http://mothering21.com/2009/10/12/mother-in-law-mother-in-law-satan-should-be-her-name/ A beat blog for "parenting" the over-21 set Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://mothering21.com/2009/10/12/mother-in-law-mother-in-law-satan-should-be-her-name/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Debbie Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:23:32 +0000 http://mothering21.com/?p=117#comment-10 I have a great relationship with my daughter-in-law of five years, mother to two grandchildren. We have the "official" relationship, and we are also friends, sometimes chatting about books, clothes, the Rachel Zoe Project, True Blood. I think we both know we are still learning: she to be a daughter-in-law, a mother, a working mother; me to be a mother-in-law, a granny, and a person who did not raise her children in the 21st Century and who still has things to learn. I have a great relationship with my daughter-in-law of five years, mother to two grandchildren. We have the “official” relationship, and we are also friends, sometimes chatting about books, clothes, the Rachel Zoe Project, True Blood. I think we both know we are still learning: she to be a daughter-in-law, a mother, a working mother; me to be a mother-in-law, a granny, and a person who did not raise her children in the 21st Century and who still has things to learn.

]]> http://mothering21.com/2009/10/12/mother-in-law-mother-in-law-satan-should-be-her-name/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Vivien Orbach-Smith Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:35:55 +0000 http://mothering21.com/?p=117#comment-7 My mom's dear friend's daughter got married a number of years before I did, and I still remember her blunt advice to my folks on how to be a good in-law: "Open pocketbook, closed mouth." My mom’s dear friend’s daughter got married a number of years before I did, and I still remember her blunt advice to my folks on how to be a good in-law: “Open pocketbook, closed mouth.”

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