Do you get along with your inlaws?

Canada
February 3, 2007 3:33pm CST
I get along fine with my wife's parents. They are warm, down-to-earth people and I never feel uncomfortable around them. I love to have them visit. But there are so many jokes about bad mothers-in-law and fathers-in-law that I am wondering if my situation is unique. How do you feel about your inlaws?
6 responses
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
3 Feb 07
Chuck most of those jokes come from daughter in laws....daughter in laws seem to always have a bad taste for their mother in laws,maybe jealousy...I suppose..Usually son in laws get along well with their in laws cause they are not always on the defendsive..I know there might be some bad mother in laws out there but they get the blame for so many things that is just down right stupid...A mother in law can just suggest something to a daughter in law and automacilly shes her worst enemy..I am a mother in law and I get along well with my son in laws and my daughter in laws,I stay out of their business,and love them as my own...I did have a daughter in law and still have her that found fault with me a lot,she felt i did not like her,but the truth is I love that girl and her and my son have been married now 20 years and she has grown up and she loves me too now,she was young and insecure and thought everyone was against her ..Now that she has established her place she no longer feels threaten ed and shes a good girl and we get along fine..Sometimes it starts out a little rocky,but if an inlaw makes a mistake or says something that isn,t quite like you like,give them some slack,forgive them just like you would your own mother,and you will find they love you back...I have a son in law that cheated on my daughter,she came to me, and I told her well you have been through a lot and I really like him, but if you want to stay with him then thats your choice whatever you decide,well she forgave him,yes i did not like what he done,but hes my son in law so I accepted what she chose to do and everything is fine..I could have put upa big hissy fit and lost both of them,sometimes you just have to mind your own business..they have been togeather for abot 10years and he has not cheated since,but i do love him,it could have been my daughetr that cheated and I would have still loved her,you see what i mean.....mother in laws an father in laws are to love and support their children and their extended children,
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
3 Feb 07
Oh and I almost forgot chuck,I do get along well with my inlaws,whats left of them..that is!
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• Canada
4 Feb 07
Ha ha! Thanks for the novel! You give me hope that my relationship with my inlaws is not abnormal. PS: My wife gets along well with my mother too. Mom says she learned from her own mother-in-law's example what NOT to do in such a relationship.
• United States
4 Feb 07
yes i really like my in laws they are very kind and we get along very well
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@brimia (6581)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I'm pretty lucky, I get along with my in-laws. Although his grandmother (my grandmother-in-law?) can be really annoying and pushy.
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@cultoffury (1283)
• India
4 Feb 07
I have personally seen so many in-law fights in my life. I am not yet married, though. But still I don't think this always happens, because I have also seen the other way were the in-laws have been so attached to each other. It all depend on the character of the two parties.
@filchi (291)
• Netherlands
4 Feb 07
The problem is that, it is my mother in law who cant get along with anyone, even her own daughter. Well she admitted that she is not a good person even before, she is sarcastic. I tried myself to get along when she is visiting. Well, she always admire my cooking so she stays not just lunch, and tea time but also dinner. But yes we did had some bad times together cause she is one sided and really create sometimes a bad atmosphere. My father in law,though he doesnt talk that much, i guess he is fine. So funny though, as when i was still single, i always heard this daughter in law-parents in law stories who cannot get along and i am almost in the same situation; i say almost as i am trying my best to be really nice. I know this is a hard situation, but we see each other once in a blue moon as i heard fr her kids, she has always no time for them.
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@apky12 (769)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I love my inlaws. They are great people and they treat me like their own child. We go out to lunch, dinner, etc. all the time and go over there are visit. They are easy to get along with and are very caring. I couldn't ask for better.