Thought provoking question.

I wonder if we would still be here complaining about dil, or may be both dil or mil.:coffee
But I am sure in the future, the MILs wouldn't have the power to control their son's and dil's life the way the MILs in the current generation have. I don't have any desire of such control as well. I find it quite funny that mothers send their sons away for education in spite of the fact that they won't get home cooked food and will have to do with whatever is available, however, as soon as the son gets married, all her motherly instincts come into play and she is suddenly so worried about the son- my dil is not taking proper care of him, she is not cooking good food... rubbish. This is about control not caring. However, problems can occur with any individuals and we might need to vent or seek advise even as mils.

 

Well the current situation is like this when MIL was DIL she took care of her children and puts up with her MIL now that she is MIL she looks after her grand children and puts up with her DIL

 

Not entirely true. My mil never had to put up with her mil. Always lived in a nuclear family, nor has she ever looked after my child. The fact is she always lived her live the way she wanted to, but now that she is old, she is living a comfortable life totally dependent on us and there are many many examples like this.

 

Maybe MILs are not computer-literate?? Or maybe they just like ranting to anybody who is ready to lend a ear?? Everybody has the right to express., you see