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

[FERGUSON Timothy]

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Mary Barna
Sent: Saturday, 1 July 2006 4:13
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Subject: [PW] ? another name for mother-in-law


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?  If I just said "This is Ruth." , I would still have to explain
the connection in even more words.  


"This is my friend Ruth."?
"Her daughter married my son."? (assuming this isn't a same-sex civil union.)


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