anyone else with good in-laws?

[goofyshell]

Hi! I was reading a thread on in-laws fighting over who visits whom on the holidays and was thinking how blessed I am. I hated to post that on the other thread because people do need to blow off steam and don't want "but my family is sooo great" there!
So my in-laws and my parents are wonderful about the holidays (and everything else too). My folks are 10 hours away and his are only an hour (we see them every week). There is never any pressure over when we visit who and they are very understanding whatever we decide. We try and split Christmas and Thanksgiving every year but usually end up spending all other holidays with his parents because they're closer. Reading that other thread makes me so glad there's no pressure! Anyone else have it easy?
BTW we leave Friday afternoon to go to my parents for a week!

 

[dixipixi]

Well, I guess I'm lucky too. I actually have TWO sets of in-laws (DH's parents are divorced). His stepmom is one of my best friends. We get along really well. We never have conflicts over holiday visits, birthdays, etc.

I have to say everyone works together pretty well. Everyone knows that we have a lot of family to visit during the holidays and they're pretty understanding. It also helps that we all live within 15 miles of each other (my parents included). If we had to travel any sort of distance, we would have to divide our holidays up.

Hope you have a great time at your parents!!!

 

[disykat]

I do NOT have a good relationship with my inlaws, however they are great about holidays. When we first got married we would switch off, and all our parents were great about it - no pressure at all. Our parents live in the same town and we never had to do the whole eating dinner twice thing. It was a shock to my inlaws (not my parents) when we stopped traveling on holidays after the kids were born, but they never said a cross word about it. We go to visit over New Years and everyone is very flexible.

 

[ilovepcot]

Wonderful, supportive and very caring in-laws. Love them dearly!

 

[Jingle]

I had in-laws that were very nasty to me when I initiated a divorce from their son. Then he moved in with them. It didn't take very long for them to understand and they have been nothing but supportive since. I love them, and they are very good to me and my kids.

 

[Michie]

Are you sure they just don't like you and don't want to spend any time with you

I get along with the MIL and FIL fine, they do try to pressure us about the holidays, but we just don't allow it.

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

Oh I wish!! We lived far from DH's parents when we got engaged and DH told me many times that we would have to get married before I met his parents or I would never marry him. Now that I know them I have to say he was right - LOL

 

[Disney Doll]

My late in-laws were great too. We split the holidays between his side and my side. His mother may have not loved the idea (holidays were very important to her), but she never gave us grief about it.

 

[Syrreal]

I absolutely ADORE my inlaws. They are wonderful and have accepted me as their daughter from the beginning.

Holidays were never crazy for us because we lived in the same city and ate at different times. We always ate early at my house (around 12:30 or 1) and then we would eat at his house around 6 or 7. Now we live far away and inlaws are living in a diff city than my family. When we are back down in FL we usually spend the days before Xmas with his parents and open presents with then xmas morning then drive down to Miami and spend xmas to new years with my family. New years eve is spent with friends. Then back home.

This year we decided to stay here in KY and a friend of our is coming for xmas. His parents can't come until the new year and my family won't come when it's cold. They spent Thanksgiving with us last year and said they would never come up in winter again (and that year it wasnt even very cold...we were in the 40s and it only flurried once)

 

[HappyMommy2]

I have wonderful, loving in-laws. I am very blessed to have them in my life.

 

[2BigKIdz]

My MIL was great and holidays were never a problem as we all lived in close proximity. My husband has 2 sisters and we get a long wonderfully as well, we all vacation together every year. I never knew my husband's father, he passed away when my husband was 10.

 

[Poohnatic]

I absolutely love my mother in law. No, she's not perfect, yes we disagree about things, but she's a wonderful person.

It should be interesting this year. Last year, we spent every holiday at my mom's, as she was only 45 minutes away. We were looking forward to MIL and SIL moving here and having everyone at OUR house (mom loved the idea-she liked my MIL, too). Now it will probably be MIL, SIL and us for Christmas-and perhaps a friend or two. Wish stepdad would make it, too.

As I explain to people, I think my MIL may be more into disney than I am. That's suprising to them that someone could be even more into da mouse!

Suzanne

 

[golfgal]

My inlaws are fine, wonderful people, they just don't like to drive to our house so we end up doing that more often then I would like.

 

[we3disneygo]

dh has said how my mom treats him better than his own parents do....he's very blessed.

 

[Tantor]

Great MIL. She treats me like a daughter. I like her better than my own mom (that;s a whole different thread!)

 

[tkd lisa]

Great in-laws here too. I'm in the middle of a divorce, and they've been wonderful about it. They have always treated me like their own daughter. One of the things that worried them the most about the divorce is that I stay in contact with them.

In the past, they would NEVER pressure us to spend any holiday with them. We knew when the time was, and if there was a conflict, they just asked us to let them know. There are 6 kids in that family, so they wouldn't try to juggle schedules. They just understood if you couldn't come.

I know I'm very blessed! Now my mother ... that's a different story. But that's not the question.

 

[pattyT]

luv my in-laws

she can kinda be like a bull in a china shop and he is a bit set in his ways -
but their hearts are in the right places and I know they would give anyone of us the shirts off their back if we needed it. They are wonderful grandparents too.
(and she says if we ever got a divorce she would know it was HIS fault and he thinks I am a saint for loving his son )

 

[Morganpics]

My In-Laws are great people. She can be quite controlling, but has NEVER once tried it with me or DH. They have always been kind and helpful to us and our kids. Wouldn't trade them for anyone else!

 

[KingsFanInRI]

My DMIL is awesome.

 

[NMAmy]

My MIL passed away this fall but she and I really liked each other & got along great (which struck DH's whole family as odd because she had a reputation for being a bit difficult to get along with.) They lived in England so we didn't have issues about holidays, etc. My FIL is wonderful--he's so much like DH that of course I get along with him. He's planning a trip to come visit us in the spring.