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[quote=Anonymous]I'd say there's some truth to this. I was the first DIL (H one of three brothers). My MIL and I are very different. She was very ambitious while I'm not as career oriented. At first it was always like: when are you going to graduate school? What are your career goals? Can I introduce you to XXX (who has no stake in the career I was in at the time). Finally she realized I was not into it, and my one BIL got a girlfriend/wife who was studying the same thing as MIL's early career so I was thrown to the wayside. Then that SIL was thrown to the wayside as other BIL's girlfriend/wife arrived, who is very ambitious and career-oriented, so MIL focused on her. Then the focus was on a female cousin in medical school.

I do think my MIL was looking for a "daughter" to mold, but she ended up with three DILs who are each their own people. Things have changed over the years, and I feel in my case my MIL realized I was who I was and I did the same, and now we are much closer than we were back when I was getting either all the pressure to succeed or being ignored because I wasn't trying to get into graduate school. I'm very thankful to have her as a MIL even if we did have a rough start.[/quote]

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