Six things you should expect from your Yoruba mother-in-law

We have heard so much about the mother-in-law versus daughter-in-law relationship, which can sometimes be filled with so much drama and violence. This relationship varies from tribe to tribe and person to person. People have different mindsets, backgrounds and ways of doing things and that’s why you have to try to understand people. Everyone knows that Yoruba culture places the highest emphasis on respect, but once you understand them, they are very easy to please. If you are getting married to a Yoruba person, these are some of the things you should expect from your mother-in-law. 1. Respect, respect and more respect: Your mother-in-law expects you to be respectful and it’s not just any kind of respect. You’re expected to respect every single one of your in-laws.
For peace to reign, you need to observe Yoruba culture of respecting your in-laws.

2. Greet like a Yoruba Girl irrespective of Your Tribe: Once you see your mother-in-law, bend at your knees or kneel down while greeting her.
If you’ve not learned how to kneel down when greeting people older than you, start practicing because nothing pleases a Yoruba family member more than respect. 

3. Yoruba soup and dishes: Your Yoruba-mother-in-law loves her native soup. She expects you to know how to prepare Ewedu soup for son and if you don’t know how, she wants you to learn.
Sound like you know your way around the kitchen, even if you don’t. 

4. Focus on her: Shower her with attention and treat her like your own mother.
If you can win her over, you have nothing to worry about. 

5. Call her mummy: Never you call her any other name.
Your Yoruba mother-in-law does not joke with that name, ‘mummy’. 

6. Get pregnant immediately: They expect you to get pregnant on your wedding night.
She can’t wait to carry her grandchild. The way your mother-in-law behaves has nothing to do with tribe. While some people from a certain tribes are nice, some others from that same tribe are not. So, i’s an individual thing.