I have never been a mother in law before! Lol!
Happy New Year my blurtit friends! My daughters boyfriend just proposed to her! Any advice to this soon to be MOTHER IN LAW?
Happy New Year Yin! Congratulations to you and your family! :)
Congrats!!! Maybe you could teach her how to cook for her soon to be husband.
Yay!! What lovely news to begin the new year. I'm sure you will be fine Yin.
Happy New Year, Yin, and a belated Happy Birthday wish also. Wow, big week for you.
Heartiest congratulations to your daughter and her lucky beau.
I offer two pieces of advice here:
A) As an in-law, it's best to be readily at hand, but not underfoot. On call, but not always calling. They'll need you, in their own time.
B) Try not to compete with the fiancé's side of the family, seek out and respect his view of them, that may better allow you to relate to him, and them.
Best wishes to all.
Happy New Year, Yin!!!!!! And Congratulations to your daughter!
Happy New Year and congratulations !
Congratulations. My wife guaranteed that they would continue to visit us (with the grandchildren later) by giving the new son in law a cookie jar full of cookies. He keeps bringing the family back so he can get refills for that cookie jar. LOL
Congratulations Yin!! So happy for you and Yang and your lovely daughter.
Be the Mother in Law that you've always wanted. Be encouraging and know your boundaries. Let her go to her friends or other support when things go wrong. In this it's not your place to be her confidant. Because no matter what we say we NEVER forget a hurt done to our child, and there will be hurt, on both sides. Lead by example, through you she will learn how to be a good wife. Respect her choice and respect his lead. He could be the father of your grandchildren someday.
Yin, my brother in law is a strong Christian who married his first and only girlfriend at a young age. A few months before their marriage his fiancees mother gave him a book about taking on a wife in the Christian faith. It was very informative. It gave instruction on how to lead, marriage intimacy, physical marriage intimacy(they were both untouched on their wedding day) and all things to start a healthy Christian marriage. Check your local Christian bookstore if you are interested.
Happy new year, Yin, and congratulations to you and Yang on your newly acquired family member.
Now, you know I can't let this pass without a mother-in-law joke, so...
Happy New Year and Congratulations!
My best piece of advice is not to give advice unless asked. I am the aunt who has no kids so my nieces and nephews and their significant others/spouses look to me on how to deal with their parents when they are... Stepping over the line. The biggest complaint is "____ keeps telling me how to ____ and it is driving me nuts!"
Happy New Year and Congrats. :)
1) Enjoy this wonderful new adventure and relationship.
2) See # 1
Given what you have revealed of yourself on here, I think you already have all the qualifications to have this new role go very well.
Congratulations to all.
Sit back for all the drama
Congratulations for both you and your daughter - what excellent news to hear around the first of a new year.
You will be awesome. How do I know this? Because you took the time to ask about this new role for yourself. In addition to that, because you are a wonderful person and would never dream of intentionally hurting someone else.
When in doubt, ask a question and wait for their answer. This will help you guide your answer to them.