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Arturabeth
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Anyone with a fantastic FMIL???
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I love my FMIL dearly and I feel sorry for the ladies who have horror stories to tell about theirs. Actually, It's been my own mother that has given me wayyyyyy too many problems when it comes to wedding stuff.
Share your stories about your wonderful FMIL!!
Soon-to-be Mrs Urbanowicz
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Re: Anyone with a fantastic FMIL???
December 2010, my dad has a massive brain hemorrhage and almost died and my FMIL was literally at the hospital every night during my dad's 47 night stay to be there for my mom. She really is awesome.
Me and my FMIL get along very well, no real extraordinary stories though. But I love her dearly and thank God on a pretty regular basis that she's not BSC and that very few problems come up between us. I'm currently a little irritated with her over something minor, so this is a good reminder for me that what I'm irked over is just that (minor) and I should be glad I don't have the issues other women have with thier MIL's.
[QUOTE]Daughter has a great new MIL. When daughter was planning the wedding, she worried about what to give her bridesmaids as gifts, since the girls were from different backgrounds with different tastes. Her FMIL pulled out three handmade lap quilts from her stash of quilts and said, "Here. Give them these!" Wow!
Posted by CMGr[/QUOTE]
Wow, that would be an awesome bridesmaid gift
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[QUOTE]I love my FMIL, she's way better than my own mom. She actually really likes me and has been supportive of my decisions as well as of me and my fiancee's wedding. My own mother has not been supportive, so it's nice to have someone that is almost family that is supportive. It is great living only a few miles from her. FFIL on the other hand, well, none of the family really likes him...
Posted by ChristineNB[/QUOTE]
I'm in the same boat except FFIL is pretty awesome too!
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[QUOTE]Brittney, your FMIL sounds wonderful. Her being there at the hospital for so long to support your mother is so unbelievably supportive that I got a bit teary-eyed reading it. I hope she knows how much she means to you. I never got to meet Mr. Lucy's parents, as they both passed away years ago. From the stories he's told me about his mom, I have a feeling we would have been really close. I wish I could have known the people who made my husband who he is. They must have been really special.
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My mom and I talk all the time how lucky we are to have her. We tell her this often too. My dad is now very disabled and she's always been so supportive of both my parents. Her husband passed away 10 years ago, and now she spends every holiday with my parents. She is awesome and would do anything for me, FI or my parents.
Also, I'm sorry you never got to meet your husband's parents. I always wish I had met FI's dad.
They're so awesome that they informed H and I they were taking us on vacation this year. They're taking us to H's favorite amusement park, which I'm excited about because I've never been to it.
lol, NO, mine asked me if we were getting married due to pregnancy (fiance and I are both virgins who purposfully live apart), and then she said I should wear her e-ring, from a previous (3-month-long!) marriage... because it is bigger and pricier than the gorgeous delicate one my fiance gave me. You know, when he asked me to marry him. But like I said, hers is bigger...!
I was actually going to say that my friend has a wonderful FMIL who is probably going to talk the dad around into accepting an earlier wedding than he had hoped for. (The couple is totally ready for it and the families get along, it's just that the groom-to-be is about to go into law school. So the parents think that the timing is not perfect... but then when is it ever perfect?)
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His family is my family. His parents have always been so supportive if we ever needed help or advice without being overbearing. His brother and sister are my brother and sister.
I have had some strain on my relationship with my mother and haven't really been able to communicate well with her about life stuff in general, let alone what I want for my wedding is not what she wants. So being able to talk to his mom who just gives great suggestions and is always willing to help, has been amazing.
Plus his family is just cooky and crazy like my fiance and I are, so it's just a perfect combination. Wouldn't trade them for the world.