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I love my in laws. They are my family! Given I am sure I wouldn't want to spend everyday with them, just like I wouldn't my own family. But I do really love them and they are great people!
I love my in-laws. They are the best, and we get along famously. Fiance's parents are really special folks, and I'm so lucky to know them and have them adopt me into their family
If my previous engagement had gone through, I could have been able to sympathize with the agony of tough in-laws... but i dodged a bullet and won the in-law lottery. Of course, one could say I paid my dues!
I'm always jealous of people who have good relationships with their in laws. I listen to people who are so thankful that their SO family adopted them in- and I can't help but want that.
I actually DO LOVE my in laws. I couldn't wish for a sweeter MIL and FIL. My SILs are THE BEST in the world. I survived living with one of my SIL and her husband + kids, and I was so blessed because those times actually really built our relationship and made the process of me getting into my husband's family even smoother.
I like them....I don't know if I could say I love them. They are very nice people and have never been anything but nice and welcoming to me.
I LOVE my MIL and SIL. I like my FIL. He's just a little on the strange side for me. But really they're all great and they've taken me into their family! I even call my MIL and FIL mom and dad because they really are like parents to me! I've heard horror stories of In-Law relationships and I am blessed to have in-laws that are great!
My FMIL can be a bit of a pain, and it took me a while to realize that the reason she acts the way she does is because she has crippling anxiety, and her worrying makes her come off as somewhat nagging. Now that I know about her anxiety, I can deal more easily with the worrying and nagging, and we have a very good relationship.
I go back and forth. Recently FMIL has been wonderful, basically ever since she came out to visit her son and me in the new city we've lived in for the past year. This was a total (but welcome!) shock to me that she's interested in me and can carry on a conversation with me. She also seems happier about the upcoming marriage. I hope things get and better with her.
On the other hand, FSIL has been a pain lately. When I first met her, I thought she was normal and sweet and fun. But since then she seems to have some personal problems that are bringing me down, and I want to make sure she's comfortable with everything that's going on but I can't understand some of the things she does in her personal relationships and I can't really empathize when I disapprove. Maybe she'll develop some sense soon ("grow up") and be the nice, fun girl she seemed to be on the surface.
my family and i are super close, so it's hard to accept that i'm not super close to my fi family. i like them...but it's just not the same. are any of you having trouble with the tought of having to call your in-laws "mom" and "dad"?
I love 'em all. If I go too long without seeing them I start to miss them.
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I actually like my FMIL and FFIL. While they are different I enjoy their company. I actually really don't feel very close to my FBIL (FI's one and only brother) and his wife. They are very nice and all, but I just don't really have anything in common with them. In general, FI's family is very nice but I don't think I will ever really see them as family though.
I found that it was hard to learn another family's dynamics and communication styles and to adjust to them because I know my family and how we operate...but my in laws are lovely people and also, they're family. I love my FI and after all, they raised him so they can't be all that bad! Of course, they want a harmonious relationship with their FDIL too so as long as both sides make the effort it should be ok. There are times I feel like they're going to make me lose my mind but that also happens with my own family.
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I like my inlaws. FI and I made an agreement early on to allow each other to deal with our respective families and 5 years later, so far so good. Now, I am not sure what will happen when we marry or if we have kids, but things are good now. We live in the same city as his parents and they give us plenty of space, which is good for me. I know a lot of friends who have awful relationships with their husband's mom so I feel blessed.
My in-laws are fantastic. I am very, very lucky. Mr. C. doesn't have any siblings, so that makes things easier, but overall we have it very good with the relationships in both of our families. He also gets along great with my parents, and all the parents get along with each other. I hear horror stories about in-laws and count my blessings!!!
I feel very happy to be able to say that I really do like my inlaws. Maybe it has to do with the fact that we are older (38 now, 39 when we say our I do's) and there are some things that just aren't that important, and since both sides of the family have been thru this before, all in-laws are just happy that David and I have found each other and that we really are happy together. From his mother-it's a great thing to see you so happy together. We have a blast with his parents!
I don't really know them that well, there is just a language and cultural barrier. I think that they are good people and don't dislike them at all, but I do find it awkward to be around them.
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My future in-laws are great, my fiancé is close to his parents. They are elderly (80) and need a little help sometimes, so this is an issue we'll be dealing with sooner than most newlyweds, I guess... so it's good that I like them! I'm excited to become part of their family.
I grew up with a MIL from hell... my father had a pretty dysfunctional relationship with his mother and it wrecked my parents' marriage. She hated my mother and me both, and was never really a "grandmother." Pretty sad actually, but as an adult it gave me a good perspective, since I could easily spot a man with such "mother issues" and dodged a few bullets. It's bad enough marrying into a difficult MIL situation, but growing up and watching my mom suffer really made an impression on me.
I get along with mine except for when they discuss politics...I'm the total opposite of them and they get loud. 
So, I just stay quiet, they know my position, no need to argue. No one is going to change!
I've had limited exposure to my in-laws (it still feels trippy typing that) since we live on the other side of the country from them. I've met all of them and we usually visit during the holidays. FI's biological mom is great! We chat online and email back and forth. She even volunteered to help us pay for our honeymoon! FI's father/stepmom have been kind and loving to me since I first met them. I definitely can't complain as far as in-laws are concerned!
I like them, but I still feel kind of strange around them. Our families are just so different, and I come from a background where everyone is in everyone's business (mostly in a nice way). His are much more distant. And I have some issues with how they treat my FI, so that even though they are super nice to me it makes it hard. They are outwardly very nice and caring people, but they have some deep dysfunctions that definitely impact family relations. Of course, so does my family, I've just had a lifetime to get used to it:)
I love my FI's mother she is a sweetheart. However, his dad and his new wife...I cant even really say I know them. They are not the type of people who ask me what I've been up to. I don't even think they know what I do for a living! Seriously! Lets just say that for this XMAS we went to the Bay Area to visit my family so we didn't spend it with his family. Their presents are still in our hall closet. So I'm glad that his mom is such a sweetie because it would be annoying that I had no 'real' reltionship with either of his folks.
I love my in-laws and I definitely feel lucky and blessed. My FMIL even calls me on the phone to chat! She's a lot more laid-back and easy-going than my mom, and as much as I love my mom too, sometimes it's a welcomed relief. My FFIL is more intense than my dad, but he's caring and I'm glad they've accepted me whole-heartedly into their family. I'm not sure I could survive otherwise!
I like my FIL. Really nice people. Even though we are from different backgrounds they been nice to me since I met them. (Me Mexican Future family Black)
Well. . . it's been long road with my future in-laws. . . long story short. . i don't hate my FMIL but i dont love her either. . but i absolutley LOVE my FSIL/FBIL and FFIL is out of the picture
I not only like them... I absolutely adore them. They are such wonderful people. They have been the most supportive people ever throughout our whole relationship. I couldn't ask for better in laws. :)
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i really like my inlaws.. i've known them now for 10 years and finally am starting to feel closer to them. before we were engaged my FFIL told my FI (and he told me of course) that he didn't want to get too "emotionally attached" to me until we were engaged..(?) so i guess they are officially letting me into their family. they are very nice people and very supportive and i look forward to growing our relationship!
@ali925 i def won't be calling them "mom" and "dad" though.. first names are just fine for the both of us.
I checked "other" because I'm just sort of neutral toward them. It's been hard to get to know them because we live on opposite sides of the country--and fi and I grew up very different from eachother. Sometimes I just don't understand the way his parents work!
I think we get along ok--don't fight or anything, but it's hard for me to say I like them. I don't really have strong feelings either way!
I like my in laws better then my family!!! They treat me wonderfully and welcomed me into their lives with open arms... I'm so blessed...
I truly love my in-laws. My fiance and I were friends for 10+ years before we started dating, and I got to know his parents during that time. I think that was a nice, no-pressure start to our relationship. By the time we started dating, I had already started to think of them as family. :)
love em', love em', love em'... maybe more than some of my DNA relatives... no seriouly though.. they are wonderful.
I like my BIL well enough. He's a really nice guy, and we get along pretty well - manage to find a lot of common ground considering that our lives and values are fairly different. My SIL is awful, and I'm just lucky that my husband also can hardly stand her, so we spend as little time with her as possible. My MIL is also nice enough, and we are friendly, although I would never consider calling her "mom." I guess I'm honestly as close to them as my husband is - they're just not a really close family. They don't talk to each other often, they don't spend much time together, and they don't really seem to have fun when they do.
My family, on the other hand, just loves my husband and he really likes them. We see my parents several times a week, and my husband especially loves doing things with my dad. He has also gotten very friendly with my sister's husband, and so even though they live quite a ways away we see them more and more. I think that he was just really missing that kind of close relationship with his family, and so is quite happy to have it with mine. (Although he doesn't call them "mom and dad" either - he uses their first names.)
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My husband and I were discussing this tonight and I was curious how many people actually like their in-laws?