in the abstract i think it's great when a man loves his mother, and i would think less of any man who doesn't, but there is no getting around the dynamic of a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law. my MIL was fine, may she rest in peace, but that was mostly because we lived 8 hours drive from xshub's family, and 5 hours drive from my family. of course i want xsboy to end up with a wonderful wife, but i imagine there will be that same dynamic, husband's family v. wife's family, and am not looking forward to it. and i can tell you from now his wife will have the b!tchiest sistersinlaw going....
-all I can say to that is thank God my DIL flew the coop to England.......I shudder to think of her raising my granchildren...and her mother was worse.
I just got the impression from the article that this Mother was detached from her son. I can't see myself ever being detached.