A different kind of in-law post.

[crazyme5kids]

With all the posts about impossible crazy in-laws, I'd like to post a positive one! I am fortunate to have a great mother-in-law. My father-in-law was wonderful too, he has been dead for 3 years, and I still talk to him. So heres to great in-laws, not all of you are bad!

 

[Aprille]

Lucky you! My dh has great in-laws.

 

[SeaSpray]

My first MIL was awesome, she was like a second mother to me. Ex-DH and I divorced many years ago, but she and I still kept in touch often. She passed away almost 3 years ago I still do keep in touch with former FIL, he's a wonderful person, as well.

You're right, not all MILs or FILs are rotten! All of my brothers' wives adore my mother, they think she's a wonderful MIL She never meddled in their lives. (well, she has advanced Alzheimer's now, so I mean, in the past....)

P.S. DH's mother died a few years ago, right before we got married, but I think she would've been a great MIL. FIL and step-MIL are fine; not great, not terrible; just "fine".

 

[catsrule]

My DH's mom passed away before I met him, she sounded like a great lady, raising two children on her own after her husband ran out on her. Wish I could have known her.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

My in-laws are good too. Somethimes MIL can do something crazy, but she never is doing it out of anything but a good heart.

My brother's in-laws are great too. We often share holidays with them also.

 

[believe]

I love my in-laws, especially my FIL. It's the SILs I can live without, DH doesn't have any sisters. The BILs aren't bad either. I am very blessed with my in-laws.

 

[browneyes]

I have a great SIL. Her parents even consider my kids to be their grandkids (they don't have any grandkids). Not all inlaws are bad (just most of them).

 

[peg2001]

I am lucky enough to have a wonderful MIL. She doesn't criticize or offer unwanted advice. I am still amazed that she never said a disparaging word when we didn't succeed in potty training our oldest until she was 4.

My FIL can grate on a persons nerves but is so helpful and handy around the house! I make a list of things for him to fix when he visits. He can't sit still and has to keep busy.

I am also lucky in that my MIL and FIL get along well with my side of the family and so joins us for Christmas at my sister's house. It is so nice to be all together.

Peggy

 

[AMClvsMKY]

I also get along well with my in-laws. In fact I can joke with my MIL about giving her son back to her and she is always trying to give us my FIL so she can have some peaceful time. It's all in fun, of course. She always tells me there are no "returns" on my DH. I really think I am alot like my MIL and hope I will be like her when my boys get married.

 

[CamColt]

Its nice to know some arent so bad...and actually are good!
DH is one of the few people I know who actually likes going to his inlaws house. In fact, when people heard that we were buying a house around the corner from my parents, people thought DH was nuts. So far its worked out great!

 

[crazyme5kids]

My husband loves my parents too, in fact every now and then he calls them when he is away for work just to say hello and see how they are. He even does this when he is in another country. We all get along with our sibling-in-laws too.

 

[Deb in IA]

Thanks for an cheerful post, crazyme.

I, too, have GREAT in-laws. In some ways, I can relate to them more than to my own parents, who I love dearly, but are a bit, well, odd. (not to mention exasperating, at times . . .)

 

[Steve H.]

My MIL can drive me nuts, but inside, I know she loves us.

I really miss my FIL though (DW's never been the same since he passed away )

 

[Keli]

I intend to be the greatest mother-in-law ever when it's my turn. We (dh and I) always wanted a son too and I intend to get one when dd marries. I've been making notes over the years about what people hate about inlaws so that I won't do those things. I also intend to be an awesome grandma but I have more to go on with that. My own grandmother was wonderful and I still miss her more than I can say. (She passed away 18 years ago) (Not that my parents and dh's parents aren't ok inlaws they all do their best and I do love them all)

 

[shep]

I have the best in-laws, they have accepted me as one of their one....I couldn't ask for any better..

 

[Shannon G]

Since I jumped in on the other thread to complain about my FIL, I will also join in on this one and say that I get along great with my MIL and step-FIL. They do not meddle in our lives, and are very easy to be around. They also have their owns lives and their own interests, so they are not so demanding in their expectations as FIL and step-MIL.

 

[dizneenut]

My inlaws are great!!

 

[Serena]

My inlaws started out pretty awful. But 20 years down the line they are really nice.

 

[Aunt Jo]

I'm sitting here basking in the glow of the compliment paid me by my daughter, Aprille. I'm proud to be her DH's MIL. Like Keli, I planned in advance the kind of MIL I would be. I used my own mother as my example but, sad to say, I wanted to be just the opposite of her. I do believe I have succeeded. I never doubted my mother loved her children but she could never bring herself to love our mates. She has been gone for many years but I still resent the way she treated my DH. If only parents would realize how much they hurt their own children when they show resentment or disrespect to their children's spouses.

 

[binny]

Originally posted by Aprille
Lucky you! My dh has great in-laws.

ROFL mine too