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[quote=Anonymous]From very early on (back when my now DH and I were in grad school/very early in our careers), my parents have always been generous with him and treated us both the same. Meaning they’d take us out to dinners during visits (we always bought one meal) and always gave birthday and holiday gifts worth about the same amount. Basically they treated him like part of the family since they knew I was serious about him.

Now that we are married he continues to have a good relationship with them. He has never once complained when they come visit, sometimes for weeks at a time. He is happy to split holidays so we can spend half of them with my family. He’s happy for our kids to spend lots of time with their grandparents. And DH and I make a lot more money now than we did in our 20s/early 30s so we can treat them to things when they visit us.

You see so many negative in law posts in the family relationships forum, and I’m so grateful not to have that drama in my life.

Maybe this boyfriend will not become your future SIL, but maybe he will. I would err on the side of treating him the way you hope he will treat you someday if he becomes family. He could be the future father of your grandchildren, so don’t start off by treating your daughter as family and him as some random person who has to pay on a separate check. [/quote]

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