Your mother-in-law shared her pain with me. Now I’d like to share some of my thoughts with you
You don’t know me. We’ve met, of course — at your vort and at your wedding and at your sheva brachos. What a radiant kallah you were! And what a joy it was for me to be a part of your simchah.
I’ve known your chassan since the day he was born. Your mother-in-law is like a sister to me. I’ve enjoyed seeing my friend’s nachas as her precious son started this chapter in his life. She was so excited to have a new daughter.
Since your husband was her first “married,” she asked me for tips on being a good mother-in-law. She wanted to make sure she didn’t overwhelm you with her eagerness for a close relationship. She wanted to be careful to give you and her son plenty of room to start your new life together.
Over the past year-and-a-half since your wedding, she’s checked in with me from time to time to ask what’s normal, what to expect, what’s appropriate in terms of help, advice giving, inviting you for meals or Shabbosim. She wondered if it was normal that you never called to say hello or good Shabbos or Yom Tov. Or that when she called you, you didn’t pick up, but texted her a brief greeting in return.
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