i can't speak about the in-law perspective but i know a lot of my friends don't not like my dad persay but i know many of them are scared of him. i couldn't imagine being scared. all you have to do is look at pictures rachel has on her phone. *>wink<*. i know that any boy i date will definetely be scared of my dad. i hope not though. i am pretty close to both of my partents. i hope i can be like that with a my guy's parents. i practice all the time and is it bad when some people i like their paretns much better? i hope not.