Top 10 Famous Mother-In-Laws

Say what you will about mother-in-laws, there hasn’t been a joke or horror story that hasn’t been told. But who says all mother-in-laws have a bad reputation? Some mother-in-laws deserve a bit of a bad rap. There is British mother-in-law Heidi Withers whose nasty email to her soon to be daughter-in-law went viral or the legal battle between mother-in-law Ruth Zafrin and her comedian daughter-in-law, Sunda Croonquist, who sued her over too many jokes about their family. Your mother-in-law raised your spouse and made them the person you feel in love with. mother-in-law Kristine Casey saw her in-laws suffering and gave birth to her own grandson in 2011. Here is a list of real life mother-in-laws and their tales of support, determination, love, possessiveness and occasionally, fear; a list that is hopefully of interest due to mother’s day being just around the corner.

“The awe and dread with which the untutored contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.”
James George Frazer (1854 – 1941) Scottish social anthropologist

“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.” But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her. – Ruth 1: 15-18

Top 10 Famous Mother-In-Laws

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