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amiheinesyesterday at 6:05 PM1 replyview on HN

If you're married and Jewish, the wife's mother keeps the marriage document, so even if there is a house fire and all documents are lost, your mother in law usually lives in another house, so you can pick it up from there.


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dghlsakjgyesterday at 10:20 PM

I’m married and Jewish. It would be pretty surprising to me if my wife’s mother had even seen our marriage paperwork let alone possessed it. This also isn’t a tradition I’ve ever heard of in my family.

Or did a joke about overbearing mother in laws just go right over my head.

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