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.
I don’t want marriage if it means marrying an entire family A few days ago I was talking to this young lady of 21, who was vehemently opposed to the idea of getting married. She was okay with having a partner, children even, but not marriage. “If I get married, my entire life would be […]
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How my mother always complained about my sister-in-law from the beginning When I got married, I enjoyed a very happy life with my husband. I was fortunate to share a wonderful relationship with my in-laws which is continuing to this day. But when my brother got married, all I heard was complaints about my sister-in-law. I
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The very word ‘in-laws’ will most probably put a lump in your throat that you won’t know whether to gulp down or spit out. And me, I’m special, because where most have one, I have three sets of mothers and fathers-in-law. First, the biological set of parents. Then the older uncle and aunt and finally
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(As told to Team Bonobology) (Names changed to protect identities) I wasn’t used to doing housework I was born and brought up in Delhi in a joint family. We are a well-to-do family and the daughters of the house never did household chores. I had never stepped into a kitchen other than just to direct
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Revelations after marriage Arranged marriage is not the marriage ‘made in heaven’, nor is it a beautiful union of two souls and families belonging to the same caste, culture, social status, etc. etc. Basically, it is a marriage between the groom’s job and what the bride’s family can afford. And then with great pomp and
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A jealous mother-in-law can be like a wounded lioness if she is hurt or upset with you, even if for no fault of yours. She can turn vindictive and difficult. We get stories almost every day of women dealing with the travails of a jealous mother-in-law not knowing what to do. Their irrational behaviour and
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Blame it on the patriarchy and its weird mindset, that all comes as a part of a package deal, we still consider a centuries-old custom as a sacrosanct rule for the 21st century. Living with the in-laws under the same roof and playing the role of daughter-in-law, wife, and mother every day is a lot
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