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[quote=Anonymous]I am giving you this perspective as an older parent, although I know you'll have difficulty understanding this. As a mother of a son, your main fear is that someone will take advantage of him. As a mother of a daughter, your main fear is that someone will hurt her. This doesn't ever go away no matter how old the children are. MIL was wrong to talk to you about this. This is something for her to explore with her son. But you need to know what feelings are driving her remarks. From her perspective, you are taking advantage of her son. She sides with her son because he is her child and will never stop being her child (so please don't ever expect her to give your side equal value). This will go away eventually if your marriage endures and she sees that her child is happy with you. But in the beginning of a marriage, that's what most MILs feel. [/quote]
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