Daughter vs. daughter-in-law: Kareena Kapoor Khan gets the best reply from Sharmila Tagore

The relationship between a daughter-in-law and mother-in-law is often fraught, or at least that’s what we are made to believe by most Hindi movies or sitcoms that portray the story of the two leading ladies in a man’s life. But does it always have to be impossible? Not really. They may not be the best of friends but they are not always after each other’s blood either.In fact, there are real-life examples where women and their mothers-in-law share the most beautiful bond and they cherish each other’s company. And we recently got a taste of the love and respect a daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law have for each other during the first episode of Kareena Kapoor’s popular radio show. And the first guest of the second season of the show was none other than her mother-in-law Sharmila Tagore.
During the course of their discussion, Kareena asked her mother-in-law a question that every woman might have raised at some point in her life—what is the difference between a daughter and daughter-in-law? And Sharmila Tagore’s reply won everyone’s heart. “Well, a daughter is someone you’ve grown up with, right? So you know her temperament, you know what makes her angry and how to deal with that person. You’re meeting your daughter-in-law when she is an adult already and you don’t quite know what her temperament is like, so it takes time to gel. The new girl, your daughter-in-law, is coming to your house so you need to welcome her and make her more comfortable,” she said.
Sharmila also raised an important topic when she said the man’s family should not interfere much in the lives of the married couple. According to relationship experts, during the initial days of marriage, the husband and wife need to understand each other’s habits and needs. It is therefore very important that they should be given enough space by the immediate family to let the relationship grow. And Shamila made this point very clear when she said, “If I say, ‘When my son was young, this is what he liked and this is his favourite dish’… All that showing off can be a bane. You should allow their relationship to grow more than try and take over.”
The veteran actor was said a lot without saying much, right? No wonder her advice and definition of daughter and daughter-in-law is winning hearts across the country.