Ask Jack: When do men stop chasing trophies?

"I have this theory that after the trophy search, it's more of a mother search - someone to take care of them."

I asked someone ("Jugs") for a blog question idea. After telling her why there is yogurt hand soap and why some girls are creepy (clingy, stalking, can't let go), we moved onto this question. Actually I had to move on from the yogurt hand soap as I imagined me walking up to one of our coworkers, asking him if I could borrow about 1/4 cup of yogurt from his vat-o-yogurt in the fridge to wash my hands with. That mental image had me snickering for a good solid minute.

So here we go - answering the above question. I'm not a man so I'm sure that I'm not right in the above, and let me give a disclaimer. This does not pertain to ALL men or even the majority of men. This applies to the men that start off with a trophy search and then a wife (see "mother") search.

Let's go back to the Oedipus Complex: Stemming from Freudian psychoanalysis, this complex is named after a Greek character who kills his father and marries his mother. (To avoid future therapy sessions, don't name your child Oedipus, Laius, or Jocasta!) Normally, the complex is housed in childhood development when the child transfers the oral fixation from its mother's breast to the mother itself and despising the father. Okay, whatever, Freud. We have all heard the term "mama's boy." From the vast "intelligence" found on urbandictionary.com, the definition(s) for "mama's boy" is as follows: Some loser who takes orders from his mom constantly like a little bitch; a man who cant keep a woman because his mommas jealous of his girlfriends, and acts like she his wife;the girlfriend is the other woman. Nice, two insightful definitions.

This still doesn't move us any closer to the question at hand. Maybe I should try answering it Trogdor (http://www.homestarrunner.com) style instead. A few ticka-tappas on the keyboard, maybe an illustration or two that has nothing to do with the question. That would be easier than attempting to decipher the human psyche.

Men that chase after trophies will always chase after trophies as long as they possibly can. I don't think there's any age that they switch from trophy mode to "real wife" mode. The real question at hand should be, "why can't men see that 'real wives' are trophy wives?"