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 mother. And just as you said, mother liked he"

"So," asked the friend, "what happened?"

No matter which girl he brought home, the young man found disapproval from his mother.

"Nothing," said the young man. "My father hates her!"