
Getting along with brother and sister in-laws is sometimes no easy thing. Sometimes it is an easy thing; because your brother and sister in-laws aren't deranged people, seemingly. But every so often one gets in these situations where, yes, one's brand-new brother or sister in-law seems like a deranged person, and it's all one can do to stay in the room with them. But let's look a little more closely at the idea of a brother or sister in-law being a deranged person.
We use these dramatic terms because bad brother and sister in-law relationships are amongst the worst relationships known to humanity. They've been known to tear apart families, root and branch. They tear apart brothers and sisters who've been lifelong friends and pals. Usually, this tearing apart is due to people getting married who don't know each other very well, so that there are all these surprises after the wedding feast and great celebrations have ended. Needless to say, these are negative surprises-the wife discovers that her new husband is a disgusting pig of a man, the husband discovers that his new wife is a shrewish, mean hag of a woman. However, this isn't the only case that concerns us here. Maybe the newly married couple simply adore each other-but the rest of the family can't stand them (or what they've become) together-can't stand them as a unified entity. In either case, how does one get along with one's brother or sister in-law?
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