if they didn’t have that thing there’d be bounty on ‘em ...
Take a good look at your perspective wife’s mother. Pay close attention to the condition of her teeth. I know that sounds like horse training, but it’s a fairly accurate picture of what’s to come in your later years.
Is her mother trim? Is her mother obese? Does the mother have thousands of dollars of dental work behind her? does the mother nag the father incessantly? is the father a lazy bum? is the father industrious and still get nagged?
These are important factors, my daddy told me so.