To start a MIL appreciation thread...

[LadyRabbit]

Ok, I know sometimes (A LOT ON MN) they can be a PITA but for those of us who lucked out and got a 100% solid gold mother-in-law I'd like to start a thread with reasons to love them. Maybe from this those of us who are future MILs can bear in mind what makes a good one.

I'll go first:

• she fills my glass with wine without me even asking or realising it was empty. And can drink me under the table no problem. (Not in an alcoholic sense, just in a relaxed, convivial way.)
• she remembers little things I like/love and surprises me with daft things like a bunch of flowers for no reason or a bar of chocolate coz she was thinking about me.
• she never ever criticises my sloppy housekeeping!

God, I hope this isn't a tumbleweed thread or a self-killed thread. C'mon, some of you must have lovely MILs!

My MIL never criticises and told DH that she would always make the effort with anyone he married, because whoever it was would be his choice. She's lived up to that in spades, never criticises anything, has eaten some really rubbish cooking, and adores DS.
Best of all, when we had DS, she booked us a live-in maternity nurse for ten days.

Another brilliant mil here. Love her!

What a lovely lovely thread. So many wonderful MILs! I bet they all really appreciate their DILs, y'all sound so nice!

myitchybeaver how lovely for your son to arrive to find his photo in there with all the other grandkids, so sweet. I nearly cried into I saw your nn, then I laughed

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What a lovely thread! Mine is lovely. Sadly she now has dementia but she always knows who I am and is the same person, she just can't remember anything in the short term.
Both my PIL were a terrific help when the children were small. They could come and stay and look after the children when DH and I went away, without any instructions, they just knew all the routines etc.

I, too, have an ACE MIL. She's so welcoming, but she never judges or makes me feel like a guest (she amuses me by doing things like unhooking her bra and sighing with happiness), and says I'm her daughter.
So nice to hear others are similarly lucky!

My MIL is fantastic, really lovely and sweet. Hardworking and would do anything for family.

She has a few health problems at the moment, nothing too serious but not nice things going on and I really wish I could take all the pain away for her but all I can do is sympathise and spoil her a bit when I can.

She has a Birthday soon so We splashed out on a E Reader so she can read a bit easier and in bed when she can't sleep.

Step FIL is pretty great as well tbh! They are a lovely couple who deserve a bit of an easier life.

Yes, I love my MIL who is definitely family to me, as are FIL and SIL.

We got off to a rocky start, my excuse is I was very young when I met DH, but we get one another now. The PILs are quite comfortable and have really helped financially in the past. They also give us the odd bit of babysitting and laugh at my crude jokes. MIL is a bit naughty herself, and it sounds all the more hilarious when she is talking about erections or whatever, in her lovely cut glass accent. She is very open, very much "herself" and I love that.

My MIL is aces. She is brimful of the most brilliant and sage advice but will never tell you unless you ask. She never forces her opinion on you or is overbearing in anyway. She is always ready to lend a hand with baby sitting etc if she is free and her ds (my dh) has been brought up to be thoughtful, kind and hard working. Hope I do as good a job.

I've posted about this on here before, but MIL and I got off to a rocky start when she rejected my xmas dinner and made herself porridge instead! Unfortunately for her, I howled with laughter at the thought of someone forgoing a lovely xmas roast in order to try and get a one up over me. The real loser here is the one who passes up on my potatoes! (If I do say so myself! )

However, DH was mortified and told his sister who promptly chewed her mother out on the next possible occasion (which I didn't know about at the time). Days later MIL called and apologised - said she had no idea what can over her, and could we start over.

We've had a cracking relationship ever since. Both PILs are fantastic, and greatly enrich our lives. They dote on the DC, and now that we live over the other side of the globe, I miss them terribly. They would do anything for us, and are just the best.

My in-laws are simply amazing. When I first got together I pretty much lived with them every weekend. I used to moan about her copying a lot of my makeup and perfume etc, but my friend suggested as the mother of two boys she was enjoying having a daughter!

They both took early retirement to look after DS 3 days a week, we go for dinner at theirs every Friday, they watch him overnight every 6 weeks or so, and my MIL is always there to take care of me or DS in an emergency (read my bollicle thread for details!) and they genuinely love me as part of their family and I love them too!

Lovely idea for a thread OP, we may be a minority but we know how lucky we are!

My dad's mum died before he met me, so I have no mother in law.

This is a lovely thread. So glad to see it.