An enigma, condundrum, etc. etc.

So I got into a debate this weekend with two boys (one being my husband, the other being Trent). We were sitting at Buffalo Wild Wings and somehow got on the subject of brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws. I mentioned to Rayce something about Amy (my brother's wife) being his sister-in-law and he said "She is your sister-in-law not mine". I was like "are you kidding me?" And he said he wasn't and that "just because she is your sister-in-law doesn't mean she is mine". I explained to him that they both married into the family and therefore they were sister and brother-in-law. Trent and he both disagreed with me.

I went further and asked Rayce "so when your brother gets married his wife would not be my sister-in-law" and they both said "no". I posed the same question to Trent. When he got married Candy (his brother's wife) couldn't call his wife her sister-in-law.

I just couldn't accept this. So I proceeded to try to get them to my side. I text messaged Brooke and asked her what she thought and she and jonathan (her boyfriend) both agreed with me. Then both boys called their moms and they agreed with me as well. So Trent then proceeds to ask our waitress and she agreed with me. And then they aske ANOTHER waiter who FINALLY agreed with them...but he was a guy.

What do you think? I am interested to hear what other people think about the subject. I guess I had never really thought about it, because in my family we always thought the way I did. My mom married my dad therefore he is the brother in law of her sisters as well as their husbands.

So I finally looked it up on two different dictionary websites and lo and behold, I was right about the whole subject, but they still wouldn't agree. I am baffled.

To his credit, my husband did say "It doesn't change the way I love Amy and Patricia (the sister-in-laws). So that was sweet, but he is still wrong.

So maybe it just has to do with different family situations....and maybe even gender somewhat.....but then again I know guys who agree with me.

I know it's not a huge deal, but it was something I had never really thought about. Opinions? Confusing I know.