Common Thread: In-laws

2 funny stories--one real, the other perhaps real.

1) Brother, can you spare a bride?
Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:27AM EDT
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USDEL12620520070430
PATNA, India (Reuters) - Villagers at a wedding in eastern India decided the groom had arrived too drunk to get married, and so the bride married the groom's more sober brother instead, police said Monday.
"The groom was drunk and had reportedly misbehaved with guests when the bride's family and local villagers chased him away," Madho Singh, a senior police officer told Reuters after Sunday's marriage in a village in Bihar state's Arwal district.
The younger brother readily agreed to take the groom's place beside the teenage bride at her family's invitation, witnesses said.
"The groom apologized for his behavior, but has been crying that word will spread and he will never get a bride again," Singh said by phone.

2) That guy wasn't too smart, but this one is:
The prospective father-in-law asked his daughter's fiance, "Young man, are you able to support a family?"
The surprised groom-to-be replied, "Well, no. I was just planning to support your daughter. The rest of you will have to fend for yourselves."