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Do your parents and ILs hang out?
Do your parents and your ILs hang out together? Or even like each other? We've tried to invite them all over to our house for a cook out, or to all go out to eat and one of them declines. They've never really been around each other other than our wedding, so they don't have a reason not to like each other. And they live in the same city, however they never speak (unless they run into each other at a store then it's, "hi and bye.") I complain to my mom about my MIL sometimes when she does something to irk me, so maybe my mom has developed an opinion about her through that. Dunno. I'm not worried about it, just wondering if others were like that. It will be interesting when/if we have a kid and they are around each other more.
Re: Do your parents and ILs hang out?
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My parents have met my IL's a few times but they don't voluntarily hang out. Like Haley, my MIL is pretty anti-social and super hard to talk to (even my H can't have a conversation with her on the phone) so it makes it very awkward. Our dad's get along great, though.
Is it weird that I wish they did, though? The way I grew up, my grandparents on both sides were very close to each other (even though they live 2+ hours away from each other), and it's the same way with my cousin's other grandparents also. I mean, for mother's day my mom had her mom, my dad's mom, my Aunt's mom all over for brunch and they had a great time lol.
OMG, no. My parents and the IL's are polar opposites. Mine are reserved and quiet (but not stuffy), while DH's are loud, boisterous, and drink like fish. My mom can get along fine with the IL's, as she's better at going with the flow and knows to just ignore whatever FIL says. My dad and FIL are another story. It's just best not to mix them. FIL can be very annoying and talks a lot and he just plain pisses off my dad.
There was an incident at the wedding and both dads are at fault and said things that weren't thought out clearly and/or misinterpreted. It was bad and my dad is still pissed that FIL made me cry (only to my parents) the day before the wedding.
They've only all been together and handful of times and we've found that it's just best not to mix them. The holidays would be so much easier if that weren't the case.
Mine totally would if they lived closer. My IL's keep asking my parents to come stay at the house and play on the lake. Lucky dogs live on one. They've met quite a few times and it's always been fun. I'm lucky that I have good IL and my DH feels the same way.
I don't think so. I wish mine did. To a certain extent, of course. I mean, don't hang out all the time, but come over and have GTGs at my house or something. I have a very large family and H's family is just four of them and that's all. So I wish they would come when we have family functions. However, there is only so much of each family that I can handle. Maybe it's a good thing they don't want to hang out with us all the time, lol. I just hate it when we try to have both sides over and I get excited about it, etc. then one side always declines for some reason, but I really just think they don't want to socialize with each other. My family is more outgoing and his is more hermit like.