In-laws, Do You Get Along With Them?
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Yes. Even better than my husband does0
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Yup, more than I do with my own parents.0
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Divorced, but didn't get along. The first time former MIL came to my house she said "oh, it's so much cleaner than I thought it would be." It didn't get better after that.0
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Face to face, sure. But I know she gossips about me behind my back. She also one day made it a point to tell my husband that she missed an ex of his(while looking at her pictures that were found in the house) and told him he had bad taste in women now.....and this was in November. We got married on Halloween. I do my best to be pleasant to her, but I honestly don't like her as a person. She's unpleasant to my husband and is two-faced and a slob to boot.0
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In small doses.0
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My MIL would adopt me if we were ever to divorce. We always spend time together and tell each other how much we love each other.
Neither one of us gets along with my husband's MIL. She's wretched.0 -
Although I'm not married *yet*, I've always gotten along really well with my significant others parents. The mother of my first boyfriend was more like a mom to me than my own for the 2 years that we were dating. My current boyfriend I've been with for almost 2.5 years and both of his parents have been calling me their daughter-in-law since last Christmas, and apparently liked me enough to include me in their family portrait when we had only been dating about 3 months! I guess I'm lucky!0
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Not married but been with my boyfriend for five years. His parents have never liked me. Mainly because I'm a different race..0
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Yeah, I do. I am in my second marriage and I feel really lucky this time around. Sadly, my mother-in-law passed away Dec 1st. But I really liked her and we got along very well. My father-in-law is a pretty cool guy although he has his issues, I like him and vice versa. The best part is my husband and I are not religious and neither are his parents. That helps a lot. Also they're smart nice people.
In my former marriage I HATED my mother-in-law, she was a hideous individual who liked to put me down and was intimidated by me in a huge way. My ex-FIL was a nice enough guy but didn't have much of a personality.0 -
I consider myself very fortunate that I have the in-laws that I do (granted, as in any family there are tensions/issues and they are no exception to hat) but they are wonderful in-laws and I've been known to visit sans husband if he's working and there's an event going on.0
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Get along pretty well with them! Probably a little better than my own family. There are some religious differences (I'm not religious) but they haven't mentioned anything about it since before we got married, thankfully. Even then, they never said anything to me about it. They talked to my husband out of concern, which coming from their perspective is actually kinda sweet, haha.
I've typically gotten along quite well with most of my partners' parents, with the exception of one but that guy was a jerk himself! I've been pretty lucky, I guess.0 -
my inlaws are very religious and controlling. it doesnt matter as long as your S.O Honors you and treats you better than his folks do. I know my in laws wont quit until were married.. until then were not allowed to be alone..even though we have been together for 5 years..and were both in our mid 20's0
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I'm glad for all the varied responses, and honestly, I'm super happy that some of you are able to get along with your in-laws!0
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FIL - Yes
MIL - Hells No0 -
Most of the time, but it doesn't mean I actually like them.0
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Both my FIL and MIL are fantastic and wonderful people. I couldn't ask for better. They both treat me like gold.0
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I get along with my in-laws phenomenally. I lucked out there since my husband also gets along with my parents and I find it tends to be one or the other or sometimes neither...0
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i'm not married but i strongly hate my sister in law she is pure evil0
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They died before I met my husband. ;(
From what I have been told..............I would have liked his father but his mother would have been another story.0 -
Yes but we live thousands of miles away so I think that helps.0
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Yup, as long as politics aren't ever mentioned.0
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Better now… terrible 17 years ago… and not so hot for a good 10 years after that… and sometimes it's still rocky.
I used to tell hubby I'd see his parents 3 times a year, Christmas Easter and Thanksgiving. That was about all I could tolerate.
Things started to change for the better after our first son was born 8 years ago… I guess they figured I was here for good, or they'd better be nicer to see their grandkids… I don't know, but since then it's been a lot better. Or maybe they've just mellowed as they've aged… or I'm not the devil they thought I was. Haven't grown horns yet, so we're good there.
Good luck with yours!0 -
I do pretty well with them:) that's also because my husband handles us very well!0
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I do pretty well with everyone, Moms love me for some reason, always been the case in all my relationships.0
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Yes, my MIL and I have a LOT in common. We just get each other. And my FIL Is an honorable, standup guy. I really got lucky that my husband has such a wonderful immediate and extended family. I have had a few boyfriends who had a not-so-welcoming family, especially when I dated younger guys.0
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I don't have any :flowerforme:
But I have gotten along with the parents in all of my previous relationships0 -
Well I had some weird ones. I never was married, but they were the parents of my exes.
Ex 1: lived together with him almost 7 years. His parents were nice, but a bit unworldly, f.e. they never wanted us to book a holiday to Crete, because when they were there they saw a man drown :ohwell: . They absolutely adored his brother, we were left hanging. All contact had to come from us.
Had some flings, then met my next serious boyfriend; his parents were the most awfull people I ever met: they thought they were ab fab, but to be honest they were plain stupid. They didn't like me one bit: I was arrogant, ugly and everything was my fault. Of course my job wasn't a real job, because, according to them, you couldn't be tired after a day of teaching :frown: Worst part: my BF sided with them; he too made me feel like I was to blame, that I took everything too personal (well how else should I take his cousin calling me fat to my face?) Got rid of him, unfortunatly it took me a while to wisen up :bigsmile:0 -
Not a fan of my sister in law but I do try to be pleasant, hard too when she can be really patronising and up her own *kitten*!
Small doses. Glad I don't have to see her everyday.0 -
I get along great with my in-laws...but really, I can only handle about 3 days or so. My MIL in particular is go, go, go all of the time and always has to have a plan...I'm more of a go with the flow and often happy to just hang out, watch the game or whatever kind of guy...so after a few days I'm usually just exhausted from all of the activity and ready to just get back to my normal stuff.0
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Hell no... they are racist as hell.
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