My mother is a wondeful mother-in-law and my two sisters-in-law consider themselves lucky to have her as a mother-in-law. My mom has always firmly believed that one should treat a daughter-in-law like a daughter and she has stood by that belief even after my brothers got married and their wives came to live with us. We are a big joint family. My parents, my two younger brothers, their wives and their kids (one each) and of course myself.. Touchwood .. MashAllah so far we have not had any problems.. We are one big happy family just like how they show in hindi movies or tv serials like baa bahu aur baby.. So please don't give a bad name to mother-in-laws bcoz all aren't the same.. All five fingers are never the same.