Dads, hug your in-laws

You might disagree with them about politics and religion. You might have a list of things you’d rather do than spend time with them. But one day they are going to die, and you might be completely blindsided by how emotionally devastating it will be for you.

If there’s anything decent or admirable about them, or if they ever did or said anything that meant something to you – in addition to raising your SO, if they love your kids and your kids love them, if they ever struck up a conversation about a topic just because they knew you were interested in it, or if they ever shared something with you that they were interested in, or if they ever took a moment to tell you that you were doing a good job… you might realize too late that they really were a parent to you, and that you never got to tell them what they meant to you.