My parents have never really had much to do with me, my husband or my 2 kids (son of 12 and daughter of almost 9). My husband and my sister's husband can't stand the sight of each other. It all started over football teams and has now escalated to the point where they don't like each other. At my younger sister's 18th birthday my sister's husband told my husband to shut-up when he went to say something on football. My family (apart from my dad) and my sister's husband support one team while my husband supports another team. Despite what happened he was going round for dinner but now he wont go because when my sister's husbands makes fun of my husband's team everyone laughs and my mum joins in while if my husband says something they don't like it. Now though not even my sister's husband will go to my parents to eat when we are there.
My parents are refusing to come round to our house as well now because they don't like my husband and have told me that they will not be coming round for our children's birthdays either. They also told me that they don't want any presents for Birthdays or Christmas from us either.