I love my mother-in-law!

[DemoTex]

She does it all. I'm up here in the NC mountains. I have a painter scheduled to do touch-up work in the Greenville (SC) condo tomorrow. A conflict came up. M-I-L will unlock for the painter and get him on the phone with me for instructions. That is worth at least six hours of my time. I'm lucky to have such a great mother-in-law.

On edit: She is a very young 82. Plays tennis every day.

[shesemsmom]

1. Yes you are

Give her a big hug, she deserves it. My MIL was a B I T C H.
She is dead now and time hasn't soften how I feel about her. She caused a lot of crap around here. I only went to the funeral to make sure she was pack to go. That may seen bad but there are some people in this world who are meant only to give grief to others. She was one of them.Im glad we all out lived her

[NNadir]

2. It's nice you appreciate her. She sounds like a winner.

My wife by the way, loves my stepmother. She never met my real mother, who has been gone almost thirty years, but I'm sure my wife would have loved her too.

[salin]

3. Yea for DemoTex MIL

sounds quite practical, caring and vibrant...

I was going to suggest sending a little something to her that she wouldn't get for herself - something splurgy (we so rarely splurge on ourselves)... but as I started typing it occured to me that she is probably the type who might rather just appreciate knowing that she is helping out in a way that makes a difference in the daily life of those she loves. In that case - just pure appreciation would make her day :D *though splurgy type gifts are rather enjoyable for both the giver and the givee*

[barb162]

4. lucky you

[AllyCat]

5. I've got a good one too! (well she will be mother-in-law)

My fiance likes my mom, she likes him, and his parents and I get along famously. It's a nice situation, that's for sure!

[SharonAnn]

6. That's great. My husband and my mother got along great too!

They really liked each other and would have done just about anything for each other.

When she died in a car accident, he was just as upset as I was and to this day he misses her.

He also had a terrible M-I-L. She came with his first marriage. he says he really learned to appreciate a great M-I-L.

It's great that you recognize her and be sure to give her lots of thanks and tell her how much help it was for her to take the time to do that.

We can't thank good people too much.

[Thor_MN]

7. Careful, that can lead to her being your ex- mother in law...

OTH, I've almost always gotten along well with the parents of the women I've dated. I had one set write me a letter saying that they were sorry that things turned out the way they did.....

[DemoTex]

8. She is a party girl too.

Still likes that bourbon and water at 6 pm. Then a glass of wine with dinner.