“You divorce wives, not children”- Clueless. Now while I don’t have any children out of my marriage, I do have In-Laws. A mother-in-law, a father-in-law, and a sister-in-law. When I was younger whenever we would go to Michigan to visit my Grandma and Grandpa, we would always visit a variety of people who I was told were all relatives. One time while visiting relatives, I asked just exactly who they are…”they are my ex In-Laws” my mother told me. Hold the boat I thought. You got divorced, why on Earth would you want to go hang out with these people? It was explained to me that she liked her In-Laws very much and they had liked her, and so when the marriage ended they kept in contact. For the record, my mom also was still friendly with her ex, with my parents going out to eat with him and his wife when they were in town as well. Back then of course it all seemed odd. And if you don’t like your In-Laws then you can’t relate at all either, but now, I totally get why my mom … [Read more...]