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Overbearing Mom Uses Internet To Be More Overbearing
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Jaya Saxena
Published Jul 13, 2010
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It's every Jewish mother's dream to find her catch of a son the perfect woman, but one mom just one-upped J-Date by employing the internet as her son's matchmaker. Geri Brin has been searching high and low for a girl for her 31-year-old son Colby, and created an entire website dedicated to mothers on the search for someone to date their single kids. Because you're killing your mother living your life like this!
Colby Brin has already gone on dates with any girl his mother can find, from her upholsterer's saleswoman to her dental hygienist's friend's daughter. Colby tells the Post, "Literally, if she hears of a single woman, she'll mention it to me. It's almost like a synapse in her brain that's been conditioned to automatically fire." On the site, Brin describes Colby as "fit and funny, witty and willful, curious and cultured. Not to mention good looking. He's a catch. He has great friends, a loving family, and never turns away from a good debate with every single one of us." If you're interested, you can hit the "Send a Message to My Mom!" button, and true love could be yours.
Though Colby hasn't found the one yet, he says he's not that embarrassed at his mother's crusade. He said, "Look, I'm a Jewish guy who grew up in New York. Obviously, I'm a momma's boy. Who are you kidding?" That's nice, Colby, but until you become a doctor like your brother you're never going to find the right girl.
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