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" My boyfriend of a year is a blast, but whenever we&amp;amp;#146;re around his mom (who lives two blocks from our place), he&amp;amp;#146;s a wuss. She&amp;amp;#146;s bossy and demanding, and he gives in to her every time. He&amp;amp;#146;s 27, and his behavior with her has started to turn me off. What can I do? Uh-oh. Looks like you caught yourself a real live mama&amp;amp;#146;s boy. Some men never truly leave the nest. You&amp;amp;#146;re semilucky &amp;amp;#151; at least your guy made it around the block.  In a perfect world, a heart-to-heart would help him see the light. But in this imperfect universe, he probably doesn&amp;amp;#146;t think he&amp;amp;#146;s doing anything wrong by kowtowing to his mother. And attempting to change the dynamics of their relationship would be like trying to undo nearly three decades of mom-pleasing conditioning.  Instead, I think we need some perspective here: You say that he&amp;amp;#146;s a &amp;amp;#147;blast&amp;amp;#148; to be around (and you&amp;amp;#146;re living with him, so I assume you love the guy). All in all, it seems like you have a solid relationship. Just ask yourself: Are her demands limited to when you&amp;amp;#146;re in her home? Or is she completely imposing on your time with your guy? It&amp;amp;#146;s one thing if he helps her around the house when he&amp;amp;#146;s visiting; it&amp;amp;#146;s quite another if he cancels plans with you because he has to attend to her needs or, worse, get her approval before you both make a life decision.  If the latter isn&amp;amp;#146;t the case, limit the times you spend at her house, since his mother is emasculating him in your eyes. You may not be able to control how he acts with her, but you can at least pass on having regular front-row seats. And if you see long-term potential with this guy, I&amp;amp;#146;d seriously consider moving into a place where you and his mom don&amp;amp;#146;t share a mailman. The farther away she is, the less likely she&amp;amp;#146;ll be to have him under her thumb. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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