Mother in Law Day

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Mother in Law Day

***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: Early Winter
***** Category: Humainty

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Explanation

November 23
World Mother-in-Law's Day, Mother-in-Law Day

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Jokes and Stories about Mothers in Law

I was out shopping the other day when I saw six women beating my MIL up. As I stood there and watched, her neighbor, who knew me, said, "Well, aren't you going to help?" I replied, "No. Six of them is enough".
Mother-In-Law Stories

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Mother-in-law, father-in-law, just like that
is a topic for haiku and senryu.


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Worldwide use

Germany

Tag der Schwiegermutter

Schwiegervater

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India

Are they out-laws or in-laws?
Why has the world made this position of a woman look so horrid?
Is this man’s making or is this our own making?

India is known for its joint family system. For generations families have lived together harmoniously – learning to let go and share love, which is the most important thing in life?

With the advent of modern living, seeking jobs outside one’s country this need to adjust in a joint family is fast becoming redundant.

But does that make a mother-in-law’s position any less important?

mother-in-law:
she arrives to see
a loaded fridge

Kala Ramesh

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Things found on the way

The Reluctant Mother in Law

Parvati's Quest: Understanding the Essence of Shiva

It is a time honored tradition in India that the groom, riding a mare, leads a procession of friends and dear ones to the bride’s home, where he is given an auspicious welcome at the door by his mother in law and other women of the household. On one such occasion, a lady stood welcoming the congregation, eagerly looking out for her son in law. Before the groom entered, she witnessed numerous of his friends going in. All were beautiful, handsomely dressed and immaculately turned out. What would the groom himself be like, when those preceding him were so attractive? She couldn’t suppress her excitement.

Here comes the bridegroom," someone whispered in her ears. She hopefully raised her head and immediately shrieked out in terror. There he was - his body smeared with gray ash fresh from the cremation grounds, riding a bull, holding a skull in his hands, his eyes rolling as if intoxicated and looking utterly disheveled and untidy, like he had not had a bath for several days. The mother in law wailed, lamenting her beautiful daughter’s choice of husband:

"O daughter what have you done, you have ruined your family. Surely you were not in your senses when you made your choice. Why did I not remain a barren woman rather than give birth to you who has bought ill fame to the whole family. You have put away sandal paste and instead smeared yourself with mud, throwing away rice you have eaten the husk."


The Marriage Procession of Shiva and Parvati

© Exotic India Com
Read the full article here.

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HAIKU and SENRYU

the visiting mother-in-law
re-arranges the furniture

- Shared by Alan Pizzarelli -
Joys of Japan, 2012

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mother's sharp tongue... my wife her whetstone

my full Italian mother... my wife whispers, "pasta this!"

my mother-in-law's German... but, I like sourkraught

- Shared by Chibi Dennis Holmes -
Joys of Japan, 2012


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mother-in-law's tongue--
taking the houseplants
to our new home

- Shared by Linda Papanicolaou -
Joys of Japan, 2012


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Still I fear her
mother-in-law
with altzheimers

- Shared by Alexis Rotella -
Joys of Japan, 2012


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Related words

***** Mother (o-fukuro) Japan
... ... Mother's Day
... ... Mothering Sunday, Laetare (Europe)
... ... Mother Goddess in all cultures

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Father-in-law day

July 30

- Reference


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