Anonymous
Post 02/05/2016 18:31     Subject: is my SIL's wife also my SIL
Anonymous wrote:disagree, I dont call my husbands brothers wife my sil, she is my husbands sil but not mine


That is so strange. Jackie Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy were not sisters-in-law?
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2016 20:53     Subject: is my SIL's wife also my SIL
Hell how do you have room in the driveway for all those U-Hauls?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2016 17:30     Subject: is my SIL's wife also my SIL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. Your SIL is the sister of your wife. The SIL's spouse (man or woman is irrelevant ) is simply her spouse , is not your in law.


would you call your spouse's sister's husband your SIL's husband? because i'd (and do) call him my brother in law.


Yeah, that's normal, despite whatever strict definition you have for each person by "label".
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2016 15:54     Subject: is my SIL's wife also my SIL
Anonymous wrote:disagree, I dont call my husbands brothers wife my sil, she is my husbands sil but not mine

You can disagree all you want but if you look up the definition in any dictionary, your in-law's spouse counts as your in-law.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2016 15:52     Subject: is my SIL's wife also my SIL
disagree, I dont call my husbands brothers wife my sil, she is my husbands sil but not mine
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2016 19:29     Subject: is my SIL's wife also my SIL
Anonymous wrote:Yes, your SIL's wife is your SIL.


+1 No need to introduce more complexity. The listener can always ask for clarification if necessary.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2016 11:28     Subject: is my SIL's wife also my SIL
Yes, your SIL's wife is your SIL.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2016 11:27     Subject: is my SIL's wife also my SIL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes.

Other cultures have more precise terms for all of these relationships, but English doesn't.


Except in these cultures too, they may not have a defined name for spousal or IL relationships between same gender people.

For example, in Hindi, the sister of the wife is called "Saali". The husband of the sister of the wife is called "Saardhu". In this case, wife of a SIL, maybe one can change the word into a feminine and make it "Saardhuni"?

There should be a way to accommodate these relationships as well. Maybe you can coin a term - "SIL-Wifey". Why not?

However, what if the SIL thinks of her lesbian spouse as the "Husband" in the relationship? Then you may need to think of another word.

I feel since these relationships exist, people should name them appropriately to recognize them.


We need these words in English. Also, masculine and feminine cousin words would be good. Someone start a trend.