In-Law Poll

loyo03 · June 2010

1-Do you get along well with your inlaws?

2-How far away do they live?

3-Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children?

4-If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws?

starsmaycollide · June 2010

1-Do you get along well with your inlaws? I get along great with my MIL and her boyfriend. They are very sweet, and we are all close. We have a strained relationship (at best) with FIL and his wife.2-How far away do they live? MIL lives in FL, about 7 hrs away. FIL is about 5 hours away in GA.3-Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? Marriage didn't really change anything that much. MIL is very excited about the pregnancy. 4-If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? I would leave the baby with MIL, definitely. That would be fine. Baby C will never even be alone with FIL and his wife, unfortunately.

MrsAO · June 2010

1-Do you get along well with your inlaws? MIL, yes. I've only seen my FIL a couple times.

2-How far away do they live? MIL lives about a 20 minute car ride away

3-Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? Not that much. I actually think I'm closer to her now. She has been really great.

4-If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? I have and will leave DS alone with MIL anytime I need to. I'm more apprehensive about DH's grandmother because she has a smoker in her home though. And I feel bad about it b/c she wants to get him sometimes and she doesn't smoke. I told DH she can keep him in MIL's house. FIL, not a chance in (insert curse word here) ever.

loyo03 · June 2010

1-Do you get along well with your inlaws? for the most part, especially in person

2-How far away do they live? 2 1/2 hrs

3-Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? LOVED them during the first 5 years of marriage, LOVED them during the pregnancy (especially MIL), now I just think that they have gotten weird and our relationship has changed since DD-they have become a bit obsessed and demanding/controlling when it comes to DD-especially their time spent w/ her (when it needs to be, where it needs to be, how it needs to be, etc)

4-If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? at this point prob not. They have not been around a little one is SO long (over 25 years) and I think that they forget about certain things--like always keeping the basement door closed which leads to steep stairs and other general "baby proofing"...not to mention, I think that she would throw any kind of schedule that I would give her out the window and do what she wanted w/ her.

kc0721 · June 2010

1-Do you get along well with your inlaws? Very much so, I love my IL's.

2-How far away do they live? About a 40 minute car ride

3-Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? I think we've become closer since I've become pregnant. We were always close before and did a lot of stuff together, however now I think our relationship is a lot closer than before I was pregnant.

4-If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? Most definitely. I'm looking forward to them enjoying time with the baby as much as I am.

12106mrsmun · June 2010

1-Do you get along well with your inlaws? superficially...yes. We're above polite to each other (only MIL...FIL passed away before I met DH).

2-How far away do they live? Wonderfully FAR FAR FAR away!

3-Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? Oh, she was SO not happy about me getting pregnant, but now, she seems to really like Caroline and asks for pictures of her all the time.

4-If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? HELL NO!!!

star21gazer · June 2010

1-Do you get along well with your inlaws? my FIL all the time, mostly with my MIL but we have butted heads a few times

2-How far away do they live? an hour and 15 minutes

3-Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? it has since pregnancy/when Aubrey was born...my MIL got a bit stand offish with me and she puts another random child that she keeps above her only grandchild and I have a problem with that

4-If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? Well I would with my FIL...but unfortunately I can't because that means I'd have to leave with MIL as well. She smokes and doesn't regard my wishes of I don't want anyone smoking around Aubrey (like we caught her when Aubrey was 6 weeks old smoking while holding her...I was livid because she completely diregarded my wishes).

uagirl · June 2010

1-Do you get along well with your inlaws? Most of the time. MIL is a bit pushy and nosy. FIL and SMIL are just a bit strange.

2-How far away do they live? MIL - less than a mile. FIL - about 1 1/2 hours

3-Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? MIL has become more pushy and more nosy. We don't tell her when my appointments are because she will call and quiz us after each one.

4-If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? As of now, no. MIL spends most of her free time sitting outside smoking and talking on the phone. From experience with my niece and nephew, having kids there didn't change that. We also know that she wouldn't follow any rules we asked her to (like no Coke). FIL hasn't been around a kid since SIL was 3, and I just get a strange vibe from him most of the time.

jiffy-pop · June 2010

1. Yes, we get along

2. Less than 5 minutes.

3. Nothing's changed since we got married

4. Probably, but it's still up for debate.

bamanichole · June 2010

1-Do you get along well with your inlaws? I tolerate MIL and her mother we get along most of the time, I would just rather not spend unneccessary time with them. FIL we get along with when his wife will let him have a relationship with us. She doesn't want him to have a relationship with us because we won't have one with her.

2-How far away do they live? Unfortunatley they are all 15 mins away at the most.

3-Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? I cut all ties with FIL's wife after the wedding just because of her ways and that was my breaking point. This has put a strain on our relationship with FIL b/c we don't like her. I have a feeling it will with MIL and her mother b/c I don't tolerate their BS and now that I am pregnant they think I am literally having this child for them.

4-If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? I am trying to talk myself into this! LOL! I don't want to keep LO from them but FIL maybe if in desperate need, his wife never. MIL yes because I feel I have no choice but I want her to stay at our house with them b/c her house is not baby safe but she is a nosy person and don't want her to have the oppurtunity to snoop around my house. Her mother is not physically capable of taking care of a child but she thinks we are going to hire someone to keep her so she can keep the baby instead of using daycare. Yea not happening.

Sorry that was so long I have in-law issues!

crollin · June 2010

Do you get along well with your inlaws? Yes, I love my in-laws. I actually have a better relationship with my MIL than my own mother most of the time.

How far away do they live? Maybe 10 minutes

Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? It's remained the same I think.

If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? Yes. Trust them 100%.

hlw082104 · June 2010

Do you get along well with your inlaws? For the most part, yes. MIL definitely drives me bonkers with her constant helicopter parenting but other than that, things are ok.

How far away do they live? 2 hours

Has your relationship changed w/ your in-laws since marriage/pregnancy/children? I think they have pretty much stayed the same. I probably take some things too personally MIL has definitely said and done things where I've had to pick my battles and bite my tongue...like when I was changing him one day and she was standing over my shoulder making a list of things I needed to remember such as not leaving him alone on the changing table or in the bathtub to do something like answer the phone...or when she showed up to eat dinner out with us one night with a baby bag "just in case I forgot something"...the only time I have really outright direclty responded to her negatively was when she wanted a Christmas card picture with her, FIL, SIL and DS.

If you have a LO, would you leave them alone w/ your in-laws? Yes

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