What if your spouse doesn’t get along with the rest of your family?

My brothers wife is kinda whiney Ann's my father is kind of abrasive but funny unless you take it to personal and they pretty much have had no relationship with my father and his 2nd wife and three half brothers since they married 35 years ago. She makes fun of my half brothers whom i love and my father r.i.p. and step mom. Nothing was sacred to dad and the joke was coming if he though it was funny.

I did not like my former mother-in-law at all. She and her sister mocked my son's name while they were drunk, and once she excluded my son and "forgot" to buy him a Christmas gift. She made my son feel horrible about it, because she was so loud and made such a big deal about forgetting him, and then she went and got him a can of tomato soup out of her food pantry and handed it to him. I thought he would start crying. He was only seven.

That was the only time she was right out in the open about it. The rest of the time she would bite me like a poisonous snake when no one else could hear or see.

I guess what I am saying is sometimes...not often...but sometimes you need to choose. Your spouse is the one you chose to be the father of your children, and it is he who is supposed to be the center of your NEW family.

My ex chose his OLD family, every single time. Now he is my ex, and I am glad.

From what I have physically heard, a man or woman will sometimes say to their partner: "I married you (or love), not your family".

My case is the other way around, my late fiancee tried being nice when introduced to the family, my sister in law completely ignored her.

My dad's new girlfriend is not fitting in at all. My brother and sister won't talk to her. I do try to get along with her. It's all so juvenile and now I'm stuck in the middle, refusing to take sides.

Your partner may have good reason to feel as they do but would be beneficial for them to be understanding.

Excellent question. I think I'll let Mrs. Diggler field this one. 😂

If he’s abrasive just around them he can try harder.

I wish she didn't

I can only separate them