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An occasional and cordial relationship with these in-laws might be best for everyone.
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Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
After all, my husband and I had managed to find a modest weekend house in New York’s booming Catskills region in 2019 and then fully furnish the interior on a budget in the 16 weekends between the closing date and my in-laws’ arrival for Thanksgiving.
—Leslie Yazel, wsj.com, 11 Sep. 2023
My in-laws constantly invite themselves to stay at our home.
—Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2023
Gwen Bainbridge, meanwhile, has traveled a lonely road since her husband was killed in World War II and her upper-class in-laws had the grieving widow declared insane.
—Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
Her children were baptized there, and her in-laws, who are in their late 80s, were married there too.
—Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
In fact, Donny says the entire Osmond family got together for a season 2 finale watch party at Chris’ in-laws’ house.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
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—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
Fifteen years later, everybody still comes: immediate family and extended family, in-laws and cousins of cousins, our second-grade teachers, even the occasional boyfriend who's here one year and not the next.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2023
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Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
After all, my husband and I had managed to find a modest weekend house in New York’s booming Catskills region in 2019 and then fully furnish the interior on a budget in the 16 weekends between the closing date and my in-laws’ arrival for Thanksgiving.
—Leslie Yazel, wsj.com, 11 Sep. 2023
My in-laws constantly invite themselves to stay at our home.
—Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2023
Gwen Bainbridge, meanwhile, has traveled a lonely road since her husband was killed in World War II and her upper-class in-laws had the grieving widow declared insane.
—Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
Her children were baptized there, and her in-laws, who are in their late 80s, were married there too.
—Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
In fact, Donny says the entire Osmond family got together for a season 2 finale watch party at Chris’ in-laws’ house.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
More from Carolyn Hax From the archive: Dysfunctional in-laws want to join her side of family’s vacation
Girlfriend flubbed birthday celebration for boyfriend
Lovelorn ex-boyfriend needs to take different tack
What to call the grandparents?
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
Fifteen years later, everybody still comes: immediate family and extended family, in-laws and cousins of cousins, our second-grade teachers, even the occasional boyfriend who's here one year and not the next.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2023
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Etymology
mother-in-law, etc.
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined above
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“In-law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-law. Accessed 29 Sep. 2023.
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nounˈin-ˌlȯ
: a relative by marriage
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