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Members of DH's family are now my family, so even if they aren't my personal favorite person I still go with him for big family events. There are members of my family that I don't like all that much but I still see them... I can suck it up a few times a year so DD gets to know her family. Most of DH' s old friends are awesome- we went to the same high school so I am often friends with them too.

I think yes. I don't have an issue with anyone in our families, so I'm thankful! But for example, I know my SIL really doesn't like her DH's brother's whole family, but of course they're all forced to hang out and see each other often.

I usually am on good terms with DH's family, but yes, being part of his family does often put me in situations I'm not crazy about. I'm just not a social person in general, while he's very close with his extended family. We see them, or invite them over, a lot. I admire that about him, that he's such a good son, brother, cousin, that he'll drop his other plans to go visit his elderly aunt when she's sick. But yikes, I really miss my alone time, and the visits really make it hard to find time for cooking and cleaning, and taking the kids somewhere that's not a social visit is impossible without weeks of planning and asking if maybe pretty please we can skip seeing the innumerable relatives that once. Of course my family is certified crazy and DH still puts up with them, so it's all fair...

We spend a lot of time with both of our families. Each family has its annoying family members, for sure. We visit my grandmother every other Sunday, we have Sunday dinner with his parents every Sunday evening and see family most weekends. Its overwhelming at times.

Even though his family is closer, I still probably see my family more often.

DH's social circle is MUCH bigger than mine though. I have a few close friends and I'm fine with that. Quality over quantity. He has lived in the area his entire life and is still friends with a million people and (literally) their mother (and father). We still visit his friends' parents around Christmas...even though the friends have moved away.

We can't have a small function. There were 300 people at our wedding reception (we invited 500), and we're hosting an open house tomorrow and close to 100 are coming. Our house is 1500 square feet. I was hoping for maybe 50?

I don't mind the people as individuals, but I have social anxiety so it's uncomfortable to deal with that many people all at once.

Comes with the territory...for me it's not usually spending time with people I don't like as much as having social obligations sometimes that id rather skip in favor of something else.