Mother-in-Law Types: Which One Is Yours?

Meeting and getting along with in-laws is one of the biggest concerns when relationships start to get serious. How are they like? Will they like me? Some of us hit the jackpot with caring and amazing mothers-in-law, while others? Well, not so much… There's the "Jackpot" mother-in-law but here's also the "Drama Queen", the "Jealous", the "Mama's Knows Best" and the "Neglectful".

These are the types of mothers-in-law and some scream trouble and drama which can truly affect your relationship with your partner: see here if you can recognize yours:

Created by: SalineLongReel

Let’s get started. First: what’s your relationship like with your mother-in-law?
- We get along well
- It’s okay, I guess? She’s not around much
- I can’t stand her, honestly
- I kind of hate her
- Amazing: I can’t believe how lucky I am
If you would to describe your mother-in-law in one word, which would it be?
- Condescending
- Caring
- Attention-seeker
- Absent
- Controlling
What’s your favorite thing about your mother-in-law?
- How about… nothing?
- Well… she’s not forgettable
- I have to admit she has amazing cooking skills
- Her caring/helpful/out-going nature
- I don’t know her enough for that
And your least favorite thing?
- Pretty much everything: she’s the worst
- She doesn’t always speaks her mind and I wish she did
- She wants to be the center of the attention and pampered at all times: everything has to be about her and she loves to play the victim
- She gives unwanted advice all the time, keeps showing up uninvited and meddling in our lives
- She’s never here
What’s your mother-in-law to you?
- A family member?
- A burden
- My second mom
- The most irritating person I’ve ever met
What’s your partner’s relationship like with their mother?
- They are co-dependent
- My partner hates their mother
- They get along really well, she’s a great mom
- My mother-in-law keeps emotionally blackmailing my partner to get her way
- Dysfunctional and uncaring
What was your mother-in-law reaction when your partner found his own place?
- She probably didn’t notice it?
- She was proud and happy
- She looked for a place herself and made every single decision about his moving out: location, décor, etc.
- She cried for days and said she would die alone
- My partner still lives with his mother
How did your first meeting with your mother-in-law go?
- It didn’t. I’ve never met her
- She was nice, polite and respectful
- She was a sarcastic b----, to be honest
- She had a passive aggressive behavior towards me for some reason
- She kept talking about herself and her own problems, trying to get me to pity her
- She seemed like she didn’t care about me at all
How did your mother-in-law act during your wedding?
- She was very kind and thoughtful
- She wore red and got drunk, just for attention-grabbing purposes
- “Oh, dear… I give you three months!”
- She didn’t even bothered to show up
- “From now on, you can call me mom or mommy!”
Did you and your partner ever fought about your mother-in-law?
- Yes
- No
- All the time: she's destroying our relationship
What happens whenever your mother-in-law comes over to your place?
- She looks around with scorn and says your house is a mess and needs cleaning
- She never comes over
- She starts cleaning the place, doing the dishes, organizing the closet…
- She’s envious of your décor and plays the victim, saying raising your partner was too expensive for her to have a nice house like yours
- We have a nice meal and chat: it’s great to have her around
You and your partner want to wait and save money before having kids. What’s your mother-in-law reaction?
- She’s understanding and congratulates you both on being responsible
- She doesn’t care and hopes you won’t bother her with grandchildren either
- She’s condescending and says you should wait at least a decade before thinking about having kids because “you’re too young” (even if you’re on your late 20s)
- Drama queen and emotional blackmail: “I'll be dead by the time you have kids!”
- She smirks and comments you’re delusional for thinking you’re having kids with her son/daughter
Your first child is born. What’s your mother-in-law reaction?
- She literally acts like she runs the place and the child is hers
- She has a passive-aggressive behavior towards you and the child and says your partner should get a DNA test
- She’s happy and thrilled but also respectful and considerate. She offers to help in whenever you and your partner need.
- She’s happy, I guess? I don’t know, she wasn’t present or is she around much.
- She appears happy but you know deep down she’s annoyed she won’t be the center of attention anymore
What’s your mother-in-law relationship with your kids?
- Amazing: my kids love her, she’s a great grandmother
- Inexistent: she doesn’t care about them
- She tries to turn my own children against me and undermines me
- She’s present in their lives but I don’t trust her in taking care of my children by herself. She has some major emotional issues.
- She thinks she knows best and keeps undermining me and my decisions at all times. For example: If I say no sweets today, she’ll give them sweets nonetheless
You’ve planned a family trip: you, your partner and the kids. It’s non-refundable. Your mother-in-law calls and says she wants to have you over for lunch. How it goes?
- She buys a passage for herself, books the hotel and goes with you… without asking or invitation
- She throws a tantrum because she wasn’t invited and accuses you of trying to keep her out of your family life
- You explain the situation and she’s understanding. You reschedule the lunch for when you're available
- My mother-in-law would never invite us for lunch… unless someone died or something
- She manipulates my partner into inviting her along

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