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[quote=Anonymous]Married decades ago.  My parents and in laws live on two different PLANETS. Over the years we watched those worlds to collide  by just feeding them so much that their differences wouldn't take precedence over the event- whatever that was. Liquor helped, too.Some of their conversations would have been great copy for an SNL skit, though...and my husband and I were always nervous in trying to keep things peppy.

They are all now in their mid eighties and nineties... one of them is now deceased. Nothing has changed,other that the surviving spouse is now invited to all of the other family events (by the in laws if they are the inviters) no matter what -out of kindness, but to this day,they still have absolutely nothing in common,and, really, they do not like each other AT ALL! Each has declared this privately to their respective offspring.  Nevertheless, they send each other BD and holiday cards and have made a good charade out of the awkward arrangement. They did their best.

We are now making an effort to do the same with the in-laws of our married children, although we aren't as divided as our parents' situation  - we just have limited in common. :wink: [/quote]

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