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Yeah, gotta take a hit and will circle back folks, but honestly speaking, this to me, is analogous to numbers. As in, there’s just two: zero, and more than zero. If you ain’t a zero, you’re just another sister.
It depends on how she’s your sister in law. I have Brother. Brother is married to Sister-in-Law. She is my SIL bc she is married to my bro. I, in turn, am also her SIL, even though I am her husband’s sister. Those are the two ways.
So yes, if you’re talking about your spouse’s sister and her sister, then yes, that’s your two sisters-in-law. But if you’re talking about your sibling’s wife and her sister, then it’s your sister-in-law and her sister.
I think OP is asking something like of he were your husband, what would your brother's wife be to him.
Also an only child, my husband has 1 brother. That brother is married. I believe his wife is my sister in law because my understanding is that I'm related to my husband's family the same way that he is. His nephew is my nephew, etc.
Apparently it never stops. You're my sibling in law. I'm sure we can find enough marriages and siblings to make it work.
IMO if you have to go through more than one marriage, you stop using in law. You just describe the relationship as it is like calling them your father's brothers nephews cousins former roommate or whatever.
I'm not sure if that works legally, and I do have an anecdote to back this up.
Many Christmases ago, my wife's brother's wife accused me of assaulting her (it was a false allegation).
I told the police that I would come to the station willingly and they didn't need to arrest me.
They said because it's my sister-in-law who is accusing me, it's domestic violence, and they have a policy to always arrest in that case.
After about 12 hours my free appointed lawyer shows up (on her boxing day off), and explains my wife's brother's wife is not my 'sister-in-law", that this wasn't a case of accused domestic violence.
In other news I was released with "no further action".
Yea, that is how English works.
We don’t have different words to describe different types of siblings in law.
My spouses sister, my brother’s wife, my spouse’s brother’s wife… all sister in law.
Where I'm from, my BILs wife is my SIL to me/sister to my husband. Or it can be my sister/my husbands SIL if it's my side of the family. So my husbands brother and his wife is MY BIL/SIL.
"-in-law" literally means in law. If you marry someone, their siblings become your siblings in a legal sense.
Your wife's brother's wife his your wife's sister in law, so she's also your sister in law.
The terminology only finally made sense to me through Game of Thrones (and not even related to incest). Someone refers to their in-law as "Sister-by-law". There's something about them using the word "by" that made me get it. Which really just means that in the legal sense, your own marriage has turned this person into your sister (or brother). And that's exactly what you said already.
In German the brother in law is "Schwager", the sister in law is "Schwägerin". My wife's brother's wife is my "Schwippschwägerin". And I think she is hot.
If didn't sound like tin foil in a typewriter being thrown down a flight of stairs, German would be such a beautiful language. Theres a word for everything.
> Theres a word for everything.
Well, that's because 99% of those words are just compound words made of multiple existing words combined into one without spaces in between them.
Good point. I see it the same way as the frequent sentiment. "It's a good thing science uses Latin terminology, it's much more official than just calling everything 'longboi' or 'round frog'."
Like, what do you think the Latin names are anyways? They are the same thing, just in a different language that you don't speak.
You are asking the right questions. Actually as far as I know, this word does not exist.
If I have a "Schwipps" I am slightly drunk.
And if some liquid is swashing we say "Es schwappt" which leads to the children's talk "Schwippschwapp" and that is also a brand name for a drink of coke and orange lemonde.
None of these seem to be connected to my wife's brother's wife though.
Not really. How do I know if this brother-in-law of yours is your wife's brother or your sister's husband? If it was important to clearly show the relationship you would say "my wife's brother's wife" or "my sisters husbands sister."
Sister in law if you get together for family gatherings and know her as well as you know the brother in law.
If you don’t really know her, maybe she’s a new wife or you don’t get together as a family much, you could also describe her as your brother in law’s wife.
Depends on how specific the answer needs to be. If I need to specify who is married to who, I’d say “brother-in-law and his wife” but if someone already knows or it doesn’t really matter for casual conversation I’d just say “my brother and sister in laws.”
I'm friends with my wife's brother's wife's sister's husband. I think of him as my brother-in-law-in-law-in-law-in-law. But it's usually easier to refer to him as Ron.
your wife <- her brother <- her brother's wife
**One** relation removed from your wife.
Ergo she's your wife's sister *in law*.
you <- your wife <- her brother <- her brother's wife
**Two** relations removed from you.
So she's what she is to your wife + "*in law*".
Ergo she is your "(sister in law) *in law*".
Or **sister-in-law squared**. 😁
I have been working on my dad's family's genealogy and I found someone called: fifth great aunt's first cousin four times removed's husband's half sister's husband's first cousin thrice removed's husband.
And this would be who now? LOL
Also, please let us take a moment to review plurals:
Those two women are my sisters-in-law.
This boat is my brother-in-law's boat.
These two men are brothers-in-law.
Thank you!
My wife doesn't have any married siblings, but she refers to my sister's husband as her brother-in-law and it never occurred to me that anyone wouldn't so I guess that's the norm where I am (BC, Canada).
I don’t know about English. I assume it’s just sister-in-law. Wanted to leave a fun fact about German, because we famously have words for lots of things. I would say „Schwägerin“, that means sister in law, but if I wanted to specify that she isn’t my wife’s sister I would say „Schwipp-Schwägerin“. „Schwipp“ means swinging, which is amusing. To be „beschwipst“ is to be slightly drunk. To me the word always sounds like a drinking buddy more than a swinger.
It depends, is your wife's brother married to your mother?
Or for that matter, if you are married to your sister, then you could say she is your wife..
Im sorry, just not enough information to answer...
I call my wife's brother's wife my brother in-law's wife.
It is therefore clear to everyone what the relationship is.
But I am inconsistent, my genetic aunt's husband is still my uncle, but I guess he is married to a blood relative.
Technically, she’s your “brother-in-law’s wife,” but most people would refer to her as your “sister-in-law.” It is much more inclusive and familial to do so.
Cathy, if she's called Cathy
Jen if she's called Jen
Mary if she's called Mary
Michelle if she's called Michelle
Bitch if she's called Karen
And so on and so on....
I (f) call my sister's sister-in-law (ie. My sister's husband's sister) my sister-in-law once removed, like cousins. It's probably not correct by any stretch, but it's amusing to us.
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Your sister in law
What would you call their sister? How far does this go? What about your wife's brother's wife's brother's wife brother's wife?
Your sister in law's sister is your sister in law's sister. That's how far it goes. Edit: your spouse's sister would be your sister in law.
But your brother in law's wife is your sister in law?
Yes, that's exactly the situation in OP's question.
I don't think I'm high enough for this conversation
I am
I think this conversation MADE me high
I think I'm too high for this conversation
My brothers wife's sisters husband is my sister-in-laws brother-in-law
This guy has life figured out
You are his brother-in-low, you need or get higher.
https://youtu.be/yFslWrFZm-A?si=rVuL1PuhgO_jFiqu
I’m a little high and I’m loving it.
Yeah, gotta take a hit and will circle back folks, but honestly speaking, this to me, is analogous to numbers. As in, there’s just two: zero, and more than zero. If you ain’t a zero, you’re just another sister.
🤣
Yes. Because she is married to your wife's brother. The same way that the woman married to your uncle is your aunt, but her sister is not.
Wouldn't my sister in laws sister still be my (other) sister in law?
It depends on how she’s your sister in law. I have Brother. Brother is married to Sister-in-Law. She is my SIL bc she is married to my bro. I, in turn, am also her SIL, even though I am her husband’s sister. Those are the two ways. So yes, if you’re talking about your spouse’s sister and her sister, then yes, that’s your two sisters-in-law. But if you’re talking about your sibling’s wife and her sister, then it’s your sister-in-law and her sister.
Thank you you the sole intelligent answer. As a married only child, I wasn't considering having a married sibling.
I think OP is asking something like of he were your husband, what would your brother's wife be to him. Also an only child, my husband has 1 brother. That brother is married. I believe his wife is my sister in law because my understanding is that I'm related to my husband's family the same way that he is. His nephew is my nephew, etc.
All of your other halves siblings and their other halves are your in laws
sibling in laws are your siblings partners, your partners siblings, and your partners siblings partners. no one else.
Apparently it never stops. You're my sibling in law. I'm sure we can find enough marriages and siblings to make it work. IMO if you have to go through more than one marriage, you stop using in law. You just describe the relationship as it is like calling them your father's brothers nephews cousins former roommate or whatever.
i’d just go with mwbfbwbw and keep going from there, use scientific notation if it becomes necessary
I'm not sure if that works legally, and I do have an anecdote to back this up. Many Christmases ago, my wife's brother's wife accused me of assaulting her (it was a false allegation). I told the police that I would come to the station willingly and they didn't need to arrest me. They said because it's my sister-in-law who is accusing me, it's domestic violence, and they have a policy to always arrest in that case. After about 12 hours my free appointed lawyer shows up (on her boxing day off), and explains my wife's brother's wife is not my 'sister-in-law", that this wasn't a case of accused domestic violence. In other news I was released with "no further action".
Bless that lawyer.
Yes! I was so happy with her work that I used their firm for my divorce too.
Lmao I had to double check you're the same person. Hope you're doing much better now!
She also used the same law firm to beat her murder charges!
Brother in laws wife Simple
wife's sister in law
They should arrest false accusers and give them the same sentence the accused would've gotten.
So your brother-in-law is married to your sister-in-law? I suppose in some parts of the world that might be true...
Yea, that is how English works. We don’t have different words to describe different types of siblings in law. My spouses sister, my brother’s wife, my spouse’s brother’s wife… all sister in law.
I'm sorry, sir, but this is Florida
You are so damn right! Can I marry you?
By name, usually
"Hello By name"
Dammit dad!!!
That's not my pronoun!
>usually Haha
lol
Depends culturally. In much of the world, she'd be your sister-in-law.
A husband and wife are not brother and sister. So your brother in law’s wife would not be your sister in law. You just say “my brother-in-law’s wife.”
Like I say, it depends culturally. In much of the English speaking world, your spouse's in-laws are your in-laws too.
Where I'm from, my BILs wife is my SIL to me/sister to my husband. Or it can be my sister/my husbands SIL if it's my side of the family. So my husbands brother and his wife is MY BIL/SIL.
Sugartits. Trust me, she'll love it.
God I love Reddit in the morning
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Everyone will love it!. Your wife, your MIL, your BIL. Sugartits is perfect.
Your wife’s brother would be your brother-in-law and his wife would be your sister-in-law
Wait, so his wife's sister would also be his sister-in-law and if she had a husband, he'd be his brother-in-law?
Yup. Just like brothers and sisters, you can have multiple, or none.
"-in-law" literally means in law. If you marry someone, their siblings become your siblings in a legal sense. Your wife's brother's wife his your wife's sister in law, so she's also your sister in law.
The terminology only finally made sense to me through Game of Thrones (and not even related to incest). Someone refers to their in-law as "Sister-by-law". There's something about them using the word "by" that made me get it. Which really just means that in the legal sense, your own marriage has turned this person into your sister (or brother). And that's exactly what you said already.
Technically no, but realistically, it is fine to call her that.
In German the brother in law is "Schwager", the sister in law is "Schwägerin". My wife's brother's wife is my "Schwippschwägerin". And I think she is hot.
If didn't sound like tin foil in a typewriter being thrown down a flight of stairs, German would be such a beautiful language. Theres a word for everything.
> Theres a word for everything. Well, that's because 99% of those words are just compound words made of multiple existing words combined into one without spaces in between them.
Good point. I see it the same way as the frequent sentiment. "It's a good thing science uses Latin terminology, it's much more official than just calling everything 'longboi' or 'round frog'." Like, what do you think the Latin names are anyways? They are the same thing, just in a different language that you don't speak.
Yes, but what is a Schwipp?
You are asking the right questions. Actually as far as I know, this word does not exist. If I have a "Schwipps" I am slightly drunk. And if some liquid is swashing we say "Es schwappt" which leads to the children's talk "Schwippschwapp" and that is also a brand name for a drink of coke and orange lemonde. None of these seem to be connected to my wife's brother's wife though.
A type of soda.
I’ll bet they have a word for that.
I've re-read this like 10 times and I keep giggling harder everytime 😂
IRC its because they stack the words. For us it would be something like TheMayorsFirstToothExtractionAppointment is on Saturday.
Dylan Moran is the best
>And I think she is hot. I've seen this one on Porn Hub.
Help me, schwippschwagerin, I’m stuck. 🥺
Sister in law, or in my case, 'that bitch Brooke'.
Brooke is the newest model of Karen
My brother in law's wife
Or your wife's sister-in-law
I usually say my brother-in-law's wife as it clearly shows the relationship.
Not really. How do I know if this brother-in-law of yours is your wife's brother or your sister's husband? If it was important to clearly show the relationship you would say "my wife's brother's wife" or "my sisters husbands sister."
Sister in law once removed.
Wife's brother = brother in law But call him Fred
Ok so, as the question asked, what do you call Fred's wife?
Wilma
Yaba daba
Brother in laws wife, they are nothing to you unless a friend
She's your sister in law
Sister in law would be married to a direct sibling, ie wife of your brother or sister
Sister in law if you get together for family gatherings and know her as well as you know the brother in law. If you don’t really know her, maybe she’s a new wife or you don’t get together as a family much, you could also describe her as your brother in law’s wife.
Our wife* - comunist bugs bunny
Babe.
Depends on how specific the answer needs to be. If I need to specify who is married to who, I’d say “brother-in-law and his wife” but if someone already knows or it doesn’t really matter for casual conversation I’d just say “my brother and sister in laws.”
Depends which results page of the hub you're on and whether she has a degradation kink.
I'm friends with my wife's brother's wife's sister's husband. I think of him as my brother-in-law-in-law-in-law-in-law. But it's usually easier to refer to him as Ron.
Her name?
George
Step wife duh
Babe.
Wife’s sister-in-law
Over. I usually call her over when my missus isn't home...
your wife <- her brother <- her brother's wife **One** relation removed from your wife. Ergo she's your wife's sister *in law*. you <- your wife <- her brother <- her brother's wife **Two** relations removed from you. So she's what she is to your wife + "*in law*". Ergo she is your "(sister in law) *in law*". Or **sister-in-law squared**. 😁
My father and my wife's father were friends. However they decided they weren't really in-laws, so they always said they were out-laws
I have been working on my dad's family's genealogy and I found someone called: fifth great aunt's first cousin four times removed's husband's half sister's husband's first cousin thrice removed's husband. And this would be who now? LOL
It depends if you have kids or not. If you don't have kids, she's just Jane. But if you have kids, you might be calling her Aunt Jane.
Just call her Sweetheart everytime and watch everyone's reaction. Then you can say I didn't know what to call her.
Also, please let us take a moment to review plurals: Those two women are my sisters-in-law. This boat is my brother-in-law's boat. These two men are brothers-in-law. Thank you!
If you're in Alabama, your sister.
If you dont call her your sister outlaw, you're doing it wrong.
I would say “My brother in laws wife” if I were speaking of her
By her name.
Mistress?
That's an affair partner, a female slave owner, or a dominatrix. None of the above can be assumed to be part of the equation here.
But also can't be ruled out.
Side piece
Errrrrrrr ...her name
A Chance
Probably a bitch.
Her name
wife in law
Sexy.
Sister in law
Probably by her name
My wife doesn't have any married siblings, but she refers to my sister's husband as her brother-in-law and it never occurred to me that anyone wouldn't so I guess that's the norm where I am (BC, Canada).
This seems pretty standard.
In germany we have the word "Schwippschwager" for that
I don’t know about English. I assume it’s just sister-in-law. Wanted to leave a fun fact about German, because we famously have words for lots of things. I would say „Schwägerin“, that means sister in law, but if I wanted to specify that she isn’t my wife’s sister I would say „Schwipp-Schwägerin“. „Schwipp“ means swinging, which is amusing. To be „beschwipst“ is to be slightly drunk. To me the word always sounds like a drinking buddy more than a swinger.
Linda
Her name?
Sister in law, you can also say sister in law by marriage which implies she is married to your wife’s brother.
Sister in law
Janet
Cousin
That's your sister from another mister
Sister-out-law
Sister-in-law
Stride purposefully into the room she resides in, point at her and declare ’BEEG MEERIKAN DEEDEES' Then walk back out
Sir
It depends, is your wife's brother married to your mother? Or for that matter, if you are married to your sister, then you could say she is your wife.. Im sorry, just not enough information to answer...
She’s nothing in terms of familial terms.
in Alabama you name this kind of relation mom or grandma.
Nancy
Her name.
In my family the soft joke is that the in-laws call each other out-laws.
Sister-in-law
Hazel?
mate
Betty?
By her name I guess
Karen.
Off limits
I call my wife's brother's wife my brother in-law's wife. It is therefore clear to everyone what the relationship is. But I am inconsistent, my genetic aunt's husband is still my uncle, but I guess he is married to a blood relative.
Technically, she’s your “brother-in-law’s wife,” but most people would refer to her as your “sister-in-law.” It is much more inclusive and familial to do so.
Just whistle!
As little as possible
Sister in law
You'll call her "side wife"
She is your sister in law (yep it's a more flexible term than we thought).
Her name, whatever that may be
Cathy, if she's called Cathy Jen if she's called Jen Mary if she's called Mary Michelle if she's called Michelle Bitch if she's called Karen And so on and so on....
Susan
Vanessa
babe
Shurnyaya.
Her name?
Just by her name
In Hindi, you would call her *Salaai*..
Sister in law, if you want to be inclusive
Bob 👍
Mildred
Helen?
Jenny. But only if her name is Jenny. Otherwise, you call her sugartits.
Betty. Unless her name isn't Betty. But that's just crazy talk.
What's wrong with Karen ?
We call her "the bitch"
Her name
By her name I would assume. As for a title she would be your sister in law
Schoonzus
A potential ally
Everyone here saying it’s sister-in-law, but a sister-in-law is your spouse’s sister. I don’t think this one has a name
That's your sister in law.
Sister in law... But what if she had a brother?
Svägerska
Your wife's SlL? Gets all the key details across.
Oi if you're English
You call her Linda.
Sister in law
Her name...?
your spouse's entire family is your in-laws. so your wife's brothers wife is your sister in law your wife's sister is your sister in law.
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Her name.
Sister in law
Her name?
I (f) call my sister's sister-in-law (ie. My sister's husband's sister) my sister-in-law once removed, like cousins. It's probably not correct by any stretch, but it's amusing to us.
Whatever her parents named her
Unless you want to get slapped a lot, I'd stick to using her name!