When I first heard the acronym MIL for Mother-In-Law, I did not know it can be used interchangeably with Monster-In-law. I wonder where did these loving and doting mothers went wrong? I wonder if these mothers can love their son unconditionally, why can’t they shower their son’s wife with the same love? I wonder that these women were DILs at some point in time so how can they fail to understand their DILs? I wonder how would they feel if their daughters were treated the same by their MILs.
I really wonder..
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P.S. : I love VT’s mom and she is as close to me as my own mother. I am glad I don’t have a MIL. 🙂
happiness and food 
Hahaha! I don’t know why MIL’s are mean. Competitive I guess. I won mine over. She loved me to bits although we fought a lot. She liked me for standing up to her and I really admired her woman to woman.
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WOWOW.. you are not going ot believe this .. what you have written I think i wrote something like that but oh boy what a reply i got … wait i will give you a link and you go browse the comment section and find what i wrote and find the reply toooo 🙂
https://indianhomemaker.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/an-open-letter-from-every-indian-mother-in-law/#comments
and look at how many thumbs down i got and the replies 🙂
and i wrote exactly what you have written 🙂 I think its in my name
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Thanks for sharing!! I read your comment n then the replies! Gosh! Too much!
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here from Microblog Mondays. I am lucky to have two great MIL’s but I have heard so many stories about horrible MIL’S! I don’t know what to say except I think sometimes people don’t understand what real life problems are so they think they need to create problems for themselves and others.
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You are right! Some people don’t think that they were in the same shoes sometime back.
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I don’t know if they KNOW how their behaviour is being perceived, you know? I think they think they’re in the right.
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That’s the problem! They think what they do and behave is right and justified. Thank you for stopping by!
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Oddly enough, I think I get along better with my MILs than I do with my mother. Maybe they don’t know me well enough to know my dark side … 😉
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Even I get along really well with my MIL. She is an awesome woman. But I do hear every other woman talking about her MIL and it’s never good. Thank you a bunch for stopping by!
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Parul, You are lucky you have such a MIL or more specific, mother-in-law.
But I reiterate – a mother is always a mother, and a MIL is always MIL no matter what. Well there are circumstances when MiL of course shower love on you, only later when you realize that it has been done only because you are the other half in her son’s life. They keep you happy, to make sure you keep their son’s happy. And worst is, when it is much more evident… And with my own experience, and my friends real-time experiences, constant interference in your lives is what they love to do – I think you should write an article on how to deal with this. And if you are planning to have kids, or have kids – your life is doomed for sure! Later, I would also like to hear your opinion about DIL who refuse to change their maiden (sur)names, but for now, let’s keep it for some other time…
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Priyanka – Thank you so much for your honest opinion and thoughts. I see so many women talking about their MILs and how much hard time they give that I do feel fortunate to have one who is genuinely good. You have shared some great ideas and I will certainly think about penning something in days to come. Thank you and keep visiting! I love your comments here!! 🙂
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That’s too funny–I never heard of MIL standing in for Monster-In-Law! I, too, am blessed with a great relationship with my husband’s mother, but I’ve heard horror stories. I don’t know what causes that type of behavior, and unfortunately I think sometimes people don’t realize that what they are doing/saying is so destructive and hurtful. They lack awareness. (Unless they’re totally aware, and then they’re just sick, sadistic individuals who lack compassion). Makes me feel lucky to have a great extended family by marriage!
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You are right Jess! This is what happens with most of the people. Thanks a bunch for stopping by! Appreciate it!
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Hahaha never knew the abbreviation MIL meant mother in law. But monster in law was funny :P.
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lol! yeah – the other one came as a surprise to me too It’s indeed funny! 😀
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Check what colloquial name is given to a plant called sansevieria.
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Gosh!! It says ‘Common names include mother-in-law’s tongue’
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Hahah!! I have heard the term and luckily I will never use it for my MIL! 🙂
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Same here! 🙂
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