[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Zee

Well my older brother's wife's family are okay I think but my parents really don't like them and my brother doesn't speak to my parents anymore because of this whole big drama that I only really know a little bit about. Kind of sucks. My dad went to school with my sister in law's step dad and they used to be friendly but lost touch over the years so it's really weird for them; because my older brother is from my mum's first marriage and his wife's dad died, so my dad and his childhood friend are both step parents and their step kids have married... and then the two wives (my mum and my brother's mother in law) don't get on so they don't speak at all. Not sure if that's easy to follow or not

That is as clear as mud Greg

[Z]

Originally Posted by Zee

Well my older brother's wife's family are okay I think but my parents really don't like them and my brother doesn't speak to my parents anymore because of this whole big drama that I only really know a little bit about. Kind of sucks. My dad went to school with my sister in law's step dad and they used to be friendly but lost touch over the years so it's really weird for them; because my older brother is from my mum's first marriage and his wife's dad died, so my dad and his childhood friend are both step parents and their step kids have married... and then the two wives (my mum and my brother's mother in law) don't get on so they don't speak at all. Not sure if that's easy to follow or not

Originally Posted by AnnieK

That is as clear as mud Greg

I'll rewrite using code letters (not a very good code, mind... pmsl)

K - my older brother
Aa - his wife
S - my mum
Mi - my dad
Mo - the wife's mother
Al - the wife's step father

Aa's family are okay I think but my parents really don't like them and K doesn't speak to my parents anymore because of this whole big drama that I only really know a little bit about. Kind of sucks.

Mi went to school with Al and they used to be friendly but lost touch over the years so it's really weird for them; because K is from S's first marriage and Aa's dad died, so Mi is step dad to K and his childhood friend, Al, is step dad to Aa... and then the two wives (S and Mo) don't get on so they don't speak at all.