Dear Queenie,
My son is just got engaged and they are planning their wedding for later this year. I have a good relationship with my son, but I’m afraid this will change after he gets married.
Queenie, is that old saying true that “A son is a son ’til he gets him a wife”?—Mother-in-law-to be
Dear Mother-in-law-to be,
That probably will depend on the relationship you develop with your son’s wife and you would do well to start working on that now, while she is still his fiancée.
Let your son know you hope he will not drift away from you after he gets married.
And make a special effort to keep on at least civil, better yet friendly terms with his now-fiancée/soon-to-be wife – treat her with respect and as much affection as you can manage, because she is now an important part of his life and will be more so after they are married.
