Strangely this very word “in-laws” has mixed reactions and most of the time the reactions are negative. The moment you say “in-laws” an image of an overbearing, interfering, at times rude and at times obsessive, an old couple comes to your mind.
There is no doubt that there are plenty of stories on how in-laws, especially the mother-in-law can make a marriage toxic and even if the couple moves out of the house and shifts to another city the demands continue. There are instances of how moms-in-law wrecked marriages and there are confession stories where mothers-in-law accompanied a couple everywhere they went.
To make sure all of this doesn’t take a toll on your marital bond, it’s imperative to handle a passive-aggressive mother-in-law tactfully. We are here to help you identify the signs of a manipulative mother-in-law and fix the gaps for a peaceful co-existence
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She wanted to get her boyfriend’s mom to like her, so these were some of the steps she followed.
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If a woman chooses to have her own home and not crib for the rest of her life for she has to live with her in-laws, is she being selfish?
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The in-laws agreed to an inter-case marriage but they wouldn’t accept that the groom was younger to the bride by just 15 days
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Do you know that cliché about how marrying someone means marrying their family? When you’re an Indian woman, that cliché is your life. Your in-laws are just as much a part of your marriage as you are – maybe even more so. Indian women have had to include their in-laws in their marriages for many generations. How has this impacted them?
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Here’s what you can do if you are stuck between your wife and mother in a joint family
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If you ask women to talk about the biggest problem in their life most would say, in-laws. Whether they are living together or living apart, in-law trouble is what most married women have to deal with. Some would also elucidate that the interference of the husband’s extended family creates issues in their life but I
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“He might be your husband but he is my son first” – The tagline of every typical poisonous mother-in-law ever. How many times has your mother-in-law treated your husband like her own personal “property” and made you feel like an outsider? If you can’t count the number of times on your fingers, chances are, you
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An interfaith marriage is still met with a lot of resistance in Indian society. Obviously, the biggest reason why arranged marriages are successful in India is religious and caste compatibility. The families meet only when the bride and the groom are of the same religion and caste. There are certain boxes that have to be
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If Mogambo and Gabbar Singh were real life people, even they would be scared of my father-in-law. I didn’t know the meaning of the word Soceraphobia till I met him. I didn’t know it meant fear of in-laws. Neither did I know that in-laws could cause anxiety till I met my fiance’s father. (As told
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