--- title: "1 Time Mother Quotes By Abigail Van Buren" description: "1 Time Mother quotes by Abigail Van Buren. Plus more from Abigail Van Buren and more Time Mother sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/abigail-van-buren-13275_attractive_then-there-s-the-modern-mother-in-law-in_2285594.jpg" --- > [Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her times. She's pretty stiff competition for the plain young matron who's overweight and under-financed. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/then-there-s-the-modern-mother-in-law-in-her-mid-40s-she-is-the/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/abigail-van-buren-13275_attractive_then-there-s-the-modern-mother-in-law-in_2285594.jpg) ## More by Abigail Van Buren > [Some People are more turned on by money than they are by love. In one respect they're alike. They're both wonderful as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/some-people-are-more-turned-on-by-money-than-they-are-by-love-in-one/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [Kids grow up awfully fast these days,"she said. "You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/kids-grow-up-awfully-fast-these-days-she-said-you-should-try-to-have/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [How should they answer?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/how-should-they-answer/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/if-you-don-t-value-what-you-have-you-re-sure-to-lose-it/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [“The best index to a perso's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good and how he treats people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/the-best-index-to-a-perso-s-character-is-how-he-treats-people-who-can/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [“In response to a letter regarding the writer's lack of religious belief: The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/in-response-to-a-letter-regarding-the-writer-s-lack-of-religious/) [Abigail van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/the-lack-of-faith-is-not-doubt-it-is-certainty/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [“You could move.” ~Abigail Van Buren, "DEAR ABBY" In response to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/you-could-move-abigail-van-buren-dear-abby-in-response-to-a-reader/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [The less you talk, the more you're listened to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/the-less-you-talk-the-more-you-re-listened-to/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/fear-less-hope-more-eat-less-chew-more-talk-less-say-more-hate-less/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/accept-every-blind-date-you-can-get-even-with-a-girl-who-wears-jeans/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/it-is-true-that-i-was-born-in-iowa-but-i-can-t-speak-for-my-twin/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [“JUST FOR TODAY, I will live through this day only. I will not brood about yesterday or obsess about tomorrow. I will not set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/just-for-today-i-will-live-through-this-day-only-i-will-not-brood/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [You are what you are when nobody is looking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/you-are-what-you-are-when-nobody-is-looking/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) > [If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-van-buren/if-we-could-sell-our-experiences-for-what-they-cost-us-we-d-all-be/) [Abigail Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-van-buren/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time-mother/abigail-van-buren/#itemlist", "name": "1 Time Mother Quotes By Abigail Van Buren", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. 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