This tabu does not imply any animosity between the two (mother-in-law and son-in-law), their indirect relationship usually being most pleasant. A man is proud of his mokul, and boasts of her kindness to him. She always sends him food and her most prized possessions through her daughter, and he returns them through his wife. She, too, is equally proud of her gurrong, and tells of his many kindnesses to her.3

3Warnern/an/an/an/an/an/a, , 251.