"Besides, a son-in-law is half a son. We only have one daughter, Milly. When Matty marries her, it's like he's our son. Is it any of your business if I dote on my son?"
This probably highlights the difference between a mother-in-law and a father-in-law. A mother-in-law increasingly likes her son-in-law the more she looks at him.
The key is, Nolan Morrison's face is famously a lady killer.
But a father-in-law looks at a son-in-law, always nitpicking, accusing him of stealing his daughter.
Both tidied up and headed out, Mrs. Jenkins snickered softly at her daughter's bedroom door.
She glanced at Mr. Jenkins, who had a sour face, and chuckled, "Alright, don't sulk. If you really didn't like Matty, then why didn't you react yesterday when he called you his father-in-law?"
Mr. Jenkins snorted, "I was just sparing him some dignity. If I were really strict about it, he would never have stepped into our house until now."
