December 2007 Weddings
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Re: If you have married siblings...
Pretty well. My SIL's extended family are forever having gatherings and inviting us. She has a huge family. I don't know her mom that well but she's nice - she's only 45 though (SIL is 30) and is still a bit "out of control". I know it really bothers my SIL. I've met her dad a few times but he's quiet. Her brother is my age and super nice, I feel bad for the guy though as he's still traumatized from being in Iraq - he was in a car bomb on the day of their wedding in 2004 and was one of only 2 to survive.
I'm friends with her brother and one of her aunts on FB - her aunt is really nice too.
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I know and get along with my sister's H and my brother W. I love them both and always have a great time with them.I'm friends with both of them on FB.
DH's brother is another story. I feel like I really don't know him. He lives in DC and rarely comes up to PA to visit, tries to distance himself from the family and DH and I constantly joke that he's in the CIA and that's why no one knows what's ever going on with him
I should answer it myself.
I always thought it was a bit strange that DH seemed to know his brother's wife's family pretty well...but now that we're married, I've realized that it's just the way they are. I'm friends on FB with DH's brother's wife's sister and parents, and we all participated in the Christmas gift exchange.
With my brother's ex-wife, my family and her family almost never did anything together, even though they live in the same area.
With my brother's second wife, though...they've only been married a year, and I think I know her family better than his first wife's family. I'm friends on FB with her sister, and I think her mom would honestly like to come visit us and see Seattle. Her family also does a yearly beach trip in NC, and I think they're serious when they say that DH and I should join them next year.
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My sister and her hubby (of 6 years) have been together since 1996 so he's been in my life longer than he hasnt. And so has his family. My BILs mom sewed all my costumes for my plays in high school. I call my BILs mom "mom" too. (I dont even call my own MIL mom, lol) I'm facebook friends with my BILs brother & sister and their spouses.
likewise, when my sister had her baby, DHs mom sent her tons of stuff. DHs family were invited to my niece's bday.
Family is important in my family - I'm glad we all like each other!
Dh's sister is married. We know and sometimes hang out with his family only because they have kids, our niece and nephew. We always see them at the kids' sporting events and birthday parties. They're ok, but it always becomes a competition between who can hog the kids' most and who can give the biggest present. We usually just have to step back and let them do what they want. When his family and ours is together, we usually just stay in our own little areas.
I'm friendly with my brother's wife's family. They're from my hometown (though I never knew them growing up). I actually went to kindergarten with SIL's older brother (our moms told us after my bro and her got together).
I did some design work for her sister's massage business and in turn got a free massage. We've been to/thrown lots of showers for SIL over the past couple of years w/ the wedding and baby, so I've gotten to know them. I'm friends with her mom and sister on fb.
I only saw mark's other sister's in laws at her wedding. They live in GA. They were 'ehh...' We really didn't like the guy she was marrying. And now they're going through a divorce, so we probably won't ever see them again.
I have 3 married sisters and I know all of their in-laws really well. 2 of my married sisters have kids, so we see their in-laws at bday parties, holidays, dance recitals, etc. The married sister w/o children has in-laws in Indiana, who come to visit often, and we usually all get together to go out for dinner, they'll come to our church, etc. We all get along really well, know most everyone's drama and secrets (one of my sister's mother-in-law is a lesbian and there's a family rumor that she's "dating" my sister's mother, AKA, my dad's ex-wife). that little blurb may confuse a lot of people - feel free to inqure if you're curious how that all works haha.