Take my Mother-in-law...There's a reason there are so many bad jokes about mothers-in-law. You don't choose them, they just come along as emotional baggage with your object of affection. I'm lucky, my m-i-l is lovely*, but don't let that put you off telling us how mad your in-laws really are.
*No, really
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chthonic, Thu 8 Sep 2005, 9:48)
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in-lawsI'm not married, but I can think of them as in-laws. I'm currently living with them.
My mother-in-law, then, is great--she not only lets her daughter date a foreigner, but she also decided to allow us to live together, which is a huge taboo in Korean culture. Normally I'd say it's none of her business, but we paid for our apartment on a loan in her name.
My father-in-law is a strange guy though. He spent a few years in a Korean political prison for owning books on Marxism. Their home is filled with books along every wall, and I see the names Marx and Lenin everywhere. He's involved in a project to reveal the names of traitors who helped Japan conquer Korea a century ago. The right wing of the party says this project is controlled by North Korean spies. Also, he has been to North Korea a few times for conferences. Could I be living with a spy?
(, Fri 9 Sep 2005, 4:42, Reply)
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