy’s boys never grow up to be men’.

Flora Gill, from London, who is the daughter of Amber Rudd and A.A Gill, went on Good Morning Britain to debate whether ‘mummy’s boys’ make bad boyfriends. 

She said. ‘They are too reliant on mums, they need their opinion on everything, they can’t make a decision without them.

However, Jane Foufas, mother of broadcaster Cristos Faufos, was also on the show defending ‘mummy’s boys.’

She said: ‘I’m sorry your points are, without being disrespectful, a load of tosh. You’re obviously going around with the wrong fellas.’

British Journalist and writer Flora Gill has said that ‘mummy’s boys never grow up to be men,’ on television this morning

Speaking on the show, Gill, who is in her thirties, said that she once dated someone who at university who used to video call his mother every day so she could pick out his outfit.

She said he was ‘dressed terribly’ and it wasn’t an attractive trait, adding ‘it felt like I was jumping into bed with his mum.’  

‘They don’t know how to take care of themselves. They expect to go from mum to girlfriend. 

‘I mean the amount of boys at university, and it is only boys, predominately, who couldn’t work a washing machine, who couldn’t cook a meal because they’ve been mollycoddled by their mums who want them to be boys forever.’ 

Gill says she has friends who have had to train their partners to ‘wean them off Mummy.’

But Jane argued said that her boys have been brought up to be close to her and added that she still guides them through life. 

‘There’s a gold umbilical cord that is still attached to both boys and myself, it’ll be with me until the day I die,’ Jane added.

Cristo Foufas said that he would’ve found it ‘very, very difficult’ to marry his husband if he didn’t get on with his mother. 

Cristo Foufas said that he would’ve it ‘very, very difficult’ to marry his husband if he didn’t get on with his mother (right)

He said: ‘[My mother] met my husband, she adores him, luckily, which is a really good thing. 

‘There’s no way I could’ve married someone that didn’t get on with my mother, absolutely no way.’

Foufas said that sometimes his mother can be ‘overbearing,’ adding that she has previously called into his radio show under a false name and he once invited her on holiday to Mykonos but since then, she has come every year. 

‘In general, it’s usually okay because I’ve learnt a lot by having very good manners, I’ve learned how to get really good advice,’ Foufas said.

People also took to Twitter to discuss their views on the debate, as the official GMB account posted a snippet of the video and asked if ‘mummy’s boys’ made bad boyfriends. 

People also took to Twitter to discuss their views on the debate, as the official GMB account posted a snippet of the video and asked if ‘mummy’s boys’ made bad boyfriends

One person wrote: ‘No, they tend to have a huge respect for women, and their mums usually make the best friends and allies if you do have problems in my experience and opinion.’

Another penned: ‘My brother didn’t do things because he knew mum would do it for him and she did, it was like he had a servant. 

‘I preferred to do things for myself. Telling your child to do something themselves helps them grow.’

A third said: ‘Absolutely they are, always have to run things through their mums, their opinion counts more than anything it’s draining and a big red flag for relationships…Steer clear they will never grow out of it.’

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