Anyone LOVE Their In-laws?

I won't tell you about mine because you aren't asking for horror stories, but I just want to say, I hope to one day be the type of mother-in-law that you are all describing and it is refreshing to hear some happy stories. :)

I LOVE my in-laws. They are so much better than my actual parents, so I'm really lucky. My father-in-law actually built my house with his bare hands. We helped, but we did not do nearly as much work as he did. He gave up all of his free time and physical labor for 9 whole months to accomplish this. My mother-in-law is an amazing seamstress and did all of the alterations for my wedding, and she made an entire dress for my junior bridesmaid, because the dress didn't come in a small enough size for her. She also calls me and asks if my son can come over and play at her house, and he spends the night about once a week. Both of my in-laws are always willing to stop everything they are doing to lend a hand or an ear, whatever we need. They are some of the kindest, most generous people I have ever met, and I am so lucky to have them in my life. I'm glad you have wonderful in-laws too, and thanks for the great question. :)

Yep, I love my in-laws. They are like a second set of parents. I have learned over the years that my mother-in-law and I cannot discuss religion or politics, we'll yell at each other.
enjoy,
S.
home based business owner for over 14 years

My in-laws are so completely awesome.

Let's start with my mother-in-law. My own mother passed away 7 years ago and in a non-intrusive way, my MIL has stepped in and served as a mother to me. She was present in the room for the births of both her grandsons (at my request because I wanted/needed a 'mother' figure with me). She has on a moment's notice dropped everything for her grandbabies. She is always willing to help out and assist but holds her tongue when it comes to parenting styles - she might disagree with how I do something but she would never say a word because she believes that the children are mine to raise and if I want help, I'll ask.

My father-in-law is totally awesome as well. He is a serious and shrewd business man, but cried when I married his son and also cried both times when we told him we were pregnant (this man never cries, not even when he drops a piano on his feet!).

I have been treated like a member of the family and I am grateful. In many ways, I am closer to my husband's side of the family than my own. It makes me really happy because my boys will be able to forge a lifelong, continuous relationship with their grandparents and extended family, as opposed to my upbringing where I only saw my grandparents twice a year because they lived 10 hours away.

I'm so so lucky.

wow, i am so happy to read your post. that gives me hope that one day when my girls get married they may have a chance at a good relationship with inlaws.
i don't have a relationship with them. our relationship is not toxic because i cut all ties. i realized a few years into marriage that the fact that i am foreign born was always going to be a problem. that escalated when our kids were born. they showed no interest except to discuss 'how foreign' they look to them, well, mainly, MIL. my kids do not look foreign. if anything, they look exotic, just like you, yes, and you, and you. we all have different backgrounds, different hair, cheeks, eyes and eye color. my kids have my features but their first language is english, and that, without accent.
it bothered me, i tried to make them like my kids, i got hurt too many times, and then i realized if i allowed this relationship, or lack of, to continue, my kids would grow up insecure about their looks. i did not want that. so i cut all ties. when i did that, i thought, the MIL would realize she was losing grandkids. yes she realized and was happy about it.
so i don't have a relationship with them. but from this experience i have learned i need to be a rocking accepting MIL to my future sons in law. i will go out of my way to love them, care for them, and accept them individually without expectations. i did learn that. so there is always some good in bad things.
good luck and awesome post.

Well, I love my in laws NOW after a knock down, drag out fight, complete with 6 months of no contact and counseling.
Now that my in laws know not to control every minute detail of our lives and turn our kids against us, we are fine.
Funny how that works!

My in-laws are awesome! I actually get along better with my MIL then my own mother. They are wonderful people and would do anything for any of their kids and grandkids at the drop of a hat. They did for us. I went into labor at 33weeks with my husband out of the country. They literally got in the car and drove 5 hours so they could be there to help out in any way. Just knowing that they were able to come and help with picking up my husband from the airport and getting him to the hospital was a godsend. I wouldn't trade them for the world.

I absolutely love my in-laws. I am actually a lot closer to my mother in law than my own mother (not that I don't love my own mother). My husband and I live across the street from them by choice. And when I tell other people that I live so close to them and love it...they just look at me funny! They have helped us so much after having our son. When I was going through my post-partum depression after his birth, it was my mother in law who totally supported me and convinced me to get help. She was there for me 100%...even when my own mom told me that "I would get over it". My father in law even baby sat our son all day until he was 5 months old. I don't know what we would do without them. Love 'em, love 'em, love 'em! I can't say enough good things.

I love my in laws. I have been married to my husband for 23 years. when we got married I had a 5 year old daughter. she has never been treated any differently by my mother and father in law than any of the other grandchildren. they took the kids for weekends at a time. never missed a religious function or school concert/play etc. they loved my kids and me. my mother in law died about 14 years ago. I miss her terribly still. about a year after she died my father in law started dating another woman. his children (my husband and his sisters) were horrified. I was overjoyed. he was only 69 at the time. This woman is wonderful. she loves my kids and me and I love her also. she is the only grandmother my youngest son sam remembers on that side. they have been together now for 12 years and I think will have many more to go. I think it wonderful that your asking for good inlaw stories. I think sometimes the bad overshadows the good. so lets here it for the great inlaws out there.

So I'm not alone!? I have amazing in-laws as well. My family is quite dysfunctional and my husband's is so normal that they are almost boring (yay!). We live 900 miles away from our families but I often wish we could move closer just so we could be near my in-laws. My MIL is my ideal image of of mother and wife. She is so selfless and always puts her family above her own needs. I've never heard her complain and I truly try to emmulate that as much as possible. I think I'm in awe of her because she's so different from my own mother. I love my mom but she always complained when she had to drive us somewhere and she was always cranky. How refreshing to how an oppposite influence in my life!
My FIL is another wonderful human being. He works long days and lives his life adhering to the standards he preaches. He is so great with my daughter and he may just be her favorite grandparent. Both of them are so patient and sweet with her. My parents are actually good grandparents but my in-laws just have a different way with her.
My husband has the most amazing and loving parents. I can't be jealous because I certainly learned a lot from my childhood (as in what Not to do) but I pray often that we can be even half the parents they have been.
How awesome that your relationship didn't change after the divorce. What a blessing!!

I adore mine!!!! They are like parents, only better (I love mine but prefer not to see them often), we share the same values, and I never have any worries when they have taken the kids overnight or anything else. I ask them for advice and respect it when they give it, and I love having coffee with them and visiting when the kids are still sleeping. I love my sister-in-law, too. I wish they didn't live 2 1/2 hours away. :(

Apparently when I painted the trim on their farmhouse several years ago (before we had kids) my father-in-law was bragging about me. After I had kids, he was apparently bragging that I was exlusively nursing them. He thought it was awesome and seemed to think that was something to be proud of. :) They always make me feel good. My husband sometimes complains and says they like me more than they like him. I tell him they just want to make sure we're both watching out for each other. :)

Thanks for letting us take a peek into your life. I am always envious of others (in a good way : ) that have such a good relationship with their in-laws. How lucky and blessed you are. Many continued blessings to you and your family. Your in-laws truly are great people. You're very lucky. Give them a hug for me. Tell them it's from some random lady from mamapedia that admires them : )

I am literally crying while reading these wonderful responses. I am praying that I can be that type of MIL when my time comes to be one.

I have been in the presence of my MIL less than 10 times in 14 years of marriage and she is not interested in her grand kids at all.

You are describing my childhood growing up in and out of my grandparents house...I grew up living across the street from them. I grieve that my children don't have a wonderful set of involved grandparents that I had.

Give your MIL a hug from me for being such a great woman!!

I think you are a very blessed and lucky woman to have found such wonderful people to be in your and your kids lives. I can't talk as glowingly about my in-laws because I do belive that your experience, while not the only one probably, is rare. My in-laws however are caring, thoughtful people and they love our children with all their hearts. Your question is great for letting the rest of us know that maybe we take that relationship for granted at times. I'm sure there will be alot of people reading this and envying what you have.

Wow.....You are truly blessed with great people in your life.

I love reading these stories.
My MIL and FIL are wonderful. So too are my hubby's whole extended family. When hubby deployed I went to their house for as long as I was at my own mom and dad's.
When we lived by them she used to come and see the kids, we lived about an hour away. Now we only see them when we go home and we live 1300 miles away.
I am truly blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. I tell my huby that if we ever divorced I get his family. :o)

I happen to love my In-laws! I have known them sence i was 12, grew up with my husband, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. My mother-in-law is a second mother to me and has been a great help for me sence i lost my mother 5 yrs ago. My father-in-law is great too. He'll drop everything for my husband, me or our children just to help us out, even when we were stationed in Virginia. My family is blended also and both of them have accepted my son as their grandson and would fight anyone about it. I feel so blessed to have them in our lives, expecially when i hear about all the problem others have had with in-laws.

I have great in-laws! They live 3 hours away but we see each other every 2 months or so. They are in their late 60's but in great shape and are very outdoorsy type people. My FIL still plays in a volleyball league every year...and truly enjoys seeing the kids in any and all sports activities. They are generous and loving people who enjoy any and all time that we spend together. They enjoy spending time with just me and their son as well...they buy season tickets to all the Broadway shows in my city and always come up and treat us to dinner before all the shows...it is adult time and we all enjoy it. They are a family that likes to have a bottle of wine with dinner...and coming from a family of addicts, this is something I had never been around and I really enjoy it! It is nice to be able to sit with your loved ones and have a good meal and talk about whatever we wish...and nobody has to worry about how "so and so" shouldn't be indulging:) It makes me feel normal.

They have taken us on several family vacations...which I love...granted I am planning my very first 'nuclear family' only vacation this year...but that doesn't mean I am not grateful for the trips to Disneyland...the week long stays in the beach house...the trips to the winery's...and the weekend getaways to the hot springs resorts around my state, that they always set up for us...usually as a surprise!

My FIL is an avid photographer and is responsible for all my pictures I am lucky enough to have of my kids ( I am terrible at taking pictures...never remember to actually do it) if it wasn't for them I would have NO pictures of them throughout the ages. My MIL is a lover of redecorating and has come up with the ideas for the kids bedrooms...she is not pushy in anyway (although I was not in favor of putting in the pergo floor in the teenagers room but since they were paying I let her do what she wanted) she just wants to feel useful...and I get that!

My MIL buys me the best Christmas presents ever! If it wasn't for her I would have no good cookware:) My sister always asks if I get insulted that she only buys me "housewares" but that's not the case, if it wasn't for her generosity we wouldn't have all the nice things we do...she knows my very favorite store is Target (even though she is more of a Macy's type person) and always includes a gift certificate to Target in my stocking with a cute lil' note begging me to indulge in something for myself!

My DH is in awe of his parents at this point because growing up they never went out to eat or overly indulged in anything...and his parents are in a position now to be generous and they are!

I have never had a problem with my FIL and my only 2 slight incidents with my MIL (in 13+ years) were when I had to ever so politely ask her to tone down the gift giving at the holidays because all 4 of my boys have October B-days, then Christmas is so close that the kids had so much stuff a couple years in a row that the tops of their closets were still filled with up-opened gifts when the next holiday season rolled around and I thought it was just too much and slightly embarrassing...but she understood what I was saying so it wasn't an argument as much as it was an uncomfortable conversation....then the 2nd thing was that my MIL feels (and told me so) that my sister walks all over me, as far as babysitting is concerned and also financially (we own the house my sister and her family lives in and they don't always make rent on time)...and my DH has complained to his parents a bit...so my MIL had a conversation with me about it and I had to respectfully tell her that she is my only sister and I can handle any and all things concerning her! My MIL being the nice woman she is felt compelled to apologize the next day and was sorry if she crossed the line and I told her no hurt feelings and that I was aware that my sister uses me...but I am OK with that.

I come from a very close and lovey family and although we all have our own issues we talk almost daily...I do this with my MIL (not daily but more than her own son does) and she just thinks it is the neatest thing to have this type of relationship and i am glad we have each other...and I tell her often that my kids are the luckiest kids in the world to have them as grandparents. My daughter (their only granddaughter) was born 3 days before my MIL and so I have taken to combining their B-days (we always combine all the boys' cuz all 4 of them were born within 2 weeks of each other, so this isn't anything new) and my MIL absolutely LOVED it the last 2 years that she was included...she said she hadn't had an actual party in years!

I know this sounds like I love them because they buy us lots of stuff but that's not the case...I love them because they want to be included in our lives and for that I am very grateful!

P.S. I already know that I am going to ask for towels this year for Christmas:)

I love my in-laws. In fact, for 5 years we lived next door and ate dinner together almost every night. We just moved 10 min away and miss seeing them all the time.

My in-laws weren't bad, but were not like this! You are blessed! :-D

I like my in laws, but I think you have some very special ones. Their example teaches me a lot about the kind of mother in law I want to strive and be.

S.

woohoo! so happy there are good responses! I adore my MIL - we get along great & are think so much alike that it's scary sometimes. Yay for you!

I did have a wonderful relationship with my MIL, which I miss so much! We used to shop together and jump in the car and go to pick up pizza or whatever together and now I have no interest in being around her and I am certain that feeling is mutual. I was married to my husband for nine years before we had our first child together and that is when it all started...

I have a mother-in-law who lives in Ames, IA. My daughter loves her; she is her favorite grandparent. My daughter stays with her for about a week in the summer. I have never had any problems in getting along with her. We're not real close, but there's the distance issue (Ames, IA--Madison, WI). But I can call or e-mail any time, and she's always there to listen. I always listen with great interest when people talk about their in-laws from hell, because I've never had that problem. But then, my husband and I had very similar childhoods and upbringings with a lot of the same value system, so I'm sure that makes a world of difference.

I don't have any particular stories to share, just wanted to let you know that I think the world of my mom-in-law.

Mine hated me :) Now my MIL absolutly ADORES me and my FIL well he doesn't really like many women after him and my MIL divorsed... I like both my SIL's and BIL, but can't really deal with the BIL's wife... I love my MIL and feels as if she is like my own mom :) Knowing our history you would be surprised, but she failed to know the real me for 2 years! We shop together, talk, cook, do our hair and all types of stuff! I am there when she needs a shoulder over anything (which can add up lol) and vise versa. She didn't want me to have mine and her sons little ones at first bc we are so young, but now that we have talked about not having another she is upset bc she wants "many" grandchildren from me! I feel lucky to have her as my MIL! Only one problem after 2-3 years of straight work on our relationship... I make her recipes so much better and she got so upset when my Hubby wanted her meal the way I made it :( I love that he loves my food but not that she is upset over it lol! Glad to hear there are other great IL's out there :)

wow kinda crazy but i am very close to my sons grandparents. Except it is my ex's step mom and dad. I do not get along with my ex's real mom. I love his dad and step mom though. his step mom was never able to have her own kids so she kinda adopted me when her step son walked out on me and our son when he was only 11 mths old. my sons grandparents are so great, i have called them at 12 midnight before to rush to the hospital with me and my son just so i didnt have to be alone. i have lived with them before when times were hard for me. now i just had a beautiful baby girl with someone else, but guess who was right by my side. yes my ex's mom. i called her at 10pm when i went into labor and she came and got my son and kept him all week and brought him to the hospital with gifts for me and his sister when she was born. i really couldnt ask for better ex in laws i guess. LOL weird but wouldnt trade it for anything. i love them donny and sheila. they are the best. really i wouldnt be the person i am without them. i can call sheila anytime any place and have her support and help and she is basically my adopted mom. she is my best friend in the world. and i do have my own mom as well who is great too but no one really compares to sheila. so some in laws are just great. glad to hear good stories.

I was lucky enough to get great in-laws. And yes I did have one or two arguements with my MIL but we got past them. I think respect and love is what helps people to get over the rough patch.

My MIL went out of her way to be a lady and had many friends when she passed away from Small Cell Cancer on her Liver. She would travel all over and teach people who were new Ostomates and never accepted any money or anything. She loved to travel and would just get in her little truck and drive anywhere she wanted to go, like Alaska, California, Washington DC, she was active and envolved in life. She sewed almost as good as me, made little clothes for babies who didn't make it so they could be buried in something beautiful, volunteered at the local humane society and helped place many animals so they would be able to live long happy lives, and she made everyone around her feel welcome and important.

My FIL is a National Judge in Gemstone Competitions. He travels all over the US and teaches people how to judge local and regional competitions. He travels about 4 times a year and we go and move out to his house to house and animal sit. He is currently teaching me to cut stones, so far I have cut a Cabachon and am now working on an Amythest solitaire. He flies model airplanes, paints watercolors, he retired from the Kentucky School for the Deaf and so he helps deaf people in various ways and translates occassionaly for them at local getherings.

I am blessed to have their influence in my life and I miss my MIL much more than my own mom who was abusive and mean to me most of my life.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about them.

I have been truly blessed with my in-laws as well. I get along great with them. I couldn't have asked for anyone better. My MIL and FIL have been just like another set of parents for me. I get along with my SIL like she is one of my own sisters. My two BIL are great!! I have some great nieces, nephews and great ones as well from them all. I actually do more stuff with them than I do with my family. Even though I am still close with my own family they are all farther away. What a great question!! I have been with my husband for 17 years and married 12 with two kids and they all have accepted me from day one. I truly love my in-laws!!!

OH how lucky for you!!!!!!!!U R LUCKY!!!!!!!!!! My MIL is a TOXIC WOMAN-I will not go into it, but I hate her with a passion and the miles between us-is not as much as I would like 15 HRS is too close. I have been to HELL and back w/ her and my hubby I have about all I can Handle w/out going in to specifics. She once told me after the birth of our son(when I had PPD) since I did not LOve our son She was going to take hime to MEXICO-I said go ahead and try *****! I have stood my ground-yes they help us out, but I feel I do not ask so I OWE her nothing-she helps in her own way for her own selfishness.She makes me miserable, but am glad to the distance between us. She came and stayed for a month-yes a month-UUUGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when my first was born and tried to take over-well I did not let it happen-I told her to leave-when we were exp our sec I told her she was welcome to be here for the birth but was not welcome at my house-OH BOY!!!!!!!!!!! Did this start a WW! But this is my house my life and she needs to cut the ties and MOVE ON!!!!! I learned alot from her-not too be like her-my parents are involved-be there if I need them but do not get involved if they are not aske dwhich I love and wil be the same way-I DO NOT WANT TO BE THAT MIL!!!!!!!! LMAO@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just my rant- L. :)

I am amazed by my in-laws. They are loving and supportive in every way possible. They always help us out any time we are in a bind...they are the most unselfish people I know. My husband and I struggled for years to conceive and we finally had to go the IVF route. We broke down and asked for help and without any hesitation they helped us financially. They are now doting grandparents to our twin girls. I don't know what we would do without them...

i had great in laws but they are both past away now and it has been very hard because i to got lots of help and advise and mom always was a great listener especially when i needed a shoulder to cry on she was always there for me i miss them very much so enjoy them while there still around you never know how your life changes...i have 3 teenage boys 19 and twins 16 and life goes quick so be grateful for goon inlaws

I also have wonderful in laws. My husband adopted my son when we married and they never looked at him as anything other then their grandson. He was a year old when we married and my father in law held him during the reception line telling everyone to say hello to his new grandson. My mother in law taught me a lot about being a grandmother. When my kids were small we lived on the ranch in a house about 100 yards from them. She would want the kids to come up and visit each day giving me alone time. I would walk up to get the kids and there would be beans all over the kitchen. I would tell the kids not to be so messy at grandma's and she always said "It doesn't take much to clean up and they have fun" One time I went up there as my then 3 year old daughter was helping bake cookies. She would dig her hands down in the flour and let it sift between her fingers. She loved the feeling but I looked at the mess and said "Cassie, don't be making messes like that for Grandma" She said words I never forgot especially with my own granddaughter and that is
" We're not making messes, we are making memories"

I love my in-laws AND my husband loves his. Do I agree with them all the time? No. Do they annoy me sometimes? Yes, but not any worse than anyone else - lol! We havent' gotten to see them in a while (2 cancelled trips for various reasons) and I am REALLY looking forward to our summer vacation with them.
My mom and step dad live closer and we see them regularly. My husband has called my mom to ask for advice on how to deal with me (teehee). Again, we don't always agree and get annoyed, but that's just part of being a family! The love is still there, ultimately.

I love your post, it's so nice to read something positive! Here's my story. I was married to my first husband for about 6 years. During that time I had a wonderful relationship with my in-laws. I am close to my Dad so I saw my DIL as a friend but I saw my MIL as a surrogate mother. MY birth mother wasn't there for me and later we found each other and she still had issues that pushed me away from her. And my stepmom was abusive to me nearly all the 9 years I lived under her roof. So I "needed" a mother, and my MIL became that to me. She has always been kind and generous to me without exception. Then I divorced her son (my fault) and took our baby and moved in with someone else. When that blew up in my face my ex-MIL told me my toddler son and I could live with her! So I moved in with my ex's parents and my ex-MIL cared for my son so I could go to college and get an associate degree in child development. During this time I met who is now my husband and my ex-MIL accepted him too. After graduating college I left her to move here with him and we've been married about 14 years. I miss my ex-MIL so bad, she's halfway across the country from me. I call her occasionally especially on Mother's Day, her birthday and other occasions. I now have my hubby's dad for my FIL (and his wife passed away 8 years back but we all love her, miss her and honor her every chance we get)... my current FIL has always accepted me as family and he's wonderful the same way as my ex-MIL... so I've been very lucky with in-laws! *Peace*! :)

My in-laws are great!! My parents and my in laws were friends long before my husband and I started dating. My family lived in different countries, and my in-laws worked at a camp. When me and my siblings worked at the camp during the summer and they were our home away from home. When we were dating, my husband lived about 2 hours away, but I was still working at the camp, and I lived with his family. His mom taught me to drive, helped me buy my first car, and were just great. My mother-in-law was the first to help me with my new work-at-home job. They are still so helpful and wonderful. I just had the first grandson a month ago, and although they live about an hour and a half away, I know I can count on them for everything. Even if I wasn't married to their son, I would still be in contact with them (my sister-in-laws are like my blood sisters, we're really close, too). They're pretty much amazing. I have been truly blessed to be apart of their family. :)

I love my in-laws very much also. I have felt so welcomed and apart of the family since the day I met them. I didn't even meet them until after my husband and I were married. That's right, we eloped and I was the stranger that married their son and they just welcomed me in. His parents are divorced and this is the case at my MIL and my FIL. I feel so grateful for them everytime I hear people complaining about their in-laws. I talk to my MIL more than my husband or my SIL. We just clicked and have so much in common. Good to know there are people out there who get along with their in-laws.

When I came back and check your "so what happened" I had to add WHAT A GREAT IDEA! Actually my in-laws do so much for us, it's hard to say just Thank You! I sent them a letter one year, telling them what an awesome son they raised. Telling them how much you appreciate them will be the best gift!

Love mine! Of course they say or do things that are a little annoying, OK maybe a lot annoying sometimes. But not any more than my own parents!

Our son was a chronic ear infection kid and at one point neither my husband nor I could take any more time off. She was there. After I had our daughter, I had some complications and had to go back to the hospital when she was just 10 days old. We thought I'd just be in and out of the ER, but had to spend the night for IV antibiotics. My MIL thanked me years later for "trusting her" with a 10 day old! LIke I wouldn't? She had 4 kids in 5 years I think she knows how to handle it!

They are both a ton of fun to be around and we all love to go on vacations together!

Even MY mother has commented that God forbid anything happen to her, she would feel comfortable knowing I have such a close relationship with my MIL.

I am blessed!

I love my EX-In-laws! My ex-MIL was like a mom to me after my mom died -- being there with me at the funeral home (I'm an only child so I had to do it all myself), helping me make arrangements, etc. And that was two years after my divorce. My younger daughter and I go visit them every winter at their RV in Arizona, and we stay with them when we visit my hometown (about 4 times a year). Of course there have been some issues -- I think there are with every familiy -- but overall I'm happy to have them in my life -- still.

Yup -- I am with you. Reading mamapedia posts about in-laws makes me feel so sorry for the posters but also reminds me how blessed we are.

My in-laws (4 total) call us frequently, send cards for every conceivable holiday, attend sporting events, host random family gatherings that everyone hates to have end. They get in line for the privilege of caring for our children. And I know that if (knock on wood) anything happened to our marriage I would still be a loved family member. Most recent random acts of awesomeness:

1.) FIL dropped off a dozen jars of homemade jelly. Yes, he makes his own jelly.
2.) MIL brought a beautiful hanging geranium to a recent baseball game -- Just cuz she thought I'd like it.
3.) FIL 2 bragging on the truly superior skills of our new golfer...To anyone who would listen

I have wonderful in laws who I am very fortunate to have in my life! They are good grandparents, parents, and friends. We don't see each other as often as you see yours, but it is a great relationship.

Yes, I absolutely love my in-laws, particularly my mother-in-law. She's just like the mother I wish I had growing up and has been such a great influence in my life. I really lucked out!

I LOVE my in-laws but maybe because they live out of the country, LOL. No, we are very close and what I love about my MIL, was when I married her son she said, things aren't always going to be easy and all married couples will fight and if you need a shoulder and an ear I am here, but I will NEVER get involved or give advice, I don't interfere in my children's lives. I wish my own mother thought like that!!!