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

[Michael J. Lowrey]

On 6/30/06, Mary Barna <mbarna at albright.org> wrote:
> Ok, trying this again:
> This is a real Friday afternoon question. I have a friend who is very
> close to her daughter's mother-in-law.  The two mothers have trouble
> explaining who the other is, when doing introductions. "This is Ruth, my
> daughter's mother-in-law." Sounds odd, like my brother's cousin's son.
> It's even harder for me, " This is Ruth, Linda's daughter's
> mother-in-law."  Is there another name for mother-in-law?  Something
> shorter?

Some languages have a shorter term for such a relationship; English,
alas, is not one of them.  "My son-in-law's mother" isn't much better,
is it?

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