There's family, and there's immediate family. Until a man marries, his mother is included in his immediate family. After a man marries, his immediate family i

There's family, and there's immediate family. Until a man marries, his mother is included in his immediate family. After a man marries, his immediate family is wife and kids. His mother then becomes part of his extended family. But then of course, some men will always be a 'Mummy's Boy'. Their marriages won't last because he can't give his wife his full attention. And when his mother dies, he becomes rudderless because he hasn't developed a fully close relationship with his wife, and by then it's too late to start doing that.