Secretary: 'It must be hard to lose your mother-in-law.' WC: 'Yes it is, very hard. It's almost impossible.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker agrees that losing a mother-in-law is hard because it implies losing a source of friction.
- In plain terms
- Losing a mother-in-law is hard because there is nothing to complain about anymore.
- What can you take from it?
- Sometimes loss is felt because conflict is gone.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What loss brings relief?
- How do you joke about hard topics?
Another view
It relies on a stereotype about difficult mothers-in-law.
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