I'm picking up my mother-in-law Thursday from the Houston airport after she flies in from Virginia.
My husband Grant and I were married about a year and a half ago and one of the pluses of marrying him was that I loved his mom. She's fun, active and young at heart. She always welcomed me into her home.
I always thought in the back of my mind that maybe she finally enjoyed getting to have a daughter, as all of her three children came out as boys.
When I read an anonymous letter to the Carolyn Hax column on the Austin American-Statesman Web site, I felt so bad for the writer, another mom-in-law who never had a daughter.
Her sons' wives have always kept pretty distant from her even though she yearns for this close relationship. I'm just wondering how many other moms out there feel the same way.
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My mother in law & I haven't spoken in a year & here's hoping for that to continue. Some mothers, especially of boys, are jealous of the spouses (wives) and go out of their way to be as passive agressive as possible. It doesn't seem like I can do anything to please my MIL so I stopped.
December 31, 2008 at 6:10 p.m.My mom, on the other hand, is a wonderful MIL, as was her mother & her mothers mother. My mom & grandma weren't so lucky.
That letter to the editor is so sad! I mean, I can understand that you don't want the mother-in-law around 24/7, but I think the wives need to give way at least a little bit. Poor thing...
December 31, 2008 at 11:44 a.m.My wife's mom got here on the 19th and is not scheduled to leave until January 5th. SAVE ME!!
December 31, 2008 at 11:05 a.m.