Daughters-In-Law and Their Mothers-In-Law
It is a well-known fact that all daughters-in-law have problems with their mother-in-law.
Anyway, one day the daughters-in-law all got together and decided to apologize to their mothers-in-law for everything they had supposedly done wrong. A week later, the daughters-in-law decided to take their families (including their mothers-in-law) on a picnic.
The mothers-in-law were all in one bus, which was the first to leave for the picnic site.. On the way, their bus had an accident and all the mothers-in-law died.
The daughters-in-law were utterly devastated but one particular was more heart broken than the others. Everyone tried to console her by telling her that at least her mother-in-law had died without any tension between them.
But still she cried.
Eventually, when she was calm enough to speak, the other women asked her why she had been crying so much. 'Was your mother-in-law that special?' they wanted to know. The woman, now sobbing uncontrollably, replied. . .
. . . "No. . . she missed the bus."
Originally published October 29, 2005.
