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50 Of The Best Mothers-In-Law Who Prove The Negative Stereotypes About Them Are Totally Wrong
We feel that mothers-in-law have been unfairly criticized in movies, shows, and popular anecdotes for years and years. These stereotypes can make folks go into relationships and marriage with bias instead of an open heart. MILs are ordinary people and just like anyone else they have the power to be as wicked as fairytale stepmothers and as wholesome and healing as fairy godmothers. You can’t discount a person just because they’re technically your mother-in-law.
Today, Bored Panda is giving you a whole bunch of reasons to see your MIL as your potential best friend because we’re featuring all the people who did this and were as happy as can be. Mothers-in-law can be incredibly warm, and supportive, and they show how much they care in the most wonderful ways. Not convinced yet? Well, the proof is in the pudding—or rather, this list. We’ve collected some of the best evidence of people becoming best friends with their mothers-in-law from all over the net, including the incredibly wholesome r/adorableoldpeople subreddit.
Scroll down, upvote the pics that made your heart grow three sizes today, and be sure to send this post to your closest pals who have a MIL in their lives. The potential for friendship is always there! Oh, and if you’d like to boast/vent about your own parents-in-law, dear Pandas, you can do so in the comments. We’re all ears.
Dating and relationship expert Dan Bacon, the founder of The Modern Man, kindly shared with Bored Panda his thoughts about why mothers-in-law generally get such a bad rap and what he thinks are the secrets to getting along with your in-laws. Read on for his great insights, Pandas.
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#1
Someone Said That Others May Also Appreciate Seeing This. My Mother-In-Laws Legacy Of Quilts She Made For Her Family And Friends Displayed On Pews For Her Funeral This Morning.
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#2
It’s Important To Me That The People Of Social Media Know That My Mother-In-Law Crocheted Her Grandcat A Couch With A Coordinating Afghan
Marie Fleuris 4 years ago
It's important for me to know if there's a pattern for that couch available.
#3
Picture Of My Mother In Law Walking The Cows
#4
My Mother-In-Law Knows I'm Into Marvel, So She Made Me Groot Using A Technique Called Paper Quilling
#5
Just Got This Snap From The Mother-In-Law
#6
Due To Covid-19, Our Newborn Couldn’t Get Any Visitors At The Hospital. That Didn’t Stop My Mother In Law With Her Binoculars From Seeing Her First Grandchild
#7
My Fil Passed Away A Year Ago Today. A Veterinarian, He Always Wore Fun Ties To Work. My Mil Just Finished Making This Quilt From His Ties
#8
“The First Month Spent At My Mother-In-Law’s House vs. 1 Year Later”
#9
My Mother-In-Law Insisted We Should Have Kids, So She Got Us These For Our Wedding Present. Meet Kanye And Taylor
#10
My Mother-In-Law Won Her Office Costume Contest This Year
#11
Grandma Made This For The Baby's Room. My Mother-In-Law Is The Best
#12
My Mother-In-Law Knitted My Wife's Snake A Christmas Sweater
#13
So My Mother-In-Law Is Taking A Photoshop Class...
#14
I Know This Might Be Hard To Believe But This Is A Pic Taken By My Mother-In-Law. She Is Incredibly Talented For Someone Who Started Taking Pics So Late In Life. Charleston, Kruger, South Africa
#15
My Mother In Law Handmade This Blanket For My Kids! The Score And Time Are Their Birthdays!
#16
Rachel Cobb 4 years ago
People say "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." I have an old dog. He's smart. He's willing. Yes he can. Yes YOU can.
#17
I Asked My Mother In Law If She Checked On My Dog While I Was At Work, I Got This Picture As A Reply
#18
My Mother In Law Makes Dog Costumes Every Week For My Wife Who Is A School Teacher As Part Of Their Virtual “Theme Thursdays.” This Week’s Theme Was Star Wars
#19
My Mother-In-Law Made All The Men In Our Family A Pair Of These Sleep Pants For Christmas
#20
Not The Typical Aww, But I Present The Piglets My Mother-In-Law Is Hand Rearing At The Moment :)
#21
Barack Obama And His Mother-In-Law Watch As It Becomes Clear He Has Won The Presidency In 2008
#22
My Mother-In-Law Painted My Best Friend. I Think He Approves
#23
The Face Of A Dog Who's Spent His Last Night Ever In The Shelter. And The Face Of My Mother In Law Who's Spent Her Last Day Without A Puppy To Snuggle Ever. I Don't Know Who's Happier.
#24
My Mother-In-Law Is Taking Care Of Our Cat While We're Overseas. She Sends Me A Picture Of Steve Enjoying Dryer-Fresh Clothes Every Laundry Day.
#25
My Mother-In-Law Is A Great Soul That Adopts Every Stray Cat Or Dog Who Dare Enter Her House. Meet Big Brother And Little Sister!
#26
I'm 32 And My Mother-In-Law Made Me The Greatest Gift I've Ever Gotten!
#27
Never Loved My Mother In Law More Than The Moment After She Gave Me This. (Mind You, She's Old School And Doesn't Know Memes)
#28
A Few Weeks Ago, My Mother-In-Law Saw This Family Casually Strolling Around Her Backyard. She Has Bought Duck Food And Placed A Pool For Family Duck To Enjoy
#29
Four Real. Snapped This Four Generation Shot Today Of My 91 Year-Old Mother-In-Law, Her Daughter, Her Grandson, And Her One Month Old Great-Granddaughter. Smiles Abound
#30
My Mil Sewed This Beautiful Stocking For Me For Christmas! I Feel That All This Love And Hard Work Needs To Be Shared!
#31
Asked My Mother In Law To Make A Cake For My Son's First Birthday. Was Expecting Something Simple. Got Something Awesome!
#32
My Mother-In-Law And Her Sister Are Visiting From Brazil And Have Never Seen Snow Before And Their Excitement Is Adorable
#33
My Mil Asked If I Wanted A "Game" That She Found At Her House...
#34
My Mother-In-Law Set Up A Sweetheart Table For My Fiancée And I On What Was Supposed To Be Our Wedding Day
#35
My Mother-In-Law Owns A Store. This Little Guy Waits Every Day For A Treat.
#36
My Now Wife And I Are On Our Honeymoon For A Week, And My Mother In Law Who Was Scared Of Our Dragon Is Finally Coming Around Now That She’s Taking Care Of Her For A Week. Gemini Is Being A Good Girl
#37
My Mother-In-Law Has Taken In An Orphaned Baby. Meet Forrest
#38
When Your Mother In Law Sends You A Late Christmas Present....
#39
Mother-In-Law Knitted My Dog A Sweater
#40
Mother In Law Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Get A Sculpture Of This Beautiful Moment
#41
The Wedding Cake My Mother-In-Law Made For My Wedding. She Had Kept It A Top-Secret Project Until The Day Of For Me And My Bride. The Cake Is A “Fake Cake” But Nonetheless We Were Really Surprised!
#42
About 2 Weeks Ago My Original Wedding Rings Were Stolen (Top Picture). Today My Mother In Law Stopped By And Gave Me Her Wedding Rings (Bottom). All Though They Are No True Replacement, They Still Have Their Own Sentimental Value And I Will Cherish Them Forever. I Love My Mil
#43
My Mother In Law, She's Worked Her Entire Life To Be Able To Go Away With My Father In Law In Their Rv With Their Dogs.
#44
My Future Mother In Law Made Me This Shirt For Christmas. I Love It! Even Has A Pocket. Zoom In.
#45
Handmade Octopuses From My Mother-In-Law
#46
This Mother-In-Law, Who Had This Response To Her Son-In-Law Texting Her Gifs
#47
My Mother-In-Law Sent This To The Whole Family!
#48
Earlier This Evening, Great Aunt Shelly Blessed Us With Another Status Update. Mil Again Came In Clutch With The Facts And Logic.
Russ Kincade 4 years ago
Surprisingly, even staging a violent insurrection where 5 people die is *not* considered treason.
#49
My Mother In Law Made A Yoshi Cake For My Daughter’s 4th Birthday. What Do You Think?
#50
Mother In Law Found This Trove In Her Attic And Was Nice Enough To Gift Me This Haul!
#51
The Spread My Mother In-Law Put On For Christmas
#52
My Mother In Law Is An Amazing Knitter, Here's Her Latest Creation.
#53
Mother-In Law Made A Mask For My 3 Year Olds Favorite Stuffed Animal To Help Encourage Him With Wearing A Mask
#54
My Mother-In-Law Delivered On My Hat Request
#55
So My Mother-In-Law Said We Are Having A New Family Member, Never Thought Would Be This Cute.
#56
Mother In Law, Wife, And 5 Daughters.
#57
Father-In-Law Just Sent Me This From Vegas, Mother-In-Law Told Him, "We Loved The Fast And The Furious."
#58
My Mother In Law Makes All Her Greeting Cards. I Think She Has Outdone Herself
#59
My Husband And I Are Expecting Our First Child In September. My Mother In Law's First Granddaughter. When She Found Out She Immediately Set To Work On These Two Beautiful Quilts. (2 Of 2)
#60
My Mother-In-Law Had A Robin Lay Eggs Over Easter Week In Her Backyard. Yesterday They Hatched!
#61
My Girlfriend’s Sister’s Mother-In-Law (What A Connection) Has Started Making Clothes For Her New Kitten In Her Spare Quaran-Time
#62
My Mother-In-Law Made This Lovely Mermaid-Themed Cake For My Daughter’s Birthday
#63
My Dog Loves My Mother-In-Law
#65
My Mother-In-Law: "I Bought It To Play Sudoku Years Ago, Maybe Played Two Or Three Times. You Can Keep It."
#66
I’m The Luckiest Nuera Alive! My Mother In Law Made Me A Special Vegan Meal Alongside The Rest Of The Dinner So Grateful
#67
My Mother-In-Law Posted This On Her Facebook Today
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 4 years ago
I ruined Mom's dinner by pulling the glass casserole dish off of the counter. :( Signed, Bad dog Decided to type it out for those who can't read it that well
#68
My Mother In Law Knitted My Son A Ninja Turtle Hat...i'm Jealous Now
#69
Everyone Is Having Babies And We're Just Sitting Here On The Mother In Law's Shelf Like
#70
My Mother In Law Made This Flower Arrangement For Easter
#71
Laker Fam I Just Got Married And My Mother-In-Law Made Me The Best Groomscake I Could’ve Asked For
#72
Say Hello To Maggie, A 7 Yo Shih Tzu That My Mother-In-Law Rescued From A Breeder Today
#74
My Mother-In-Law Wins Christmas
Izzy Curer 4 years ago
I would 100% wear those unironically. I love layers when the weather gets cold
#75
My Mother-In-Law Was Complaining That She Couldn't Get The Coffee Grinder To Work. This Is A Pencil Sharpener.
#76
My Mother In Law Had A "Virtual" Thanksgiving Dinner With Us This Year
#77
My 90 Year Old Mother In-Law Went Disc Golfing With Us Today. She Rocked It!
#78
My Soon To Be Mother In Law Has Been Sending Us These Pieces To A Spooky Village Over The Past 2 Years. It’s Finally Looking Good!
#79
Our Mother-In-Law Sewed Some St. Patrick's Day Bandanas For Our Dogs. The Dogs Loved Them. Then We Tried It On The Cat...i Think We Maybe Murdered Tonight.
#80
My Mother-In-Law Found This Poor Bird Hurt Outside Her House. He's Now Sitting Inside On The House Plants On The Kitchen Sill. White Throated Sparrow She Believes.
#81
I Thought I Had Put Socks On My Son This Morning. Turns Out They Were Gloves. My Mother In Law Sent Me This.
#82
My Mother In Law Named Her New Mini Horse Lil Sebastian
#83
My Mother-In-Law Made This For My Birthday.
#84
She Had A Build-A-Bear Football Boot, But Then The Mother-In-Law Wanted To Make Her Look More Like A Girl If She Needed To Keep Her Cast Protected From The Wet
#85
I Sat There, Staring, Wonderding Why My Religious Mother In Law Had A Severed Toe Christmas Tree Orament. Upon Closer Inspection...
#86
Toys My Mother In Law Has Been Holding On To For 20 Something Years. Hooray, My Childhood!
Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 4 years ago
Maybe last time Happy Meal had something remotely interesting.
#87
I Got A Kick Out Of This T-Shirt My Mother-In-Law Got For My Son
Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
That lil lads face is adorable! He loves his top and I love seeing him in that top!
#88
My Mil Gave Me Her Mother’s Fur Coat From The 40’s. This Is My Attempt To Recreate The Picture Of Her Mother Wearing It 70 Years Ago.
Auntriarch 4 years ago
I'm glad you appreciate it. I have a short fur cape and a hat covered in tiny feathers, given to me by a lady in my town whose daughters weren't interested. Original boxes, her mother must have looked after her clothes. I asked her for a photo of her mother with her name on the back, I'll keep that in the box.
#89
This Box Of Chocolate My Mother In Law Brought Over. That’s A Pretty Good Sized Banana
#91
Mother In Law Scored Me This Little Beauty From Walmart For $15!!!
#92
A Conversation Between My Mother-In-Law (Elementary Art Teacher) And My Wife 🤣🤣
#94
Mother-In-Law Is Visiting From Out Of State And Gifted Me These Cuttings.
#95
Lucky Me, Got This From Mother In Law. Was My Father In Law’s Turntable. Wat Going On The Junk Pile After Being In The Garage For 20 Years. After A Clean, Good Als New. Only Dustcover Is Missing. Father In Law May Never Know
#96
Mother In Law Noticed My Half Dollar On My Keys And Said She Had A Gift For Me. Talk About An Upgrade!
Valerie Allen 4 years ago
the one on the key chain is a half dollar from around 1921 - both are legitimate US coins
#97
“It’s A Stew, Courtesy Of My Mother-In-Law. Delicious!”
#98
While My Mother-In-Law Is Super Wholesome, Trying To Decide Between Golden Corral And Don Juan Is A Struggle. (Not Sure If Autocorrect Would Help Or Make It Worse.)
#101
My Mother In Law Gifted Us This Amazing 80s Olle Andersson Lamp That My Partner Grew Up With. Any Ideas For A Shade That Would Look Good With It?
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Lola 4 years ago
The truth is, a lot of mother in laws are pretty bad. This post reminds us that there are some pretty good ones out there as well. You are lucky if you found a good one.
Moxie Mallahan 4 years ago
A lot of father in laws can be bad too. Not just mother in laws. And there are equal amounts of good mother and father in laws as well.
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Curry on... 4 years ago
My ex husband's mom is the sweetest, gentlest person I know. I missed her and the rest of the family most after our divorce.
TonyTee 4 years ago
Idk if you did or not but I would've kept in touch with her
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Lola 4 years ago
The truth is, a lot of mother in laws are pretty bad. This post reminds us that there are some pretty good ones out there as well. You are lucky if you found a good one.
Moxie Mallahan 4 years ago
A lot of father in laws can be bad too. Not just mother in laws. And there are equal amounts of good mother and father in laws as well.
Load More Replies... Curry on... 4 years ago
My ex husband's mom is the sweetest, gentlest person I know. I missed her and the rest of the family most after our divorce.
TonyTee 4 years ago
Idk if you did or not but I would've kept in touch with her
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