my MIL and FIL have been living with us for a year. they live in GA, but moved to houston to help us with our son who spent several months in the hospital. people give me shit all of the time about it. "must really suck living with your in laws". i understand the stereotype, it's really the opposite. they are great people, and have sacrificed their entire life to help us when we went through some shit. i can put up with the little shit bc at the end of the day they are doing us a huge favor...i really can't get upset with them no matter what. my FIL is a clumsy introvert. he tries his hardest to relate to me and conversate, but you can tell it pains him. to make up for it, all he wants to do is chores around the house. he has done countless things around the house, all on his own volition. installed doors, painted trim outside our house, pulls weeds, etc. and i come home for work or wake up on the weekends and all i want to do is sit my ass on the couch, that mf'er is outside cleaning my grill or powerwashing our patio. it has made me a less worthless human being, but i think i'm ready for them to move out now. not to mention he cooks dinner nearly every night, and wakes up at the asscrack of down to take our energetic dog for a run to help tire her out for the day.
Yes, but not due to that comment. That comment was basically like finding out about Santa Claus for her.
My 93 year old deaf grandfather in law just got contacted by his old girlfriend. He tried to keep it on the dl, but got so giddy that he had to tell my FIL. They're sitting on the couch while my grandmother is in her room and his deaf ass tries to whisper but screams "MY OLD GIRLFRIEND MARTHA TRIED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME. SHE'S SO MUCH NICER THAN YOUR MOTHER." Grandmother comes out of her room holding a cane like a samurai warrior ready to beat some old man ass. My FIL had to break it up while laughing his ass off.
They sound pretty cool. I feel you on the last part though. That's my wife though that always can find something to do so I feel too guilty to sit around doing nothing
Probably not. It can cause stress that can ruin a relationship though. My wife's dad sucked, but I was fortunate she knew that. I still kept my mouth shut and only showed support. It's ok for them to talk shot about their family, but not really a good idea for you too
It would have to be pretty bad and not anything like the small (and sometimes hilarious) quirks mentioned in this thread, but yes.
As mentioned, my FIL is great but he cant sit still so he is always going even at 67. My wife grew up seeing that and so the weekends we are home I have to have a list of things to do and complete them so she doesnt think I am some lazy ass. in non-football season I am usually outside until 3-4 in the afternoon.
My father in law has a terrible sense of direction but always insists on driving because he likes to be in charge. So a few christmas's ago we got him a gps so he would start showing up to family functions on time. My mother in law called us from the city the other day asking for directions because he got lost (in the town he grew up in) so where's the gps? "Oh, he never took that out of the box. He likes using maps"
My FIL dates a girl that is a couple years older than my wife and is the same age as my brother-in-law. makes for some weird situations and conversations. the girlfriend acts even younger than her age too. Good for my FIL but I have to deal with the drama from the wife. I drink heavily at family functions.
It's the opposite in my house. I stay busy, but the house could burn down around my wife while she watches tv
That's not a bad trade off. I run around doing errands all weekend and taking care of whatever in the house but during football season I have no issue at all sitting around all day on a Saturday. Well even then I'll typically take care of some things in the morning
thanks for asking. my son is doing well. he was born 4 months premature and has some lingering issues and delays but if you saw him you would think he is a normal and healthy baby.
Future FIL is really, really great and fun to be around and always very generous and chill. Has a large family of all daughters so he appreciates being around guys when he gets the chance. That said, he is very conservative and absolutely does not believe in any aspect of 'global warming theory.' Girlfriend and I went to eat with him and the rest of their family a few weeks back and they had a family friend and his wife and kid join. It was the three of us males at one end of the table while all the girls sat at the other end talking about god knows what. Family friend was discussing weather (as traditional small talk laws dictate one must) and asked why it was that the hottest day of the year always came after the summer solstice/longest day of the year. Before I could even begin to reply with my thoughts, FIL dropped a "You know, I don't know but if anyone says 'global warming' then they're buying their own goddamn dinner." I did a mental and went on eating my delicious free meal in silence.
I should note that the actual reason is because of seasonal global warming (as in thawing of the Earth and warming of the seas) and not climate change related global warming. But I knew there was no easy way to say that without walking the dangerous line of using the terms "global warming" so I just opted to keep my mouth shut. Meal was enjoyed.
FIL is a good guy, loves his family and would help in any way if I asked him to. BUT THE COCKSUCKER MAKES COMMENTS DURING COMMERCIALS AND I WANT TO FUCKING KILL HIM.
Feel free to tinder that to all you're facebook whores, I bet they will be AOL IMing you bhole pics in no time.
I just got done talking to my buddy about how I need to go to venezuela to see if the rest of my gfs fam are the worst, most selfish, and inconsiderate people in the world like her mother and sister are if I plan on being serious with her. so in my case I'd say yes.
I don't think the other fam members are relevant, in case you are serious. Maybe the gf learned from watching her mom/sis act like a psycho and she'll turn out normal?
Just went to Trains Magazine's website and briefly considered getting the digital subscription for only $12!
A lot of this. I had a situation in denver where I had to tell her mom off and kick her outta our small apt (all in Spanish nonetheless) because she was disrespecting her in our house and was making her cry after my gf flew her out here and took off work and made me sleep at friends houses because her mom and her friend (who was uninvited by my gf, but her mom called her after her friend bought the ticket to say she was coming too) are too cheap to get a hotel. I got a bj from the gf when they left so I had her support on standing up for her. Found out they were too cheap and stubborn to get a hotel that they slept in the car in the parking lot of the apt. no fucks given. Her sister is one of those weirdos who make up fake fb profiles and lies about where she is. Like tagging my gf that they're both in venezuela when my gf is here and her sister is in Miami with her phone off so people think she's outta the country. She also claimed I hit her the first time we met. The gf is super fucking chill and completely different than those people. I kinda wanna live there....
Don't remember how he got his start, but he was obviously low level at the beginning. After about 2 years he got pretty close to Gonzalo (Gacha) and he made him his driver and part of his personal security team. He did this for 5-6 years. My MIL and Gacha's wife became really good friends. My wife (RIP) told me about parties when she was 5-6 years old where Pablo Escobar and Gacha were in attendance and how she used to play with their kids. My wife told me that her dad always had a radio on him and he would many times have to leave in the middle of the night and not come home for days if he got a call. Anyway, some guy trying to make a name for himself within the cartel walked up to the car my FIL was driving and shot him in the head. He went off bragging about it. Guess he didn't realize how close my FIL was to Gacha because he got murked pretty quickly after that. Through the years my MIL and FIL made trips with them to Panama. They (Gacha) opened a bank account in Panama under my MIL's name to help hide money. She got a call from Gacha's wife about two years ago saying that it had been almost 20 years since the account had been touched and the bank was going to close the account and keep the funds if they didn't go close it. So she had to make a trip to Panama with Gacha's widow to withdraw ~$500k from this account.
Would never consider it. It's my decision and I don't care what another person cares about it. I'd tell them I'm doing it but I'm not asking permission for anything I choose to do.
my f-i-l is a pretty awesome guy. Dude is a life long Husk and back when Mrs. Celemo and I were dating living in sin, he put up with a lot of shit from me. We'd go and visit them every Saturday and I'd sit there drink all his beer and openly root for Nebraska to lose. The Michael Bishop/EMAW game and Ricky Williams/UT show in '98 were fucking glorious. That being said, I'd take a bullet for the guy, he's good people
I usually check my grammar better but I was spending way too much mental energy on misusing social media references. Shit is harder than I expected.
My FIL has his quirks, but I don't mind him (my MIL is the WOAT though). Two things FIL does that annoy me: 1) He gets overly excited about the dumbest shit. "Hey, Mrs. Boom, we went to [insert name of some average restaurant/hotel/city] the other night. The [food/rooms/sights] were INCREDIBLE!!!" 2) He asks a million fucking questions. "Hey Boom, do you still talk to Jimmy?" "My best friend since I was 4? Yeah, I do." "How's he doing??"