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Need advice!
Just want to see how other couples relationships with in-laws
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Re: Need advice!
I'm "special" on this one I guess! We get along with my ILs but neither my DH or I seek out opportunities to spend time with them. We just really don't have all that much in common with them. They're REALLY involved in eachothers' extended family business/drama and DH and I have no desire to be dragged into that mess.
If you were to ask DH about his ILs, he'd say that all was well and we spend time together often and get along great.
"Don't marry a man unless you would be PROUD to have a son exactly like him." ~ Unknown
My IL's are very nice people, but they are REALLY frustrating to both DH and I, and to what witty said - we don't really look to get together with them, DH gets really frustrated talking to his dad on the phone (his dad is all over the place), and we just don't have much in common w/ them.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
I'm special as well.
I see my ILs about once a year because they live OOS and neither of us can afford to travel OOS often. H talks to them every 6 weeks or so. They are lovely and delightful people that have welcomed me as another daughter. We just don't speak often.
Special snowflake here:
I adore my MIL. She is smart, funny and stays out of our business. She is anti-meddling, so even if you jokingly ask her "What do you think about this situation?" she will throw up her hands and say "I want nothing to do with this!"
She lives 4 hours away, so we don't see her frequently, but I do talk to her on the phone a couple of times a month. We take her on trips every so often and I enjoy her company.
I'd have to say SS - - great! we never see them!
Special snowflake here (it's my first time claiming SS status, this is some sort of milestone, right??)!
Love my in laws, but we live in Hawaii currently and they live in Massachussetts. If we lived closer, we would certainly hang out with them at least once a month, but the distance doesn't allow for that. We're moving back to the mainland in less than two months, and I can't wait to be closer to both sides of the family.
Special, too.
I get along great with most of my ILs and love them to death. But it's very on-off with my MIL (we think she might be bi-polar), and I want nothing to do with my SIL or GMIL.
MIne are all very nice. I suggested tonight we see if MIL wanted to go to dinner with us since we hadn't seen her in 3 weeks or so. I don't just chat with them tons, but have a good relationship.