In Laws

[doodlebugg 10]

For a lot of us, the first time our spouses met our parents was when they got to the USA. I'm interested to see how your spouses have formed a relationship with your parents. Was it difficult due to culture/language barriers? If they're not close with your parents are you close with them?

[chri'stina 190]

For a lot of us, the first time our spouses met our parents was when they got to the USA. I'm interested to see how your spouses have formed a relationship with your parents. Was it difficult due to culture/language barriers? If they're not close with your parents are you close with them?

I forget sometimes that my dad went to India with me to meet Sujeet, so actually those two met before we got officially engaged. They had talked on the phone before that, my mom too. And I am blessed that they all get along very well. I am close to my parents and Sujeet feels very comfortable with them too. Now the other way around, me with my Indian inlaws, has been a different thing...things are fine now, but it's not been a normal situation hehe.

[Jenn! 918]

Wadi was able to meet both of my parents before we were ever engaged too, which I was glad for.

He and my dad get along extremely well. Everyone loves my dad, and Wadi's no exception to that. It's great that they share a language now - they call each other to chat and everything.

My mom can be a bit opinionated, which is a turn off for him sometimes, but overall they get along well too. My stepdad is quiet, so it's very difficult not to get along with him.

We'll be traveling to Morocco in March with my mom and stepdad and sister...so his family and mine can finally meet. I'm a little nervous about it all due to the language barrier and some cultural differences, but I'm counting on Wadi to bridge the gaps. I hope he's up for a challenge.

[chri'stina 190]

Wadi was able to meet both of my parents before we were ever engaged too, which I was glad for.

He and my dad get along extremely well. Everyone loves my dad, and Wadi's no exception to that. It's great that they share a language now - they call each other to chat and everything.

My mom can be a bit opinionated, which is a turn off for him sometimes, but overall they get along well too. My stepdad is quiet, so it's very difficult not to get along with him.

We'll be traveling to Morocco in March with my mom and stepdad and sister...so his family and mine can finally meet. I'm a little nervous about it all due to the language barrier and some cultural differences, but I'm counting on Wadi to bridge the gaps. I hope he's up for a challenge.

That's so exciting...we are going to India at the end of Feb. But I wish my parents could go too. One day it'll happen!

[NickD 202]

Unfortunately, my mom died at an early age, today would be a multi-million dollar lawsuit. So could only show pictures of my mom to my wife. Her father passed away shortly before we met, but has a wonderful mother, I love her and she loves me and doesn't want me to thank her anymore for raising a wonderful daughter. I met most of my in-laws two years after we were married, very nice people. Never experience that with my first marriage, if you don't succeed the first time...

[tom&tata 2]

For a lot of us, the first time our spouses met our parents was when they got to the USA. I'm interested to see how your spouses have formed a relationship with your parents. Was it difficult due to culture/language barriers? If they're not close with your parents are you close with them?

I met them before when we got married (so yeah, before I moved). My FIL & I initially had hard times trying to understand each other because I have Indonesian accent & he has thick Southern accent. We are used to each other's now so its been good. OTOH, its never been a problem with MIL and I am very close to my MIL.

My parents speaks English (yes, with accent) but so far it has been fine. Whenever we visit Indonesia, my dad & my husband always spends the mornings outside talking - at least a couple of hours everyday.

[doodlebugg 10]

It's great that they share a language now - they call each other to chat and everything.

LOL. That's what prompted me to post this! Yesterday I came home from work and Usama was on the phone. When he hung up he said, "your mother says hi". I called her back and asked what she wanted and she said, "oh Usama called me". Come to find out, they call each other a couple of times a week! Apparently they exchanged cell numbers when I was in the hospital getting my gallbladder out.

[Staashi 371]

It's great that they share a language now - they call each other to chat and everything.

LOL. That's what prompted me to post this! Yesterday I came home from work and Usama was on the phone. When he hung up he said, "your mother says hi". I called her back and asked what she wanted and she said, "oh Usama called me". Come to find out, they call each other a couple of times a week! Apparently they exchanged cell numbers when I was in the hospital getting my gallbladder out.

Bridget - that's hilarious! I, too, call my MIL or my hubby calls my mom. It's funny like that. The only thing I regret about our situation was that my dad died 5 weeks before my husband's visa was approved. It was very bittersweet and we lament about it still - but his mom was in Florida visiting his brother, so she came to meet my parents. I always say that my DH met my father via proxy.

[doodlebugg 10]

It's great that they share a language now - they call each other to chat and everything.

LOL. That's what prompted me to post this! Yesterday I came home from work and Usama was on the phone. When he hung up he said, "your mother says hi". I called her back and asked what she wanted and she said, "oh Usama called me". Come to find out, they call each other a couple of times a week! Apparently they exchanged cell numbers when I was in the hospital getting my gallbladder out.

Bridget - that's hilarious! I, too, call my MIL or my hubby calls my mom. It's funny like that. The only thing I regret about our situation was that my dad died 5 weeks before my husband's visa was approved. It was very bittersweet and we lament about it still - but his mom was in Florida visiting his brother, so she came to meet my parents. I always say that my DH met my father via proxy.

I'm sorry about your dad.

[GiGii 4]

LOL. That's what prompted me to post this! Yesterday I came home from work and Usama was on the phone. When he hung up he said, "your mother says hi". I called her back and asked what she wanted and she said, "oh Usama called me". Come to find out, they call each other a couple of times a week! Apparently they exchanged cell numbers when I was in the hospital getting my gallbladder out.

I have the exact thing! I'll talk with my husband about family stuff and he's like "oh ya, I know, your mom told me a week ago". I didnt know they called each other! Apparently they take turns calling, and I think they average more than what I talk to my family

Now my inlaws are another thing, MIL is cool, laid back and we get along. But FIL tries to relate to US things, and will get his facts all wrong about stuff here, and makes up American facts. For example, the best so far is... walmart is the first supermarket type store in the US!!! I think the man has a million sentences starting with "well typicaly in America..." He drove me nuts for the couple weeks they were here.

[chri'stina 190]

It's great that they share a language now - they call each other to chat and everything.

LOL. That's what prompted me to post this! Yesterday I came home from work and Usama was on the phone. When he hung up he said, "your mother says hi". I called her back and asked what she wanted and she said, "oh Usama called me". Come to find out, they call each other a couple of times a week! Apparently they exchanged cell numbers when I was in the hospital getting my gallbladder out.

That is cute. Sujeet and my dad talk on the phone. If it was a little easier to understand my FIL I might talk to them more often. My MIL only knows a tiny bit of English. The rest of the family is pretty fluent but my FIL's accent is thick and I HATE HATE HATE having to say "sorry can you repeat that?" b/c I don't want to make him feel bad. I think in person will be much easier.

LOL. That's what prompted me to post this! Yesterday I came home from work and Usama was on the phone. When he hung up he said, "your mother says hi". I called her back and asked what she wanted and she said, "oh Usama called me". Come to find out, they call each other a couple of times a week! Apparently they exchanged cell numbers when I was in the hospital getting my gallbladder out.

I have the exact thing! I'll talk with my husband about family stuff and he's like "oh ya, I know, your mom told me a week ago". I didnt know they called each other! Apparently they take turns calling, and I think they average more than what I talk to my family

Now my inlaws are another thing, MIL is cool, laid back and we get along. But FIL tries to relate to US things, and will get his facts all wrong about stuff here, and makes up American facts. For example, the best so far is... walmart is the first supermarket type store in the US!!! I think the man has a million sentences starting with "well typicaly in America..." He drove me nuts for the couple weeks they were here.

[Ahmed N Cheryl 0]

Ahmed met my parents for the first time when he arrived here.

My Dad and Step mom are 50/50...lol that means my step mom loves him, thinks he is so sweet. My Dad likes him (until he does something that my dad dislikes) but the first thing my Dad said when I asked him to give me away at the Wedding unless he opposed was that he did not know Ahmed well enough to make an opinion so how could he object. But he does call him son now when he speaks to him.

My mom was very warm and welcoming to him.

But he likes my sister best....She has been very helpful since he got here. She helped him look for a job and stuff like that. They call eachother sometimes too.

We will travel in March to meet my older sister..she lives in North Carolina.

All in all everyone has been great to him.

Cheryl

[one...two...tree 2,762]

My wife gets along with fine with my parents, but since they live in a different state, there's not a lot of interaction.

[MrsCat 6]

Me and the MIL have got barriers all right - its called tact and manners. Probably on both our parts, but I say its mostly her.

[Yoink 7]

My wife met mom during our dating both in the US and in Israel.... My wife and I live with my mom as our new home is being built.

It straight suxs for everyone