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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Ariane Sohrabi-Shiraz

'I've been with my husband for 15 years but never met my in-laws - I refuse'

When you marry someone, you usually become part of their family. Their parents become your in-laws, and even those who don't particularly enjoy meeting them still usually do for big occasions such as Christmas and birthdays.

However, one woman has avoided meeting her husband's family for 15 years, and hasn't even spoken to them on video chat - and even though her partner wants her to, she refuses.

In a recent post on parenting forum Mumsnet, the woman explained: "I have never met nor appeared on video chat with my family-in-law." Clarifying, she added that she did actually appear on video chat to say "hello" once to his mum, before disappearing.

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