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Mother-In-Law from Hell Justifies Divorce?
Reuters ^
| March 14, 2003
| Staff
Posted on 03/14/2003 7:53:54 AM PST by AntiGuv
ROME (Reuters) - The mother-in-law from hell is the butt of jokes and comedies the world over.
In Italy, she is officially a cause for divorce.
The country's highest appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling that granted a woman from Vasto in southern Italy divorce on the grounds of "excessive and inappropriate interference of the husband's parents in the private life of the couple."
"My husband was his mother's slave. He would hang on her every word while she criticized everything about me, my make-up, my diet, the way I was bringing up my daughter," the woman told the court.
The woman was awarded custody of her daughter and a generous alimony to compensate her for not being allowed to work after she was married.
The ex-husband has returned to live with his mother.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: divorce; hell; motherinlaw
It's official!
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posted on
03/14/2003 7:53:54 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
To: AntiGuv
Mamma, mia! Excusa mia.
To: AntiGuv
I once read that 1/2 the cell phone calls in Italy are men in their 20's and 30's calling their mothers during the day.
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posted on
03/14/2003 8:08:17 AM PST
by
RonF
To: AntiGuv
The ex-husband has returned to live with his mother.Says it all.
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posted on
03/14/2003 8:10:28 AM PST
by
Chancellor Palpatine
(those who unilaterally beat their swords into plowshares wind up plowing for those who don't)
To: Calcetines; Motherbear
ping!
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posted on
03/14/2003 8:14:20 AM PST
by
Chancellor Palpatine
(those who unilaterally beat their swords into plowshares wind up plowing for those who don't)
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: Jesus. Enough said.
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posted on
03/14/2003 8:36:26 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: Jesus. Enough said.
To: AntiGuv
The problem wasn't the MIL, as implied by the headline. The problem was the husband.
To: AntiGuv
If your Mother-in-law is from Hell, you should be allowed to send her back.
So9
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posted on
03/14/2003 10:29:59 AM PST
by
Servant of the Nine
(We are the Hegemon. We can do anything we damned well please.)
To: AntiGuv
He's a good son.
To: AntiGuv
No wonder their birth rate is 1.2...
To: AntiGuv
The ex-husband has returned to live with his mother.Too funny! I grew up in an Italian neighborhood so up until about the age of 16, I thought it was normal for grown men in their 40s and 50s to live with their mothers.
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posted on
03/14/2003 12:48:30 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(California wine tastes better - boycott French wine!)
To: AntiGuv
It's said that the penalty for bigamy is having TWO Mothers in Law. ;)
I guess I'm lucky...my mother-in-law is a real sweetheart. And my father-in-law (retired Marine) is a great guy. We get along famously. :)
-Jay
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posted on
03/14/2003 1:32:17 PM PST
by
Jay D. Dyson
(Terrorists of the world, RISE UP! [So I may more easily gun you down.])
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
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