Thread: A tribute to my Mil

Not a bad innings. My mum is 95 this year and still going strong. Still drives(probably shouldn't be though) and lives on her own.

I would not be surprised if she cracks the ton.

Your MIL and mine would get along fine. My MIL is Polish (a bit younger than yours) and lived through the German occupation of Poland. She was a forced worker in a German factory. My FIL who is now deceased (2010) was a forced coal miner.

She is a great old girl ( a bit stubborn) and she has told us many stories of the occupation. When the Americans came through, the first Americans she saw were Negro's and for a while she thought all American's were black.

Originally Posted by The ho har's

Sometimes you hear that a Mother in law is nice or ugly, mine is 96 years old. They, her and Harry's father suffered through the German occupation and envision into Holland, they had to feed the German army on a regular basis. Immigrated to Aus after the war was over. HH was born here so 1st generation Australian, his sister and brothers were born in Holland...

Just saying she is a tough old girl..97 this year..

Mrs hh

But you didn't say whether she was nice or ugly only that she was 97 years old

"Happy New Year" to you both

I can't say anything about my M-I-L, don't have one never had one!

I guess its something I'll never learn to love or hate or worry if they're beautiful or ugly.

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Your MIL and mine would get along fine. My MIL is Polish (a bit younger than yours) and lived through the German occupation of Poland. She was a forced worker in a German factory. My FIL who is now deceased (2010) was a forced coal miner.

She is a great old girl ( a bit stubborn) and she has told us many stories of the occupation. When the Americans came through, the first Americans she saw were Negro's and for a while she thought all American's were black.

My FIL (now deceased) was Polish also and lived through the German occupation. He has told me a lot about what things were like back then - a lot of which is very different to what we were taught in school here.

Originally Posted by jerryd

But you didn't say whether she was nice or ugly only that she was 97 years old

"Happy New Year" to you both

She is a nice old girl. Oh and Dave she still lives by herself, though has never got her drivers License.

Mrs hh

Looks like that here are mani IL for East Europe, my FIL croacian and MIL Hungarian.
My FIL was a great man, my MIL is ............never mind

My mil is 90 this year. Her parents and brothers all passed before 50 so you never know. She was a runt at birth and the docs said she wouldn't survive. Chalk another one up for the medical profession. I tell her it's ok to stay here and haunt me in person rather than do it from the other side. The old biddy still lives on her own and is my favourite mil.