Do you get on with/regularly see your SIL and her family?

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DH and his sister aren’t particularly close, never been very friendly and so despite us living 10 mins away, we barely see her, BIL and their DC.

Anyone else have this situation? It feels very awkward but it never gets out of the awkward because no one really “gels” 😬

We used to see them all the time until they got married. I don’t know what changed but they distanced from everyone.

No, she is too enmeshed with MIL.

We see dh's sister and family quite a lot, yes.

They are about 30mins from us, and our dc are different age groups, but we still all get on and see them at either their house or our house probably about 8 - 10 times a year then we will also meet them at sporting events or theatres or go out for a meal or whatever as well.

We see far less of my SiL who is my brother's wife, as my brother feels seeing family once a year is plenty . But we still get one when we do see them, and we message at other times too.

Yep we live about 5 mins up the road and probably see them 2-3 times per year. Our children are same age / same gender so in theory it would be lovely to get them all together. We always invite them to birthdays etc and it is never reciprocated so I am no longer inviting them from this year. My DH does nothing to improve the situation though and I have enough on my plate to be arsed chasing after them!

Yes, DH and his sister are very close and thankfully me and her like each other and get on very well.

I used to like my SIL until she married and misogynistic arsehole. We can’t stand him and it’s mutual so we hardly ever see them. We only keep it up to facilitate a relationship between the children as cousins.

Yeah we see my SIL’s a lot, but we’re quite a close family. My SIL’s are all very close with their own parents, so luckily enough we all have the same mindset. My OH has 4 brothers and I always feel super lucky that they have found partners that do genuinely seem to get along.