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[quote=Anonymous]Mothers of Daughters don't feel replaced by her marrying a man so she doesn't go crazy. The dad's usually are more laid back and don't feel threatened by the husband either. The mom's of sons, however, tend to feel the need to claim their turf and validate their role in the son's life and they do that by demeaning and marginalizing the wife. Are there exceptions? Yes.

My dad doesn't give a rat's ass if my DH likes sports or not. My dad LOVES LOVES sports and lives for them. He will talk to DH about teams he knows DH watches (like his Alma mater) but doesn't press the issue or make him feel bad for not liking my Dad's teams or knowing random sports stats like my Dad does. 
My MIL, however, has taken personal offense to me not shopping at Khols and JC Penney. This came out when she asked if i saw they were having a going out of business sale (about 6 years ago; right after we got engaged) and i said "No, i don't really shop at either. She took that as i was judging that she shopped there and then proceeded to give many examples of great items she had had bought for my DH there over the years. Again, i never said either store was bad. Since then she has picked apart my cooking (why are you using THAT brand? Is the store brand not good enough?). If you are a good cook you can use store brand and still make them taste good. She constantly asks DH where a certain item of clothing is from and then give a long monologue about all the great buys he could find and save money at stores she shops at. 
I could give 10,000 more examples of this. 
Seriously lady. Give it up. [/quote]

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