Asian family, my parents have told me once and finally they dont want to mix with my wife’s family and vice versa. They are happy seeing me and my wife and us coming over etc but they don’t basically want anything to do with my wife’s family. They’ve not given any reason at all and I’m not sure how to approach the subject with my wife ? My wife’s had an up and down relationship with my family since we got married, and only just the last few weeks starting rebuilding it with my family by going over to my parents house etc and having a nice time. My parents then asked me and my wife to come over and my wife wanted her mum (who is a single mother) to be there as well. My mum said yes in front of us when I asked her, but my dad rang me the next day to say they don’t want to see her family as they have no interest in mixing. Again no reason was given. What should I do? And how do I explain to my wife? I’m worried as mentioned, my wife only just started rebuilding the relationship with my family recently after a difficult couple of years of hardly seeing them.
My dad also mentioned the fact they don’t mix with my brother’s wife’s family either (my brother’s wife is white) and only speak and see him and his wife.
I know my wife is going to find this difficult to handle as she said before she always envisaged a marriage where the families mixed. How do I explain to her ?