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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Curious to those who are saying that they love their extended family whether you actually feel love or whether its just something you say if you like them and enjoy being around them -sort of like saying I love chocolate. I think there is difference between liking your extended family and having a close enough relationship that you would call it love.[/quote]
[quote=Anonymous]Yes, I love my in-laws and my wife loves my family.  Our families are very, very different and each has their own quirks and issues.  We have family stress due to those issues, but we genuinely all love each other.  I think there are many people who love and get along with their in-laws but you don't hear as much about them because most of us don't have in-law issues to post about.  So you hear more from the people with complaints who are either venting or need advice about how to cope with their in-laws.[/quote]

I am PP.  Yes, I truly love my in-laws.  After being together for 20 years and being married for 17 years, they are a part of my family.  They are related to my children and they adore my children.  I have more in common with them than my own flesh and blood cousins who live in another country (my parents emigrated to the US 60 years ago).  And I would drop anything and everything to do something they requested of me.  And they have been known to do the same for me.

I think we have genuine feelings for each other.  My wife's brother's sister visited recently and she said that she was so happy when I joined the family (she has been married about 30 years) because I brought out a lot more love in my in-laws family.  They are a more reserved family and they try very hard not to impose on anyone else.  As such, they feel much more distant.  My SIL said that when I joined the family, they began showing their love and concern for each other more.  I made sure that we visited the family more and interacted with my in-laws more (my family wears their hearts and emotions on their sleeves).  She said that she really appreciated that I brought out the love in the family and that all of them shared more love after I married into the family.  I was very touched that she said this to me.  [/quote]

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