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How do we mend fences...?

My fiancee & my mother (&sister for that matter) don't get along. Sister threw a surprise party for mom & said he was not welcome. I took our girls for a bit & came home, I was going to take a stand & say if he's not welcomed i'm not coming, he insisted I go. My sister is even madder now because I didn't stay the whole night. I can't win. It sucks to go visit, & have everyone either pity me because i am 'alone' or complain because of it. Either way they pretend the life i have @ home doesn't exist, they don't ask how he is, how we are doing...nothing. It's like our baby(7 mos) was created in a lab...He wants to make things better. She says we dont have to like him to have a relationship with you. We want to 'start over' not 'do over' but just begin anew without finger-pointing, blaming or rehashing all the stupid details...writing a letter has been suggested. Any other suggestions? We want inclusion in the family but no intrusions...how do we begin?

Update:

They don't like him because he hasn't been the most social person (has social anxiety) & he told my mom he has issues, but they dont believe it. They have said he must be 'hiding' something- in their minds, why else would he stay away. (nevermind that when he has been around they completely ignore him).Also, my mother decided to play investigator & found out he'd been married before, was married when we met & started dating- he told them it was none of their business. They have taken to questioning our two older girls about what goes on at home & the girls told them we argue & I cry... Apparently, we must be the only ones who do this because they hold this against him. When they came over to confront him he asked him to leave.

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  • CrazyH
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Well were you young when you got married to him?

    Why is that they don't like him?

    Don't say you don't know cause there is always a reason.

    Did you use to confide in them about your husband?

    Its hard when your family doesn't care for the family that you have made.

    I know I have a sister who hates my husband for the simple fact that she believes he has ruined my life. I got married at 19 to her way too young should of lived my life more she says could have done sooo much with my life. Well I don't agree with her one bit my husband has been the best thing that has happened to me. We've been married for now 9 years and he has been the sole provider so that I could do what I have always wanted to do. Be a stay at homemom. She will never accept that that is what I want. And at this point she doesn't even want a friendship with me. Says she can't get over it.

    So I accepted it and moved on with my family! Good luck its hard.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    A fence is a demarcation line. it i snot a barrier, that's the reason fences generally have gates. If the line falls into an unkempt state it needs to be repaired. because of the fact the shortcoming of a fence could bring about the unintentional crossing of boundries. to repair a fence skill to paintings at the same time to maintain or retrun that which has been broken to a cushty state for all in touch

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The only way this can be mended is to bring everyone involved together in one place to hash it out. Everyone should be allowed to speak one at a time without people interrupting. At the beginning, you need to let everyone know how much you love all of them and that it's your biggest desire to have them all get along. Your sister is wrong. They DO have to accept and treat him well in order to have a r'ship with you. You have to stand up for him. If he really is the love of your life, then you need to be willing to stand by him and not let anyone, even your family, walk all over him. I have a great r'ship with my family but I would tell them off in a minute if they couldn't treat my husband with kindness and respect. Your family doesn't have to LOVE him but out of respect for YOU, they do have to treat him kindly and welcome him. It's not about what their feelings are about him.....the point is that if they love YOU, then they wouldn't put you through this drama of feeling like you have to constantly choose sides. It's wrong of them.

  • 1 decade ago

    if your fiance hasn't done anything wrong then your family is being very rude.i am in a similar story. my inlaws do not like me, i didn't do anything wrong except get upset when my father in law started being a jerk to my teen daughter. i will tell you what i wish i could tell my husband- if you love your fiance, take a stand. you have to have a backbone and demand that your family accept him as a huge part of your life. don't be mean about it but tell them you love all of them and that they need to recognize that your new family is your first priority. (as they should be) explain to them that they are hurting you and making you feel torn by their behavior towards your fiance. explain the importance of all of them together in your daughters life. if that doesn't work then you may need to make some difficult choices but be sure about it before you say something you will regret.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    OK its kind of hard to give advice when we don't know why they don't like him ..do they have legitimate reasons or not ? but if you plan to marry him and have a family with him they need to respect your decision and except him as part of the family ..they don't have to love him or even like him but they should be mature enough to be civil to him and invite him with you and your kids ..if they cant then id tell them they made the choice for you and i wouldn't go ..see how they like that ... good luck.

  • Me
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Well - what is the problem? Why do they not like him??? Can't give you advice without knowing what happend...

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    with barbed wire...extra fence posts..and fence nails....don't forget gloves

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