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I'm jealous of those who are on excellent terms with their ILs. I'm not on speaking terms with my MIL, and am *much* happier this way. This past Easter was our first enjoyable holiday together in over 5 years.

Aw I love this thread! Another bee here who struck in-law gold. DH's parents and brother are FANTASTIC. They've always accepted me and loved me as their own.

One story off the top of my head: This past weekend, our air conditioning broke, and my in-laws drove in 4 hours from out of town to come fix it since my FIL owns an HVAC company. They were already here the previous weekend and are driving in 2 weeks from now again!

In that same trip, they joined us for my BFFs birthday lunch with a huge crowd of people. And then at the end of the meal, my in-laws picked up the whole tab!

They are so incredibly generous. I am lucky to have them in my life!

I'm absolutely in love with my in-laws. DH and I have been together since high school and since day one, they've been amazing. DH is an only child (his mom had a m/c at 12 weeks which she strongly believed was a girl), so I'm treated as their daughter.

MIL and FIL are 2 of my biggest fans. They love me to death and I feel the same. MIL hang out all the time without DH (2 weeks ago we took a day trip to Myrtle Beach). I could go on and on because I've truly been blessed with some of the greatest in-laws.

@oliviaoblivia: That stinks that you have difficult in-laws, I am very blessed, but I watched my mom struggle with her MIL my entire life so I know how difficult it can be to keep the peace. She still struggles to this day, my grandmother is one difficult woman to please!

@Mrs. Jump Rope: You do have to do what is best for your sanity, hopefully this continues to work for you!

@Mrs. Blue: I'm almost jealous of myself! Sailing is so much fun (although apparently I get sea-sick if I do it all day... good to know)! I keep hearing that Hubs grandfather is trying to sell the boat though and I'm going to cry when that day comes! I've only been on the boat twice and I want more!!!

You need to visit your in-laws and before you go demand sailing a must for the trip!

I really do love my in laws. Honestly the only complaint I hav about them is sometimes they try to be too involved in our lives. And that is just because they love us so much so how can I really fault them for that? My mother in law calls me all the time just to see how I'm doing and check up on me. And my husbands cousins are awesome! Whenever we go home doing a night out with my SIL and cousin's in law is one of the things I most look forward to! I love them all! And everyone is cranking out babies which makes family parties even more fun!

I think the most amazing thing my MIL has done for me is give me my ering. It was hers, she was wearing it, and she just gave it to DH to give to me. It originally was his great grandmas, and it meant so much to me that she wanted me to have it.

I don't really have stories, but my MIL, GMILs, BILs and SILs are AWESOME. My younger BIL is a real sweetheart, though he's yet to figure out how to show it to people who don't share his interests. I want our daughter to turn out essentially like my younger SIL (she's so beautiful, kind, intelligent, courteous, and sweet.) My MIL's mom is what I want to be at that age - well-traveled (and having written several books about her travels), great cook, wonderful gardener, extremely intelligent and interesting. FIL's mom is the sweetest little old Alzheimersy lady I've met.

FIL recently remarried a fairy-tale evil stepmother, aside from the whole him having a fortune to steal (though she did have him take MIL to court to reduce his child support payments, after SIL moved out. Instead, the court basically doubled his child support, since he hadn't updated his income with them.) He's nuts on his own, but ESM just eggs him on. At least he's lost interest in stalking MIL when she dates someone (he actually hired a PI to follow her around at one point.)

My MIL is wonderful. She treats me like the daughter she never had. Currently she is building my husband and I a chopping block because I have always admired hers. My BILs are awesome as well.

My MIL and her step-kids have stocked my daughter's wardrobe. I've barely needed to buy any clothes yet b/c boxes of baby clothing are constantly arriving in the mail from them. While their taste doesn't exactly match up with mine, they have done a pretty good job of finding stuff that I am happy to dress my daughter in

This is such a nice thread to read!!!

I, of course, have issues with my in-laws, but in general they are all wonderful people with great big hearts and as many horror stories I might have, I do have good stories as well.

My MIL is quite a character. She is so incredibly generous even when we know that she is being sacrificing of her own needs. She wanted to buy Wagon Jr. a "big" present for his first birthday, so we ordered his play kitchen from Amazon with a bunch of play food. When it arrived and we assembled it, she loved it but said "it's too small. Let's order a second one, in a different color, and attach them together!!" haha. We actually had to convince her that we did not need two of the same play kitchen. She also regularly gets me gifts for my birthday, mother's day, etc. She even asked my BIL's girlfriend to order a spa gift card online and have it sent to me because she didn't know how to do it. It was so incredibly sweet. And watching her take care of Wagon Jr. is soooo so so so touching. They're a lot alike so they mesh so well. One time she was helping me bathe him, and he was being fussy, so she straight up just hitched up her skirt and climbed into the tub with him. He was so shocked that he was silent for the entire rest of the bath as she scrubbed him down from head to toe! She was so soaked. Probably the most thorough bath he's ever had in his life.

I've known my BIL longer than I've actually known Wagon Sr.-- we went to college together and he was one year under me. He was the adorable little guy that everyone knew and loved. I've always wanted a little brother so I wanted to take him under my wing. I'd take him to church and then take him out to McDonald's afterwards, and he'd always be so shocked that I wanted to pay for his meal. He was so popular and well-liked, every time I'd walk through campus with him people would say hi to him by name, and he'd enthusiastically say "what's up bro???" then I'd ask "who was that?" and he'd say "oh, I'm not sure." Haha. He's just that kind of guy... everyone knows and loves him. He's had some crazy issues in his life but he's really put it together, and now he's in the Navy and doing SO incredibly well, and I couldn't be prouder of him. He always says Wagon Sr. got all the smarts and good stuff in the family, but to be honest, BIL is actually much brighter than Wagon Sr.

I'm also going to include his girlfriend because they live together and have dogs, and I'm not sure if they will ever actually get married, but I kind of think of her as my SIL. They were best friends in college but never dated, and many many years after college ended up together. I was never really friends with her in college-- she was this cool LA girl and I was this dorky church girl-- but she is incredibly smart, kind, and sweet. I love that they are together because she's known him from the beginning and through so much, so I know they will last. She's so devoted to him and is following him around the country as he gets moved from base to base.

Aww. This makes my in-laws seem so cool. And honestly, as people, they are! But as with any close family relationship, there's always drama.

Oh... my FIL is not in our lives currently.

@Mrs. Blue: hehe yeah, still one of my favorite mental images of her! I think I was staring at them the entire time going just like this:

Got one! His mom sent me a Mother's Day card... I'm due in June so I guess carrying a baby makes you a mom already?