DEAR ABBY: In response to "Hurt Mother-in-Law": I was married in 1967, and I clearly remember my new mother-in-law taking me aside and saying, "You already have a mother, so let's figure out a name for you to call me that you are comfortable with. I'm comfortable with Doris."
She set the stage for a wonderful relationship. My father-in-law did his part, too. He introduced me to his friends as "my daughter." That always got a laugh from them, and it made me feel warm and accepted.
In loving memory of Doris and Armand Roth. -- KIRSTEN W. ROTH, PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIF.