Edwin, Welcome to my space. Thanks very much for the comment!

SM, Thanks for visiting.

Cathy seems to have gotten the math right :))))

Kushnoor : Excellent!!!!!!! loved this one, Cathy was sitting and listening and waiting for the right time to say the right thing :-)

kill 
them soflly
sweetly
after all you know the reality!!
leave alone
a sense of gratitude
but there is this bickering 
and i dont know how can one talk sweetly..
I admire cathy......

Dear Kushnoor,

Now, that's what I call a culture shock!
Brief but profound.

Edwin Fernandes

Kushnoor
Liked the little touches like the 'Sud-da' that made the tale sound realistic.

Regards

Mehul, I get a feeling that I have offended you in some way. Unintentional, bro. The MIL / DIL relationship is a very complex one. The differences may get highlighted by ethnic diversity, but that certainly is not the root.
 
I personally think that in this case the relationship between the couple itself is on shaky ground, and maybe that is the reason Cathy is a bit caustic, but she is yours to interpret now.

Thanks for visiting. Would love to hear what you think of some of my other posts.

More than a few stereotypes here. My brother is married to an Englishwoman and I have several friends who are married into other nationalities. There are western women who have an abiding interest in India and Indian culture and who take care of their in laws as if they were royalty, my parents being an example in case, as are the parents of a very good Iyengar friend of mine who has an American wife in Texas. 

BTW, doing the dishes here is a breeze, even if someone has to do them - you stack them up in a dishwasher, fill the cleaning and drying fluids, shut it and turn a switch on.

Seeingeye, Im sure you will make a wonderful MIL, and your DILs will complain about you regardless of that. There are somethings that we just cant change. (-;