i know my husbands sister is my sister-in-law, but what is the technical term for my husbands brothers wife? is that still a sister-in-law? or is it what a friend of mine has called it, a co-sister?
my friend mentioned that it's a slang term in one of the states in India when refering to your spouses inlaws (i.e. my husbands' sisters' husband would be my co-brother).
a diff friend mentioned that co-sister could be short for "common sister" aka "common law sister", what do you think?
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She is your husband's sister-in-law, but not yours.
There is no "official" social designator for the in-law of your spouse.
She's just "Sally", "Mary" or whatever her name is.
You would introduce her to others as your husband's sister-in-law.
Since modern society is so loose and casual, the need for formal titles is anachronistic anyway.
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I call my husband's brother's wife a Bit*h!
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My wife call my sister's husband brother-in-law and my brother's wife a sister-in-law.
So I guess you can call them that.
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well you could call her by her name, or sister-in-law once removed, or Hey You!, or that woman who lives with my husbands brother, or my brother-in-law's wife, or just plane sister-in-law.
The proper title that you would give this lady would be sister-in-law. However, you could call her anything you would like. I mean after all she is your husband's brother's wife.
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It would still be a sister-in-law because all the family on your husbands' side are your in-laws.
His brother is your brother-in-law
His sister is your sister-in-law
His mother is your mother-in-law
and so on...
So your husbands' brother's wife is your sister-in-law
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Still a sister-in-law
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What do you call your husbands' brothers' wife?
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sister-in-law...Your friend is not an idiot..i guess he or she doesn't know..
A person's sister-in-law is his or her brother's husband, or spouse's sister.
The term is often misapplied to the wife of a person's brother-in-law; the correct term for such a relationship is "sister-in-law by marriage."The plural form is "sisters-in-law".
A person's brother-in-law is his or her sister's husband, or spouse's brother. A spouse's sisters' husband is also considered your "brother-in-law."[
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Its sister in law.
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just call her by her name.lol.well it would be sister in law...
sister-in-law(sĭs'tər-ĭn-lô')
n., pl. sis·ters-in-law (sĭs'tərz-).
The sister of one's spouse.
The wife of one's brother.
The wife of the brother of one's spouse.
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