Replies to '03/21 When In-Laws Cross the Line'

Thank you for your thoughful response.  Whether or not we have another child is totally in God's hands now, but, it would be a great blessing to have one more child.  I did eventually sit down with my inlaws some months after this happened, simply and calmly relayed to them that their future relationship with my daughter and I was in their hands.  I told them that they had been forgiven, but in no uncerntain terms did that mean that what they did or said was justified or right.  Though I had chosen that my daughter and I would not subject ourselves to being around our inlaws, I never let their relationship with their son be affected.  When we met I laid the ground rules as to how my daughter and I would be treated from that day forward or I would haven o choice but to remove myself completely from the family for good this time.  Thank God they took me seriously and at my word because today (2 years later) there have been no additional incidents like I had originally experienced with them and the extended family and we have been able to "repair" our relationship as much as it can be repaired.  To their credit, they both try to be more accepting and caring and in return I treat them like I would my parents. I guess I am one of the lucky ones considering all the stories on the message board.