26 things your mother-in-law is secretly thinking

She takes you on holidays every year and buys things I can’t afford. All I can do is love you and babysit for you. I hope that’s enough and that it’s appreciated.

Whenever I stay at your house, you always have my room ready, my towels, everything. You do all the right things.

I cherish the refrigerator magnet you gave me: “Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill.”

But it would be nice if you did.

If you hate that green sweater I bought you, please, please tell me.

If I haven’t told you that very much, it’s because I’m afraid you’ll think I’m sucking up.

When are you going to have children?

Sometimes I watch you making choices that I so fear will lead you to difficulty. But I bite my tongue.

Memorise these tips that can stop an argument in its tracks.

I want to spend it positively. I don’t want to waste it by fighting.

If you think I can’t give good advice because I don’t have the full picture, well… paint it for me.