My MIL and FIL are great but both quite strong personalities in their own different ways. MIL is well known for long,continuous chat and FIL for slightly aggressive banter and impatience.
I've been with DH for nearly 5 years, married 10 months. My issue is despite staying with them many times and they with us, is I feel like they don't know the real me. I can be a bit quiet sometimes, but actually I have a demanding job which involves a great deal of public speaking. When I'm with the PILs I literally don't ever get to speak properly because someone else is always talking or interrupting (they are a big family so at times like Christmas, I've noticed that sometimes there is literally four people all talking at once; no one listens to anyone else, they just keep going - it's hard to know who to look at!)
If anyone asks me a question, I might get to say five or six words before I'm interrupted and the conversation turns back to them. Due to all this, I worry that they think I'm a bit dull and I'm really not, I'm funny and can be a bit boisterous... they never see this because I never get the chance to be when I'm with them. This Christmas there was concern that I was 'a bit quiet'! Do I just need to get a bit more shouty?!