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Mother in law? Riiight....
Why do teenage girls with boyfriends feel to need to refer to their boyfriends' mothers as "mother-in-law"? ...Is that just the new "thing to do" now? Last time I checked, someone isn't your mother-in-law unless you were married to her son or daughter, not merely dating them in high school. To me it sounds really funny, "15/f like omg my mother-in-law blah blah blah"...ummm... no. So can someone explain this to me? It's really hard to take questions like that seriously. haha
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Maybe it makes them feel more "legit"? Maybe subconsciously they feel guilty for what they are doing outside of marriage, so they try to feel "married"? I'm not sure.
What I do know is that it's annoying. The very phrase "mother-in-law" means they are your mother legally by marriage. Thus the "in-law" part of the phrase. Obviously their boyfriend's mother is not legally their mother by marriage, so it's just plain ignorant and annoying.
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ok i am 15/f and from my perspective..it is pretty stupid sounding..i mean if i were to refer to my boyfriend's mother as my mother-in-law that would be sorta stupid sounding considering we arent married...but i agree with the other people..it is just how teenagers think they are in love and are going to get married...yes, i am a teenager, but i know about how every teenager thinks they are going to be together with their boyfriend or girlfriend forever..when really in reality probably not...so i think yes, it is more of a thing to convince them that they will be together forever..
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haha
yeah i know what you mean!
my sister does it all the time
i guess it's just the new stupid trend.
it's like saying they're going to get married i guess?
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i think its like a cutesie thing.. like how girls call their bf their hubbies and that sorta deal. marriage has become very inimportant in the past few years so acting like marriage and that is nothing has because popular and people use terms like that in everyday yse
personally i think its stupid
and i think mostly younger teens do it to be cool to which really isnt!
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Because they want to sound cool. Just like Razhie said before, it's like how they "fall in love" with their boyfriend of a week. They don't know the meaning of it, just like they don't know what love really is. It's kind of like them putting their first name with their boyfriends' last. They're just taking that fantasy to a whole new level. o.O
They think it looks cute, I guess. Just another trend.
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Maybe they think it's cute or something. I think it's weird too, but sheesh...kids today. I remember when boom boxes were cool, nobody cared about social classifications, cable was the best thing ever, people used rotary phones, party line anyone?, nobody had an answering machine, and nobody had a home computer. Now you have to fight with the goths, the jocks, the preps, if you dress conservatively and don't have sex you're prude, you must own an iPod, you must own a cell phone, texting has gotten ridiculous, yeah it all just seems so silly. How are these kids going to turn out? I really wonder. Mother-in-LAW means exactly what it says, your spouse's mom, yours under the law. I don't get it either. I guess we're just old fashioned.
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I think it's pretty much the same reason that every thirteen year old is falling in 'love' with their boyfriend/girlfriend of one week.
People like those big words, they feel important and special. They don't realize throwing them around lightly degrades their meanings.
Shrugs. I do wish people were more exact with their language but there isn't too much to do but correct them or ignore them.
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That`s kind of weird. Even though me & my boyfriend`s mom are really close, I would NEVER refert to her as my "mother-in-law". I guess some teens would refer it like that as a joke[even though it`s pretty dumb], or just because they are thinking/know they are going to marry their boyfriends. Get it? Well, to me, I think it`s dumb also. Sorry for such a short answer.
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