For the most part, I love my SIL. She and my brother can get in these snotty "I'm better than you" moods and then they are both insufferable. I like them in small doses
The guy my sister is dating is pretty awesome and both H and I like him a lot. He will make a good future BIL if he sticks around.
Post by indianchica on Jan 26, 2015 12:22:15 GMT -5
My BIL and SIL stole thousands of dollars from BIL's and DH's mom's account. So no, we don't get along. I actually worry what would happen if DH saw his brother again.
Post by birdistheword on Jan 26, 2015 12:22:53 GMT -5
I like my SIL (H's sister) and we have fun together, but she is kind of a bitch. She likes to say really mean and underhanded things and then act like she "totally didn't mean it that way!"
Sister 2: BIL - It's like hating the dimwitted dog for chewing up a shoe, but I do hate him now and would never "choose" him to be a part of our family. We are pleasant and friendly when at social functions. I would never seek him out otherwise.
Sister 3: exBIL - LOVE. We are still good friends and chat regularly. BIL: Eh. Don't really know much about him.
Sister 4: SIL - LOVE her. Love love love. We talk weekly, probably more than Sister 4 and I talk.
My BIL has always been sort of hot and cold in the past but he has warmed up to me over the years. His wife I adore. She is awesome, very outgoing and wonderful with my two kids. She's a nurse but would be an awesome preschool teacher, just great with children.
I like both my brother's wife and my sister's husband. My brother's wife is 100% awesome. My sister's husband... I like him... but as a couple they are kind of strange. I didn't see the strangeness in my sister until she got together with him, so I suspect he is the source of the strangeness. They kind of live like hermits, with no internet, no real friends, super restricted diet by choice. But they seem happy in their strange life.
H has 7 siblings. I only really like one of them. I haven't met two of them (much older half siblings that don't talk to the family). One other lives in Japan, so I've only met him once. The rest are moochers that don't appreciate anyone.
My H and his 1 brother are both great, caring and successful people. It's amazing to see how great they are after seeing the family they grew up with.
Post by EmilieMadison on Jan 26, 2015 12:26:34 GMT -5
I have 3 sisters and 1 brother. I absolutely adore 1 of my BILs. I like 1 BIL well enough. I have a very hard time not hating 1 BIL. My brother doesn't have a S/O.
DH's half brother is only 8 years old so I have some time to wait on this one lol
Post by Queen Mamadala on Jan 26, 2015 12:27:30 GMT -5
Out of habit, I still refer to my first husband's sister as SIL. She still is in some ways. We're still friends, and the same for his other relatives. She and I got along great, but we didn't live super close to each other throughout most of the 10 years I was with my ex. She's good people. His stepsister is cool, too.
Current SILs. I don't know either that well. His younger sister lives in CO. She visits here and there. She's really cool. His older sister, she's 8 years older than DH, from his dad's first marriage. They aren't close. She and her family live about 90 minutes away. They come out this way every so often. She's really nice, very talkative, but we don't relate to her or have much in common. She and her family are very religious, and DH and I are very much not. Other than that it's cool.
My brothers soon to be Ex-Wife that had an affair 3 months after they got married? I already disliked her, now I fucking hate her.
My husbands sister? I used to like her. Then I had to start tolerating her and now I definitely dislike her. She's a passive aggressive bitch. The feeling is mutual so I hear.
I don't have any siblings of my own, but I LOVE my H's 3 brothers and their wives.
Example-in November I ran my very first half marathon. My H was on shift. My BIL and SIL brought my 2 older kids and their 2 kids to watch me, and went to 2 different points on the course. We all go out to shows, dinner, etc. together. I am so glad everyone gets along so well.
With my SIL (brother's wife), it's complicated. She was always aloof around my family. Anyway she's from another country, she and my brother got married two years ago, and a couple of months after that, when she had her green card in hand, she told him she didn't want to be with him anymore and was moving to Florida to start her new life. WTF, ok. She then had the balls to ask him to help her pay for a UHaul. He tried to get her to do counseling, said he'd move or do whatever it took to make her happy, she refused, said she didn't want to be with him. My brother started the divorce process, and we stood behind him 100%, with the "you're better off, everything will work out in the end, you deserve better," etc. We all pretty much turned on her. Yeah, well, sure enough she decided to come back from Florida several months later, she went back to him, they got back together, and things have been awkward ever since. He will come visit by himself, with no mention of her (yet I see him texting her on his phone). It's very, very weird.
DH's brother doesn't like me because MIL/FIL don't like me, so we don't really talk to each other beyond the "Hi (BIL/Blackcat), good to see you."
Post by MeMyselfandI on Jan 26, 2015 12:38:46 GMT -5
My sister's husband is a sweetheart. He's perfect for her. My oldest brother's wife is great. We get sushi together when we can. My middle brother's wife is ok. I rarely see her as they live over an hour away and are a bit anti-social. My youngest brother's wife is nice. She's very young but she's a good fit for my brother. So luckily, all is good.
H's sisters are OK, but I don't care for his brother. My brothers wife is amazing and funny and gorgeous. Haha. I love her. I have one BIL that is OK, just very different and obnoxious sometimes. My other BIL is not a good person, and I cringe to think that he will be raising my nephews. I would be devastated if they are anything like him. We have no relationship at all since he started stealing from my family.
I like both of my SIL's fine but we're not close or anything. H is an only child. Now my ex SIL was legit BSC. Well, she still is. I try to never 'hate' anything or anyone. Except for her. Can.not.stand.
I like my sister's boyfriend ok. He is nice and likes my kids. Maybe not incredibly motivated but neither is my sister. I give props to anyone who can live with her.
My H has 3 siblings. I like both SILs, although the oldest one needs to relax a bit sometimes, and the other one can be a bit dramatic. My BIL . . . I don't like him much at all. He is a serial cheater, borderline abusive, and overall immature, who throws fits when he doesn't get his way. The only reason we spend time with him is to see our nephew.
Post by sparkythelawyer on Jan 26, 2015 12:45:30 GMT -5
Older sister's H is a pretty nice guy, but very quiet. It took a long time to get him to open up a bit, but now we have a good time when we are all together.
I used to love younger sister's husband. Then I figured out he really doesn't like me very much. Now we're nice at family events, but that's about it.
Yes, I really like my BIL. I also like his wife, but we aren't particularly close. They just got married in August, so hopefully as time goes on we'll get closer.
None of my siblings are married yet. I love my stepbrother's girlfriend, though.
I like my BIL (Dhs brother). His longtime girlfriend? (at least 17 years) she's highly annoying. I just spent a lot of this weekend with her and I'm more than happy to be away from her.
I honestly believe that my sister's husband is mentally off. He hates my guts because he is convinced that I am out to break his marriage with my sister, and has made up several stories to back up this claim. The scary part is that he really believes these stories he made up. He doesn't think that him giving my sister the silent treatment for 6 months has anything to do with their unhappy married life, he believes that I advised my sister to be upset about the silent treatment and so it is my fault they are unhappy. I really tried not to take it personally because he seems to have a problem with every woman in his life. He sees women as all bad and men as all good. It is truly mind boggling.