Living with your In-Laws

I strongly agree with you and that's what my mother told me even before getting married. Thanks to my mom! hehehe!!!

well, we have to accept the fact that we married their son. there is jealousy there. we need to  let them know that we are not perfect, we cook our adobo different from them, and we raise our children sometimes opposite from what they are use to. I learned that we need to follow some rules (being married for 17 years now,) number 1 rule, don't live with your in laws!, number 2, respect them .my mom always say, love the person your husband loves dearest. number 3, don't argue with them it will only makes matters worst. number 4 , try to play along even though you hate it, because you don't have any excuse not to be in family ocassions, you're married to the family, ..... ha ha.

I don't think if having inlaws (mother and fathers in law) is an advantage because my soon to be husband lost his mother when he was in high school and his father has another family now so he just have a grandmother but it's good that she loves me. No pressure for me because the only person I have to deal with now is his "grany" and at times his uncles and aunts but I'm more concerned with my husband now because now that we're getting married he don't have parents to support him on our wedding and on our marriage.

His granmother loves to tell a lot of stories so I listen to her even if she repeats the same stories whenever she talks but at least she likes the way I treat her. But I know at times that she get jelous whenever I'm visiting their house because my husband is her favorite grandchild and all his attention is on me whenever I'm there but she never treated me unfair.

Too good that I don't have monster in law! 

ahhhhhhhhh......................................

what can I say! maybe the movie "Monster in law" really comes from the real world?

Well I guess all in laws are the same or almost the same, bec. they think you married my son, so you should serve my son.... take care of my son...  in my case, my in-law thinks I am her PA ha ha ha she's asking me to list down the numbers of our relatives so when she ask me to call anyone I know the number, or she's asking me to check her mails, do this do that, sometimes it's tiring I feel like she wants to control my life... she's always saying that ah you are now the keeper of the house, something like that, we "WIVES" should take care of the family, the household, serve the husband (unfair, he should serve me too! ha! well he is at times!) check the house if everything is ok, report damages ha ha ha, of things needs to be fixed, if you have maids, you should check randomly all your things and check if anything is missing, check the food supply, check household supply, check what is being cooked, teach or monitor the maid if they are cleaning the house, sink, bathroom everything correctly, whoa the list will go on forever....  oh the best thing, even if I'm in the office she would miss call me and ask me to call home, and she'll ask me to do something ha ha ha.... pressured!

Well in fairness to my in law, since my mom in law also loves shopping, we would always like to go bazaars together or if there's a sale.. yup we would go shopping together o diba! at times nga even if there's no occassion, she would just suddenly give you some things... If she learns that we're sick, after a few minutes the medicine is there na by your side, or she had some things like mentol oinment for massages, since she knows sewing, at times she would ask if we have clothes that need some repairs and she would sew it for us... one of my office mates's family had their whole compound burned down my in law saw me collecting some of my things to contribute and she started calling also her cousins to check if they have some things they want to donate ha ha ha......

Oh well I guess in the end its still how you deal with your in law in the current situation you're in... though I sometimes complains also ha ha ha...