Is your to-be mother-in-law fat?
Yep, I’ve heard that, if you want to know what your lady will look like in about 20-30 years, look to see what her mother looks like.
**Is your to-be mother-in-law fat?**
It was over a week from when I had my first date with my future bride, on 9-24-77 (met the night before), that I met her parents.
I had already been smitten by the young lady’s personality, voice, and appearance (could have passed for a younger sis to Jennifer O’Neill).
Her dad looked like a younger brother of John Wayne (even walked and sounded like him), and her mother looked like an older sister of Kim Novak (complete with hair dyed blonde). Their daughter is taller, thanks to her dad, but looks similar to her mother.
I felt that I need not worry about her getting heavy. That assumption was correct; she’s 65 and still fits into her 44 yr old wedding dress.
Bingo. Always meet the inlaws. If mom is fat, she will be fat.
Men need to beware of that. If you cannot stand your mother-in-law-to-be today, do not marry the daughter under any circumstances. For she will turn into a near carbon copy of her. Fortunately for me, I was always able to get along with my MIL but I never saw that coming as my younger wife seemed to have no resemblance to her mother whatsoever in either appearance or demeanor.
My other advice is that if your spouse wants to keep finances separate after marriage or have some kind of pre-nup, that is a warning sign that the marriage will fail.
My wife and I have pooled our finances since Day 1 and we both know exactly what the other is spending and so we save and plan together. In my opinion, that is the only way to do it. One side benefit is we never have to buy each other birthday or Christmas presents (as the other would see the charges and immediately ask what the expenditure was for). Instead we go to a nice restaurant or a weekend trip together to celebrate those things.
Trying to keep finances separate in a marriage never works well in my observations. For that sets up a situation where one spouse is trying to obtain or keep a financial advantage over the other.
“Is your to-be mother-in-law fat?”
When my wife and I married she was a little slip of a thing, and weighed about 90 pounds. On our next anniversary we will be married 40 years. She is no longer a “little slip of a thing.” That’s nature at work. And, you know what? I love her more today than I did the day I married her.
Me and my son this AM
Me: What about Betty?
Him: Her mom is certifiably crazy. Schizophrenia. Betty’s a ticking time bomb.
Me: No wonder her dad spend so much time at the store he owns.
If so you can bet your sweet bippy your love will be too. Just a matter of time no matter how svelte she is now. Ditto for he and his father.
Exactly. Don't buy the cow if you can....
...until....
...well, just don't buy the cow.