Mother in laws have had it pretty rough over the years, the b**t of countless jokes and the subject of less than flattering stereotypes about them being intrusive, overbearing and quite frankly, mean.

Luckily however, like most stereotypes this one is dead wrong. Mothers in law come in all shapes and sizes but at the end of it all what they really want is the best for their loved ones.

We here at Bored Panda have compiled a list of mothers in law at their best. Funny, clever, kind, naughty, naïve or just a bit wrong, this list is all kinds of hilarious. Scroll down to check it out and tell us your mother in law stories in the comments!

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#1 My Mother-In-Law Knitted My Wife’s Snake A Christmas Sweater

#2 Just Got This Snap From The Mother-In-Law

#3 Mother-In-Law Complained About The Sun Being In Her Eyes. I Closed The Blinds, Turned Around And Saw This

#4 Mother-In-Law Bought These To Embarrass Me. It Didn’t Work

#5 So My Mother-In-Law Is Taking A Photoshop Class

#6 So, I Saved A Dying Baby Squirrel Once, And Now My Mother-In-Law Thinks I’m The Squirrel Whisperer. She Hooked Me Up With Some Hot Squirrel Swag

#7 Over The Toilet In My Mother In Law’s Bathroom, Always Makes Me A Little Uncomfortable

#8 Grandma Made This For The Babie’s Room. My Mother-In-Law Is The Best

#9 My Mother-In-Law Got A Goat. Meet Cedric

#10 Mother-In-Law Thinks Quivers Are Overrated

#11 My Mother-In-Law Just Hit Level 30 On Pokémon Go. This Is The Table When We Arrived For Dinner Today

#12 I Sat There, Staring, Wonderding Why My Religious Mother In Law Had A Severed Toe Christmas Tree Orament. Upon Closer Inspection:

#13 Never Loved My Mother-In-Law More Than The Moment After She Gave Me This (Mind You, She’s Old School And Doesn’t Know Memes)

#14 My Mom Made This For My Wife For Her Birthday. It’s The Evolution Of My Daughter’s Temper Tantrum

#15 Camping In Bear Area And My Mother-In-Law Gives Me This On Our Trip

#16 Told My Boyfriend’s Mom It Was The First Night Of Hanukkah And She Made Me This While I Was Out Of The Room

#17 My Mother In Law Had A “Virtual” Thanksgiving Dinner With Us This Year

#18 My Future Mother-In-Law Gives The Best Gifts

#19 My Future Mother-In-Law On Her First Trip To Get Supplies For The Wedding

#20 My Mother-In-Law Just Showed Me The “Chip-N-Dip” That My Husband Made In Art Class In 3rd Grade. She Didn’t Get Why I Was Laughing So Hard

#21 I Think I Lost Most Favorite Son-In-Law Status

#22 My Mother-In-Law Thought She Would Be Funny

#23 My Mother-In-Law Said She Gave Up On Grandkids

#24 Pizza You Say? Here’s My Mother-In-Law Preheating A Cutting Board

#25 Went To My Boyfriend’s Mom’s House For Christmas. She Got Me This

#26 The Mother-In-Law Is About To Go Home To The States After Visiting Us In Australia. This Is What A Lot Of Her Luggage Looks Like

#27 My Mother-In-Law Knew How To Combine My Gaming And Music In One Gift

#28 Special Thanks To My Mother-In-Law For The Gift

#29 Future Mother-In-Law Brought A Pie To Our Barbeque. Think She’s Trying To Tell Us Something?

#30 Brother Got Engaged. Mother-In-Law Shows Her Support

#31 So My Mother-In-Law Is So Funny. We Came Home To This In Our Bathroom

#32 Asked My Mother In Law For Eye Drops. Almost Put This In My Eyes

#33 My Future Mother-In-Law Is Amazing. And Super Funny. Lol He Was Super Hot!

#34 Mother-In-Law Cleaning Her House And Found These. Asked Me If I Needed Any

#35 This Mother-In-Law

#36 Received A Gift From My Mother-In-Law

#37 My Mom Had A Little Fun With My Husband’s Christmas Gift

#38 Mother-In-Law Found This “Figurine” In Her Yard And Thought It Was Cute, So Naturally, She Decided To Put It With The Rest Of Her Collection

#39 Boss’s Mother-In-Law

#40 Amazing Mother-In-Law

#41 This Framed Picture Of Tom Selleck In My Mother-In-Law’s Basement Kitchen

#42 Passive Aggressive Sheets At My Mother-In-Law’s House

#43 My Mother In Law Tried To Bake Some Round Sugar Cookies While Drunk

#44 My Mother-In-Law Stopped By And Fed The Dog

#45 My Mother-In-Law Has This Thing Hanging In Our Kitchen Window And It Is Creeping Me The [darn] Out

#46 Love This Lady

#47 So My Mother In Law Thinks I Do Drugs

#48 Was Playing Around With The New Camera With My Fiancee’s Brother And Snapped This Shot Of My Future Mother-In-Law

#49 Gift From My Mother-In-Law, Apparently It’s A Beer Chiller

#50 In November On Facebook My Mom Asked My Husband If He Dares To Wear Glitters In His Beard. He Answered “Ok, For Christmas” And She Callenged Him To Go To The Xmas Fair With It. On Christmas She Had Printed The Screenshot And Offred Him A Glitter Bomb. Annnnnnd They Did It.

#51 Mother-In-Law Just Posted This On The Book Of Faces

#52 My Mother-In-Law Vs. Carpenter Bees

#53 My Ultra Conservative Mother-In-Law Accidentally Liked A Budweiser Ad. Hilarity And Heartfelt Well Wishes Ensues

#54 Hors D’oeuvres My Mother-In-Law Put Out For Us Today

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