| In-laws 12:56 - Feb 22 with 2150 views | Spaceman_P |
Can't live with them but definitely can live without them.
Whats your opinion? Any horror stories? Any qualms?
In my case mine are divorced so individually have to deal with them. I don't hate mine but I cannot stand them.
Clearly antagonistic towards me.
More critical of me than my own parents
Interfering and generally annoying to be around
How's about you lot? Spill the beans.
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| In-laws on 13:07 - Feb 22 with 1870 views | PlanetHonneywood |
Was it the Blackburn Fred that tipped them over the edge? |  |
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| In-laws on 13:21 - Feb 22 with 1798 views | colinallcars |
I have enough trouble with my uncle's brother. |  | | |
| In-laws on 13:24 - Feb 22 with 1792 views | Superhoops2808 |
Only my Mother in Law was alive when I got married 30 years ago
I'll be honest when she passed away a few years ago, I was heartbroken. I had a lot more time for her than my own Mum, she was a legend. Guess I was lucky on the in law front |  | | |
| In-laws on 13:33 - Feb 22 with 1754 views | Malintabuk |
| In-laws on 13:24 - Feb 22 by Superhoops2808 |
Only my Mother in Law was alive when I got married 30 years ago
I'll be honest when she passed away a few years ago, I was heartbroken. I had a lot more time for her than my own Mum, she was a legend. Guess I was lucky on the in law front |
That echoes my MIL... A wonderful woman... brought up 6 kids.... 5 girls and then nursed her husband through an heart attack and then Parkinson
I managed to put my lass in the family way... so we had to go to Scotland and tell her parents... bad enough I was English, but the old man had Parkinson so wasn't exactly the most calm of me
We arrived and mum told us to go for a drink and she will sort dad out... came back and I was met with, a fine mess this eh lad... and here is a large scotch... mum had put the hard word on him
She lived to 100 and died 2 years ago... stillmissed so much... a true legend of a woman |  | | |
| In-laws on 13:52 - Feb 22 with 1678 views | Rsole |
Couldn’t eat a whole one.
Luckily, don’t have any to run that risk - or the heartburn. |  |
| Those possessed by devils, try and keep them under control a bit, can't you ?
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| In-laws on 14:08 - Feb 22 with 1637 views | numptydumpty |
Well an ex from years ago, her father was always trying so hard to help me get the multi millionaire career that his daughter deserved and i was failing to deliver massively on that. In fact, she thought i was a waste only being on a bog standard salary also, so that ended painfully many years ago.
i been with my partner now for eight years and her family although i only see them all on various birthdays and christmas, its all very relaxed and they all very kind and cant see why anything would change for us, so i make the best of it all, also.
My parents and my nan and a few uncles aunts, i got on really well with and they were all decent to myself. The family, i left with now, i never see and thats a good thing. They been pretty abusive towards myself over many years and its all rather sad. i seemed to get on better with our parents and other family and there was some unexplained antagonism because of it. All very strange, but sad all the same.
Friends are the family you get to choose though and try my best to hang around when i can with all sorts of dodgy friendly "reprobates". [Post edited 22 Feb 14:14]
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| In-laws on 14:28 - Feb 22 with 1576 views | Juzzie |
Never met my FIL as he buggered off out of my missus life when she was about 12.
He passed away a few years ago. Great mosaic artist by all accounts but succumbed to the demon drink (vodka).
Mother in law stays stays with us for about 3 months (goes home next weekend) and it’s fine on the whole. Sometimes it gets a bit stir crazy and we all have good and bad habits so with three adults, two kids and a cat & dog, it can get a bit tense sometimes but mostly ok. She still talks to kids like they are babies (and the dog too) which annoys me (and them).
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| In-laws on 14:56 - Feb 22 with 1481 views | Boston |
Never been the type to be overly connected to family. Get on ok with everyone most of the time though, I just have a desperate independent streak, which I apply to most things and people in life. My in-laws were fine, particularly her father, even though he was a little concerned about me when we first announced our marriage intentions. [Post edited 22 Feb 14:57]
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| In-laws on 15:05 - Feb 22 with 1445 views | loftboy |
I’ve had two mother in laws, 1st one was a psycho, 2nd one sadly passed away lat year was lovely, she was German, lived in the UK from 1963, couldn’t say a bad word about her. |  |
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| In-laws on 15:07 - Feb 22 with 1438 views | stowmarketrange |
My in-laws were a dream.My MIL was a brilliant cook and babysitter,and my FIL was fantastic at diy and did all the jobs that I was crap at.
MIL passed away 2 years ago suddenly,but FIL is still pottering around aged 92.I’m his main carer though,and he now can’t even lift a screwdriver let alone use it. |  | | |
| In-laws on 16:11 - Feb 22 with 1321 views | Match82 |
| In-laws on 13:21 - Feb 22 by colinallcars |
I have enough trouble with my uncle's brother. |
Robert? |  | | |
| In-laws on 16:17 - Feb 22 with 1304 views | Paddyhoops |
Both brown bread. Decent people though .
My mother in law was a no nonsense German lady who came here in the fifties and was a force of nature . I had a real affinity with her though as we were both immigrants and I ended up doing her eulogy at her funeral.
Father in law was a very mild mannered man who liked his pint in the conservative club on a Sunday morning despite voting Labour all his life .
Must say I got lucky and both are sadly missed. | | | |
| In-laws on 16:20 - Feb 22 with 1296 views | Paddyhoops |
| In-laws on 15:05 - Feb 22 by loftboy |
I’ve had two mother in laws, 1st one was a psycho, 2nd one sadly passed away lat year was lovely, she was German, lived in the UK from 1963, couldn’t say a bad word about her. |
Did we have the same mother in law? Seriously though she came her in the 50 s | | | |
| In-laws on 17:05 - Feb 22 with 1177 views | Boston |
| In-laws on 16:20 - Feb 22 by Paddyhoops |
Did we have the same mother in law? Seriously though she came her in the 50 s |
I thought they'd all scarpered to South America. | |
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| In-laws on 17:34 - Feb 22 with 1123 views | olderR |
My daughter in law's in law's are fantastic. |  | | |
| In-laws on 18:12 - Feb 22 with 1032 views | loftboy |
| In-laws on 16:20 - Feb 22 by Paddyhoops |
Did we have the same mother in law? Seriously though she came her in the 50 s |
Mine was 63, her husband who passed before I had met my Mrs was chased out of India during partition, ended up in Berlin where he met my mother in law, he could only speak English so struggled to get work in Germany, as she was fluent in English moved here, she worked for BA for over 40 years. Was still working teaching German online well into her 80’s. | |
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| In-laws on 20:20 - Feb 22 with 908 views | Hugey |
Mine are QPR! What more could you ask for? |  | | |
| In-laws on 21:18 - Feb 22 with 808 views | A40Bosh |
| In-laws on 20:20 - Feb 22 by Hugey |
Mine are QPR! What more could you ask for? |
Both my in-laws were Irish
As are my parents - who are thankfully both still hanging in there.
I could write a 400 page essay on the effects of alcoholism, generational trauma and cultivating forgiveness through understanding and acceptance which for us comes through extensive family therapy.
But it won’t be of any interest to the masses until you’ve been through it or are going through it.
So I will save you 😆 |  |
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| In-laws on 06:43 - Feb 23 with 634 views | Spaceman_P |
I'm envious how lucky you guys seem to have been. | | | |
| In-laws on 09:04 - Feb 23 with 544 views | Juzzie |
Forgot to add, my MIL is a ‘feeder’. I understand most granny’s want to spoil their grandkids and that’s fine on an occasional visit but when they stay for three months each year it gets a bit much. I’ve asked for them not to be kept being given food all the time but it gets ignored. And yes, I probably eat more than I should but she gets offended if you don’t and I have said “don’t cook so much then”. This time around i simply only eat half the mountain of spag bol that gets dished up.
In our local recreation ground there’s a twice weekly food charity thing (not a food bank) where they collect food that’s either just hit it’s sell-by date or a day or so over. People go and collect and donate. She’s obsessed with it! Usually first or second in the queue and comes back with a tartan-trolley of stuff then puts the guilt trip on us to eat it so it doesn’t go to waste. I’ve said to not bring so much back then, but that gets ignored.
I think its a cultural thing, she comes from a background where things are sparse and food is the only way to show you can provide. Plus the men folk tend to do manual work, and need the calories, whereas i sit on my ‘arris as 99.999% of my work is computer based.
It’s one of those situations where when she’s here she does help out with stuff (cooking, taking kids to school and pick up, dog walking etc) but the cost of that is the aforementioned.
As the kids get older and both can go to and from school on their own (my son can already, my daughter has a couple of years to go) then maybe we’ll start reigning it in. We managed fine when she couldn’t visit during covid.
Yes, we save money by not paying for our daughter going to childcare for 2 1/2 hours each day after school but that is offset by flight tickets, electric increase, food etc so we do it more from the ‘family’ aspect rather than any supposed financial gain. Where she lives gets to -15/-20oC in winter so it’s a respite from that as well as other issues shes faces at home.
We do worry when she goes back but we’re equally relieved, bless her!
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| In-laws on 09:24 - Feb 23 with 516 views | E17hoop |
FIL died 20+ years ago - had a heart attack in their hall one Sunday, and I tried but couldn't revive him. Seen my own Dad once in the last 25 years and my FIL was way more supportive.
MIL has dementia; she was a bookie manager for years and got clonked on the head in a raid. Almost certainly that was the cause and over the last 10 years has gotten worse. Now in a care home - she's lost memory, recognition and continence. Mobility and language are failing now. |  |
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| In-laws on 09:42 - Feb 23 with 480 views | PBLOCK |
Pretty lucky with mine in all honesty
Mother in Law , great lady. She had retired a few months before we had our eldest. Was over most days helping the Mrs and when my other half went back to work she took our daughter to
Play groups, days out and had her for 3 days a week. Mrs had our youngest 18 months later and again helped out hugely.
Father In Law great guy, bit of a worrier from time to time but loves his sports especially Golf and Rugby.
Our two are their only Grandchildren and it’s likely to stay that way and they honestly absolutely dote on them. Will happily have them for a sleepover come and watch them in school stuff, football matches etc and honestly are just so proud of them
Our youngest got signed to Southend United’s Academy back in August and I’m pretty sure his Grandad told everyone at the Golf Club and possibly everyone in a 50 mile radius
A few weeks ago he came to watch and a guy he knows had his Grandson playing on the other side, he said to PBlock Junior “He’ll be unbearable if his Grandsons team win it’ll be a nightmare “
PBlock juniors team won 9-3 and he got a hat trick my Father In Laws face we he slammed in his 3rd was an absolute picture
I’m pretty lucky | | | |
| In-laws on 10:02 - Feb 23 with 457 views | Rsole |
| In-laws on 06:43 - Feb 23 by Spaceman_P |
I'm envious how lucky you guys seem to have been. |
You do know that your MIL has taken you off ‘ignore’ and can read these posts, don’t you ? | |
| Those possessed by devils, try and keep them under control a bit, can't you ?
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| In-laws on 10:11 - Feb 23 with 442 views | TheChef |
Mine are nice.
Father in law is a gentle soul with a dry sense of humour.
Mother in law likes to talk about herself and tends to repeat herself (I suppose we all reach that age and stage...). But she is a good cook! |  |
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| In-laws on 10:38 - Feb 24 with 256 views | Scarecrow |
Great thread
Brought up in Ladbroke Grove and married into a great family living in Fulham. MILaw a legend treated me as a son. BUT 2 of my 3 BILaws support Chels.! Were all older now, but had some pissy times with them before & after QPR V Chelsea matches, on one occasion well on it, my Chels BILaw decided to slide down the escalators at Notting Hill Gate Tube station. How he never ruptured himself we will never know.
Lucky with QPR having no game had my wedding reception at QPR and after the marriage at Notting Dale Church (St Francis Of Assisi) QPR allowed us to have a kickabout on the artificial pitch. Hammered the Chels In-laws in my wedding speech, but a good bunch they are.  |  | | |
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