@synapsid They think their sons are wonderful and great and women are just too silly to see their quality - but they will once his “business” or college degree begins to work out. They have a weird blend of loyalty to their sisterhood, happily serving him up to roasties as a bailout unit
the better ones love their sons like themselves, which makes their reaction a combo of anger, understanding, and indignation. Usually balanced out by the dad saying “he’s just a quitter, he’s being a pussy, I see guys w/ gfs everywhere I go it can’t be that hard!!!”
Lots more but gist is that