Hi Moco, my relationship with my DIL is very good, but I do agree to a certain extent about the saying " a son is a son till he takes a wife". My DIL has a very good relationship with her parents and she does see more of them than us. But she always goes out of her way to try and include us in things and share the holidays too. Today she txt me and said cud she and my first grandchild, pop in this afternoon to see me, she stayed 2 1/2 hours, we had a laugh and a chat, and changed the nappy and fed the baby, it was all wonderful. Infact I have just txt her to say Thankyou, and that I am still on cloud 9.She is a good wife, and I know she loves my son dearly. She does have a moan about him, which I think is quite normal, and I have a moan back, I never take his side all the time. I tell her she is my favourite DIL, even tho she is my ONLY DIL, and hope that makes her feel special. I tell her I love her, and respect her. I even got invited to her Hen weekend in Barcelona with all her friends, we had a whale of a time, and I stood up and said a few words at the dinner, to say what I felt about her. So I hope she knows she's one of the family in my eyes.