this is a real case when it comes to Africa, well I really don't know much about others but in here it's a real deal, it's actually a story we all grew up to know then one time I experienced it in our former neighborhood, this lady practically maltreated her mother in-law so bad up to the point she was starving the old woman, from what I heard her mother in-law never approved of her son marrying her and so when the son insisted and went ahead to marry her she swore to deal with the mother in-law.
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it's actually a thing that has happened both ways, mother in-law and their daughter in-law and vice versa, in most cases it's the mother in-law & daughter in-law saga that happens alot, it's either the mother-in-law disapproved of the son's marriage because she doesn't like her or she has some girl from a rich home she wants her son to marry, it's all sort of back and forth drama about the mother in-law thing
What are you like as a mother in-law?,if you're yet to become one, please share how you imagine yourself as a mother in-law in the future
I'm not a mother in-law yet, but trust me I'd make wonderful mother in-law, the best in the world ...woops woops 😄👍....
like seriously what's with the drama, I'll tell you what, I have seen how mother's treat their son's almost as if they are in control of their destiny, who to marry, what to do, what profession to go into, where. to live, how many kids to have bla bla bla and so on.....
the culture is quite different here in Africa, unlike on the west were children from teenagers already have the minds of their own, doing they want and prefer, here in Africa it's not the same, you can see a young man in his 30's or 40's still answering to the dictect of the mother can you imagine that...
of course civilization Is gradually changing things, I as a mother in-law would be totally different and understandable, I will groom and nurture all my kids in the right path such that I as mother will also trust their judgement as well as they me, the thing with mother in-law in the African culture is that young adults are liable to make mistakes in choosing a life partner and so as a mother we stand in the place of the elderly to see like through. microscope the heart or intention of the lady to married either cause of the money or for true love,
but either ways all I'll do is to call my son and counsel him about the choice of a life partner telling him some key features and hidden trait to look out for in a lady who is good enough to be called a wife, whatever choices and decision my son makes afterwards is on him to bare, if he listens to me and make the right choice that's still up to him he's the one getting married an not me...
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