My parents-in-law were great people and so are my sons-in-law and my daughter-in-law. Lets hear it for the silent majority.

I never really knew my PiL due to distance we hardly ever saw them and they both died within the first few years of our marriage.
H and my mum loved each other. Dad was a very quiet man and didn't say much but they got along fine too. H would have done anything for mum and did after dad died 32 yrs ago. Mum came on holiday with us every year all the time she was able and it was him who invited her.

Excellent post Elegran.
I have written often about my wonderful parents-in-law, we are very close and I'm fortunate to count them both as friends. They are inspirational people and quite frankly I often say that if I'd met them first I would have married their son just to have them as parents-in-law.
One son-in-law is in NZ so we don't have the opportunities to get together that I have with my other son-in law, but I have really good relationships with both. My daughter-in-law has been close to the family since she was seven years old, when she and my son first met, and we get on really well. Happily my sons and daughters are also very supportive of one another and we make time throughout the year to get together to maintain our relationships. Cross-generational family holidays have been key to this and now that our children are adults with children they still enjoy holidays with grandparents and great-grandparents.

My MIL is one of my best mates. We holidayed together year after year . Had a ball. We just get each other

Yay !! A positive post about these relationships. We almost feel guilty to say our families are happy together most of the time -some hiccups for all of us I'm sure. I always had a good relationship with my in laws, sadly they are all dead now. My children are not estranged from each other or me. I count myself lucky but also had to work at it.
I'm so sorry for the people with family problem puts my minor concerns in perspective.
Let's hear it for happy families too.

My in-laws were also great people and friends with my own parents so we had some wonderful parties with them all. I love my two DIL's - they are taking good care of my sons and grandchildren too

My in laws were lovely too. After my husband died and I remarried those who should have been my parents in law were dead. I think I would have liked them though from the stories told.
Hopefully I am not too bad - as DiL tells me - she is using tales from friends as a yardstick! And DD's now divorced husband still meets me for coffee and sends text messages 14 years after the divorce.

I agree, Elegran.
I have no complaints about any of them (from our 4 adult children.)
In fact I'm grateful to them, because we've tended to be inlaws in absentia.