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Bellaocchi
Hope Faith Love
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How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Mine are total opposites.. not a like at all.
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Posted 6/10/07 4:39 PM  |
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DandN
Twins are here!
Member since 3/06 3597 total posts
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Deirdre
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
My family is totally expressive - hugs, raucous laughter - takes us an hour to say goodbye to one another - and we never get off the phone w/o saying 'i love you.' Dh's family is totally different.
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| Posted 6/10/07 4:41 PM |
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Geraldine
Lovin Life........
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Geraldine
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
WORLDS apart...............my family would do anything for anyone....DH's family won't......They wouldn't even drive 20 minutes to a restaurant for his B-Day dinner....they said it was too far... ,my family were all present and accounted for.....I feel bad for him...
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| Posted 6/10/07 5:25 PM |
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hazeleyes33
LIF Adult
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Ginger
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Total opposites
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| Posted 6/10/07 5:26 PM |
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Superkat
More a stranger than a friend
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K
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Chinese IL's vs. Average English/Irish family. In other words, huge differences. 
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| Posted 6/10/07 5:28 PM |
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Jessica
I'm a mommy :)
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~Jess~
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
total opposites
but both have Beautiful qualties in them
and both sets of parents love us deeply
i couldnt be happier with my parents and my soon to be inlaws
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| Posted 6/10/07 5:28 PM |
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MrsRbk
<3 <3 <3 <3
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Michelle
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
complete opposites. We're loud and obnioxous, my ILs are quiet and reserved
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SweetestOfPeas
J'taime Paris!
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
TOTAL and COMPLETE opposites! my MIL is super high strung and high maintenance. my folks are sooooooo laid back!
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| Posted 6/10/07 5:30 PM |
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cj7305
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Posted by DandN
My family is totally expressive - hugs, raucous laughter - takes us an hour to say goodbye to one another - and we never get off the phone w/o saying 'i love you.' Dh's family is totally different.
Ditto
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| Posted 6/10/07 6:10 PM |
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MsMBV
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Me
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Polar opposites. DHs family is very conservative, catholic, traditional etc...
My family is non-traditional, hippy, activists, divorced heretics. But we are a hell of a lot of fun
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| Posted 6/10/07 6:18 PM |
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july06bride
I'm a mom!
Member since 5/05 3966 total posts
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Nicole
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Even though we are from two different cultures/backgrounds- there are many similarities within our families... closeness, family oriented, get togethers often... values, religious beliefs...
both sets have been married a long time too...our dad's have similar occupations- and our moms have similar likes/hobbies...
but there are differences as well, and I feel they are definitely cultural...
Message edited 6/10/2007 8:15:53 PM.
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| Posted 6/10/07 6:22 PM |
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johnsae
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Some things are very different and some things are very similar. Both of our fathers have extremely similar political views....they all get along very well though, so that's good.
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| Posted 6/10/07 6:24 PM |
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Chatham-Chick
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Very similar.
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| Posted 6/10/07 6:41 PM |
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MommyofG
just the girls
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Janice
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
complete opposite with the exception they are similiar with their family values.
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| Posted 6/10/07 6:44 PM |
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alnem
This is gonna be a good year!
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Emily
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
my family is very loud compared to DH's family. and we are the type that always says "i love you" and always hugs. you can see the love between DH and his family but they dont really express it out loud.
they are the same, however, when it comes to being old fashioned and following old school traditions. they are both also very religious.
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JenniferEver
The Disney Lady
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Jennifer
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Could not be more different
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Alli06
Baby #3 coming this June
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Very different! But, both sets are still married, and are both family oriented. Everyone gets along though, which is great!
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
My family is VERY close...we see eachother ALL the time . I have dinner with my dad and step mom atleast 1x a week and talk to my mom everyday. and my dad's side of the family are partiers.......dh's family speasks amybe 3-4x a year and only see eachother maybe 1-2x a year.....oh yea fil is lutheran minister.......so we're a bit opposite
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| Posted 6/10/07 8:04 PM |
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saraH
happy birthday sweet kate!
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I know that God exsists, I held her in my arms...
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
the same yet different. they both put family first, but I feel like there are things my mom would do for me that my mil would not do for her son. if that makes sense.
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| Posted 6/10/07 8:27 PM |
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Wendy1220
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wendy
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
There are only a few similarities, for the most part, they're polar opposites.
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Posted by DandN
My family is totally expressive - hugs, raucous laughter - takes us an hour to say goodbye to one another - and we never get off the phone w/o saying 'i love you.' Dh's family is totally different.
Same here
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| Posted 6/10/07 8:30 PM |
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CathyB
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
My family and my ILs are like night and day.
My mom's family is all pretty close, my dad's family all keep in touch but it's normal not to hear from each other for pretty long periods of time.
My FIL doens't speak to anyone in his family at all, and my MIL only speaks to her parents and her sister, but she and her sister have a very fake relationship, DH says it's for the sake of their parents.
DH and I have been trying to establish a relationship with his cousins, but it's been difficult. 
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| Posted 6/10/07 8:35 PM |
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CouponKT
Our family is complete
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K
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
I would say more similar than not.
Though my family was brought up very strict & computer-driven
DH's family is more outdoorsy and lax
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GioiaMia
Let's Go Rangers!
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
total opposites:
my parents are OTB sicilians - very catholic - in their 60s - totally old school.
FILs are in their 40s/early 50s - American - not religious at all. . .and they love to party!
I feel like throwing up every time they have to get together!
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| Posted 6/10/07 8:47 PM |
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Re: How different is your family compared to your in laws?
Their backgrounds are almost identical so we see a lot of similarites. But there are some differences. My dad is a boisterous old school Bronx boy. DH's dad, who also happens to be from the Bronx, is very reserved and soft spoken. Their views are probably not very far apart, though. My mom is very high strung about most things. DH's mom only gets that way over some things.
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