My MIL is a keeper. She's actually cussed out a co-worker who was trying to make what she thought was an ignorant joke about me. The last dude my wife went with before me was one of those possessive control freak types, who didn't want her to see her parents at all. If they went shopping he'd question her when she got back, if she was going to the gas station he'd check the odometer to make sure she didn't go anywhere else, etc.
She got with me, and the first time she went shopping with her mom she came home and started in the habitual "We went here, then here,,,,,," type of deal, and I just stopped her and asked "Do I really need to know all this?", and then said "Just tell me you went shopping. That's good enough for me".
We got married in 1994, and her mom still thanks me for giving her daughter back to her.
Oh yeah,
anytime there's a father's day, birthday, etc., she buys me stuff too. The most recent gifts;
shotgun shells for dove season
.223's for practice
.45's for practice
waders+parka for duck hunting