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Super October 2019

NWR - How often do you spend time with your in-laws?

JJAF, on August 26, 2017 at 6:27 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 30

Just a question that I happened to think of. How often do you spend time with/see your in-laws/future in-laws? Do you spend time with them when your FH/FW aren't around? (mostly aiming this question towards people who live within a close drive to their in-laws)

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Latest activity by Sos0033, on August 26, 2017 at 7:25 PM
  • Mrs. DeNigris
    VIP October 2017
    Mrs. DeNigris ·
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    We visit my FIL's once a week for dinner.

    I've been with FH for 8 years and I still feel kinda weird spending time with them without him, though. Even with our daughter.

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  • Christine Lynn
    Super September 2017
    Christine Lynn ·
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    We do Sunday dinners mostly every week with his parents and brothers/families and occasionally some other things.

    My parents are divorced, he actually hasn't met my dad yet and will for the first time a few days before the wedding. My mom is also on the stranger/antisocial side. They have met probably less then a handful of times but that's mostly because she'd rather be alone.

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  • Munchkin9218
    Master September 2018
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    FH's family live in Texas and we need to take a 3 hour plane ride and then a 3 hour drive to visit them. We do not visit very often due to the expense and taking time off work (which is hard for me particularly). His sisters have visited with us twice in the three years we have been together. We are actually about to go to visit them together for the first time. My family lives much closer (40 minutes from us). We see them roughly once a month though usually its more often then that

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  • M
    VIP June 2018
    Marcellab ·
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    I probably see them once a week. Or at least talk to my FMIL on the phone.

    And I do spend time with them often when my FH isn't around.

    We've been together for nearly 8 years though.

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  • Jacqui
    Super June 2018
    Jacqui ·
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    We see them at least once a week for dinner, some weeks more; mostly just once a week.

    I haven't spent much one-on-one time with them, but I'm not against it.

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  • lorelli992
    Expert July 2018
    lorelli992 ·
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    Since I've got the family in town, FW spends time with us (her FILs) fairly often. It's about once every 2-3 weeks for dinner, but I'm always there.

    Her family is in Florida, so we see them once every two years (she goes every year, but I can't get enough time off for that). When we see her family, we spend days on end with them--but still together.

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  • OGJessieJV
    Master July 1867
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    I see my FMIL every couple of months but she visits every few weeks. She usually visits while I'm at work. If it's on a weekend or for a special occasion, I get to spend time with her. When I was on Mat leave, I saw her every couple of weeks. We get along fairly well.

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  • Dolores Umbridge
    VIP June 2017
    Dolores Umbridge ·
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    Once a week. They have family dinner every Sunday. Unless I'm working then I go over. Sometimes without H if he's busy. I want my free dinner I didn't have to cook. Haha

    ETA: in the summer (minus this one) I go over a few times a week and hang out at their pool. MIL works from home so she'll come hang during breaks or work from outside. Last week when our roof was being redone and I was off I went over really early and went back to sleep in H's old room for a few hours than me and MIL watched trashy tv all day. Good times

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  • ambrok
    Master October 2017
    ambrok ·
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    2-4 times a month...but then they moved out of state Smiley sad

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  • Linds
    Master March 2017
    Linds ·
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    When I lived in the same city as his family, we saw his brother/sister in law as a couple every time he was in town (usually once a week or every other week), and his parents every other visit (he would see them when I was at work also). I worked with his brother - so I saw him daily. His SIL and I are now friends and we hang out just us sometimes - it's nice.

    Now that I moved to his town - it's a little different. As for his parents, we try to visit them once a month or a little less. We saw them early August, and I don't think i'll be back in town until October. I make effort to see them when he's around, and avoid hanging out with them when he's not. It's uncomfortable for me, and they pressure me about tons of things when we're together - when we will move back, when we will have kids, why I don't call them or hang out with them more often... it's just uncomfortable and I don't enjoy it.

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  • Kallie
    Super November 2017
    Kallie ·
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    Sometimes we see FH's family every weekend, sometimes multiple times a week, and sometimes it's once a month. It really just depends on what we've all got going on.

    I love them all, but I'm still not very comfortable being alone with them. I feel much more comfortable with FH around. Things tend to get super awkward when he's not there.

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  • Sara
    Beginner October 2017
    Sara ·
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    I see them at least once a week on Sundays with FH. He sees my mother at least every Saturday morning when she pops over for coffee in the AM and he has become good friends with my brother. I enjoy spending time with all of his family with or without him around. His family is mine and my family is his.

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  • stephanie
    Super October 2017
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    We live 5 to 6 hours from our families (in a triangle), and we see his parents about every 4-6 weeks. My family about the same. If we lived closer to either of them I would see them way more and love to do family dinner on the weekends.

    I have spent up to 3 days at my future in laws house without FH there, when there were extenuating circumstances where it made sense for me to be there without him. His parents love me and we get along really well. The very first time I met them, his SIL was hanging out at their house while her husband (their son) was at work, so I took that as a good omen from day 1.

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  • slimshady
    Super October 2017
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    Too often.

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  • Ashley
    VIP May 2018
    Ashley ·
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    I hang out with FH's family all the time without him. I've gone on weekend trips with them without FH, (he was living in another state). We see each other probably once a month or once every 6-7 weeks (we'll spend a weekend with them, we live about 6 hrs apart, across state lines) but we usually meet half way because they have a house half way.

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  • JJAF
    Super October 2019
    JJAF ·
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    Thanks everyone for your replies; FH isn't in town right now and I always feel awkward hanging out with the FILs by myself! I just wanted to verify that it's not just me and hopefully other people out there feel the same!

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  • mtall912
    Super October 2018
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    I'm far from them but we text and call occasionally. I get pictures of my future niece and nephew often though

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  • IdahoBride
    Devoted July 2018
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    We live in Texas and both our parents are in Idaho. We see them a couple times a year. I wish it could be more.

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  • Dolores Umbridge
    VIP June 2017
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    Me and MIL snap chat now. its hilarious

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  • vDymond
    Devoted June 2018
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    About 2-3 times a month. Probably will increase as the date gets closer. FMIL only has sons. My mother isn't really into the wedding planning, so FMIL is super stoked to be included. She and I have a lot in common and FFIL is the sweetest, I adore them both and his auntie too.

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