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I never heard of inlaws being friends or whatever until I married into my husbands family. My MIL and FIL seem to be tie that binds to completely different families. They are each others best friends, an uncle from MIL family is the best man at an uncle from FIL family. It is strange to me but I think its great that there is that closeness, especially for my son to not have so much separation. At any family gathering he sees both sides of the family. Even a family event that does not directly involve both sides.
My daughter and son-in-law bought a house only a mile from her in-laws. Any time we visit, we always get together with them. I spent most of my Christmas vacation there, and we ended up seeing them almost every day, plus New Year's (my daughter's mother-in-law and I emptied a bottle of wine together). My son-in-law's brother and his wife live close by also, with their two kids, so we usually see them too when we visit. My daughter's father-in-law loves vegetable gardening, like me, and we're going to help my daughter with hers. He's retired, and I have the summer off (because I work for a school district). It's going to be a fun project.
If they like each other and enjoy socializing -- why not? In many cases, they may have been friends or at least on good terms as acquaintances before their kids married, so why not be friends?
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