Mom takes 8-year-old son on dates – and people have opinions

“Bad.”

“Embarrassing”.

“F–king strange.â€

Mom Melissa Ann Marie has been practically slapped with those epithets — and worse — for routinely giving her 12-year-old son $50 to take him out on monthly dates.

But the San Diego-based bachelorette says dating mommy and me is strictly healthy and not worrisome.

“It’s really beautiful,” Marie, 31, a jeweler and mother of one, explained to an Instagram audience of more than 7.8 million viewers, including A-list mom Khloé Kardashian.

“We get to spend thoughtful, intentional time together,” the self-crowned “Boy’s Mom” ​​continued, adding that she makes the plan for each of their special outings. “I want him to learn how to be thoughtful and creative when it comes to planning dates with women.”

Despite Marie’s good intentions, social media savages are lighting their torches and sharpening their pitchforks, digitally bashing the blonde for her seemingly “toxic” parenting practices.

But #BoyMoms are always getting a rap.Â

Laura Elizabeth Graham, a millennial mother of two from Tennessee, previously found herself on a fiery TikTok spit for teaching her toddler how to cook just to make sure he wasn’t impressed by the girl your s [Stoffers] lasagna.â€

She tagged the clip with #BoyMom, #MamasBoys and #MotherInLawProblems, which sparked a firestorm from online faultfinders who labeled it a “red flag”.

But Graham, 29, told The Post her controversial mothering tactics are often misunderstood.

“Being a #BoyMom to my babies, Liam and Lincoln, is my purpose in life,” she said in her defense. “My goal is not only to raise successful young people, but also good-hearted individuals.â€

However, it seems to be too much stifling BY mommy dearest can ultimately wreak havoc on a boy once he becomes a man.

A young mother recently took to Reddit’s Am I The A-hole forum, accusing her mother-in-law of committing “emotional incest.”

“She showed up and tried to get my husband to sit on the couch with her while I was having contractions because she needed to make sure he was okay,” the anonymous whistleblower wrote. “I saw him rub/squeeze his inner thighs several times.Â

“She’s getting weirdly sexual with my husband and if he doesn’t protect himself, I will.”

Researchers have warned that emotional incest is “when a parent turns to their child for the emotional intimacy that a romantic partner should provide”.

But Marie insists her mother and child’s relationship is anything but creepy.

“It’s not weird at all,” she said in a follow-up clip on Instagram, detailing the “healthy and open” dynamic she’s created with her son. “We’ve continued ‘dating’ ever since.” [the boy] it was small.†Â

The blonde dished out the essential dating etiquette tips and tricks she’s picked up during recent one-on-ones.Â

“What did he learn last night?!” she captioned the video before ticking off a list. “To open the doors for his meeting. Not to get ahead of his date. Pay attention to their preferences with things (eg ask where they want to sit at the movies – not just where YOU want).

She continued, “He pulled their chair up to a dinner table. He learned how to give a waiter a cue and non-verbal cue for the check, learned how to pay for everything himself — and “be creative and thoughtful without much money to spend.”

Putting aside the apparent success of her previous tradition, Marie admitted that the word “date” can be “triggering” for trolls dealing with childhood trauma.

“This is so sad,” she sympathized in the following clip.

“But there are a lot of women now who are dating and seeing what it’s like to date men now,” Marie said. “And it’s horrible.”

“Women want men who make us feel respected and safe,” she asserted. “And this is how I am raising my son.

“My goal is to raise a gentleman.â€