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We don't really fight but I think its safe to say we don't agree on a lot, we just don't vocalize it. I am not overly comfortable around her but its kind of her personality. She is VERY different from my mother, who I am very close with. Things are slowly improving though I think.

I'm VERY lucky.  My FMIL is amazing!  We get along perfectly and I consider her a close friend.  I know its rare and I'm so thankful! 

I'm in the same 'lake' as Latte Love, not necessarily the same 'boat!' :-)  Our difference is that I do not want to move to FL and she doesn't want to move back to the chilly midwest!  My FMIL lives in FL and we live in Chicago - so we see each other maybe 3 times a year, at most.  Most of their family is from Chicago - so when she is here she is busy going around the city/suburbs seeing everyone - we will get to hang out for a day or a few hours in a night.  Although my fiance and I have been together over 10 years, I still do not know her that well.  It is somewhat disappointing, but she is very independent and enjoys her privacy to the fullest - so I always try to respect that.  But I'm somewhat of a TMI type of person (about myself and what I ask others...working on this filter!) so I try to not intrude on her space but still get to know her.  If that makes sense.  So yes, I get along with her but unfortunately do not know her that well and vice versa.

We don't fight at all but we don't talk (language barrier for the most part). We both just try to control him a little (I want him for this event and she wants him for her event, etc.). We don't really have a relationship other than maybe a present here are there.  

MY Fi's family is one of the kindest sweetest family's out there. They would give you the shirt off their back if you needed it without thinking. That being said, I get along great with my In Laws and feel will feel so honored to be able to call them my family once we are married!

I get along with my FMIL, but we don't have much to do with each other in the normal course of business. I anticipate a good relationship, though. I've been part of the family for 7 years now, and she has 7 kids, so what's one more, right? I've never felt any of the typical MIL/FMIL problems, but I'm sure those will arise haha. She's pretty respectful and understanding of the choices that her kids have made, and I expect she'll extend that same respect to her precious and me. Mr G is pretty close to his mom being that his dad passed away several years ago and the mister has stepped in as the "man" in the house and to his young brother. I'm sure I'll get some "Well, that's not how my mom does it..." moments, but those will be from Mr G, not from his mom. His mom would likely just tell him to obey me, which I love :)

 No problems yet with the wedding planning, but she's respectful of the fact that my parents are paying for the whole shebang, and she's just happy we are getting married (though I'm sure a lil peeved that it's not in the church.) 

My FMIL is a challenge. She tries so hard and wants so badly to make everything special, but most of the time it simply turns into drama. We don't fight, but it's certainly a learning process for me.

I like My Mother In Law she is sweet and means well but she can drive me batty sometimes. But I do like her. I just my boundries with her.

She's such a sweet lady. She can overstress about things sometimes, but overall she means well and just wants us to be happy. She made a little upset initially in the planning process because she expanded our guest list to twice its original size, but in the end, this is better. All his family gets to come and meet me and besides- we'll get twice as many presents! ;)

I was also looking for "we get along great- but we're not super close"

She's the nicest lady, like another bee said, she NEVER says a bad thing about anyone, and it always polite.  I almost feel like I have to be perfect around her. 

My future mother-in-law is fantastic! She reminds me very much of my own mother.  She only has 2 sons, so having a girl around for her I think she really enjoys-especially around the holidays shopping for a girl!  I am having her involved in the wedding planning and it means a lot to me that we have a great relationship!

I barely know her- the famly in general is sort of distant.  But I think she likes me.

So far I've been really fortunate when it comes to MILs, especially considering I'll have TWO!

FI's mom has asked questions about the dress code and has offered to help in whatever way she can. But neither she nor FI's stepmother have tried to interfere in any way. In fact, his stepmom said that anyone who tried to get in the way of our dream wedding would have to answer to HER. I thought that was really sweet.

Probably doesn't hurt that we live 2800 miles away from our families either. ;)

FI's parents divorced long ago, and I've never met my FMIL.  We've spoken on the phone once, but I use the term loosely because she speaks very little English and I speak very little of my FI's native language.  According to FI, she is "difficult," and she's impossible to get in touch with anyway (no phone except the village payphone, won't give us her mailing address) so it's almost like I don't have a FMIL.  FFIL, on the other hand, is fantastic

@ChaiAnkh99 You're FMIL sounds just like mine! She only has two boys so I think she really enjoys having a girl around and buying girly stuff.  He has a really small intermediate family and they are all so nice. This last Christmas they comletely went overboard on the gifts...but they do that for all of the family members. So it makes me feel like they think of me as one of their own. She's also given me little presents here and there, pearl bracelets, rings, and what not. She subscribes to a ton of magazines and flips through them once and then saves them for me...it's just a small thing but it shows she thinks of me. We both love to read so we'll exchange books with each other also. His stepfather is one of the nicest guys I've ever met and every time he see's me he says "there's my gal!".  I feel so incredibly lucky as my sister's future in laws are the complete opposite and she's always having drama with them. I feel so bad for her and hate telling her about anything they do for me because I don't want her to feel like I'm rubbing it in her face.