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The Judge

The Judge

The Judge

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After a recent discussion in our house i was wondering how you lot get on with the in-laws.
Do they help in any way possible or not. Do the assist you financially? What about those with children do they ever babysit or keep the kids over at their house to give you and your partner time to yourselves. What other things do they do?
Be honest as far as possible;)

Cheers;)
 
My inlaws are a right dream, because I cannot drive at the moment (medical situation) the father-in-law is running us around . They often have our son, both to give us a little time and because they just love having him for the night :)

My mum also often has him overnight if we want to go out etc, it's a win-win situation!
 
My in-laws are fantastic - they joined the same gym as us - we went on holiday with them last year and had a great time :D

Having said that I am continuosly being called round to fix their computers :p
 
My mother in law looks after my litle boy for two full days whilst the wife and I are at work which saes us from putting him into nursery which is a great help.She also looks after him on a night occasionaly so we can go for a night out.It realy helps :)
 
My in-laws have my daughter two days a week and overnight on a Friday :D

They'd have her anytime if we asked too.
 
The Judge said:
After a recent discussion in our house i was wondering how you lot get on with the in-laws.
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They're lovely people and I get along with them perfectly well.

Do they help in any way possible or not.
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Not really; they live in Devon and we live in the West Mids. And there's not much need for help, tbh.

Do the assist you financially?
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No; in fact, we have more money than they do.

What about those with children do they ever babysit or keep the kids over at their house to give you and your partner time to yourselves. What other things do they do?
Be honest as far as possible;)

Cheers;)
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We don't have kids.
 
markyp23 said:
In case you don't have liquid cash and want to buy something big? In case you need to replace the TV with payday at the end of the week. In case you just need to borrow an extra ££££ for xyz.

Unless that was a very poorly guised "I'm minted" post, in which case you still need to appreciate that borrowing money that isn't credit is still very useful in many situations.
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No it wasn't the latter, the question in the OP said "assist financially" that implies more than just borrowing a few quid short term
 
"LOOK YOU SILLY BINT, ALL THESE PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET SAY THAT THEIR PARENTS HELP OUT. SO YOUR USELESS EXCUSE FOR A MOTHER SHOULD HELP OUT TOO"

perchance?
 
The ex wifes mom was a thieving *****!!!!

Her old man was ok but didn't ever help us out finincially unless there was something for him to gain.
 
Rotty said:
No it wasn't the latter, the question in the OP said "assist financially" that implies more than just borrowing a few quid short term
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My mistake. I meant on the short term if needed or are happy enough to be run about at your expense but not so quick to help if something goes pear shaped like car breaking down etc. Hope this clarifies;)
 
The Judge said:
After a recent discussion in our house i was wondering how you lot get on with the in-laws.
Do they help in any way possible or not. Do the assist you financially? What about those with children do they ever babysit or keep the kids over at their house to give you and your partner time to yourselves. What other things do they do?
Be honest as far as possible;)

Cheers;)
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We moved away from our families for a reason ;]
its rare we see them and we get no help from them, in any way :]
yes its a bit sad for our boy, it would be nice for him to get their attention, but tbh he not really missing out on anything from them other than getting to know them.
 
No financial assistance, yet...
If we were in need of some it'd have to be them, my parents aint got any money.

No kids yet neither. So can't comment on that.

I do see them a lot though, I like to pop in for a cup of tea and a chat even when my missus isn't about, they love me so I like to keep it that way.
 
My in-laws have been fantastic.

The Father-in-law drove me to work every morning 5 days a week for 4 months until I got a new car. They moved to France not long ago to retire after selling their house and gave me and the missus 1k and a 42" Bravia out of the house profits.

They told me it was to say thank you for keeping the old house clean for the past 18 months as the Mother-in-law was in a bad way and the Father-in-law couldn't clean his teeth, never mind a house.
 
I get on really well with my Mother in law. She is staying with the wife just now to help with the kids whilst I live the student life down in sunny Bournemouth. Can't complain at all.
 
my in-laws are a nightmare complete with lies, threats, emotional blackmail, rudeness, and more.

it's a bit complicated but we've moved away from the in-laws and relations on my wifes side for various reasons. we speak not of them in our house.

on the flip side, i couldn't ask for better parents. they have helped out more time than i care to remember from everything from financials to babysitting to 4am call outs, hospital runs and everything between.

unfortunatly when we moved we had to move away from my parents too, it's hard, very hard, but to protect my family we had to do it. besides my folks see us monthly, and no one on the wifes side knows where we are anymore.
 
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