To be grateful for my mother in law

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Just a light hearted one to say that I'm grateful to my mother in law. She's coming round on Saturday to put DS to bed and babysit so we can go to a party. She is great with DS, abides by our wishes and I get on with her very well (better than DM, in fact).

Because there seems to be a lot of MIL hate today, I want to prove that some MILs are good

My Mil is lovely and has a strong bond with her son my dh, mil husband died when dh was only 17 and dh stayed at home until he met me, he had other relationships but never wanted to leave his mum while she was grieving, when dh met me it had been 16 years and dh felt ready to leave and his mum helps us a lot with stuff, for example dh was out of work for a few months and she bought us bits and pieces without us asking and it's appreciated

My partners mum is amazing.
I was very nervous meeting her, I have 4 children, unusual circumstances and am partially paralysed. She was totally accepting and welcoming to us all. She calls and treats my children as her grandchildren - spoils them. Loves them, looks after them.
Someone once questioned whether they were her 'real' grandchildren, let's just say they didn't make that mistake again.
She is a great support to me and is one of only a few people I trust to be able to deal with my youngest who has a seizure condition. We have a great laugh and she frequently tells me how happy she is now we are in her life.
She's a real force of good and kindness in my life and I love her dearly.

My MIL and FIL died shortly after I got married, shame cause they were nice people. Rest of my in laws aren’t and it’s a shame DH doesn’t see it.

My MIL died 26 years ago and I still miss her. I can't stand my own mother, but MIL was amazing and so funny.

I have nothing to say about my MiL here, but am taking notes for when I become the MiL!! Lovely thread

My MIL is fantastic. ( and FIL)
I have a 14 year old dd from previous relationship and they have always treated her exactly the same as all the other grandchildren. My daughter loves going round there.
Mil looks after my 16 month old ( and my mum) so I can work 3 days a week and they will look after new baby too allowing me to go back to work still.
We are extremely lucky that both sets of parents are incredibly generous with both their time and money. Both are also very young modern 60 somethings, and all great fun. We always holidaying as massive group and it’s just really enjoyable and I feel very lucky to have such a nice family x