And she was told that she would be ostracized and her family, her in-laws, they would all be shunned from the community, because many felt that her father had been well within his right, given her transgression.
Definitely, although my family live far away and I don't often have a chance to see them but my in-laws are in Brussels, so it's easy to spend a weekend together.
If insulting an in-law is your aim, and they have young children, try inflicting a remote-control car, with which their offspring will smash up the furniture.