A *better* MIL

Please discuss.

Re: A better MIL

a non-existent one.........preferably dead for longer than 15 years..

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^ the dead ones haunt u more than the live ones - food for thought

Re: A better MIL

LOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL

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Is the one who treats her DIL the way she wants her own daughter to be treated by her MIL.

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Best desi MIl is the one who died before the son was even born

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^ yeh best he

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Not necessarily dem, you might end up with a dysfunctional child with weird quirks cos his mother didn't bring him up right :(

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^ lesser of two evils Hatty :)

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woh kaisay?

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^ people tend to idealise memories, sometimes making a complete example of them which no living person can live upto.

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I thought you meant it more literally Dem, you know, churail coming to haunt the DIL at night with rolling pins and stuff

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hey......that one starts coming right from the time the desi girls step into maturity and educate themselves about in-laws phenomna........

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hehe as imaginative as that is, I was speaking quite seriously about the tendency of us to forgive and validate every action of the deceased and view them in a better light.

one can compete with a living person, how does one compete with a dead one?

Re: A better MIL

watch up to 1:10 :rotfl:

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hmmm

Re: A better MIL

You guys obviously don't understand the question...

There is no better MIL!

Re: A better MIL

Good 1 rhea :)