I am absolutely horrified at the video I just saw and I have to bring it to your attention immediately.
Some of my facebook friends may immediately think that I'm referring to the Food, Inc documentary that I watched in the wee hours of this morning when I couldn't sleep ... I'm not.
Although that was horrifying and I recommend that you see it as soon as possible.
Nearly as horrifying as that though, is Geri Brin.
I'm going to paste a bit here from the article I found on the Today Show website
to bring you up to speed on Geri Brin:
""Doting mom Geri Brin has never been shy about trying to get her 31-year-old son Colby married off. But now she’s allowing mothers everywhere to indulge their inner yenta by launching an Internet service that allows moms to peruse and push potential dates for their kids.""
""For Brin, it’s a natural extension of her life’s ambition to find the perfect gal for her handsome — but still single — son Colby. Seeing Colby still unattached five years ago, Brin took it upon herself to find his soul mate.""
At the bottom of the article is a synopsis of this pathetic situation and submission form...
Geri Brin has been making headlines this week because of her brilliantly meddlesome idea: To help marry off her handsome but single son Colby, she started a section on her website called "Date My Single Kid." Brin and her son will appear together on TODAY on Wednesday morning, July 14. Do you think that you — or perhaps your adult daughter — is just perfect for Colby? If so, please send in a photo of yourself or your daughter and explain why this is a match made in heaven. The photo and explanation you send might be featured on the air. Please be sure to include your full name and phone number in your submission.
Wow, I'm really not sure where to even start. To be as brief as possible, I can't speak for Colby ... and I have a really nagging feeling that the poor fellow can't speak for himself .... uhm, quite possibly not even if there were a gun to his numb little skull; HOWEVAH ...
I can absolutely speak for myself, as if anyone had a doubt. :)
My blood pressure absolutely spiked when I read this. As those closest to me know I have a mother who gets a little preoccupied at times with my finding a spouse. The real rub comes into the whole situation because I'm not looking for a spouse. Therefore if she were to find one for me it would be an awfully large inconvenience for everyone involved whilst I explained that Mumsy's nose had just gotten a little too big for her tiny 5 foot frame and there really wasn't a current position open.
It's a hot button for me right now. While I am of course single, I'm not available for a relationship ... especially one like the ones I see around me. I see people completely consumed with one another, spending every waking moment together ... be it watching TV or just melting into a new life in which they've lost touch with friends, hobbies, prior interests and seem to have totally changed. I've had a few friends to "couple off" in the last year and a half ... I'm very happy for some of them and I'm just listening for the train to derail on the others ... and hoping that no one is too terribly damaged in the crash.
I have a couple of concerns for Colby.
#1 - That he would let his mother step in and try to control such a important piece of his life. That in itself says a lot for his mother and it says a lot for him.....neither good, in my opinion.
#2 - What type of wife will he find by using this process his controlling mother has created?
I figure he'll get one of two .... He'll either find a controlling wife who wants him to wander around a mall holding her purse, one who won't let him have a "cave area" for a poker night with the guys, one who will shriek at him to go clean the windows ... OR he'll find a meek, little shell of a low self-esteemed woman who is DESPERATELY trying to find a hubby so she can have babies before her ovaries dry up and blow away like dust in the wind. Again, neither good ... in my opinion.
Colby, your situation has exhausted me before I've even begun my day. Bless your pea pickin' heart, my friend ... you have one H*ll of a mother.
Oh ... my mother and her desire for me to find a spouse ... Let me start by saying, my Mom is the absolute BAZOMB! Beyond a shadow of a doubt, we are friends ... sometimes we're a little volatile ...
but I think that's present in any good mother/daughter relationship and we really do have a tremendous one.
My mom's of a very 1950's mindset ... this has caused her to say things to me such as,
"Do you want to drive out here and
have your Dad put that license plate on for you?",
have your Dad put that license plate on for you?",
"Do you want me to take that home with me
and have Dad put it together and bring it back to your apartment?"
and have Dad put it together and bring it back to your apartment?"
and
"I'll bet if you go by L&W Mobile,
they can change that tail bulb for you..."
they can change that tail bulb for you..."
To which my answers were,
"Holy cr*p, Mom ... it requires a screwdriver!",
"Kim Comer Jackson, putting her own stuff together since 2003..."
and
"They could ... or I could just call IKT so they'll have it ready,
swing by there, get it and put it in....that's what I did last time."
swing by there, get it and put it in....that's what I did last time."
I couldn't be more ecstatic and thrilled that my mom doesn't have to know how to change a bulb in a car, put a license plate on or put together an exercise machine .... and I assure you, if a person could go to a storefront and buy what my folks have; I'd be in line tomorrow .. I'd at least want to hear the sales pitch. :)
However, I'm of the mindset that a person needs to be wholly and truly happy with themselves and their life. I spent time at an era in my during which I relied on someone else. (1995-2003) If everything went to H*ll in a hand basket, there was someone to "handle it". For the last seven years, that responsibility has begun to fall more and more solely on myself ... and I like it that way.
That doesn't mean there'll never be "someone special" in my life ... it just means that it's not a necessity for me to have someone to validate my worth of myself and if it so happens that someone crosses my path that I jive with ... then groovy ... and if not, eh ... I have a lot of other things to keep me extremely busy.
A relationship isn't going to make me survive.
It's the cherry on top.
-Jennifer Aniston
