After marriage, one of the most close to the bride is the mother of her husband, mother-in-law. In the future of family life it will be very important to maintain good relations with her. For this, it is obligatory to make her presents at least on such holidays as Birthday, March 8, New Year.
The best gift of the mother-in-law, like any woman, will be a bouquet of flowers. The big plus in favor of such a gift will be the fact, if you have recently met with her. A bouquet of flowers from you as a birthday present will give your mother-in-law another reason to feel young and beautiful. In addition, she is unlikely to wait for flowers from your husband. My mother-in-law is a woman with a serious character, but a gift from a bouquet of flowers always gives her positive feelings, and her mood improves noticeably. Although my mother-in-law is a wonderful person, it's just after her husband's death that she left herself, closed up.
And what to give my mother-in-law, if you and your husband live at home? My beloved, at the beginning of our life together, lived with my mother-in-law about 1 year, until we bought an apartment. When we moved, I think my mother-in-law somewhere in my heart regretted that we were leaving her. She was left alone. It is best to give your mother-in-law something useful and practical, something that, as you know, she wants to buy for a home or what she has long been dreaming of. Well, for example, your mother-in-law very often complained about the lack of a vacuum cleaner. So buy her with her husband a vacuum cleaner! Believe me, she will appreciate your joint gift. And you will start thinking of yourself as a good housewife for your husband.
However, if your mother-in-law lives separately from you, then in no case do not give practical things! You can face her negative reaction to her gift. The mother-in-law can think that you accuse her of inept management of the household. It is better to give a mother-in-law for a birthday some nice bauble or ornament. For example, you can give her a porcelain figurine or a gift certificate for a purchase in a store.
What to give my mother-in-law on Birthday, if suddenly she has an unbearable and nasty character? My advice to you: talk to your husband! He knows his mother better and her preferences in gifts. Having learned from her husband what your mother-in-law loves, you will be able to guess exactly what to give her for her birthday. Remember, you can not give anything, as this can be bad for the future for you! Even if the mother-in-law also says that she does not celebrate her birthday, she will still mark him in the depths of her soul. And if you do not pay attention to her, she will certainly capture it in the corner of her memory.
To be honest, now I have a wonderful relationship with my mother-in-law and I call her mother. I remember that show-off, which I arranged on her first birthday, when she thanked her mother-in-law for such a good husband, whom she had given birth. I told her words of gratitude both in front of the guests, and tete-a-tete. We hugged all our Birthday, and it was sincere from the heart. Remember, to congratulate your mother-in-law, and in general, any person should be with a pure heart and without any self-serving intent. Birthday or birthday girl will notice your dirty trick, and you will push him or her away from him.
The main thing is not a gift that you will make your mother-in-law, but your attitude to this person. And for a long time my husband's mother could not understand her, until she herself became a mother-in-law. Recently my son got married. And at first I was also jealous of my daughter-in-law. Sometimes I did not even want to let her into my house. However, over time, I realized that children grow up. They become adults and independent individuals. They have the right to choose how to build their lives; but we women need to be wise. Believe me, as a mother-in-law, that the best gift for your husband's mother will be a simple phrase: Happy Birthday, Mom.