OK, so in one of my pondering moods today (or actually, thanks to a friend's pondering), here's a question that came up:<P>If your ex is an "ex", what happens to all the other relatives from the ex's side? <P>Do we refer to them as ex-in-laws? ex-aunts? ex-nephews? Or what??<P> <P>Thanks ...<P>AGG<p>[This message has been edited by AGoodGuy (edited June 15, 2001).]

The ones I am close with I call by what they still are to me - whether that is brother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc... (I never bothered with the "xxxx-in-law" part, I always referred to them as regular family). Those that I am not close with, I don't even refer to in conversation...<P>Mike<P>------------------<BR>God always waits for the right time to do the right thing in the right way.

Whatshisname's parents.<BR>Whatshisname's nieces.<BR>Whatshisname's siblings.<P>G & N's cousins on their dad's side.<P>As you can tell I don't do real well with that. <P>My former parents-in-law?<P>Or they could be your out-laws. <BR>

In my case I will most likely call my in-laws my outlaws...never did like them anyhow.

X is the name of the former W<P>XIL's are the parents of the former W<P>

"Or they could be your out-laws"<P>That is what my daughter calls her in-laws & she IS married to their son! The umbillical cord is attached, slowly being disengaged.<P>

I just call them wastes of perfectly good protoplasm.

That's an excellent question. I found myself wondering the same thing. Last month I took my middle child on a long trip and dropped her off with her aunt, my ex-sister-in-law - see, that sounds goofy. Anyway she invited me to spend the night instead of staying at a hotel and she behaved as though nothing had changed. When I asked her about this, she stated that just because her brother and I had problems didn't mean that she had a problem with me. I love her all the more for this. Her youngest daughter at another point asked me if I felt uncomfortable around them, because to her I was still her favorite aunt. I guess it depends on the situation. In my case the ties of friendship are fortunately stronger than the dislike between my XH and me. As for X's parents, they were "out-laws" from day one and eleven years later I decided the protoplasm didn't fall far from the tree.

They are:<P>The ex's (or David's) parents, sibs, friends... whatever.<P>I will always love his parents, and even wrote them not long ago... said nothing about their son and why we broke up... just a hello and love you letter... they knew I was moving and asked me not to forget I was their "daughter"... I don't know if the sentiment will last, but I honestly do hope so. They're far away, so it won't be as if I have to see them, but I don't want them to think I dumped them just because their son and I divorced.<P>------------------<BR>~Sheryl<P>And we know. We who have seen. ~Pellegrino

I always refer to my ex's family as the out laws!<P>