In-Laws

In- laws and Extended Family oh my……

Talking about the in-laws can be a very touchy topic when it comes to couples.

I have two sister in-laws that really do not want anything to do with my family. One sister in law does not even have pictures of our family up in her house. This might seem like nothing to some. 

However, this is big in my family since both of my brother’s live on the East Coast. My parents try to go out to visit them at least once a year. However, the rest of us do not make it out there. My niece and nephews do not know who the “California family is.”  My sister in laws say we do not know how to do things and my family is very back woods kind of people. It is so bad that my sister in laws have not be to visit us in over 5 plus years. My brothers have to do everything the way that their wives families do them. Which is sad because some of my family’s traditions are not able to be celebrated.

My parents have tried very hard to not give counsel or step in. However, watching this makes me think about how I am handling my in laws. Sometimes I feel like I am going out of my way to make my in laws happy and forget about my own family. Man this is a hard road to walk on.

I love the counsel that is given to newlywed and their parents…. Let the couple be a couple. It is important that you see and interact with your in-laws. However, it is also important to focus on your marriage and how to build it up.