To actually like my MIL?

[NotAnotherMonday]

She's brilliant!

Today my dp had a rare day off and as we're planning our wedding she offered to look after 3.5mnth old DD so we could do some shopping.

We picked her up four hours later and I can't believe how great she is.

• the bottle she fed DD with has been washed so I only needed to put it in the steriliser when I got home
• DD had her nap at her usual time this afternoon (give or take 5mins) and was a happy smiley baby when I picked her up, MIL sticks to a similar routine to what I do so DD isn't to unsettled.
• DD went with a slight cold and came back cured (seriously, how does she do it?)

This is the second time she's looked after DD since she was born, and everytime I am shocked at how great she is with DD. She always listens to my rules about DD particularly about other people and even text to ask if she could take DD to her friends to see her and her baby for a few hours (we gave permission for this). She keeps her two large dogs away from DD.

Sorry to boast, I know not everyone has such amazing MILs but I'm so pleased I thought I'd boast a bit.

I dont want to bring your thread down but my mil died 14 yrs ago I still miss her she was a difficult woman set in hervways but she was a fantastic Mil yes sometimes she went of script with dds but she never harmed them an odd biscuit here and there or a later bedtime wasnt the end of the world she drove me potty sometimes but we were very close and got on great.

Mrsjayy

My mil sadly passed away 10 months before my eldest was born.
She was a fantastic mil, never sided between her son and I.
Was always there when I needed to talk to someone.
Looked after me after a major op even though she had terminal cancer.
I feel for my children as they have never experienced what it's like to have a nan as I was brought up in care.
She was one in a million.

Haven't read the whole thread but I can honestly say I love my MIL as much as if she was my own mother. Even better she loves me like I was her birth daughter. In fact she introduces me as her daughter not her DIL. I consider myself very blessed.

I'm loving the MIL live here! Mine became my second mum seventeen years ago lost my own mum when I was sixteen) and was an absolute rock. She took us in when we were waiting for our house to be renovated, took on my two sons as her own grandchildren, helped us out financially when we were at rock bottom, and always loved us all unconditionally. Sadly she passed away suddenly a few months ago and life is very empty without her.

However, there is a little sunshine at the end of losing her in that with the money she left him in her will, OH is hopefully going to make a life change and start up the business he's always wanted. I hope she'd be proud x

I'm 60 but I still have a mother-out-law (ex lives abroad so she doesn't see him much). She is frail now at 83 but was a great support when the kids were small - my own parents were (and are) fantastic too.

I am reading all these posts so I know how to be a good Mil if the opportunity ever arises - doesn't look promising tbh - and I have only had boys so would love to have a daughtering experience.

Mil only had boys it will be fine when your time comes

My eldest dd is getting married i hope i make a nice mil her fiancees mum is a lovely woman she and dd get on very well.

My mother-in-law is lovely! A mum of sons, and she never does that 'mothers of sons get pushed out' moan that I see on here (she doesn't feel pushed out because she always puts the children first, not her own standing in an imaginary hierarchy).

Mine can be a pain but so can my own DM and I love them both no less for it. I'm not perfect either! My MIL would lie in traffic for me and I her. She's going to Israel next week and I'm terrified something will happen :(