IceIceBaby Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 My boyfriend and I have been together for a year. We've recently started talking about marriage and kids so things are getting pretty serious. I've always been a little concerned about his family and the way they act around his cousins daughters...swearing, inappropriate conversations, etc. But I just figured I would deal with that once we have our own kids. This weekend his entire family went out on their boats. The day ended with my boyfriend's father getting into a fight with my boyfriends cousin, so basically uncle and nephew fighting. It was an all out screaming match, swearing, lunging at each other, having to be restrained. Mind you, this is a 57 year old man and a 33 year old man. My boyfriends father then threw random things into the ocean in a rage and then proceeded to drive us home in his boat like a maniac. His boat had me and my boyfriend and three other women, two of which were his wife and daughter. We were flying in the air, things were flying all over the boat...totally inappropriate. Needless to say it was a scary situation for me as I come from a very different family. But I can't even imagine the day when my boyfriend and I have kids and I'm expected to bring them around his family. Now I know my kids won't go there whole life never hearing someone scream or swear, but they'll hear it from someone at school...not from me, my boyfriend (future husband) or our family. That's just how I want it. I also don't want to be put into a situation where I have to lay down rules or keep my kids away from them. This is all premature thinking but I was just wondering if anyone else has dealt with inlaws whose behavior you don't neccesarily like? How did you deal with it?
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