I just got off the phone ith my mother in law. I don't talk to my mom - I call my MIL. If you've ever seen the movie While You Were Sleeping, then you know exactly how I feel about my family-in-law, and it tears me up inside to lose that relationship, and I know that I will lose it, because she is going to side with my wife in the upcoming and probably bitter alimony and property negotiations.
I'm sadder about losing Nancy than almost anything in this process.