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The tale of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has become a timeless theme. That's why the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not only immortalized in poetry and proverbs but also depicted in movies, reflecting the conflicts in modern-day mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships. Today, Mytour will share with you the most insightful quotes about the roles of daughter-in-law and mother-in-law.
1. If not this daughter-in-law, then another.
2. Women marry to take care of husbands and have children. Until these tasks are fulfilled, other relationships hold little importance.
3. Mother knows best, they say. She's always right, always good.
4. Beauty and elegance often accompany laziness. Marrying into a family, will she care for the household, I wonder?
5. Women working too much often end up tired and quarrelsome with their husbands. Why not quit your job, dear? Stay at home. Earning money is a man's job, after all.
6. My son and I used to have a close bond. He used to listen to everything I said. But ever since he got married, it's like he's disappeared. He locks himself in his room all day, only coming out at night to take his wife out. In the mornings, he's off to work again. Dear daughter-in-law, could you perhaps ease up on dragging my son out all the time so my son and I can have some time to talk? You seem to control everything.
7. I wonder what my mother-in-law means when she says, 'All men cheat, and you either accept it or pretend it never happened.'
8. I just became a daughter-in-law, and my mother says I'm ill-mannered. But where did I learn it from?
9. I don't want to live together anymore. I want to move out and live on my own.
10. Mom, he's your son, but he's also my husband. Asking him to do a few things isn't necessarily wrong. To you, he's your little boy, but to me, he's the backbone of our family.
11. We're grown-ups now, with our own families. We won't always follow your arrangements, Mom.
12. To understand your mother-in-law better, there's no other way but to communicate a lot. That's also how you can help your mother-in-law understand more about you. Through stories, expressing your thoughts, and opinions, you and your mother-in-law can understand each other better.
13. Don't expect your daughter-in-law to take care of her husband like you take care of your beloved son. She's your son's wife, not your daughter. Your daughter-in-law only sees your son as her husband, not ... as your son.
14. Stop endlessly comparing daughters-in-law from different families. Whether good or obedient, they're all someone else's daughter-in-law, and you can't have them even if you want to. If you want a good daughter-in-law, be a good mother-in-law first.
15. Even though we know that sometimes in anger, each mother-in-law can't control their emotions and let out insensitive remarks. However, these words have deeply hurt the daughter-in-law.
16. Treat your in-laws like your own parents, this golden rule will bring you long-lasting happiness, help you overcome difficulties in the early days, bring your husband back if there's an argument, and bring you unexpected blessings. Just treat your in-laws well, and let them take care of your husband.
17. Has she ever treated me as a mother? Yet she demands that I treat her as a daughter.
18. Look around this village, is there any mother-in-law like mine? My son can't afford to repay his wife. Oh, the one who's eager to become my daughter-in-law.
19. Everything here belongs to me, you have nothing in this house.
20. What kind of daughter-in-law argues back 10 times before her mother-in-law finishes one sentence? Truly unruly.
21. If you're married, don't keep running back to your mother's house every time. Then you might as well consider your in-laws' home as just a motel.
22. Wherever you come from, you're living in luxury under my roof.
23. Anyone who claims to treat a daughter-in-law like their own child is lying. And no daughter-in-law ever considers her mother-in-law as her real mother.
24. Beautiful and stylish, but can you handle the challenges of married life?
25. Just because you didn't light incense on the first day, I fell ill on the full moon day.
26. Let me tell you honestly, my family is truly unlucky, truly unlucky.
27. You will forever be just my son's second wife.
28. I raised my son with so much effort, never once did I dare to strike him, never forced him to do anything, yet his wife constantly scolds him, mistreats him, making him run errands, sometimes even cleaning and cooking. Indeed, the daughter-in-law wants to outsmart the mother-in-law.
29. A wife may choose to leave, but remember, I only have one mother, dear!
30. If my daughter-in-law doesn't love me, then who will care for me in my old age?
31. Mother may not love her, but she loves her grandchildren, her son. That's why she won't break the happiness of your family.
32. A husband is judged by his wife, a mother is judged by her children.
33. Mother is her son's number one woman, but you are the one who will accompany him throughout his life.
34. Let your granddaughter remember her grandmother as a good mother, not someone who is always critical.
35. He only has one mother, but will she live with him forever?
36. If a mother doesn't choose her own child, she may choose another, that's true! But not choosing her own child won't lead to her dying alone.
37. In the evening, when he takes the kids out, it's because we want some private space to talk, not to disturb you, Mom. Please understand.
38. Mother, don't think that whatever you say is always right.
39. It was Mother who made my husband so weak, lacking the resilience he has now. It's all because of Mother's favoritism.
40. I already had a child before meeting my boyfriend, and his family didn't like it. My mother-in-law refused, didn't attend our wedding, and said, 'You'll never be a part of this family.',
41. Mother knows she's a bit selfish, but because she's afraid that one day her son will care more about his wife than her.
42. Every couple has disagreements and arguments. Children need to be calm and explain, not escalate things. If outsiders find out, they'll laugh at us.
43. Thank you for accepting my son, despite being Heaven's punishment.
44. Despite any discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the connection remains through the son/husband and grandchildren.
45. When the daughter-in-law gives birth, I may not assist in caring for the child, I might even say I have 'no obligation'. But remember, when I'm old and need care – please don't think of it, the daughter-in-law also has no obligation to you.
46. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship is destiny. So let's make it a benevolent connection rather than a karmic one.
47. Perhaps a mother may not see her daughter-in-law as her own, but she won't let her son be troubled by their relationship.
48. Daughter-in-law is just like a child in the house. Being part of the family means sharing everything openly and honestly!
49. Happiness is built and nurtured by both partners. Parents can only help to some extent, but they cannot interfere.
50. Since I used to be a daughter-in-law, now I want to experience being a mother-in-law, but I promise I won't be as strict as my grandmother used to be.
56. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law may not be like mother and daughter, but instead, let's live together as friends.
51. When your mother-in-law teaches you how to cook a dish, shows you how to do something around the house... express gratitude and appreciation. No matter how difficult a mother-in-law may be, she will feel truly proud when her daughter-in-law respects her in this way.
52. Mother-in-law to daughter-in-law,
Hosts, guests, when do they praise each other?
53. Mother-in-law to daughter-in-law
Like a cat to a mouse, do they ever care for each other?
54. When the rain wets the leaves of the pagoda tree
Mother feels pity, what pity for daughter-in-law!
55. If my mother-in-law knows how to care for others, it is truly a blessing. But alas, she not only fails to match others but also knows only how to cause trouble.
56. Without this daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law would have another daughter-in-law.
57. Familiar with the mother's housework, unfamiliar with the husband's household chores.
58. When summer cries out with longing
Becoming a daughter-in-law, marrying out, is like becoming a nun
Brother marries, bringing his bride home, to worship his parents
Worshiping parents, honoring mother to complete the daughter-in-law's duty.
59. Becoming a daughter-in-law in someone else's home
Eat full, sleep, then mother-in-law scolds and chides
60. Water rises, overflowing the basin
Passing worries to the basin, the daughter-in-law's role is not fulfilled
61. Lighting incense for the altar in the morning
Lest father and mother scold, not asking son-in-law for help
62. Daughter-in-law, son-in-law, still counted as children.
63. Daughter-in-law is more obedient than daughters, son-in-law is more obedient than sons.
64. Being a daughter-in-law is extremely tiring and exhausting
Late at night still grinding rice, unable to lie down.
65. Without learning to be a daughter-in-law, how can one be a good mother-in-law.
66. When daughter-in-law enters, the old lady exits.
67. No matter what, your mother-in-law is the one who gave birth to your husband. And later on, you will also give birth to children, caring for them until they mature. Then you will understand how hard a mother's life is. Therefore, care for your mother-in-law, they are the women who truly love your husband.
68. Being a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law together is fate. The crucial thing is to turn it into either a good fate or a bad one.
69. Other people's daughters-in-law are obedient, kind, and caring towards their mother-in-law. However, my daughter-in-law at home only knows how to eat and drink, contributing nothing.
70. No mother-in-law considers her daughter-in-law as her own daughter. No matter how good the daughter-in-law is, she will never satisfy the mother-in-law.
71. Imagine raising a son with all your heart for years. You would surely want your daughter-in-law to behave in a certain way. Now, imagine yourself as a mother-in-law several decades from now. Would you act like your current mother-in-law?
72. Sometimes misunderstandings, not ill intentions, lead to conflicts. That's why mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law need to communicate more.
73. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is a timeless issue, encountered by many families. How to put it? No one is truly at fault because ultimately, the mother-in-law loves her son, and the daughter-in-law loves her husband. If these two loves can be reconciled, it will be happiness; otherwise, it will be a nuisance.
74. Saying that adults have more experience is not entirely wrong, but it's not always right either.
75. Because there are things where no matter how many years of experience you have, you may still not act correctly. Therefore, mothers-in-law should not enforce strict principles like 'Mother is always right' and compel daughters-in-law to obey orders. Hearing the phrase 'Mother has more experience than her. Mother decides everything right, everything good!' no daughter-in-law would find it appealing.
76. In family life, no one can avoid conflicts, especially the cold wars between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. The following sayings about mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law will illustrate this. Let's read and understand this together. Best regards!
77. Sometimes, conflicts between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law arise from the most unexpected trivial matters. Perhaps it's because the two haven't talked to each other, so they don't understand each other, leading to unnecessary conflicts.
78. Mother, don't be sad when he loves your daughter because before her, he belongs to you. He may love your daughter in his youth, but he loves you for life, oh mother!
79. The greatest blessing for her is to marry my son, so she should know her place and live accordingly.
80. After years of being nurtured and loved in her own family, going to her husband's family and not being treated as a family member, being seen as a stranger to them, is a great injustice and unfairness. 'A wife is just a stranger girl, from wherever come here, if not her, then another', hearing such words, no daughter-in-law would not be hurt.
81. If the child wants to discipline their own child, the mother should not spoil the grandchild.
82. Just as a mother has the right to educate her own child, so does a daughter-in-law have the right to educate her own child.
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