Alexander McCall Smith Quotes

But He Was An Only Child And An Only Son, And For A Mother In Such A Position It Is Not Always Easy To Accept That Another Woman Will Eventually Enter Her Son's Life And, If All Goes According To Plan - The Plan Being That Of The Other Woman - Take Him Away. This Common Conflict, So Understandable And So Poignant, Is Played Out Time And Time Again, And Almost Always With The Same Painful Result: Mother Loses. It Is So, Of Course, If Mother Is Overt In Her Attempt To Put Off The Almost Inevitable; If She Is Covert, Then She Stands A Chance, Admittedly A Remote One, Of Introducing Into Her Son's Mind A Germ Of Doubt That The Woman He Has Chosen Might Not Be The Right One For Him. That Takes Skill, And Boundless Patience, But It Is A Course Fraught With Dangers For The Relationship Between Mother And Future Daughter-in-law, Let Alone For That Between Mother And Son.

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