Chino,
You bought up a very good question. Something that I have never really taken a look at. Both son's are polite with their female relatives, but they only stay in their presents a very shorttime, enough to say hello, ask how they are and then are gone again. If there is a dinner, they come at 5 if the dinner is at 5:30 and then leave very shortly after dinner. My older son 21 has become more communicative in the last year or so since he has moved out. There are only two woman I can think of that they really relate to, it is the mom's of two of their good friends. Both woman have sort of the same personallities. Both quit bold, harder woman, swear and curse at the boys (their own) and mine two if they act up, probably even grab them by the scruff of their necks. Both boys at different times have told me that I don't even compare to these mom's, belittling me.
Rose