Donna, 42 -- Chicago, IL

The first time I met Mike's Italian family, I sat down at a dinner table full of all the aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. They sat me next to "Gramma" and she said "I hear you have a nice job."

"Yes, I do," I said.

To which she responded, "Ah, the Old Man [referring to her husband], never let me have a job, all he let me do was f**k."

All the aunts and uncles screamed, "Ma, you can't say that!" and she said, "Well, it's true."

I was only 19 at the time, but Mike and I made it and have been married since 1982. And he's always let me have a job if I wanted it!