Re: Respect for personal space after the wedding???
We live in the basement of his parents house.... so intrusive, no, BUT I sort of get stuck chit chatting when I come home or when I come up to use the bathroom! They RARELY even come downstairs. So it's not terrible, just sometimes I want to be left alone!! As for my family, well they live 5 minutes away & RARELY call & NEVER stop by. It's kind of like I need to be the one to go visit & make the calls. It sort of bums me out, that they don't seem to WANT to come over. But I guess it could be worse!! Geez.... snooping in laws!! Holy cow!
sam
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Re: Respect for personal space after the wedding???
Both families live within 15 minutes of us. They know I won't answer the door if I don't know who it is- I had a scare where someone pushed into the apt. before we were married. We don't have a peep hole and I can't see who is at the door. My MIL does expect us to visit- and it can't be a 'stop over and chat' visit- it is usually a 5 hour meal!!!~ Gets annoying but we try to limit it. My SILs still live at home and tend to get a little too pushy- telling us where to look for a house, etc. I'm not used to that and its difficult to hold my tongue. I can't stand when someone second-guesses eveything we do! As far as the nosiness, when we were first married, we invited the SILs over for dinner. One goes into the bathroom, and is in there a while ( meanwhile my Dh's family are like camels- they never seem to use bathrooms...). Next thing I know, I hear something fall out of the medicine cabinet (it always fell out and I hadn't found a better place for it) into the bathroom sink. I heard this while we were in the living room and knew what the sound was. Dh says 'maybe she was looking for an aspirin' but I KNOW otherwise. I will not permit them into the apt. if I'm not here- I don't trust them to not snoop. There have been other things, like looking through mail, etc. that make me feel this way also. I love my DH but his family needs to get their own lives....
RichsBride
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Re: Respect for personal space after the wedding???
My MIL is in Fl, but my Mom is famous for showing up at anytime. I had to break it to her that it doesn't fly anymore. She was a quick learner & always calls now. Sometimes she's 5 minutes away when she calls but whatever