Meeting the Parents

No matter which girls he brought home, the young man found disapproval from his mother. A friend gave him advice. "Find a girl just like your mother -- then, she's bound to like her." So the young man searched and searched, and finally found the girl. He told his friendly adviser:
"Just like you said, I found a girl who looked, talked, dressed, and even cooked like my mother; and just as you said, my mother liked her".
"So," asked the friend, "what happened?"
"Nothing," said the young man. "My father hates her."
Originally published April 28, 2004.