Other people's families (clicky)

aspade

My mom called this morning, talked about herself for 6 minutes, and made me thankful for my MIL.  Which got me thinking...[Poll]

Joes_love

you don't have an option for "i avoid them at all possible costs, and get physicallyl sick when i have to go see them."

nikll34

Both sides are dysfunctional, but love them anyways. My MIL is a saint. I am very close with her. However, some of H's siblings ruin it for me. So as a whole I'm not too fond, but MIL makes it worthwhile.

aspade

Joes_love:

you don't have an option for "i avoid them at all possible costs, and get physicallyl sick when i have to go see them."

Well see?  That's a perfect example of what JT is for, lol. 

Dobie_Mama

Joes_love:

you don't have an option for "i avoid them at all possible costs, and get physicallyl sick when i have to go see them."

I get physically sick every time I have to do holidays at the IL's.  I puke every Christmas.  Fun times.

As for my own family - LOVE my mom & step-dad.  The rest is pretty crazy cakes.

blissfully_caffeinated

I'm closer to my family but I dig my ILs. They're pretty darn awesome.

redhead2466

I prefer my ILs as a unit, they are a better 'family' than my parents who are divorced, and I have no siblings.  But individually, I love my parents and I'm very grateful for them. 

danaann78

I love them all, but honestly can't stand either family.  But as I've told DH, I grew up with my family so I speak their particular dialect of psycho.

satreece

I answered that I dislike them equally...

My in-laws do a lot to help us (they live a mile away).  It comes with a huge cost. They have terrible boundaries.  Actually... no boundaries.

My family is much more tough love - would never do as much for us as my ILs... but you always know where you stand with that.  If someone says they're happy to do something for you, they mean it - and they won't be angry at you after the fact for taking them up on it.

When I graduated from college, I moved 2000 miles away from my family to a state where I knew 2 people to work in a city I'd never even been to.  AND I was a single mom at the time.  Dumb?  Maybe.  But I really wanted to make my own life away from my family.

DH had been gone from home for 12 years when some serious life changes brought him back here (and we met).  Now he's remembering why he was living close to 2000 miles away, too.

Family is nice.  For visits and stuff.  You know.

mrsjjd

I picked that I like my family best. They are they're issues, but I guess I'm used to their type of dysfunction. Except for my brothers wife, who I think would fit in perfect with my husbands side of the family.  DH's family is flat out BSC! If you've read any of my MIL posts you know what I'm talking about. The whole family is composed of milder forms of her.