[Great68]

Not getting along with In-Laws is not a new phenomenon.

Both my wife and I have reservations about each other's parents, and it's the only thing we ever have arguments about.

It's a little different situation for us in that there's a body of water separating us from our parents, the arguments are more about who's house we're going to for thanksgiving, or Christmas, or "we went over for your mom's birthday, so now we gotta go over for my mom's" kinda bullshit. And you can never totally please both sides.

I dislike going to her parents' because all we ever do is sit around and I'm bored to death. Her parents are not very active. Whereas, when we go to my dad's I can help him work on stuff and keep busy.

After 7 years and home ownership on the island, her parents are finally realising that our life is over here now and that it's not a trivial thing to just hop on the ferry and visit every other weekend (especially not like we used to).

I just pick my battles, and usually work out a compromise.