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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of you who are saying, "I wish I thought about it more" - presumably you were in love (deeply) with your spouse when you married. (Right?!?!)  So assuming that, are you seriously saying that thinking that his family would be a pain in the ass would have altered your decision to marry?  [/quote]

It might not change your decision to marry, but it would give you a chance to talk some things over with your spouse, develop some strategies (together or alone) for dealing with in-laws, avoid some nasty surprises, and avoid falling into some bad patterns at the outset.  [/quote]

This. It's not about the extended family but how the both of you will deal with them. For example, I wish I had made it more clear that I expected my husband to take my side no matter what. He can tell me later, in private, that I'm wrong. Also wish he understood from the get-go that I'm an introvert. I think a 4 hour wedding is a reasonable amount of time to socialize, and an 8 hour family reunion is torture. After the 5th hour, I will start snapping at people.[/quote]

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