Do you still see/keep in contact with in laws after your divorce?

[Seashell8]

Obviously everyone's situation is different. I am only at the very start of my divorce journey.
And I don't know if my husbands family would even want to keep in contact with me etc. But I have known them for 20 years and I am closer to them than my own family
I only have my parents , but on my husbands side I have my inlaws, SIL & BIL, a lovely little niece and I also know all of the extended family, cousins, aunts uncles etc. They are a large family.
I really would be devastated if I couldn't see them anymore , especially my SIL.
Does anyone on here still see their exes family?
Part of the reason we are separating is because he doesn't want to socialise and isn't interested in seeing his family so I see them without him

If you expect to be dropped by the in-laws then it isn't a disappointment if there is some contact. However much they like you he is their relative and he will always come first.

Yes both DH and I are close with our ex family in laws. But our exs don't get on with them.

They are our kids families and have been genuinely great. They'll pick up and look after any of our kids.

Absolutely not my fil and his wife.

They were in full support of my stbxh when he was physically and verbally abusive to me and verbally abusive to my dcs. Saying he was ill. Even begged me not to call the police saying it would affect stbexh's career.

No way. The dcs don't want to see fil either. I don't know how long that will last.

My MIL and I actually had a conversation about this, even though my DH and I were very happily married. Out of the blue, she checked with me that if we ever split up, I'd still see them. Obviously she was also concerned about the grandkids, but she genuinely wanted to keep our friendship.

God no. Getting the in-laws out of my life was even better than getting rid of the husband 😂

No. There's one cousin I was in sporadic contact with, until Facebook got blocked in their country. PILs are nice people but fervent supporters of their country's repressive and bloody regime, plus the language barrier and my always fractious relationship with their son have defeated me. DS speaks their language fluently but half his mates are from the country that his father's compatriots are busy razing to the ground, so I guess it would be complicated for him too. Plus he grew up without much contact with his DF's family, so even more awkward to suddenly reappear in their lives. I hope he won't blame me too much when his paternal DGPs are dead and gone.

I tried with my MIL - I was the one that took the kids to see her, kept her up to date, did lots more for her than her son. But she didn’t reciprocate and I heard her slagging me off to my teenage daughter on FaceTime which I let her know wasn’t ok. I have the maturity to be in contact with her - she doesn’t. I get that in many ways.
She now sees what contact with her son and grandkids looks like without me to facilitate it and complains bitterly about it.

I didn’t like ex-husbands family when I was with him so no I definitely don’t see them now we’re divorced