We went over to the FILS tonight. My FMIL was crazy drunk. Just acting.. so.. drunk. Our families are just REAAAALLLLY different in general so it's always been hard for me to adjust when we hang out with them. My family is originally from Los Angeles, they are from a tiny town in little bity Arkansas (VERY country). We've always been pretty well off and his family lives pay check to pay check (I know this isn't a big deal and it's not to me, I'm just mentioning differences). They drink, we don't. They smoke, I hadn't barely seen a cigarette. Their family is huge..It's always been my mom, my dad, and I. We're just so different!
Anyways, tonight, while she was off on her.. wild drunk side she blurted out asking if my FI liked whips and chains while we were playing a word board game. I stared at my FI (not only am I not a very talkitive person, around them it's really hard for me). Then stare back at her. "No" I say. Then she continues.. "Oh so he likes that S&M stuff huh?".
WHAT THE HECK DO YOU SAY TO THAT?!? REALLY?! These are my in-laws here. I've tried so hard to like them and it just so so so hard. We're so different and I know that's not a reason not to like people, and I really do try, but things like that just shouldn't be said. My FI just thinks it's funny and hates when I bring up things about his family. It's little.. incidents like this that really.. make me not like his family. It just seems like it's a bunch of little things like this lately. How do I handle things like this?