My Adventures With Nettie: In Defense of the Mother-In-Law<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-brody/my-adventures-with-nettie_b_5291413.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3A0fwc.p.THJ0Fj4_.W6qA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Huffington%20Post/My_Adventures_With_Nettie_In-ddbc5349dbee0ee2d70c3df71936cd8e" width="130" height="86" alt="My Adventures With Nettie: In Defense of the Mother-In-Law" align="left" title="My Adventures With Nettie: In Defense of the Mother-In-Law" border="0" /></a>Popular culture regards the mother-in-law as, above all, a big fat joke. Like the one about how the main reason Adam and Eve got along so well is that neither had one. Or how the definition of mixed emotion is watching your mother-in-law back off a cliff in your new Mercedes. Jokes about the mother-in-law, particularly in New York, practically rank as a national pastime. Beyond the easy punch lines, the mother-in-law is often an object of scorn and derision. She's the most vilified family member in human history, the original woman of ill repute. Petty tyrant, castrating witch, monster-in-law</p><br clear="all"/>
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