I was surfing through Mother in Law’s book and was so amazed
when I visited Amazon and noticed that one of the oldest book on Mother-in-Law
was from the 1920s…
It seems like a self explanatory book as there are many
books titled just “
Mother-in-Law” or “Mothers-in-Law”. There are many guide books on how to get
along with your in-laws, how to be the great mother-in-law, how to relate love and reconciliate with your
mother-in-law and of course, how to establish great relationship with your
daughter-in-law/mother-in-law and there are also books on how to murder your
mother-in-law. One of the books that
stood out among the many mother-in-law books and stories was “I married my
mother-in-law”. Yeah, pretty gross and
disgusting, isn’t it. But, I guess that
paid the rent and more for the author as it appeared in the first few pages of
books when I searched for “mother-in-law” books.
Many of the authors took the approach of relieving their
stress by channelling their feelings into the book and making
money out of the problems many married people faced. Many took the humorous and extreme measures
to put the stories and message across. Don’t
mess with the “Mafia” of the house or you would get “killed”. Who is the “mafia”? It all depends on which side of the camp you
are from.
There is no concrete figure taken, but based on our gut
feels, about 70% or more people who are married cannot stand their
mother-in-law. These issues are
surpressed when the mothers-in-law do not live in with the young couple. Are mothers-in-law so horrible or are these
just traditional tag to the position held.
Well, when a mother
become a mother-in-law, the focus and attention shift from thinking and doing
everything for the sons/daughters to looking for faults of the
son-in-law/daughter-in-law who now is a big part of their children’s life.
Life as a mother-in-law may not be as rosy as many thinks, but
the role of a daughter-in-law is far less better. Most times, the mother in law and daughter in
law do not get along well due to the natural territorial animal instinct in
both. It is an animal’s world of war when
you have both species in one territory or is it not true. Well, find out more on how you as the
daughter in law or son in law can manage the mother in law you reluctantly must
relate to..
