Mum-in-law Gifts

'Look, mother, it's Mabel special - Alphabet noodle soup.'

'That's your mother. I can tell by the tone of the ring.'

"Frankly, now that he's an obnoxious teenager, I find it more and more difficult to muster the urge to protect him..."

"Any idea how long your family might be visiting?"

"Feel free to take notes."

"Samson was the best actor in the bible - he brought the house down!"

"Your wonderful daughter and I would like to become engaged in F.Y. '97, married in F.Y. '98, and if the numbers look good, start a family in F.Y. '99."

'Will you pipe down? I'm in a business meeting.'

'We're just like family. Stop mumbling, Cindy. Straighten up, Fred. Get that hair out of your eyes, Janet...'

"Mom! Don't think of me as covered with sand. Think of me as sugar coated."

"Will you be putting her in day care or bringing her up artisanally?"

"It's so nice to finally put a face to the name."

'She sounds like your mother when you told her that you were going to marry me.'

"Yeah. But he's a handful."

'Ever since I've started showing, my husband has affectionately called me 'Three Humps'...'

"You never told me your dad was so delightfully old-fashioned."

"Because he's illiterate. That's why I have to read to him all the time."

"This is our most difficult escape room. In here, you're a mother of 4 unruly children, tons of overdue bills and a lazy husband."

'I'd like your permission to enter into pre-nuptial negotiations...'

"I consider every member of our family to be like family."

If Dr. Chan has a schoolteacher husband, a diabetic mother-in-law, twins in preschool, and a daughter who stays with her father across town on alternate weekends, and one twin and the daughter have colds, how many free rapid COVID tests are required to alleviate Dr. Chan's breaking-point levels of despair?

'We drove 800 miles for this? If I wanted to look at a roomful of dusty bottles, we could have visited your mother.'

Changes at home

“I have to warn you - my parents are a bit old-fashioned.”

"You may be in love, but can you support my daughter on what a herring makes?"

"One day son, all this will be run by robots."

"We located the hissing noise, Mr. Watkins. Your wife's mother is in the back seat."

'So, paternity leave problem solved then?'

'Come and get it!'

'I want to give my children all the things I never had. Then move in with them.'

'See, Dear? Told you I'd make it fit!'

"Remember, if we get split up, take the A to 42nd, transfer to the Brooklyn bound 2, get off at Eastern parkway and buy a ticket for the Brooklyn Museum and make sure to tell them you're under three."

Stockwell's day

First Steps