Mother-in-laws & their "Other half"

Both of the women I've had the pleasure of calling my Mother-in-law were not cut from the typical cloth.  First of all they never acted like what has become typical.  I met the first long before I met what would become my first wife. She shopped at the Humpty Dumpty Super Market where I worked until she died shorty after my 22nd Birthday. I can't remember her ever intimating me or inter fearing with anything.  Instead she introduced me to her daughter and encouraged us every step of the way. I can't say the same for TH George.  I'll just say that we never managed more than a few moments when we agreed on anything.
My second effort is still going on. At 88 plus (what some say is a life time) she is still going strong!  She's beginning to slow down (but don't tell her).  In 35 plus years of marriage, she has never even raised her voice.  I can't say the same for Doc.  Until his death we were always trying, but never quite succeeding.  He eventually did manage to tolerate me and I tried to accommodate him.