How often do you see/speak to/visit your in-laws?

Usually once a week. His dad is one of the bosses at my work, but he's only in one day a week so I see him every Wednesday.

Most Sundays, we take his grandad (who lives next door to them) to church on a Sunday morning, and will usually pop in for a cuppa when we get back.

Over the summer, we usually see them more as there's always some kind of barbecue/family party/wedding on most weekends.

I'm lucky that I get on with them really well.

I see MIL maybe every 2 to 3 weeks.

FIL I only see once avery 2 or 3 months.

Five or six times a year including a week long holiday. They live almost 5 hours drive away. We Skype once a week and my MIL and I email every week or so.

I feel guilty now!

If it's any consolation I can't remember the last time I saw my parents - must have been Christmas Day.

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I saw my dad last week but havent seen my mum since the day after my wedding day.☹️

Sorry Flow I lied, I went last Thursday as I owed my dad £20 ? but mum wasn't in.

My mum and I are so alike, any more than 30 mins in the same room and we are at war.

Oh dear. As lovely as my MIL is, this would be hell on earth for me.

H rarely sees his mum, I probably see her more often than he does!

The last time we went to visit her was just before our nephew's birthday (H's brother and 2 kids live with her) when we were dropping his present round. Last time I saw her was last night when she was dropping niece off at the youth group I'm involved with.

I see my mum a lot because we both work in the same building, see my dad less but still quite often. We live a 2 min walk from my parents and 5 min walk from H's mum so really there's no excuse - I blame my erratic work pattern but really when we have an evening together we don't often want to see other people. We sound so antisocial!!

We see them about once a week or so, and text/email/call every few days.

We see my parents once a week too, but I talk to them on the phone longer.

Well considering they live 12,000 miles away i will have seen my FIL 4 times in 12 months and MIL twice.

Probably two or three times a year. H sees them (often taking his kids with him) on average once a month.

MIL expects everyone to visit her - never the other way round. It's a 2.5 hr drive away or about 4 hrs by public transport.

Aaaah bliss.

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My parents live 6000 miles away so OH sees them 2-3 times a year

His mum lives 2.5 hours away and last saw her at Christmas, she expects us to go down and visit her at least monthly but has only been to our house 3 times in the 4.5 years we have lived here.

They live the other side of town, so about a 10 minute drive. We probably see them every couple of weeks. As I'm not working I probably see MIL a bit more often now, especially as I'm pregnant so I'm probably a bit more interesting to them!

Don't feel guilty- everyone is different, all families are different. I see my PsIL probably a couple times a month as they're around the corner and love a good sunday lunch or chinese takeaway, and it's a chance to get together with my SIL and her two kids, too.

If it makes you feel any better my OH has never even spoken to my father, and won't meet him until the wedding (if my dad comes, that is). Although she's 3500 miles away, my mom gets antsy if I don't skype her at least once a week when she's at home, and my fiance only sometimes pokes his head in to say hi.

Have you considered moving? ?

I see the in laws at least once a fortnight. We have H's kids every other weekend and always take them over to see their grandparents. If H didnt have kids i suppose it would be much less because they are 30mins away.

My dad lives 10 mins from me and I dont see him nearly as much. I want to see him, maybe weekly but life gets in the way.

Havent seen mum since my wedding day. We fell out.

ON your wedding day?! ?

We see OH's mum at least once a week but we haven't seen OH's dad since xmas eve when he threw his toys out of the pram!! I see my parents about once every 2-3 months, mainly because they live in Glasgow and we live in Northampton.

Usually visit MIL 2/3 times a month for the most boring 2 hours of my week - watching sport & talking / bitching about other family members. I HATE all sport (she knows this) and I cant be bothered with petty family squabbles. Sometimes I get away with once a month depending on my schedule. She never comes to ours, always expects us to go to her. I do encourage OH to see her once or twice a week but he works a lot of overtime & doesnt drive so its difficult. He does ring her every night - she huffs if he doesnt.

FIL once in a blue moon but he does call over regularly. OH doesnt like to go there because of his gfriend - i get on with her so dont mind visiting but OH feels wierd about the whole thing.

I see my parents 2/3 times a week - we share the family dog & we go to mums every sunday for dinner & eat together most saturday nights. We both get on really well with my parents. We ring each other every day as well.

Well at the moment, we're not on speaking terms at all, because of the whole disagreement about inviting gay couples to the wedding.

Prior to that, we'd speak every week, and see them once a month (they live in Yorkshire).

I don't have any in laws, maybe a sister in law I guess, but we're not really friendly at the moment so only a few times a year I guess.

H2B sees my family every month or two I reckon, I see them more often.

Not very often. MIL is in the States - spoke to her via skype on our wedding day, never since then. No contact via email or phone either. Bliss.

FIL is a king-size twunt, and we never speak/see/communicate. In fact, he's moved house, and we don't know where he's gone. Total Bliss.

Do feel bad for H though; my family pulls together, H's family pull apart.