Mine are nice, kind people who mean well.
They are also very very set in their ways, old before their time and they talk about the same things and tell the same stories over and over again.
DH can definitely revert to bratty teenage attitudes around them too, which is pretty unattractive in a man in his 40s.
I also hate how they bang on about them being old and how there’s no point doing basically anything ‘at their age’. My mum died 10 years ago, though she was closer to the age that they are now when she died and she was a bloody inspiration, still busy, active, fun, engaged with life despite having been dealt a much harder hand than either of my in laws so far. She’d have loved to still be here, meet DD, still grabbing life by both hands. I find their desire to act like poor, elderly invalids despite actually being very well off and in good health really bloody frustrating.
I wouldn’t say it’s a chore to spend time with them, but it’s not exactly relaxing either. I am grateful to them for a lot, and DD adores them which is important to me.