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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">Here is the order in which I would place the various in-law relationships:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">1. Margaret / Harry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">2. Sheila / Edwin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">3. Sheila / Jean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">4. John / Edwin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">5. Freda / Mrs. Mackenzie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">6. John / Jean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">7. Ian / Edwin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">8. Margaret / Celia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">I think Margaret and Harry Porter enjoy the warmest relationship, each willing to open up with their innermost thoughts. Usually, of course, the talks
centre upon John.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">Sheila and her father-in-law are very close, too, usually discussing David's latest problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">When Sheila and Jean are in the Anderson shelter with Margaret (in "One of Ours"), the two in-laws speak openly about rumours concerning deliveryman Bob
O'Connell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">John and Edwin return from the pub with Harry (<span style="color:#201F1E">in "Salute the Happy Morn"</span>), and all of them are a bit tipsy and in wonderful spirits.<span style="color:#201F1E">
John and Edwin seem quite able to confide in each other and speak openly about Margaret -- and even Celia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">In "This Year, Next Year,"
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Freda and Mrs. Mackenzie imbibe several glasses of sherry, and their tongues are loose as they discuss Ian with one another. They get along wonderfully well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">John and his mother-in-law are able to discuss his marital problems rather frankly, and Jean is surprisingly objective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">Although Ian and Edwin remain staunchly businesslike, their relationship with one another is a positive one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">Everyone, I'm sure, will agree with the placement of Margaret and her mother-in-law at the bottom of the list. Celia has such a selfish, unpleasant personality
that it is no wonder Margaret approaches her with a confrontational attitude.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">Richard Veit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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