I was the "wrong" religion. But not to worry. All's well now. (Sometimes she's nicer to me now than to her son.)
My first mother law despised me and made no secret of the fact. She sobbed all the way through the wedding and they were not tears of joy. She sat at the top table crying and when she wasn't crying she was ranting at me, which she continued to do for 7 years.
The only time she was even vaguely pleasant, was when we were getting our divorce, post her son coming out. At that point she came round, sobbing again, but begging me to stay with him.!
We had the most amicable divorce ever and to this day he still sends my parents a Xmas card.He really is one of life's gentle souls, a real sweetheart.His mother disowned him when he met and moved in with his partner and has never spoken a word to him since.His father who was a real one of the golfing boys type, accepted the situation 100% .
My ex is still with his partner 20 years on and his parents are long since divorced. his father keeps a room spare for them when they come to visit. If only there were more people around like him. It took a quantum leap of love and courage to adopt the stance he took over his son, particularly round his golfing buddies.