Old Fashioned In-Laws

techmom99
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:00:24 +0000

@zoosermom -

Until my oldest son started seriously dating a girl whose mother is Catholic (Dad Jewish), I really didn’t understand my MIL’s sorrow that all of her grandchildren are a different religion. MIL doesn’t hate me for being Jewish - in fact, one of the very few compliments she ever gave me was saying that she believed I was a better wife and mother than the ex who ironed H’s underwear (and was Catholic school educated) would have been. Of course, she HATED that girl, who was a nasty piece of work who actually eloped with someone else while engaged to H.

I actually told my son that I would pay for his children’s educations if he raised them Jewish, which I guess is about as awful a mother-in-law thing as anyone could ever done! He said that if they have kids, they would seriously consider it. Honestly, his gf is not really religious. What I didn’t say is that my aspiration is to be able to pay for my gc’s educations regardless of their religions and that I wouldn’t not pay if I could even if they weren’t Jewish.