Handling Relatives & In-Laws

[P50]

Dear Married Couples,

How do you handle relatives and in-laws when they discover tickling ?

Consider...

You are either a man or a woman, and you have either..

**--> 0, 1, or multiple instances of...

**--> brothers, sisters, stepdad, stepmom, bio-dad, bio-mom,

and that was just your immediate living-arrangement family.

Your spouse almost certainly didn't have the exact same combination of family members that you had.

Somebody correct my math theory, but I think there are over 200 possible combinations in those relationships.

I'm trying to think of how they would react; and I'm drawing a total blank. e.g., your spouse's sister could find out and then tell...

Forget it; my brain can't compute the possibilities.

So just how <I><B>DO</B></I> you handle it ? The big family secret ? Did the two of you share it with all parents before you agreed on the marriage ? Do your siblings know ? Did they find out ? Were they shocked ? Did they make accusations against your mental state ? Did any of them become instant psychiatric experts ? Did they react with a "yeah, so what" response ? Have you kept it secret from other family members ?

Help those of us who are still hoping by giving us the benefit of the experience of your successes and your failures.

 

[HeBeGeeBee]

I guess I don't fully understand the question. How would they find out?? And why would it be any of their business? Kind of like them finding out how often we have sex. (If you ask me, not often enough. If you ask my wife, she'd probably say "constantly")...😛

So...how is this any different than any other "private" aspect of a marriage. So, like I said, I guess I'm confused...but you probably already figured that out.

 

[P50]

For Hebegebe

So then, do I infer that you handle it with the "Big Secret" method ?

i.e., you have successfully kept it from them ?

How many years ?