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re: What is your relationship like with your father in law?
Posted on 8/27/21 at 12:13 am to Cregg
Posted on 8/27/21 at 12:13 am to Cregg
My ex FIL was an odd duck. He was pretty funny and I liked him, but he was a different character. He was a farmer who lived alone and kept to himself. He didn't come to our wedding. Not because he didn't like me or had problems with his daughter. Weddings just weren't his thing. Her uncle walked her down the aisle. 
We got divorced serveral years ago. I asked my kids when they say him last and they said they don't even remember. He lives 15 miles away.
We got divorced serveral years ago. I asked my kids when they say him last and they said they don't even remember. He lives 15 miles away.
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Posted on 8/27/21 at 12:27 am to Cregg
Good.
Posted on 8/27/21 at 5:30 am to Cregg
He’s dead so couldn’t be better
Posted on 8/27/21 at 5:42 am to Cregg
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I got married in my early 20's and it only lasted 9 months and my father in law could not stand me.
No doubt his daughter went on to make bad decision after bad decision and he now thinks you weren't that bad after all.
Happens all the time
Posted on 8/27/21 at 6:46 am to Cregg
He's almost 86 and lives in our house with us. His bedroom is upstairs; ours is downstairs. I'm cordial to him but I've never trusted him due to some issues in the past. I basically let him stay with us temporarily after his wife kicked him out but then my wife invited him to stay permanently. I wasn't expecting him to accept her offer but he did. I stay out of his way and he stays out of mine for the most part.
Posted on 8/27/21 at 8:15 am to moontigr
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He's almost 86 and lives in our house with us. His bedroom is upstairs; ours is downstairs. I'm cordial to him but I've never trusted him due to some issues in the past. I basically let him stay with us temporarily after his wife kicked him out but then my wife invited him to stay permanently. I wasn't expecting him to accept her offer but he did. I stay out of his way and he stays out of mine for the most part.
very depressing scenario, prayers sent
Posted on 8/27/21 at 8:26 am to Cregg
He's happier because he doesn't have to deal with your sorry arse. It's that fake "well bless your heart" kinda happy you saw. I do the same thing when I run into sorry arse ex-coworkers or dickheads from highshool that used to pick on me if I can't avoid them. I'm doing excellent, glad to hear you're not dead kinda polite.
Posted on 8/27/21 at 8:26 am to Cregg
My father in law passed away last year. The years of booze really fricked him up. Past 3 years were rough. So I never really built a great relationship with him. Wished I would have known him in hos younger years. My wife said we would have really hit it off. His funeral showed tons of pics of him just living life, really made me think of my own life.
Not necessarily close with my step father in law, but he's a good guy, we always get along. Even though he can say some strange shite sometimes.
Not necessarily close with my step father in law, but he's a good guy, we always get along. Even though he can say some strange shite sometimes.
Posted on 8/27/21 at 8:43 am to Cregg
My FIL is all about perception. He's a good guy but sheltered my wife and her siblings all of their life. He will act like he is a big family man and is involved in my kids life in front of people but we see them once a month and they live 10 minutes away. He will go see ex-coworkers before going to see grandkids. He's a different guy and mother in law is the same. They are in their upper 60's and pout when things don't go their way.
Posted on 8/27/21 at 8:48 am to Cregg
Great relationship with my FIL.
Me and my wife have been together though since high school, so it may be the fact that I'm the only dumbarse kid that was chasing his daughter that he had to deal with.
He is the reason I got into golf and we play together regularly.
Me and my wife have been together though since high school, so it may be the fact that I'm the only dumbarse kid that was chasing his daughter that he had to deal with.
He is the reason I got into golf and we play together regularly.
Posted on 8/27/21 at 8:53 am to Cregg
Took my FIL to the VA hospital about 2 hours away for a checkup last week. He's a Vietnam Vet who has had some Sids effects from Agent Orange exposure. We have a pretty good relationship because I make it a point to treat him with respect and like he is a blood relative.
Posted on 8/27/21 at 8:58 am to Cregg
I always got along well with my former in laws. But both my ex FIL and ex MIL are just weird in general. They basically never leave their homes (this was even before COVID) and make no effort to see their 2 grandkids that live 15 minutes away. They don’t even send the kids Christmas or birthday presents or call them. Just really odd folks and one good thing of my divorce is they are no longer my concern or worry
Posted on 8/27/21 at 9:00 am to Cregg
Had great relationships with all three. All are long gone. R.I.P.
Posted on 8/27/21 at 9:05 am to Cregg
Mine is a real POS. Alcoholic. Loser. Loud. Repeats stories endlessly. Abusive. My wife...still cares what he thinks and bends over backwards to make him happy. I'm dumbfounded by it.
March 2019, right before the pandemic, karma caught up to his arse and almost paralyzed him. Of course he couldn't live on his own. Of course the rest of the family lives in Erath and their houses are on goddamn stilts. Where am I, middle of Lafayette on a foundation. Guess where this guy has to stay for the better part of a calendar year.
Most stress my marriage has ever been under. I dreaded going home. We made room for him to have his own bedroom, to get out of our way. Not good enough for him. He had to take up residence on my living room sofa. To which he did not move. Watched the stupidest shite, and bitched constantly. The day he went back to his crumbling double wide was one of the happiest days of my life.
March 2019, right before the pandemic, karma caught up to his arse and almost paralyzed him. Of course he couldn't live on his own. Of course the rest of the family lives in Erath and their houses are on goddamn stilts. Where am I, middle of Lafayette on a foundation. Guess where this guy has to stay for the better part of a calendar year.
Most stress my marriage has ever been under. I dreaded going home. We made room for him to have his own bedroom, to get out of our way. Not good enough for him. He had to take up residence on my living room sofa. To which he did not move. Watched the stupidest shite, and bitched constantly. The day he went back to his crumbling double wide was one of the happiest days of my life.
Posted on 8/27/21 at 9:25 am to Cregg
Non-existent. My wife doesn't care for him, but she still tries to have a relationship with him. She maybe talks to him once every few years. The weird part about him, he loves his sons. He talks to them all the time. But ignores his daughters, because all he cares about is offspring that will carry on his last name.
I've met him once. He tried to have conversation with me but I was very short. My wife made me promise not to brag to him about how much I frick his daughter. He asked me to refer to him as Mr.-last-name. I responded by calling him his first name.
I don't care for him in the very least. He used to beat my MIL. He also used to beat on my SIL mom as well(different mom than my wife's). My wife has literally witnessed him physically beat on 2 different women. Not only that, she still tries to have a relationship with him. She invited him to her college graduation, engagement party, wedding, etc. He came for zero of them. The best he did was send a card after we got married with $5 in it.
My wife is bothered because she just wants a man that our future kids can call grandpa. My father already passed unfortunately.
I've met him once. He tried to have conversation with me but I was very short. My wife made me promise not to brag to him about how much I frick his daughter. He asked me to refer to him as Mr.-last-name. I responded by calling him his first name.
I don't care for him in the very least. He used to beat my MIL. He also used to beat on my SIL mom as well(different mom than my wife's). My wife has literally witnessed him physically beat on 2 different women. Not only that, she still tries to have a relationship with him. She invited him to her college graduation, engagement party, wedding, etc. He came for zero of them. The best he did was send a card after we got married with $5 in it.
My wife is bothered because she just wants a man that our future kids can call grandpa. My father already passed unfortunately.
This post was edited on 8/27/21 at 9:33 am
Posted on 8/27/21 at 2:23 pm to alajones
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My father in law is an idiot who got married to another woman less than a month after his wife died. He now can’t live on his own because of his medical needs and has burned all bridges with his own blood family.
Exact same thing happened with my father in law. I learned quickly to support my wife on her thoughts on it. His new wife has never been to our house and is not welcomed. Father in law tried to bring her over for Christmas Day two years ago without asking. I stopped them in the drive way and pointed at her and said you need to get out of here. Good times.
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