Okay, as it's more relevant to this thread, I've carried this reply over from last week's thread:
I wanna see Clairemom and Veronica as the mothers-in-law.
Not so much the mothers-in-law but the two co-conspirators, meeting in secret (as if meeting at CoD with Dora, Tai and Penny offering endless 'voice of experience' suggestions classifies as a 'secret') to plot hooking the two up. It would be funny but I genuinely get the impression that's the sort of woman Mrs A is. Veronica is a real child of the liberation-70s and I doubt she'd be interested in mapping out Marten's life for him. However, if she's happy in a relationship with Jim, she might decide she wants Marten to be happy too.
SAM: "So... then Miss Claire would be my sorta-sister-in-law?"
VV: "Step-sister-in-law, assuming that I marry your dad, yes."
SAM: "Cool! She'd be able to help me with my literature homework! I'm in!"
Regarding how Mrs A will view Veronica? Well, she can't be
that conservative, given Claire's situation. However, she does strike me as a very middle-of-the-road home-maker type. However, from what Veronica said to Marten about wanting to settle down, she might represent what she
wants to be. There may be a running joke about Mrs A calling Veronica "my young apprentice" and the two bursting into giggles, leading Marten and Claire to the horrible realisation that they're both
the children of sci-fi nerds.