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[quote=Anonymous]Well, my MIL, whom I otherwise love, is always going on about how special and brilliant DH is. At our wedding she gave a toast that was all about how special he was. Now, he is awesome -- he is a wonderful, smart, kind, funny man whom I love with all my heart. But it always seemed a bit odd to me to proclaim to the world that he was more special than anyone else. (Always wondered what his brother thought of that, because while there's no doubt MIL loves him too, I've never heard her say anything approaching what she says about DH.)

She talks and talks about how smart he is, how he was valedictorian, went to Harvard, etc. Finally one day I disagreed with her on something academic-related, and she said "oh, DH agrees with me and he would know because he was valedictorian and went to Harvard." I told her I was a valedictorian and went to Harvard, too, but that didn't make me the authority on the world. That shut her up pretty fast for a few days. It's just odd to me because my family always emphasized no bragging and not to get a swelled head, and MIL brags all the time. She's started bragging about our infant daughter, too, which drives me up the wall because the kid is six months old -- no, she's not a genius, MIL! And even if she were, there's no way you could tell at this stage.

Still - she is a sweet person, probably the world's best mother in law, and we all have our peccadilloes! [/quote]

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