Your Parents and Your In-laws?

I'll be moving in May and I know that eventually my parents will come visit. I'm curious as to how the meeting of the parents went for ya'll.

I'm not worried per se, its more that my MIL and my parents are soooo different.

Would love to hear people's experiences. 

We have been married for a billion years, but my parents met when we first got engaged in 1998. Lucky for me my MIL's favorite movie is Crossing Delancey, so she was thrilled to find out her son was marrying into a New York Jewish Family! But it was fine...my parents are very warm and welcoming, while my in laws are appreciative of that, but I would not describe them as warm and welcoming. They are very reserved in their own way...I have never met a family who can avoid talking about issues like them. My MIL used to love to come to NYC for visits, but due to ill health, doesn't want to anymore.

But 15 years on, they really have no contact, they came to my sisters wedding a 7-8 years ago, and thats probably the last time we were all together. My parents come to visit me here maybe twice a year, and I always try to get my in-laws up so the kids can see their grandparents all together, but they ALWAYS have some excuse and don't want to come up! My parents JUMP at the chance to get on a plane and come visit me here!
 
In laws. Meh!

Ours have only met once and we've been together for 8 years. The only time they met was at our wedding, and I think there was minimal communication then even! We had a meal planned for the night before the wedding, but my MIL (as usual) was so disorganised that she was late and missed the whole thing. The on the wedding day itself, we (family) were all at a table of 8 people and I don't think she spoke much to my father or stepmother. Best to keep them separate, I say! 

Married for five years and our parents have never met.  Mine have already been to England (we met up in Amsterdam once) and there is no way my in-laws are going to the US.

My dad has met my MIL - it was for lunch and a waste of time.
My FIL is no longer around but my mom/stepdad havent been here but when they come we aren't bothered if they ever met my MIL lol

We try to avoid her sooooooo

My MIL and M get on like a house on fire. They even talked about going to puerto rico together next year.
I find the whole thing bizarre and try to ignore it as much as possible.

My parents met my MIL for the first time when she came to visit us our first Christmas together (just prior to us getting engaged).  I was living with hubby at the time and she came over for 6 weeks and stayed with us (this was my first time meeting her as well...talk about stressing just prior).  My MIL was very quiet...sweet, but very quiet and a bit shy.  EVERYONE who met her that Christmas absolutely loved her and she got on with everyone...including my parents...so very well.   

Unfortunately, my parents never got to meet my FIL (MIL and he weren't together and he couldn't make it to our wedding...a whole other fiasco for another story).  I know that if they did, they would have loved him...mostly he and my dad would have gotten along like old chums if given the chance.

My ILs are absolute gems.  They have never met my mom, but they get on brilliantly  with my dad, aunt and uncle.  I was so relieved that they all hit it off.  DH, FIL and I have even visited my dad in the US.  MIL would have gone too but she got chicken pox at the last minute and couldn't fly.  Good luck, aricarai, it's soo nice when there's no conflict between different sides of the family. 

My parents are really chilled out, hippies- they get along with everyone.  They have quite good relationships with my sisters' inlaws.

Goodness help me if I were to ever marry J - J's Dad would probably be OK, but I don't think his Mum would be a fan of my parents at all, I think that would be awkward central....     

P.S for anyone newish who needs to rant about their in-laws, we've got a lovely thread:
http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=52543.0

My mother-in-law met my mother and step-dad when she visited England. They got on surprisingly well. My step-down has the worst Yorkshire accent I've heard - by worst, I mean it sounds like gibberish - and even I struggle with it after several years, but my MIL loved it and they're all friends on Facebook. It feels pretty weird!

My dad and step-mum haven't met either of my in-laws, but this works for me as they aren't the nicest people and I would probably feel ridiculously ashamed during the whole thing!

I keep saying if hubby and I fell off the planet, mom and MIL would carry on without us. They get along great. MIL came to visit us every year while we were in the States, and has gone with us to visit my family while we lived here. Dad adores her too. They've never met FIL because he isn't really able to travel so he hasn't made it to the States.

My siblings, nieces, nephew, aunts, uncles, etc have all been able to spend time with MIL over the years and she fits in just like family (better than some family, come to think of it).

My MIL hasn't met any of my family, as she didn't come to our wedding. 

My mom is trying to plan a visit sometime this year, and others of my family want to visit next year.

It has the potential to be...interesting. 

My MIL and my mom couldn't be more different.  Except that they're both nuts.

My parents met my ILs for the first time at our wedding. My mom and MIL...hugged. This might not be a big deal to you, but these two women are not huggers. I've never seen them hug anyone other than their respective grandchildren. So, to say they got along great is an understatement. My parents came to Ireland and we ended up going to dinner with the ILs while we were in Cork. So, they get along fine. The biggest barrier is definitely my ILs Cork accent. It's very strong and I know my parents struggle at times. They send each other Christmas cards and my dad will send the occasional email (and not so occasional email forward  ), but I'd say my husband and I are happy with the way it turned out. They're all nice people, so I wasn't too worried.

10 years married and mine have never met. My mother refuses to meet my inlaws as she's jealous they get to be the "main" grandparents to my children. My mother has the emotional maturity of a child.

It pisses me off but what can you do?