Just another interesting curveball would be if your mother-in-law stays sweet and considerate during deployments or if they believe they are on the same level as the wife when it comes to their baby boys? Does your mother-in-law believe she is entitled to the same amount of communication as the wife? Does she get offended when you're the only one that he contacts while he is away?
This is should be fun if people are actually honest lol
My mother-in-law
Now take a guess? Monster-in-law or sweetheart?? ;)
I would say monster-in-law. I am thankful that my Marine's mom (not my MIL yet) is sweet and understanding.
ReplyDeleteoh Lord! hahah ;) I love my mother-in-law. She is awesome, and she thinks that I come first- being his wife now- which really opened a lot of doors because she doesnt make it seem like its competition. So it makes it so much easier for me to accept that she is his "mommy" and he always will be her "baby boy". So I have seen the hurt that she and her family go through because both her sons are gone in the military- and I think she really appreciates that I dont mind when Paul calls her- he still calls me when he calls her, but tha fact that she appreciates that I dont get all pissed when he calls her makes it a lot easier for me to be okay with it. I had a lot of problems with ex-boyfriends "mommies" in the past.. and its annoying! lol.. It def makes life a bunch easier when the MIL and you are on the same page :)
ReplyDeleteMost importantly- I think its a 2 way street :) You have to work together in order for it to work with the MIL..
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