do you like your 'others" parents?
By jhl930
@jhl930 (3601)
United States
August 21, 2008 1:45pm CST
i know that a lot of people have problems with their others parents because a lot of the times they just don't see eye to eye that much and honestly i don't know why that is because i have met my others parents and they are fine with me they like me and i like them and we were completely honest wiht each other and they seem like really nice down to earth people, so i was just wondering about all of you because before i met them i heard all of these horror stories about they'll hate you just because your dating their daughter, do you like your "others" parents or do you have a bad relationship with them? thanks for taking the time out of your day to read my discussion and i hope respond to it, and i hope that you all have a great day and the rest of your night is great as well!
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13 responses
@shontia08 (846)
• United States
22 Aug 08
i can get along with his mother just fine. it's his father that i don't get along with, but then again nor do he or the rest of his family. his father is one of them type of people where you have to have alot of patience to get along with. he always find something to argue about, so i do as much as i can to ignore him. i really get along fine with my future mother-inlaw.
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@pixiedustforyou2008 (2422)
• United States
21 Aug 08
Yes i love my partners parents even though i have to like 4 of them.. When my husband was just a little boy his parents got a divorce now they are both married to other people and I like all of his parents, His mother is really cool she such a teenager well she acts like a teenager, his dad is pretty cool also he looks just lie my husband but and older and fatter version and bolder... I know what my husband is going to look like when he gets older cause of his dad. My husband is going to be bold and fat lol, i don't mind i love my husband and his parents.. Atleast the excepted me in to the family in such a short time, I only knew my husband for 5 months before we got married and we have been married for 4 months now...
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@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
22 Aug 08
I get along great with my s/o's parents. They have been great to me since we moved in together. And he gets along great with my parents, even though he only met them once before I moved to another state for us to be together. But, if they had not liked him, they would have let it be known,lol. They were very supportive of me moving 1600 miles for us to be together. Of course they also know, I wouldn't have made that kind of move if I had not been sure. Being around his parents, it's like being back home with mine lol, there are so many similarities.
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@magojordan (3252)
• Philippines
22 Aug 08
They are very nice and friendly people. Maybe that's were my partner got those traits. I hope that I would have a better relationship with them in the future. 
@nizhama2 (295)
• Malaysia
21 Aug 08
I love my wife parents and don't have any problem at all. They are like my own parents to me. What I see is some of my friend are living with their spouse parents and get involved in some problem with them. Maybe it is more safe if we not stay together with our parents, but we must always visit them.
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@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
22 Aug 08
I do love my husband's parents. I guess for some people, they already assumed that their significant others parent would not like them or vice-versa. They already think that the guy or the girl their son or daughter dating is not good. For most it's matter of judging each other before really knowing each other.
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
21 Aug 08
I love my boyfriend's parents and he likes mine. They understand I am a little shy and need to be around them more before I really open up. They also see the love I have for their son and they think I am just wonderful. haha I get along with them, we played pool one night and I was harassing his step-dad or me and his step mom talked about camp one night when we were with them.
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@dementia88 (900)
• United States
21 Aug 08
i like my husbands parents. but i dont see eye to eye with them. but i respect they have different values then my family.
so some things they do strike me as odd.
there are a few things i dont like about them they do play favorites with there kids and grandkids
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@lisa_wxy (393)
• China
22 Aug 08
i am not married,i just met my others parents once,they were kind to me.we live far away from each other.to me,parents are parets,no matter what they do,right or wrong,just don't have a quarrel with them.they are getting old,they derseve to being happy and piece.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
21 Aug 08
I don't see why everyone is so weary of the "other's" parents. I know I was weary at first, and meeting them for the first time was kind of scary, but My fiance and I live with them and they are very nice people. Of course they get annoyed at me and My fiance from time to time, but other then that they are caring. I sometimes wonder why people are so often weary of the other's parents and are so scared of meeting them.
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@SydneyHazelton (4586)
• Singapore
22 Aug 08
I'm currently have some problems with my husband's mom actually. She is staying with us. I don't think I would have this problem if she stay somewhere else and we see each other ocassionally. But i'm trying to work on a solution to make me a happier person. I have never been so depressed.
@thebohemianheart (8827)
• United States
22 Aug 08
My husband and I have often said that we are two of the few who like our inlaws.
I have only had one altercation with his mom in 30 years, and as far as I know, he has never had a problem with my mom. We are each a part of the other's family. His parents treat me just as they do their own kids, and my family treats my husband the same way.
