MIL Slow to Catch on DIL Is an American

[conuly]

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I only met my mother-in-law a few times before my husband and I got married. He’s stationed in and we live in Florida and she lives in Montana, so the only times we met were when he took me home with him on leave.

All my great-grandparents were born in Korea, but everyone in my family since has been born in and around Jacksonville, and I’m as American as my husband, yet my mother-in-law sees me as this kind of exotic foreigner. She always asks me questions about how they do things in my country, and I’ve never even been to Korea!

I don’t want to offend this lady, but how many times do I have to politely tell her I’m a citizen, just like her, her kids, and her husband? --- ALL-AMERICAN GIRL

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Dear Prudence Podcast Help

[zvi]

I'm not a Slate+ member, so I don't have access to their podcasts. Is anyone in the community a member? I wanted to talk about the letter re: co-workers commenting snarkily on someone's schedule when the someone is leaving regular to take care of their son from Dear Prudence: The “Permanent Closet” Edition episode from yesterday.

Thanks for your help