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A Happily Married couple faces various problems, but none quite like the Sitcom In-Law. A member of one spouse's family (often the wife's in modern Western media; in more traditional and Eastern ones it's the husband's relatives who are the terrors) has an obvious animosity towards their relative's spouse. They hate the person their daughter/sister/son/brother is married to and aren't shy about reaffirming it. While the object of this hate always tries to be nice to them (often at the insistence of their partner/spouse), the in-laws pull out all the stops to ridicule, abuse, and undermine their target, and even try to set up their relative with somebody else, in spite of them being married (as well as the fact that their spouse is still alive... which they are occasionally okay with "fixing".) There are a few reasons why something like this happens: Most of the time, they just hate the poor guy (or girl in some cases) for no reason other than not being a millionaire (or something like that). Another common reason is that the spouse is considered to be a step down from a previous relationship — if that's the case, and the ex is still around, the person may be "convinced" to give their ex another chance. Occasionally, the hate stems from a past incident. For bonus jerk points, it might be relatively minor and/or something that the hero/heroine has long since made up for. Peer pressure from the friends and relatives of the in-laws, who may despise one partner for some flaw (real or perceived). Culture clash. Different cultures can have wildly different ideas about gender roles, and what a "good" marriage looks like. This can be particularly difficult because such differences are often part of the reason that the couple like each other in the first place (in particular, differences in ideas about who should get what kind of education). Unfortunately still rather commonly faced by LGBTQ couples even in otherwise very tolerant societies. There are many people who are tolerant of something until their child gets involved in it. Generational and cultural differences concerning how to raise children. This can lead to one or more in-laws (usually the groom's mother) being very nice when the couple got married and then turning on the bride seemingly out of nowhere. Unjustified accusations of child abuse can be very difficult to deal with and can even land couples in legal trouble. Or it could just be some people are... just jerks. This is a trope that has shifted in the last few centuries. When co-residence with the husband's parents was the practice, the mother-in-law might play the tyrant as the alpha female of the household. But if the marriage was arranged between the parents of the couple, at least grudging acceptance of the spouse would be necessary to maintain family relations. On the other hand, in the modern day, in western cultures choosing your own spouse is the norm, and may even run counter to parental wishes. But it is much easier to move far away and never see them again. As the page quote indicates, this can be Truth in Television for reasons both good and silly. However, the trope is far more common in fiction than it is in reality. This is probably because although most of us end up with perfectly nice in-laws, everyone is justifiably scared that their in-laws will be this trope. Such in-laws can also be a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing or Devil in Plain Sight if their relative is oblivious to their jerkishness, or insists that they aren't so bad. Sometimes overlaps with Coattail-Riding Relative. See also Evil Matriarch, Love-Obstructing Parents, and Meet the In-Laws. Such characters might express the opinion that Not Blood, Not Family towards their in-laws. Contrast Best Friends-in-Law. |
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A common joke in Condorito is his terrible relationship with his mother-in-law Tremebunda and father-in-law Cuasimodo, the parents of his girlfriend Yayita. As the comic is basically a re-telling of all classic Latin American jokes and "chistes de suegras" (mothers-in-law jokes) are pretty common, that's the reason behind it. | |
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X-Men: Though they have rarely interacted Magneto is still a case of this◊ towards Vision, whom his daughter Wanda aka Scarlet Witch married and loves. His reasons for this dislike are a mixture of Vision being part of the Avengers and simply feeling (much like Quicksilver) that a "robot" is unworthy of his beloved daughter's love and care. However, despite this he is a Doting Grandparent to Wanda and Vision's sons Billy and Tommy. Both Mystique and her wife Destiny have nothing but pure loathing for Gambit, their daughter Rogue's thief husband. A lot of it is just plain old jealousy, since they see Rogue as purely theirs (having found her as a child) and hate that Gambit has taken away so much of her affection and attenion* For Destiny, who was dead before they first met this is all new, Mystique has been bristling over it since Gambit first became Rogue's boyfriend . Another reason is that Gambit massively conflicts Rogue's loyalty to them and adds a complication to their plans for mutantkind, which putting it bluntly don't have their new son-in-law in mind. |
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What's New? with Phil and Dixie, in the strip about castles: | |
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Dominic Deegan elected not to spend a whole arc on Dominic and Luna's wedding due to both in-story common sense and the fact that it would either have to be dull for weeks or Go Horribly Wrong, so they got married on the spot and sent a spell to tell everyone who might care. This was more or less fine with everyone. The first time elopement was floated, however, Dominic's mother Miranda reacted badly. She's always been awesome, though, and it was her guilt at her own reaction that prompted a minor flashback arc to the hell her parents put Donovan through back when they were affianced. Incredible level of messing with his mind, both with normal guilt-trips and sly insinuations and her illusionist father causing him to semi-constantly hallucinate vividly for days on end. Notably, Miranda gave them a very successful Shut Up, Hannibal! rant which included, "he was looking forward to calling you 'Mom and Dad!'" This was largely because Donovan was orphaned and raised by elves. One of the things this means is he grew up without a surname and took hers when they married because elves weren't going to adopt a human enough to give him their family name. | |
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Kevin & Kell: The eponymous couple's families didn't take their marriage, one between a predator and prey, well at all, due to the natural conflicts between the two groups. While most of their anger was directed at their children for what they perceived as an act of betrayal, the Kindles and the Dewclaws made their disdain for their respective daughter- and son-in-law apparent. Ralph Dewclaw even went so far as to try to eat his brother-in-law Kevin to spare his sister the pain of loving an herbivore (thankfully, Ralph's incompetence enables Kevin to easily thwart his brother-in-law's attempts, sometimes without even trying). It's also implied that Kevin and Kell's families disliked their previous spouses- Angelique is understandable, but the Dewclaws simply thought Randy didn't measure up as a hunter, since they didn't know that he cheated on Kell and fathered an illegitimate child. That said, the in-laws do eventually warm up to the couple, particularly after Kevin and Kell help them at critical moments. | |
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There's an entire Reddit support group called Just No Mother-In-Law that helps people deal with their awful mothers/mothers-in-law... where some of the worst stories include kidnapping, arson, assault, involuntary psychiatric holds, emotional/physical incest, killing pets, suicide, murder, and wearing a wedding dress to their son's/daughter's wedding. | |
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For Better or for Worse: Mira Sobinski, Deanna’s mother and Michael’s mother in law is an annoying busybody who walks over everyone and bosses them around, to the point where Deanna’s sister moved with her family clear across the country to Halifax and Deanna and Michael eloped (although they did later have a formal wedding). It wasn’t until she berated the couple for having a small apartment while they had just had their second child and Deanna was recovering from a C-Section that her mild-mannered husband Wilf told her to shut up and Michael kicked her out of the house, although she never really apologized or became nicer. | |
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Even mezzacotta characters tell in-laws jokes! | |
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Baby Blues: Both Darryl and Wanda's parents can veer into this occasionally. Wanda's father, Hugh, doesn't always seem to have the best opinion of Darryl, and one Sunday strip shows Wanda smashing the phone in a fit of rage after a conversation with Darryl's mother, Pauline. Also, while Darryl and Wanda are always happy when the grandparents visit, they are just as happy when they leave, mainly due to them spoiling Zoe, Hammie, and Wren. | |
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SparkTales: "Sneaky Croquette Swap with Mean MIL - Guess What?!" Lisa's mother-in-law constantly harassed her over anything and everything, especially over not being able to do housework. When Lisa talked it out with Noah, who asked his mother to stop her surprise visits, the abusive MIL retaliated by inviting the young couple to eat at Noah's family house and sneaking a beetle larva inside Lisa's croquette. "Rejected by MIL at 18: Pregnant and Disowned, Her Fate Turns!": Since Noah's family was prestigious enough for the men in there to become company presidents, his mother harassed his fiancée, Lisa, for being a high-school graduate. Moreover, she claimed that Lisa's "commoner lifestyle" and how "it made the family look bad." When the MIL found out about Lisa's pregnancy, the former chewed the latter out for "tarnishing the family's reputation," demanding Noah divorce her. |
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Cathy: The titular character's in-laws are absolutely annoying. | |
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Inverted in Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic: Glon's mother is more likely to side with his wives than him when a matrimonial problem shows up since he's still kind of immature. | |
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Refreshing Stories: Kikuko bosses Hiroshi in his own home around despite the fact he is the CEO of his own company. Hiroshi's father-in-law didn't like him very much and invited himself to his and his wife's honeymoon just to score a vacation for free. But after hearing about their plans such as bungee jumping and fearing that his wig would come off and reveal his baldness, he tried to demand that Hiroshi cancel the reservation but the travel agent was closed and there is a cancellation fee. Hiroshi made him sign a document swearing that he will never come on the honeymoon and other places so he'll refer his father-in-law to someone who will cancel his trip for free. |
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Something*Positive: Davan's wife Vanessa has five siblings, who range from nice-but-clingy to petty criminal to actually psychotic. Her father is a loser stage magician, and he hasn't met her mother, who threw Vanessa out of the house for being bisexual. | |
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This trope is the whole reason behind Romeo and Juliet. If only they had thought to ask their parents they would have learned that her father didn't actually think Romeo was a bad person. | |
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General Protection Fault Ki's father, to Nick. Mr. Oshiro views his potential son-in-law with suspicion and hostility from the moment Nick visits the Oshiro household, suspecting that Nick sees Ki as a trophy. To make matters worse, Mr. Oshiro was less traditional when he was younger, to the point of marrying a Chinese woman, and flies into a rage and assaults Nick with his cane when Nick points out his hypocrisy. It takes his daughter and wife calling him out for him to calm down enough to apologize to Nick, at which point he gradually warms up to Nick. It's also indicated that he wasn't as opposed to Ki seeing Sam, and the disastrous end to her relationship embittered Mr. Oshiro. Downplayed with Sam's parents, back when Ki was dating Sam. She didn't sense any overt hostility but noticed subtle clues that they looked down upon her, and it's indicated that they wanted Sam to break up with her. |
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My Fair Lady references this during one of Henry Higgins's Misogyny Songs, when he anticipates all the annoyances that romance with a woman could bring. | |
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AirPro Texts: Erin despised her daughter-in-law Rachel, because the latter had given birth to a daughter rather than a son. When Rachel left Tammy with Erin, she started to talk badly about Rachel and when Tammy told her off, she spanked her and locked her in the shed. Tammy messaged her mother crying about it and her father came to pull her out of the house and Rachel and her husband cut Erin out of their lives. | |
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Girl Genius: In the backstory, both sides of Agatha's family had this going on. Bill's family was the Heterodynes, a band of raving, maniacal nutjobs even by the setting's low standards, and his wife Lucrezia had the Mongfishes, who were also a band of raving, maniacal nutjobs, and longtime rivals to the Heterodynes. Family gatherings were in a different place every year to minimize the "inevitable" loss of life. Speaking of Lucrezia, she did not like her brother in-law, on account of A: Leaving her to die in an exploding lab that one time, and B: Dating her annoying goody two-shoes sister. Decades later, and Lucrezia's more than happy to vent her anger about this on her nephew. By killing him. |
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The Incredible Hulk: General Ross didn't like Bruce Banner from the moment he met him. This dislike got worse when his daughter Betty fell in love with Bruce the minute she saw him, and much, much worse when the world found out Bruce Banner was the Hulk. His vendetta against the Hulk and Bruce got so bad he actually crashed their wedding intending to shoot Bruce. A few months after that, he deliberately tried to kill Bruce again, then there was an incident involving a Puppeteer Parasite which apparently ended with Ross dying, but making amends with Betty (who was starting to go a bit mad herself) in his dying moments. His death didn't stick, and neither did his change of heart. | |
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Inverted in FoxTrot. Andy herself dreads her mother's visits because the whole family absolutely adores her and she feels pushed to the sides, due to her mother being her personal Always Someone Better. | |
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In Spider-Man, Peter becomes John Jonah Jameson Jr.'s brother-in-law after his aunt marries JJJ's father even as JJJ continues to publish damaging articles about Spider-Man. | |
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Marry My Husband: Ja Ok, Minhwan's mother, is a very controlling, conservative woman. She doesn't give her daughter-in-law any say in the wedding, forces her to take strange remedies to promote bearing a son, and forces her to cook hearty meals for Minhwan when it's difficult to keep up with her own life. In different timelines, Jiwon puts up with Ja Ok's overbearingness, but Sumin takes a more passive-aggressive route. | |
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In The Six Swans, the mother-in-law kidnaps her grandchildren at birth and each time smears the mother's mouth with blood to claim that she killed and ate them. She intends to have the girl burned at the stake for infanticide, taking advantage of her being an Elective Mute. The titular Swans pull a Big Damn Heroes to save their sister and, after the curse is undone, the girl explains what actually happened. The mother-in-law returns the still-living babies and is executed | |
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In Superman, General Sam Lane did not approve of Lois marrying mild-mannered reporter, Clark Kent, feeling that he was too much of a wimp, and even threatened to not attend their wedding (although this was more because Lois didn't want him to walk her down the aisle). In all fairness, according to Lois's sister, he's hated all of his daughters' beaus. For the record, he wasn't very fond of Superman either post-Our Worlds at War because he didn't trust aliens. | |
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Etra chan saw it!: There are a lot of stories focusing on conflicts with the in-laws. Azami is the most likely antagonist to get this role, and all but guaranteed to be the obnoxious mother-in-law if she's the mother of the protagonist's husband. Akane is usually a sister-in-law instead, but has had the role of mother of the protagonist's wife a few times. While Yuzuriha is the least likely female antagonist to get this role. As for the boys, Hiiragi is most likely to be a father-in-law, with Akamatsu being about evenly split in father-in-law vs brother-in-law roles, while Tachibana is the least common character in this antagonist role. But usually if they are antagonistic as in-laws, they're second to the girls. | |
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Princess Belle-Etoile plays it straight with the queen mother who is the mother of the king and his brother (Belle-Etoile's paternal grandmother), but averts it with the princess who is Roussette, Brunette, and Blondine's mother (Belle-Etoile's maternal grandmother). Roussette also plays it straight by siding with the queen mother. The queen mother hates her sons' wives and concocts a plan to get rid of her grandchildren. After Brunette dies and the grandchildren are abandoned, she tries to force the king to end his marriage to Blondine. The queen mother, Roussette, and their maid Feintise are punished at the end by being locked in a dungeon and eaten by dogs, while Blondine's mother survives and is reunited with her youngest daughter and grandchildren. | |
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Doctor Strange takes this to new levels: Strange's wife Clea is the daughter of his foe Umar and Orini (Dread Dormammu's chief lieutenant and the son of Olnar, the king Umar and Dormammu assassinated when they took over), making two of his most powerful foes and their chief enforcer his mother-in-law, uncle-in-law, and father-in-law, respectively. | |
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Viral Texts: Some stories involve mothers-in-laws meddling in the lives of their offspring's partner. Examples include: Helen demanded her daughter-in-law Carly to make her a cake for her friends. She even went as a far as to steal the cake made for her grandson Christopher's birthday and threw out all the other food made for the party. Mia's mother-in-law Blair demanded that she do chores despite the fact that Mia is working from home. Sharon is a lazy housewife who treats her mother-in-law Beth like dirt and wants to kick her out of the house they're living in. Ali's sister-in-law, Mary, wanted her out of the house she shared with her and her brother because she thought Ali was a shut-in. However, she has them move out; it turned out it was Ali's house. Beth asked Liz to let her move in with her and her husband, claiming she wanted to make it big as a comic artist, which was an excuse she used for 10 years and she didn't improve her art a bit in that time. However, Bob calls her out for being lazy and the couple leaves her to work with her great uncle. Sally bullied her sister-in-law, Jenna, because she thought working from home wasn't real work. Moreover, she decided to switch houses with Jenna as a scheme to make her leave the house. However, Sally changes her mind the next day after finding out the house belonged to Jenna's fiancé; the latter's brother and parents chewed her out for trying to steal the house behind their backs. |
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