Lately there have been numerous Facebook and Reddit clips about mother-in-laws. Why? We aren’t all bad right? My mother-in-law didn’t care for me but she had to tolerate me when I quit my job to take care of her husband who was dying of cancer. I loved my father-in-law and he was wonderful to me. I have been a good mother-in-law but not often appreciated. In the reels, they are usually horrible. I saw one yesterday where the mother-in-law had her son fill out divorce papers just in case and then when he was out of town on business, she threw her daughter-in-law out and gave her the signed divorce papers. The woman signed them, filed them and immediately moved in with her parents. When her husband returned his mother had simply told him she had left for a break. He eventually called her and she asked why. He had asked her to come back but she said, “Why we are divorced?” He was surprised and then realized that his mother had actually forced her out and gave her the papers. I think it is jealousy. They had their sons to themselves and they just don’t wish to share. I have seen a few reels where the wives were not invited to family events and told they were not welcome as they were not family. Did it ever occur to them what their lives might have been like that when they married if this had happened to them? I don’t think they were treated that way. Family is family and should be treated with love and respect. As a paralegal and the author of “Misplaced Trust” the number of people who have robbed their parents, siblings and disappeared with funds that did not belong to them is incomprehensible. When you know someone that it has happened to and not just an article in the news, you have to wonder why a son or daughter would basically make their mother, father or both parents homeless and penniless. No one can understand that yet I have stories in my book about that very behavior. If you have a mother-in-law does she treat you with respect? I hope you will consider a Good Gus book as a gift for a child in your life or as a donations to a child in the hospital. “The Special Gift” is a great Christmas book. The Good Gus Series is available online at Kindle, Nook and Waterstones. Hard copies, personally autographed, are available through our website www.goodgusbooks.com along with past blogs for your reading enjoyment. Now available audio and videos for the Good Gus series on YouTube! Digitizing for all the books are available now on YouTube! “Misplaced Trust” is now available on Amazon in e-book form. It is also available digitally at www.misplacedtrustbook.com. If you are thinking of a Will or a Living Trust, “Misplaced Trust” will give you the information you need to make an informed decision. The Good Gus series, books one through four, are now available at the Morgan Mill Mail/UPS.