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

[Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD]

(Shuddering at the polygamous thought of "My son-in-law's other 
mothers-in-law".)

Peter Ingerman

Michael J. Lowrey wrote:

>On 6/30/06, Mary Barna <mbarna at albright.org> wrote:
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>>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?
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>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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