Having in-laws can be a pretty mixed bag. After all, the common stereotype is that they are judgmental, controlling, intrusive and maybe even passive aggressive. This is often one of the reasons so many people are nervous meeting their partner’s parents for the first time. But, fortunately for everyone, there are some people who embrace their new family with open arms.
We’ve gathered some wholesome, cute and downright inspiring examples of Mothers-In-Law just being awesome. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorite examples and be sure to share your own stories and experiences in the comments section below.
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My MIL Single Handily Petitioned To Changed Out All The Lights In Her Condo To Be Turtle Safe, Applied For Funding And Got It! Final Result
When sea turtles hatch, they instinctively follow the moon to the ocean. If the condo lights are regular white lights, the turtle babies head away from the ocean and die.
Mother-In-Law's Gift For My Son For Christmas
I Just Wanted To Show Off The Amazing Quilt My Mother In Law Made For Her New Grandson. I Told Her It Was So Good I’d Post It On The Internet For Everyone To See
It's not easy being Green and sometimes it's not easy being a mother-in-law. But yours? She knocks it out of the park
The idea of a “horrible” or “nightmare” mother-in-law is such a common trope that most would find it pretty lazy if it showed up in a novel or film. Indeed, it’s such a narrative crutch that it’s been overused to death, but, unfortunately, it’s also created the often hurtful stereotype that one’s partner’s parents are out to get you.
There is no denying that some folks do have horrible parents, but the real issue in these sorts of cases is that they are only horrible to their kid’s partner. After all, most folks are treated relatively well by their mom and dad, but this doesn’t mean their partners are treated the same way. However, there are so many families interested in actually being nice and spending quality time with their kid’s partners.
My Door Bell Camera Alert Came On And I Saw My MIL With My Dog
My Puppy Has A Cut On Her Ear That Needs Protection, So My MIL Made Her A Little Snood To Keep It Still
Dog Is Sunny. He Was With His Previous Owner Who Kept Him In Cage All Day, Got Tired And Was About To Put Him Down At 6 Months. But My Mother-In-Law Adopted Him. Sunny Turned 16 This Year And Is The Goodest Boy Ever
Your mother in law is a GOOD person!!(And sunny is adorable)
After all, it’s not hard to realize that, at the end of the day, every family is weird in its own way, for better or worse. So when you meet them, you are being invited into a very established world, with its own jokes, references and often a very deep history. The best families do what they can to make folks feel included.
My Mother-In-Law Gave Me The Dress She Wore In High School In Lake Tahoe In 1960s
My MIL Crochet My Cat Her Own Couch
Donation Received By A Local Pet Rescue ❤️
So for every “terrible in-law” story, there are wholesome examples of people who found new friends among their partner’s family. It’s a reminder that, at the end of the day, most people are actually quite decent and perfectly capable of being nice. Don’t let the decades of horrible stereotypes fool you.
Our Two Families Don't Intermingle Much, But My Mother-In-Law Is Visiting From Nigeria, And Got My Parents Some Hand-Made Formal Wear!
7th Wedding Anniversary Gift From My Mother-In-Law That She Hand Painted For Us❤️
My 64 Year Old Mother-In-Law's First Time In The Ocean
Mother-In-Law Left This Outside Our Door Yesterday Since We Have Covid And Couldn't Go To The Store
A Christmas Card My Mother In Law Made Of Me, My Partner And Our Two Dogs
MIL Made Everyone A Personalised Gnome For Christmas. My Partner Is A Carpenter And I Love To Paint, As You Can Tell She Took Note Of How Much Taller He Is Than Me Haha. She Is So Talented And I Absolutely Love Them
My Mother In Law Knitted Me These Fuzzy Stump Socks Over The Last Two Skiing Seasons. They Keep Me Warm During The Winter When I’m Not Using My Prosthetics
Mother-In-Law And I Did A Collab For My Newborn Coming Soon! She Knitted The Hat And I Crocheted The Dress
My MIL Got A Tattoo Of My Halloween Baby's Footprints. When I Asked Her What The Stars Meant, She Said, "The Twins." I Miscarried Identical Twin Boys, And I Didn't Think Anyone Cared About Them Anymore Except Me 🥹
My Mother-In-Law And Her Then-Boyfriend Back In The Late '70s...i Think I've Seen Him Somewhere Before
How is this man barely aged in 50 years? Damn, he was sexy then and he still is
My Mother-In-Law Sharpied And Sewed This Pillow For Our 9-Week-Old Son (Calvin)’s Bedroom
My MIL Noticed That The Squirrels She Feeds Always Come From The Same Spot In The Bushes, So She Made Them An Arch To Run Through
My MIL Heard I Was Feeling Under The Weather
This Guy's Mother-In-Law Spent A Year Planning A Wholesome Long Con Surprise
My Sweet Mother-In-Law Just Finished This Quilt For Me. It's Called 'Breaking Free'. It Took Her Over A Year
I Married Into A Family That Has 5 Boys. When My Husband And I Go In For A Few Days, My Mother-In-Law Always Sits Out A Basket With Girly Filled Items To Make Me Feel More At Home!
My Mother-In-Law Surprised My Father-In-Law On His Route Today With My Son...it's Hard To Tell Who Is Happier
Mother-In-Law Reveals She "Used To Do Some Sketching When She Was Younger"
Game Of Thrones Blanket Made My Mother-In-Law. She Has Made A Lot Of Blankets And Such But This Is By Far My Favorite
My Mother-In Law Just Gave Me This... I'm Having A Baby Tomorrow
My Mother In Law Got Me A Shirt With My Best Friend On It
Blanket My Mother-In-Law Made For My Kids
My Mother-In-Law Wanted Me To Teach Her How To Paint A Silly Giraffe This Morning. Here They Are!
My Mother-In-Law Moved In With Us A Year Ago To Care For Her. She Has Alzheimers And Can't Focus On Anything Too Long Except One Thing, Watching The Patriots Play On TV (She'll Watch The Whole Game). A Family Member Sent Her These Footsy Pajamas And Nightcap; She Couldn't Be Happier
My Mother-In-Law Paints Many Of These Stones So That They Can Be Left In Public Places For Strangers To Find
She his talented! And she will bring happiness to so many people :-) I found a painted rock in a public place once with a note that if I find it, I can have it, I've had it for years, I look at it every day and I still smile
My Mother-In-Law Made This Turtle Quilt For My Son
My Mother-In-Law Made Me These Plant Marker Rocks For Fathers Day! I Love Them
What a good idea, for some obscure reason I don't like normal plant markers, but I love these
Vacationing With My Boyfriend's Family Tomorrow, His Mom Fills A Hole In My Heart ❤️ (Mine Passed When I Was 18, So Blessed With A Mil Like Her)
My boyfriends parents both, but especially his mom, they treat me like I'm their own. This will be my 3rd vacation with them, we always meet at their house and drive south together. I adore his whole family, I love that they love me too, and his mom is my best friend. Whenever we go to their house for dinner, I can hardly get in the door before she squeals, "my wine drinking buddy is here!" & pours me a glass. 🤣🥰 I lost my mom to cancer when I was 18, and I was very close with her. Nobody will ever replace her, but having such a loving MIL who makes sure to always include me and tell me she loves me, it certainly does some healing things for the soul. ❤️
I hope that's your boyfriend becomes your husband and that you have many years together!
My MIL Has Been Feeding The Squirrels
This little chonk has been taking advantage of the free food available from my MIL. Time to go on a diet methinks.
My Mother-In-Law Sends The Best Cards
My Mother-In-Law Has A Dog Watering Station For People Walking Their Dogs!
My MILGets Me 😂
My Mother-In-Law Bought Our Cat An Anti-Anxiety Bed. This Is The Resulting Belly
My Mother In Law Brought These To Me Last Night. She Said They Were Her Mom’s
Never have collected anything like this, but I always admire all the old PYREX bowls my grandmother still has/ uses to this day. I was telling my MIL about them and she wanted me to have these ones . They’re pretty nice and it seems to be a full set !
I have this set, and it makes me smile every time I use it. I love the color, I love the stability, I love how practical they are, and it reminds me of the person who gave it to me and it always makes my cooking taste better
My MIL Read That My Favorite Thing Is Being Discontinued, So She Ordered Me A Case ❤️
Banana milk reminds me of going with my dad and little brother to get donuts. It’s one of the simplest joys in my life, and I’m going to miss it.
The Mother-In-Law's Creation
My MIL Held A Birthday Party For Their 14yo Dog
My MIL Said She Had “Some” Floss She Wasn’t Using And Offered To Send It To Me. I Now Have “Some” Floss
My Wife And I Are Expecting Our First Child In February. During A Recent Vacation My Mother In Law Decorated The Baby Room As A Surprise. We Were Blown Away
This can be good, or bad. If MIL sticks to your design and plans, then OK, one less thing you have to do. BUT if she goes way TF off base and does everything her way which is the diametric opposite of your way, then it is bad bad bad, and now you have to go through the effort to undo her s**t and redo the nursery to your specs.
A Legend Of Zelda Quilt My MIL Made For Me! The Stitching Includes Non-Nes Controller Patterns, But I Let Her Slide On That Detail
They All Live In Her Property!! They Like, Come Up And Eat Out Of Her Hand! It’s So Cute
Nice to see a praise of mother-in-laws instead of bitching about them
My MIL bought me a dress when I was recently post partum because she said new moms need a chance to feel pretty (she was right). She also came and helped clean my house.
As it happens, my MIL helped me paperhanging today. I was really nervous because I‘m not good at anything arts & crafts related, and my own mother always got mad at me when we were paperhangig when I was a child because I couldn’t do it correctly. My MIL explained everything calmly and when I had a small corner where I had cut away too much wallpaper, she didn’t even bat an eye. Just said I can use a little white paint to cover it if it bothers me. It was so comforting to have someone who didn’t get mad when you make a mistake. I know this doesn’t compare to the stories in this thread, but for me that mattered a lot.
I won the lottery with my in-laws they were such amazing loving people and I miss them every day. They raised a man I am forever proud to call my husband and they were the best of grandparents to our two children, we were truly blessed.
I don't know that my mother-in-law would have done any of these things, but I think we would have loved each other, and I know my kids would have had a wonderful grandmother. (My mother-in-law passed shortly before I met my wife.)
Shame on you for making it pay per view in the middle of an entry. I tried the bored panda app and the ads were so overwhelming and annoying and constant that I had to uninstall it. Now you're making this site unusable as well. Goodbye.
It is so nice to see there are great MIL's out there. My MIL passed away in the early stages of my husband and I's relationship. I did get to spend her last christmas with her we had fun sneaking cookies and eating them for breakfast on christmas morning. I am sure we would have had an amazing relationship I wish I could have gotten to know her better .
My late wife's mother crossed over years before we met, so I've never had a mother in law. I'm told she would not have liked me, being from a different faith. Never got to find out, but my father in law was an absolute gem! Miss you, Pat.
Pookie the poll question does not include not having a mother in law 😭
We always called our parents every evening. One Sunday evening my MIL didn't answer, we assumed she went to the Christmas concert at her church. When she didn't answer after 9:00 I went over to check on her. Her light weren't on and my 1st comment going in "was damnit Phobie you need to call us. I turned around and saw her on the floor in the bathroom, we think she was getting ready for church. It was so sudden she had her hands up fixing her hair. It was December 23rd.
The vast majority of in-laws are great, which is why those nasty ones are so shocking. All of my friends have (or had) great in-laws. I mean, like every family member, they can be exasperating and annoying, but that is usually because you care about them. We both get along with our in-laws, because my parents always side with my wife, and my in-laws always side with me.
I lost my mom 27 years ago and my MIL 9 years ago. I was so lucky to have 2 wonderful women to love me
My Ex Mother In Law was the absolutely Best around. Even after the divorce her and my father in law we still talked. The best thing about my mother in law beside how wonderful she was, was her Laugh she had the greatest laugh
I only got to meet my future MIL briefly before she passed away before me and her son got married. I'd like to think that had she been alive when we married and to present she would like me and we'd have some laughs. I'm hoping she's looking at us from heaven and smiling.
I had a MIL who could be difficult, but was wonderful to me. I still miss her. <3
My mother in law is great! She never taught her son to shut an internal door but I'll forgive her for the memes!
As a young, single woman, it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be close to my MIL. Even when we were first married, she mostly hid her abusive, manipulative side. We are almost NC now, husband very LC. All of you who feel seen and loved by your MIL...give her a big hug from me too!
Nice to see a praise of mother-in-laws instead of bitching about them
My MIL bought me a dress when I was recently post partum because she said new moms need a chance to feel pretty (she was right). She also came and helped clean my house.
As it happens, my MIL helped me paperhanging today. I was really nervous because I‘m not good at anything arts & crafts related, and my own mother always got mad at me when we were paperhangig when I was a child because I couldn’t do it correctly. My MIL explained everything calmly and when I had a small corner where I had cut away too much wallpaper, she didn’t even bat an eye. Just said I can use a little white paint to cover it if it bothers me. It was so comforting to have someone who didn’t get mad when you make a mistake. I know this doesn’t compare to the stories in this thread, but for me that mattered a lot.
I won the lottery with my in-laws they were such amazing loving people and I miss them every day. They raised a man I am forever proud to call my husband and they were the best of grandparents to our two children, we were truly blessed.
I don't know that my mother-in-law would have done any of these things, but I think we would have loved each other, and I know my kids would have had a wonderful grandmother. (My mother-in-law passed shortly before I met my wife.)
Shame on you for making it pay per view in the middle of an entry. I tried the bored panda app and the ads were so overwhelming and annoying and constant that I had to uninstall it. Now you're making this site unusable as well. Goodbye.
It is so nice to see there are great MIL's out there. My MIL passed away in the early stages of my husband and I's relationship. I did get to spend her last christmas with her we had fun sneaking cookies and eating them for breakfast on christmas morning. I am sure we would have had an amazing relationship I wish I could have gotten to know her better .
My late wife's mother crossed over years before we met, so I've never had a mother in law. I'm told she would not have liked me, being from a different faith. Never got to find out, but my father in law was an absolute gem! Miss you, Pat.
Pookie the poll question does not include not having a mother in law 😭
We always called our parents every evening. One Sunday evening my MIL didn't answer, we assumed she went to the Christmas concert at her church. When she didn't answer after 9:00 I went over to check on her. Her light weren't on and my 1st comment going in "was damnit Phobie you need to call us. I turned around and saw her on the floor in the bathroom, we think she was getting ready for church. It was so sudden she had her hands up fixing her hair. It was December 23rd.
The vast majority of in-laws are great, which is why those nasty ones are so shocking. All of my friends have (or had) great in-laws. I mean, like every family member, they can be exasperating and annoying, but that is usually because you care about them. We both get along with our in-laws, because my parents always side with my wife, and my in-laws always side with me.
I lost my mom 27 years ago and my MIL 9 years ago. I was so lucky to have 2 wonderful women to love me
My Ex Mother In Law was the absolutely Best around. Even after the divorce her and my father in law we still talked. The best thing about my mother in law beside how wonderful she was, was her Laugh she had the greatest laugh
I only got to meet my future MIL briefly before she passed away before me and her son got married. I'd like to think that had she been alive when we married and to present she would like me and we'd have some laughs. I'm hoping she's looking at us from heaven and smiling.
I had a MIL who could be difficult, but was wonderful to me. I still miss her. <3
My mother in law is great! She never taught her son to shut an internal door but I'll forgive her for the memes!
As a young, single woman, it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be close to my MIL. Even when we were first married, she mostly hid her abusive, manipulative side. We are almost NC now, husband very LC. All of you who feel seen and loved by your MIL...give her a big hug from me too!