When the son-in-law is older than the wife's parents

Nowadays, it is no longer strange for a son-in-law to be the same age, a few years older or younger than his wife’s parents. Now no one thinks about age barriers because love has no boundaries, it is not measured by age. However, many tragicomic stories happen when an older son-in-law has to face his “young” parents-in-law every day.

Mr. Q married a young woman. He was 18 years older than his wife. When his wife brought him home to meet her parents to discuss the matter of marriage, his wife's parents did not believe it was true and thought their daughter was joking. Although Mr. Q knew that his wife's parents were 2 years younger than him, he was still confused about how to address them. The bride's family was equally embarrassed. Mr. Q was an experienced man with a high position, but when faced with this situation, he was still unfamiliar and did not know how to comfortably address his wife's parents.

When Mr. Q and his wife had a child, his wife's parents from the countryside came to Hanoi to visit their grandchild often, but the neighbors would have laughed if they heard how his family addressed each other. At first, he used to mumble "con" but every time he did, his wife's parents blushed, so he racked his brains to find a replacement. Since then, he and his wife's parents call each other "dang ye" and refer to themselves as "than minh".

Anyone who hears Q's family address him like this for the first time must turn away and laugh. Many friends suggest calling him "con" but Q said, "I also call him that, but my wife's parents find it awkward and difficult to integrate, so I came up with this general way of calling them. Sometimes it's funny, but that's it, each family has its own circumstances, and now I'm used to calling them. I married a young wife so I accept it. It doesn't matter what I call them as long as everyone in the family feels comfortable and happy."

Mr. T, who is currently working in the journalism industry, married a woman 16 years younger than him, and he is 4 years younger than his wife's parents. He said, "Although my wife's parents are 4 years older, they look younger than me. There are many funny stories about my wife's parents being younger."

The way they address each other is also funny. He doesn't mind at all and still calls his parents "father" and "son". His wife's parents, on the other hand, are shy so they just say nothing. For example, when asking their son-in-law to eat, they just say: "Do you want to eat fish or do you want to drink that fruit juice?" Sometimes when his mother-in-law says that, he just answers and turns away smiling.

In the countryside, his wife's parents are young and playful. His mother-in-law is only in her 40s, so she dresses very modernly. But when she goes to Hanoi to take care of her grandchildren, she has to choose clothes that are appropriate for her age. Sometimes she also explains, afraid that her son-in-law will say she is outdated, "When you get older, it's convenient to dress like this." As for him, when he is at home, he doesn't dare to go shirtless, he wears shorts, always neatly wears shorts and a T-shirt. He laughs humorously, sometimes when his mother-in-law wears a shirt with a wide neckline at home, he feels embarrassed to see it. That's how hard it is. His mother-in-law is only a few years older, but she looks younger than her son-in-law, and she exercises a lot, doesn't dare to eat much for fear of gaining weight, so her body is more toned than his wife's.

When his mother-in-law was with him, Mr. T did not dare to wake up late even though he really wanted to sleep in. His wife usually went to work early, so only his mother-in-law was at home. He lay sleeping and looked awkward, so he got up and went out.

Mr. H also had many funny stories when his mother-in-law was younger than her son-in-law. During the time his mother-in-law took him to live with her daughter while she was giving birth, many people who did not know his wife's face when they came to the house would greet her mother-in-law as "sister", thinking that she was his wife, making her embarrassed and not daring to appear when there were guests. Then there was the matter of dressing, his mother-in-law also had to find clothes that were older than her age to dress like a grandmother. When she went to her son-in-law's hometown, his mother-in-law seemed confused. Because they were not of the same generation, the two sides only talked briefly because his father was much older and did not know what to say to make things harmonious, so they used their grandchild to tease each other to pass the time.

When the son-in-law is older than the wife's parents or a few years younger, the wife's family will not accept him at first. All parents love their children and want their daughter to have a good husband, with a compatible age so that they can live easily. But that is the child's choice, so no parent wants to make things difficult. At first, there were some funny and sad things, but when they lived together, the wife's parents realized that age is not such a big problem, the important thing is that the two children love each other and truly respect each other. In particular, what the wife's parents see very clearly is that the older son-in-law is often thoughtful and very polite to the wife's family. They, the wife's parents, are mostly very satisfied, although sometimes they encounter many inconveniences and fall into tragicomic situations.

According to VOV