Wow...what an ungrateful daughter-in-law! I have never been able to relate to the horrid mother-in-law stories. I had been married to my husband for 4 months when my mother died instantly in a car crash. My mother-in-law very gently stepped in and was a mother to me as well as my hubby and his 3 siblings. We have been married for 30 years now, and my mother-in-law lost her 5 year battle with ovarian cancer in early April. I miss her as much as I miss my own mom. And, like many of you, I hope I am a great a mother-in-law to my own children's future spouses!