My unpopular Reddit opinion is that MILs are unfairly maligned. There are whole subreddits of people BIG MAD that their mother in law wants to like, come see the kids at Christmas.
Maybe this is the true sign that I am an old
My favorite one was the woman who made her husband stop talking to his mom because she dared to question their "no kissing the baby" rule and "no touching the baby's hands or feet"
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