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My Indian Mother-in-Law
http://myindianmotherinlaw.wordpress.com/
Jadil (Just Another Daughter-in-Law) began this blog with the consent of her husband to share the tales of her Imil (Indian Mother-in-Law). She has now learned to deal with the ridiculously absurd comments and crazy insane actions of Imil with a sense of humor.
- Added on: Aug 12th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Alpa
- Listed in: Family
- Tags: indian mother-in-law daughter-in-law indian mother-in-law m-i-l
Recent Posts
“We eat rice.”
I didn’t think rice could be a point of contention, but apparently it is. First, Imil considers it blasphemy that I only keep brown rice in my home. Second, Imil is aghast that 1/2 cup of rice is enough for both my husband and myself. Imi...
Conflict of Interest
My son turned 6 months old in August. Imil paid us a visit. Ashram Bro had yet to meet his nephew. In my opinion, Ashram Bro had shown little interest in his nephew. For example, we had offered to buy him a ticket from California (where he lives)...
Dietary Restrictions
Imil has peculiar eating habits. I would not call it an eating disorder…per se. She is obsessed with weight. It is great that she enjoys yoga and pilates and that she became vegetarian five years ago. Commendable! But, she barely eats ....
Long in the Tooth
My mom told me that I had gotten my first tooth around the 8 month mark. Knowing what her answer would be, I still asked my husband to ask Imil when he had gotten his first tooth. Obviously, Imil did not know. Could you ballpark perhaps, closer...
The Bilingual Debate
In the last post, I mentioned that Imil did not pass on her language to her two sons. That is quite an amazing underachievement considering her second son fluently spoke the language until he came to live with Imil at the age of five. Yet, despit...
That Doesn’t Count
We were playing with my son and Imil was repeatedly saying her Indian language’s word for grandmother “nannama, nannama, nannama” as if a 4 month old could understand this. My husband did not even understand what she was babbling....
