My in-laws and I get along quite well, but that doesn't mean that they don't annoy the #^$$#@&*^$@ out of me. My MIL was a drug addict when my husband was growing up and feels she has to make up for her mistakes now. She freaks out because we don't live in CA but when we do visit we hardly see her
It's one of those "as long as he is here, it's okay and we don't have to spend time together but if he's gone, OH MY LITTLE BOY needs to come home." You sort of feel stifled by her love but she has always been very nice to me and I do enjoy spending time with her.

When I was interviewing for schools for my PhD, I interviewed at a school in NC and in CA. We can't tell her that we're moving to NC because our lives will be a bit more difficult--my husband promised her we would move back after we were done with school in AL SOOO..that discussion is being put off for as long as possible.

My FIL hardly calls my husband to see how everything is going. If Jason didn't call him, they probably wouldn't talk but more than once every 2-3 months. They also don't have a very emotional relationship; I guess Jason is always trying to make his father proud and cannot be honest with him about things. He is very nice to me, however, so I guess I don't have any real complaints about my relationship with him.

Jason gets along with my mother. She's a strange lady LOL so he tends to "put up" with her more than I do. She loves him, so it works well for me.