Anyone on mumsnet actually like their MIL..?

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I do
I have noticed that MIL’s get a bad rep on MN...anyone got any positives about their other half’s mother...?

Yep, mine is amazing. I quite often turn to her before my own DM.

Me. Mine is just a brilliant human being in every way. Love her to bits.

Yup! She's a kind, gentle woman and we get on very well. The thing with MN is that people usually only post when they have a problem - I expect there are lots of great MIL/DIL relationships that just don't get a mention.

Yes. Once I realised that what seemed like weirdness was more likely autistic traits and took it as that.
She is very reasonable and very kind.

I don’t like mine but not because she’s my MIL. I wouldn’t like her (or FIL) if I had been introduced to them independently either!

Yes. There’s another thread about it right now...

🙋🏼‍♀️ I think she’s fabulous.

She does so much for us when she’s around. I’m currently staying with her for the week as she lives in a seaside town (even though it’s pissing down), and we’ve done loads already.

Mine is awesome which is why she got to meet both my dc before my dm did.

She doesn't criticise, she's generous to a fault, has never asked me to abort a baby because she couldn't cope with the stress (glares at dm) and absolutely adores her grandchildren.

Yes, I do.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3319179-AIBU-to-start-a-thread-in-praise-of-our-lovely-Mils

Yes I love mine and she's a fantastic mum, mother in law and grandma, we are very lucky to have her.

My ex MIL is totally lovely. If her son was half as nice, I'd still be with him!

I had a better relationship with my MIL than my own DM. But then she was very kind, loving supportive & not remotely like some of the over-bearing controlling horror stories you read on here.

I do.

I love my MIL but this is the third or fourth thread on this today. I think it's clear plenty of MNers like their MILs!

I do too. She has all sorts of odd little quirks, but then so do I and she has lived on her own for the past 30 years so she has had nobody to point out the funny little things she does. She is not one to offer her opinion where it is not requested (unlike my late DM) and in the 44 years I’ve known her we’ve never had a cross word.

This is the longest we've spoken in the six and half years I've been with her son
But I have just given her a grandson so I win!
She's alright I do get on with her, just a smidge dramatic! X

I love my MIL, we didn't get on when i first got married as she had very different ideas of how I should look after her son and then how to parent. I breastfed which all my in-laws were and still are against so they said many things against me and my parenting. We get on great and have done since others in the family have got married and she realised I wasn't too bad after all.

Mine was a lovely, kind and generous lady who was fantastic support and great with her grandchildren. She died sadly 18 months ago at age 96.

Yes! She's my ex MIL now but I visit her every year and love her. She calls me her daughter. She knows I'm too good for her son

Don’t much car3 for mine. But we’re courteous to each other, she’s kind and generous, and my dp and my children love her. Which is what matters.

I love mine dearly and am thankful for our relationship now my amazing DM not here anymore.

I adore my MIL, I think most people like their MILs but on here people are usually looking for help or support so it just seems that those who dislike their MILs are the majority.

My MIL is fab - helps out when needed, doesn’t expect me to manage my DH (so she’s doesn’t blame me when he’s forgotten a birthday or something), has good boundaries so won’t overstep with regards to the DC which I think is SO important for any good in law relationship. She is friendly with me and her other DIL, a fantastic grandparent and just generally a throughly lovely woman who I consider a good friend as well as a MIL. We do stuff even when my DH is working away just because we enjoy spending time together. I hope one day to be a MIL and I will be like her 😃

I loved mine until she had a huge row with her husband in front of my infant child and then got arsey and slagged me off to everyone else in her family because I curtailed him going to stay with her. I had actually given her another chance too but they did it again and on the next occasion we went there my ds started crying when we pulled onto their drive. I stopped unsupervised contact and wouldn't let my child go alone and I was disliked for evermore.

Mine is lovely, we get on very well. We lived with ILs for a little while, no problems. Has never got near overstepping any boundaries where DC is concerned, but is always happy to chat and share her experiences. And she is an excellent cook!