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At the wedding reception the mother of the groom cuts the strings off an apron and hands them to the bride. She then gives a speech acknowledging that she is no longer first in her son's life and that his wife is.

I like it. There is usually a power struggle between a man's wife and his mother. I believe this new tradition is a way of avoiding that struggle and the issues caused by it. If my future mother-in-law does this I will be very happy. Since it would be her way of saying she accepts her new role in his life (and mine) I would feel more secure about including her in our lives more (and at least as much as I include my own mother.