Matchmaker Mom On Today Show: I'm Not Meddling

If you were worried that the woman who created a website dedicated to marrying off her son was somewhat overbearing, don't worry, she says herself that she's not meddling! Geri Brin, mother of 31-year-old mama's boy bachelor Colby Brin, said on the Today Show that she just wants to be an agent for her son, "casting a wider net" and helping figure out who is right for him. Colby seems to be taking a zen approach to the whole thing, saying, "there's nothing to lose." (Except the interest of all those eligible bachelorettes who don't want to waste their time with a man finding his dates through his mom.)

Colby, whose mother hovers eerily through the whole interview, fumbled as Meredith Vieira asked him if any of the mother-approved dates have actually been good. He says the last date he went on was with an attractive woman, but that he was the one to "drop the ball." He also says he doesn't go out with every woman his mother sets him up with, and is out there on his own trying to find Mrs. Right.

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The dating site is part of a larger website called FabOver50.com, where, as Geri explains, women share things like "perfumes, restaurants and their kids." But now, Geri and the rest of the fab mothers could be getting a boost from the Today Show. They've created their own website dedicated to finding Colby a woman. That's right, if you can describe in 3,000 characters or less why you'd be perfect for this man, you could be the lucky woman married to a man whose mother can't wait to start a website "helping" you with all your issues!

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By Jaya Saxena in News on July 14, 2010 11:55 AM

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NannyState

I bet by accident she writes her own name in his underwear.

militza

I'm always wary of family/relative setups.

one time my aunt set me up with a 31 yr old virgin who lived at home with his folks in Long Island and drove to work even though he lived just a few blocks from it.

Cannibal

really? in Long Island of all places? Never

angry_pickle

So who did you marry instead and when did you get divorced?

militza

ha! too funny!

actually we didn't go on a second date. I think it was cause he thought I was "dirty."

well if enjoying human intimacy is a crime than guilty as charged!

RoboticInsides

WHAT A CATCH!

hotstepper

oh so you can't say S-E-M-I-T-E-S?

how is that illegal mr. gothamist censor?

hotstepper

but you freely employ the term CRACKER within your article. tasteful choices.

as a reminder, mr. censor the term is not slang or a swear:

http://mw4.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semitic

Cannibal

Patrick Bateman is an antisemite. Your comment will be deleted.

RoboticInsides

Wow, seriously? Obviously the moderator has not seen the movie, read the novel, or know the meaning of parody.

Mr Mel

No matter, we're a sensitive bunch.

Cannibal

so so sensitive like widdle baby deers... ;)

angry_pickle

Are you for real?

grandzu

Good luck getting a chick mamas boy. No woman wants to be play second fiddle to the dude's mom.

bashmentgirl

This woman needs a hobby. Oh wait, she already has one!!!

This woman needs another hobby.

RoboticInsides

Bethenny Frankel To Jill Zarin: 'GET A HOBBY!'

Rocknrope

He's a 31-year old boy.

Mr Mel

According to the Talmud, any never married male, even if he is 75 years old, is still a boy.

Gregoire

Colby is a very attractive man who has now been rendered into the least appealing prospect for a husband in America. I would look into child services to see if her son can't be taken away from her. (So what if he's an adult?) This is child abuse ne plus ultra.

Mr Mel

Menorahs are not spin-able, dreidels are. Don't you look anything up before you comment?

RoboticInsides

Uh, obviously you have not seen American Psycho. Chill out dude.

Mr Mel

You're good Robot, I meant that comment as a reply to you're earlier one and you still came back at it. You may not look many things up but you do persevere.

felldownthewell

Yes, just like the holocaust, 9/11, and balloon boy, these damn Jews are stealing all the attentions.

RoboticInsides

I've been having problems with posting comments on Gothamist lately. I get a lot of error messages reading 'cannot post due to...,' get double posts, and have two separate comments attach themselves to a previous comment despite unchecking the 'reply to so and so's comment' (like the one above).

Politburo

Unchecking the reply box does nothing. This is a known issue.

As for the other things, delete your cookies and login again. That tends to resolve the 'cannot post' issues for me.

RoboticInsides

Meddling moms: MYOB

RoboticInsides

Did you see them in their office spinning a menorah?

schadenfreudian mensch

I think you mean a dreidel.

RoboticInsides

Hey, I'm a child of divorce, gimme a break!

thelexiphane

What, do you want him to fry up some latkes for you?

Dick Nickel

Price, you're priceless.

bleeckerite

He's cute. :X

TJ

Dear Colby,

Sorry about your mom. That's really unfortunate. No normal woman will date you with your mom lurking around. Cut her loose. One call a week. One visit a month.

Regards,

TJ

angry_pickle

1. Men and women spend too much energy trying to court the opposite sex. Let their parents do it so they can move on to more productive things.

2. I'm surprised his mother didn't bring the box of trophies and awards he won in high school.

hotstepper

"Let their parents do it so they can move on to more productive things."

you must be out of your mind. you actually SUPPORT arranged marriages?!

Kojak

I can't blame his mom for trying to hook him up. She's just doing whats best for her son, granted its a little far reaching. The issue is that he's allowing his mother to pull the strings.

But knowing some women, this might actually work. Attention whores are looking for blood, BLOOD!!! Anything to be on the news. Then they'll pump him dry and ditch his ass.