Are you friends with your SIL?
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Anonymous
| Not particularly close to either, but they are both lovely and I consider them my family. If I lived closer to be of them, we would probably get together a lot more. I really like her. We just are separated by a big distance and I am kind of underwater with my job and kids. |
Anonymous
| We live close by but we're not friends. We are friendly and get along just fine, and if either of us needed anything I think the other would be happy to jump in to help. For example, when she broke her leg I sent her magazines and chocolate through my brother, and when I got the flu she dropped off tissues and cold medicine. |
Anonymous
Yes, I personally think this. |
Anonymous
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Two SILs, not really friends with either. Partially distance. Partially that we all have our own close friends and haven't had the need to develop closer relationships.
My brother's wife: heart of gold, but neurotic, bordering on crazy. And we have totally different parenting styles (kids are 4+ years apart, too). We can get along for a weekend, but don't seek out each other's company. DH's sister: I like her a lot, but we've never gotten close. She's 12 years older than us, so in a very different stage of life, although currently going through a second adolescence, it seems. |
Anonymous
| No. She is truly awful. She is constantly making faces about my son (he is hyperactive, but never rude or disrespectful). She also told DH that he had "humiliated" her by getting married a year before him. |
Anonymous
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My SIL is a selfish, self-centered bitch who acts fake-nice but actually does not give a crap about anyone else and says offensive stuff constantly. She also speaks in a little-girl voice and acts helpless about the most basic stuff, which drives me nuts, since she's an educated, intelligent grown-ass woman. She was the baby of the family and spoiled rotten.
So no, we're not friends. |
Anonymous
| No. If it were up to me, she wouldn't be a part of our life. As it is, the one or two times a year we are foced to be around her, I am able to fake politeness. |
Anonymous
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Two SILs here, too, and not close with either.
DH's sister is self-absorbed and has a lot of issues. We get along fine at family gatherings but don't seek each other out. Brother's wife can be fun to hang out with but has a lot of opinions about what family gatherings are "supposed to be," and I get tired of her judging our family and finding it wanting. So I keep my distance. |
Anonymous
| No. We don't have much in common. |
Anonymous
this x1,000. However, my SIL is due to move across the country very, very soon. woot woot |
Anonymous
| my SIL (my husbands sister) and i are not friends. i have tried to reach out to her several times over the years but recently gave up. she clearly has no desire to have a relationship with me. its just a fake nice pretending when we do have to see one another (which has only been twice in the last three years - once for 4 hours and once for 30 minutes). |
Anonymous
| i have 2 SILs and i love them dearly. they are truly like sisters to me. i am REALLY lucky. my MIL, on the other hand... |
Anonymous
| Sometimes I cant STAND her but I love her no matter what. I feel like we are alot alike/yet very different. It's hard to explain. I can hang out with her all day/night....Sometimes I'm bitchy to her and she's bitchy to me. We apologize and move on----just like sisters. |
Anonymous
Are they married to your husband's brothers? Or are they your brother's wives or husband's sister? |
Anonymous
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No.
Husband's sisters are all nice in their own ways but I don't care for their personalities. As a family we look out for each other, help whenever needed but their lame/annoying jokes and gossiping just don't click with me. |