Do you like your Sister/Brother in-laws?

[RadioNate]

I have no siblings but I adore DH's sister. It was rough at 1st. She was 12 when we got married and was kinda bratty. We didn't see much of her for her HS years. Then she decided to go to college 2500 miles away from home in our town. She really grew up into a wonderful young woman and we became friends. Now 'home' for her is our house even though we moved 1500 miles away from her school.

I love having her around.

 

[gradtchr]

Yes I love my bro's wife and all of DH's siblings. I think the feelings are mutual but I've been wrong before.

 

[JMD]

I get along great with both my BIL's.

 

[Lovin' Lorne]

I'm an only, so it's odd to think that I have a BIL, a SIL, and two half-SIL's now. I've always been amazed at only children who can just jump into a big family with both guns blazing. I could never do that.

My BIL is okay. He's a nice guy, but sort of odd. His wife, meh, don't really have a lot in common with her, but she's nice enough when I see her. Hubby's two half sisters are quite a bit older than the both of us, and I've only met one of them, about 12 years ago. She seemed okay. Never in a million years could I imagine us all hanging out together and being great friends though.

 

[Disney Ron]

I have 6 SILs married to my brothers, I get along with all but one. Most of the family feels this way towards her, she is a piece of work!

My DH has one sister. I do not get along with her but neither does DH.

Mrs. Disney Ron

 

[Doesney]

eh

 

[nataliela]

My sister isn’t married.

My husband has a brother and we do not get along. We actually were good friends before my husband and I started dating and things went sour after that. His mom and my husband think that he had a big crush on me and got hurt when I started to date his older brother and that’s why he has always been so rude.

Up until about 2 years ago we would talk and joke at family functions and such, but he made a major life change that I do not approve of.
So my husband and I have had minimal contact with him during this time. I saw him for like a total of 4 hours this past year and a half. He didn’t even come to our wedding.

In his current stage of life, I have no desire to form a relationship with him. If he makes some major improvements then I will reconsider it.

 

[Louise-Montreal]

I have a sister in law who in real life, I probably would not be friends with; however she is wonderful for my brother and I feel he is very lucky to have her.

 

[MinnieMe87]

I have one sister in law, and no I don't like her. I've tried to get along with her, but for some reason I don't get along with an it's all about me attitude and her bitterness towards everyone in my family and pretty much everyone else in the world as well. Who knew?

 

[weregoingtodw]

I have quite a few (DH & I both have siblings) and yes, I love them all!

 

[MissMinnie]

I wish I did like my DH's siblings, but his sis is a major pot stirrer and his brother has been living with one for years and never does anything about it. My sister has a wonderful DH that I get along with, and my brother has not married yet.

 

[nicolemomof4cuties]

Well, I have 11 brothers and Sisters in laws and 4 of them have married thus giving me 4 more a total of 15. I like all but 2 of them bu that is only because those 2 are pretty darn snotty. One male and one female.

 

[Stitchfans]

On my side of the family yes. On DH's side of the family- no way.

 

[mumom95]

I like my BIL (my sister's husband) just fine. He is one of those really laid back people, that it is hard not to like him. I don't really see him much though, a few times a year at most because we live far apart.

My other BIL (my husbands brother) I really can't stand. He's not a bad person, but one of those people that really takes advantage of others.

For example, they will call (he is getting married fairly soon, the soon to be SIL is ok) and say they are in a bind and can we watch her son for an hour. OK, sure, I guess it isn't a problem. Then we'll get a call a couple hours later and they've decided their going to go out to dinner, since they are already out and we don't mind watching the little boy for a few more hours do we. So what was supposed to be one hour turns into four or five. I know I could just say no, but I'm a wimp, I would rather just come on the DIS and vent.

Then, we'll ask them to watch our kids in return the following weekend so we can go out to dinner, and they say sure. But then we usually get a call the day of and they've decided to go out that evening so they can't babysit for us. I know they don't have to, but when you've made a commitment you don't break it just because you've decided you want to do something that evening.

It's just annoying. I try to avoid him as much as humanly possible (even though they live a couple of streets over)

 

[Disney Doll]

DH has 3 sisters. One is a nut...really. Attention-seeking, self-serving...think if any negative adjective oyu can, and it fits her. She lives halfway across the country and we don't see her much, use caller ID to avoid and try and communicate via e-mail as much as possible.

The second one is great. If she wasn't my SIL, she'd be my friend.

The third one is OK too. A little wacky in her ways, but OK. They live in Florida, so we usually go see them when we go to WDW, stay a couple of nights, have some fun, and then life goes on.

My brother's wife is nice too. I like her as well.

So, out of 4, I'm good with 3.

75% is pretty good.

 

[TinkerbellMama]

I like all of mine (dh's brother/girlfriend and sister, plus my sister's boyfriend). I don't always agree with everything they believe/do, but they are all perfectly nice, normal(ish) people and I've always gotten along with all of them.

 

[LisaZee]

Let's see... The spouse was asked to be the godfather to his brother's baby - the christening was this weekend. BIL called the spouse the day prior to chat, and out of the blue asked if DH had a fishing pole. DH explained to his brother that he hasn't fished in over 20 years.

Why? Because the last time the spouse went fishing was with his dad, and there was an accident on the boat. It tipped over, and DH did not know how to swim, so his dad attempted to push him to the shore. The spouse said that at one point he couldn't feel his dad's hands on him anymore, and when he turned around in the water, his dad had drowned. Right in front of him. DH says to his brother he has his fishing pole at the house, but it hasn't seen the light of day since the day their dad died.

So, what does his brother buy him for a present for being the baby's godfather. A fishing pole.

Do I like my BIL? I feel nothing but contempt for him right now. And I feel nothing but pain for my husband who saw that pole and immediately relived the whole accident in the span of 10 seconds - I saw it in his eyes. No, BIL, we don't live with the death of their father every day. My husband does not feel guilty each and every day of his life that if only he had known how to swim, his dad would still be alive. No, the spouse does not feel every day that he is the reason his dad is dead. LET'S GO FISHING!

I hate him.

 

[Danauk]

I only have one BIL and SIL (DH's sister and her DH). I really like them both. My SIL and I are similar in quite a few ways. My BIL I adore, but again we seem to be similar in many ways. He is a typical Australian, cooks everything on his BBQ!! For my 30th birthday party he did all the BBQ cooking, washing up and cleaned my kitchen!! Unfortunately they live 3 hours away and I wish we could see them more, especially now as my nephew was born 6 weeks ago!!

 

[tevagirl]

Yes! Of course! Positively! They are the greatest! (They read here.)

Seriously, I love my sisters-in-law. They are more like sisters to me than my own sister.

 

[momrek06]

Yes! Of course! Positively! They are the greatest! (They read here.)

TEVA....

Oh and as you can tell reading my post above....mine do NOT read here!!!