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It’s very funny in our family. His family is crazy about me, and my family tells me how lucky I am to meet the perfect man. His parents gave 80% of the money for our apartment and registered it on me! And my aunt, I am her only favorite niece, made a gift deed for her flat to my husband. And this year is our 35th wedding anniversary! © Inga / Dzen

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My boyfriend and I live at my parents’ place, and his family is in another city, we sometimes come to visit them, but we talk over the phone with his mother every day. Recently she came to visit us to find out if the little girl she heard on the phone was my niece. Before that, she was convinced we were tricking her and it was my daughter. © Overheard / Ideer

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We once did a group birthday thing for several of us who had birthdays that month. There were several desserts available – lemon pie, carrot cake, a fruit thing. But to me, without cake, especially chocolate cake (none of those desserts are to my liking) it was a letdown. I never said a word, had an otherwise lovely time, and made my (not yet) husband stop at the grocery store on our way home for a cake. Never intended to ever mention it. I was mortified when I found out that he told his mother. You know there has never been a family event without a chocolate dessert since then. © northerngurl333 / Reddit

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We enter the metro carriage with my little daughter and mother-in-law, but there are no available seats. Some girl wants to give up her seat to us. But the guy she was with pulled her back, saying that she could stand. I’m used to this, but not my mother-in-law! The guy ran out at the next station as red as a tomato after she got angry. She turned to the girl and said, “Miss, you should run away from him. If he behaves like this with a child and an elderly person, not to mention the fact that the child’s mother is pregnant, he will be just as rude to you.” So, the guy got judgmental stares from everyone who could hear my mother-in-law, and her voice was loud. A few men immediately gave up their seats to my daughter and me. © Ekaterina Grubina / Dzen

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Tonight I finally decided to cook my specialty dish to surprise everyone. And what did my mother-in-law do? She called and, before she knew what I was cooking, started advising on how to properly fry meat. My husband immediately supported her, “Mom knows better, she’s always done it that way.” Great, I thought, maybe I should give up my kitchen to her and let her cook there since she is now our chef. So, I was standing there, angry, and listening to my husband thanking her for her wisdom over the phone. I feel like I’m just a kitchen girl at the back of the family restaurant. © Mamdarinka / VK

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My mother-in-law was like, “Okay, bring your bald sphinx, we’ll give her shelter for a while.” A week later, also my mother-in-law, “By the way, we put an electric heating pad in her room and carry her bed from room to room so that she doesn’t get bored.” © Igorina / Twitter

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I had a normal husband. Didn’t pester and nag me. Then I don’t know what happened, he got grumpy. Years, kids, problems, illnesses, all that stuff. He thought he was doing a lot and I wasn’t doing enough. Well, my mother-in-law taught me, “Do everything as you usually do, but keep some things for the last 30 minutes before his arrival so that he sees them.” Now when my husband comes, I finish the laundry, take out the trash, unload the dishwasher, finish cutting the cucumber for the salad, and take food out of the oven to show him what I’ve been doing all day! It works! © Overheard / Ideer