[PW] Re: ? another name for mother-in-law

[Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD]

Not *quite* the same, but my wife and I are on excellent terms with my 
ex-wife's sister, to whom we refer as my "sister-out-of-law".

Peter Ingerman

Ray Cotsell wrote:

>In reply to Mary Barna's query:
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>This may be slightly off-topic, but it relates to a similar type of 
>all-too-common problem situation:
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>When I remarried, my ex-wife and my current wife moved in overlapping social 
>settings, and managed to become almost-friends. The question was, how to 
>refer to each other.
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>The first time the question raised itself, my ex cheerfully said, "This is 
>my ex-husband's wife...". You could hear the pin drop.
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>After some discussion, they defused any future such situation by agreeing to 
>introduce each other as "Sisters-in-law".
>
>Ray Cotsell
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