I just spent the weekend at the in-laws and really enjoyed myself. My wife's sisters were around, we had agreat meals, good times with my daughter, just a great weekend, then we stopped at my parents on the way home. Everyone argues and is really sarcastic. Made me reallymiss the inlaws. Going on vacation with my wife's family next week and feel really guility that I prefer spending time with them over my own family.
Don't feel guilty at all- just be thankful you have great in-laws. You don't get to choose your blood relatives, but you can CHOOSE not to hang out with them if they're a bunch of a-holes.
Wouldn't say like better, but I do have a lot more in common with my father-in-law then my father. I also enjoy spending time with my in-laws.
My in-laws are very nice people. While only a couple years older than my parents, they definitely come across as much more "elderly" than my folks. So in that regard they don't DO a lot, but they are still very kind and caring, and they actually come to more of my kids' events than my folks do. My SIL is also cool, and adores my kids, and I've got no problem w/ her at all. That being said, my family is pretty cool, and fun, and does a lot of stuff, so I can't say that I actually prefer my wife's family. But it's all good!
The wife's sister's family is fun to hang around with. They're close to our age, and her teenage kids are pretty cool. My sister is way older than me, we were never close, and her grown kids and their families are train wrecks. Constant drama. And I always feel pressured when I'm around my mother. So yeah, Mary's family is - let's say less stressful - to be around.
I definitely prefer and associate with the maternal side of family more than the paternal side. The paternal side of my family were the big shots and managers at the mill. My mom literally grew up on the "wrong" side of the railroad tracks, the labor side. Once you get past my grandparents and dad's sister, of the 50+ other people on that side of the family, maybe three of them aren't gigantic pretentious douche bags.
My in-laws are deceased. We had a difficult time at first, because of...well, it's a long story. But anyway, in the end we ended up rather close. But, I did not prefer them to my own family who are all kinds of awesome. Zel freely tells anyone who'll listen he won the in-law lottery. My parents just tell people he's their son more often than not and really he fits in so well it seems like he should have been born with us freaks...though I am desperately glad he wasn't.
Mixed bag... Depends on who we're talking about and when, actually. Sometimes my family and I can get pretty rough with each other.
I wish I had great in laws. Hell I'd even settle for lumps of dryer fluff for in-laws. Instead I got the Hellraiser In-Laws. They (for the most part) they are narcissistic sociopaths who have managed to run off almost every male in their lives. It's like their mantra is "breed, get the seed, and then do the deed" (getting rid of the sperm donor). They make the chicks form the movies "Heathers" and "Mean Girls" look down right neighborly. They have that whole "<insert nasty, scathing, insult here> , but God bless his/her heart" thing down to a science. I'm talking nice, friendly, normal looking, God fearing, church going, on the outside. Evil, demonic, game players on the inside. I may hate em with a purple passion, but I would still like for my kids to have a relationship with them. But they won't have a thing to do with them. The only condition is that they have to visit them here where I can keep the witches of Eastwick on a short leash. No way in hell would I give em free reign around the kids unsupervised. I have watched them play mind games with each other enough to know that leaving my kids in that environment, even for a few hours, would be a grade A disaster. Oh and if anyone wonder as to which came first, the chicken or the egg..the chicken (their attitude) came before the egg (me). I tried for 14 years to deal with em. Eventually something happened and I drew the line in the sand.
I do. Best part about it is they're from South America. I find Brazilian culture much more family oriented than American culture and it's a breath of fresh air. They arrive in two weeks for a six week vacation and I can't wait.
Yup, pretty much. Maternal In-laws (cool, interesting people) > Maternal Family (Decent Country folk) > Paternal Family (Loners with Issues) > Paternal In-laws (Hillbillies)
My imaginary friends family is my fave, mainly as his mum is Jessica Rabbits nudist twin. And people wonder why I sometimes randomly start smiling....
Well, I'm not married(thankfully)....so I can only speak for my mom or dads side of the family. Dad's side of the family is fucking cool. I enjoy every minute I can spend my my uncles/aunts and cousins on his side. My mom's side on the other hand. Have a couple aunts that are decent, but my grandfather and the one uncle on that side are arrogant tools.
