Survey: Women Prefer Pulling Teeth Over Mother-in-Law Visit

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 18 October 2010 6:28 AM

If you thought the dreaded in-laws were a Hollywood construct, think again. Thirty-six percent of women say they’d rather visit the gynecologist than their mother-in-law. The New York Post says 28 percent would rather get a root canal. And more than 50 percent would rather stay home and clean than visit their “monster-in-laws.”

The data’s from a survey sponsored by iVilliage, which is, apparently, the place to cavil about your husband’s family. Some other statistics I found interesting: 76 percent of women would never seek parenting advice from a mother-in-law; 83 percent would never ask relationship advice and 93 percent would never ask for sex advice.

If you’d like to take the poll, click here. For some advice on how to deal with an overbearing mother-in-law, click here

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