Having in-laws can be a pretty mixed bag. After all, the common stereotype is that they are judgmental, controlling, intrusive and maybe even passive aggressive. This is often one of the reasons so many people are nervous meeting their partner’s parents for the first time. But, fortunately for everyone, there are some people who embrace their new family with open arms.
We’ve gathered some wholesome, cute and downright inspiring examples of Mothers-In-Law just being awesome. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorite examples and be sure to share your own stories and experiences in the comments section below.
#1 My MIL Single Handily Petitioned To Changed Out All The Lights In Her Condo To Be Turtle Safe, Applied For Funding And Got It! Final Result
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#2 Mother-In-Law's Gift For My Son For Christmas
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#3 My Door Bell Camera Alert Came On And I Saw My MIL With My Dog
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The idea of a “horrible” or “nightmare” mother-in-law is such a common trope that most would find it pretty lazy if it showed up in a novel or film. Indeed, it’s such a narrative crutch that it’s been overused to death, but, unfortunately, it’s also created the often hurtful stereotype that one’s partner’s parents are out to get you.
There is no denying that some folks do have horrible parents, but the real issue in these sorts of cases is that they are only horrible to their kid’s partner. After all, most folks are treated relatively well by their mom and dad, but this doesn’t mean their partners are treated the same way. However, there are so many families interested in actually being nice and spending quality time with their kid’s partners.
#4 I Just Wanted To Show Off The Amazing Quilt My Mother In Law Made For Her New Grandson. I Told Her It Was So Good I’d Post It On The Internet For Everyone To See
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#5 My Puppy Has A Cut On Her Ear That Needs Protection, So My MIL Made Her A Little Snood To Keep It Still
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#6 Dog Is Sunny. He Was With His Previous Owner Who Kept Him In Cage All Day, Got Tired And Was About To Put Him Down At 6 Months. But My Mother-In-Law Adopted Him. Sunny Turned 16 This Year And Is The Goodest Boy Ever
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After all, it’s not hard to realize that, at the end of the day, every family is weird in its own way, for better or worse. So when you meet them, you are being invited into a very established world, with its own jokes, references and often a very deep history. The best families do what they can to make folks feel included.
#7 My Mother-In-Law Gave Me The Dress She Wore In High School In Lake Tahoe In 1960s
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#8 My MIL Crochet My Cat Her Own Couch
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#9 My Mother In Law Knitted Me These Fuzzy Stump Socks Over The Last Two Skiing Seasons. They Keep Me Warm During The Winter When I’m Not Using My Prosthetics
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So for every “terrible in-law” story, there are wholesome examples of people who found new friends among their partner’s family. It’s a reminder that, at the end of the day, most people are actually quite decent and perfectly capable of being nice. Don’t let the decades of horrible stereotypes fool you.
#10 Donation Received By A Local Pet Rescue ❤️
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#11 My 64 Year Old Mother-In-Law's First Time In The Ocean
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#12 7th Wedding Anniversary Gift From My Mother-In-Law That She Hand Painted For Us❤️
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#13 Mother-In-Law And I Did A Collab For My Newborn Coming Soon! She Knitted The Hat And I Crocheted The Dress
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#14 Mother-In-Law Left This Outside Our Door Yesterday Since We Have Covid And Couldn't Go To The Store
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#15 Our Two Families Don't Intermingle Much, But My Mother-In-Law Is Visiting From Nigeria, And Got My Parents Some Hand-Made Formal Wear!
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#16 My Mother-In-Law And Her Then-Boyfriend Back In The Late '70s...i Think I've Seen Him Somewhere Before
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#17 My MIL Got A Tattoo Of My Halloween Baby's Footprints. When I Asked Her What The Stars Meant, She Said, "The Twins." I Miscarried Identical Twin Boys, And I Didn't Think Anyone Cared About Them Anymore Except Me ?
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#18 A Christmas Card My Mother In Law Made Of Me, My Partner And Our Two Dogs
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#19 MIL Made Everyone A Personalised Gnome For Christmas. My Partner Is A Carpenter And I Love To Paint, As You Can Tell She Took Note Of How Much Taller He Is Than Me Haha. She Is So Talented And I Absolutely Love Them
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#20 My MIL Heard I Was Feeling Under The Weather
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#21 This Guy's Mother-In-Law Spent A Year Planning A Wholesome Long Con Surprise
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#22 My Mother-In-Law Sharpied And Sewed This Pillow For Our 9-Week-Old Son (Calvin)’s Bedroom
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#23 My MIL Noticed That The Squirrels She Feeds Always Come From The Same Spot In The Bushes, So She Made Them An Arch To Run Through
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#24 Game Of Thrones Blanket Made My Mother-In-Law. She Has Made A Lot Of Blankets And Such But This Is By Far My Favorite
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#25 My Mother In Law Got Me A Shirt With My Best Friend On It
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#26 Mother-In-Law Reveals She "Used To Do Some Sketching When She Was Younger"
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#27 My Sweet Mother-In-Law Just Finished This Quilt For Me. It's Called 'Breaking Free'. It Took Her Over A Year
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#28 I Married Into A Family That Has 5 Boys. When My Husband And I Go In For A Few Days, My Mother-In-Law Always Sits Out A Basket With Girly Filled Items To Make Me Feel More At Home!
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#29 Blanket My Mother-In-Law Made For My Kids
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#30 My Mother-In-Law Made Me These Plant Marker Rocks For Fathers Day! I Love Them
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#31 My Mother-In-Law Wanted Me To Teach Her How To Paint A Silly Giraffe This Morning. Here They Are!
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#32 My Mother-In-Law Surprised My Father-In-Law On His Route Today With My Son...it's Hard To Tell Who Is Happier
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#33 My MILGets Me ?
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#34 My Mother-In-Law Has A Dog Watering Station For People Walking Their Dogs!
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#35 My Mother-In Law Just Gave Me This... I'm Having A Baby Tomorrow
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#36 My MIL Has Been Feeding The Squirrels
This little chonk has been taking advantage of the free food available from my MIL. Time to go on a diet methinks.
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#37 My Mother-In-Law Made This Turtle Quilt For My Son
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#38 My Mother-In-Law Sends The Best Cards
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#39 Vacationing With My Boyfriend's Family Tomorrow, His Mom Fills A Hole In My Heart ❤️ (Mine Passed When I Was 18, So Blessed With A Mil Like Her)
My boyfriends parents both, but especially his mom, they treat me like I'm their own. This will be my 3rd vacation with them, we always meet at their house and drive south together. I adore his whole family, I love that they love me too, and his mom is my best friend. Whenever we go to their house for dinner, I can hardly get in the door before she squeals, "my wine drinking buddy is here!" & pours me a glass. ?? I lost my mom to cancer when I was 18, and I was very close with her. Nobody will ever replace her, but having such a loving MIL who makes sure to always include me and tell me she loves me, it certainly does some healing things for the soul. ❤️
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#40 My Mother-In-Law Bought Our Cat An Anti-Anxiety Bed. This Is The Resulting Belly
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#41 My Mother-In-Law Moved In With Us A Year Ago To Care For Her. She Has Alzheimers And Can't Focus On Anything Too Long Except One Thing, Watching The Patriots Play On TV (She'll Watch The Whole Game). A Family Member Sent Her These Footsy Pajamas And Nightcap; She Couldn't Be Happier
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#42 My MIL Read That My Favorite Thing Is Being Discontinued, So She Ordered Me A Case ❤️
Banana milk reminds me of going with my dad and little brother to get donuts. It’s one of the simplest joys in my life, and I’m going to miss it.
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#43 My Mother In Law Brought These To Me Last Night. She Said They Were Her Mom’s
Never have collected anything like this, but I always admire all the old PYREX bowls my grandmother still has/ uses to this day. I was telling my MIL about them and she wanted me to have these ones . They’re pretty nice and it seems to be a full set !
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#44 The Mother-In-Law's Creation
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#45 My Mother-In-Law Paints Many Of These Stones So That They Can Be Left In Public Places For Strangers To Find
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#46 My Wife And I Are Expecting Our First Child In February. During A Recent Vacation My Mother In Law Decorated The Baby Room As A Surprise. We Were Blown Away
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#47 My MIL Held A Birthday Party For Their 14yo Dog
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#48 My MIL Said She Had “Some” Floss She Wasn’t Using And Offered To Send It To Me. I Now Have “Some” Floss
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#49 A Legend Of Zelda Quilt My MIL Made For Me! The Stitching Includes Non-Nes Controller Patterns, But I Let Her Slide On That Detail
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#50 They All Live In Her Property!! They Like, Come Up And Eat Out Of Her Hand! It’s So Cute
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