Don’t Expect To Deal With Your Mother In Law With The Brain Of An Ape!
Do you know that when your MIL says one of her toxic lines that sets you ballistic (”Why don’t you….., You can’t do anything right.” “I still can’t figure out why ___ (your husband) married you and not ___ (his first girlfriend). She was such a nice girl!” etc. etc. etc. that, if you don’t catch yourself, your brain looks like the brain of an ape!
Let me explain. Read more
Does Your Mother In Law Make You Tense? The First Step To Fix This Up Is…
Relationships with mothers in law can be real mean and nasty. To fix it up might take a lot of work but for your own sake, the sake of your spouse (it is their mother) and for the sake of your children it is surely worth the effort.
But don’t just jump in and try to fix things up. Before you begin to deal with your relationship with your mother in law you have to first work out in your mind, as clearly as possible what is your goal. What is it that you really want the relationship to be? Your desired outcome will determine the way to deal with the situation. Read more
7 Ways Your Mother In Law Can Help You
Yes, you saw right! It is possible, and it’s also great for your marriage!
As everyone know, mothers in law have been the butt of countless jokes and one-liners over the years, probably for as long as marriage has been in existence. In fact, the often tumultuous relationship between men and women and their mothers in law is cited as one of the number one reasons for problems within a marriage, even more so between women and their husband’s mothers.
However it doesn’t have to be like that, there is a lot that you and your whole family can gain by staying close to your mother in law. Read more
5 Ways To Manage Your Intrusive Mother In Law
This is a part of a recent email I received.
My MIL is a major trouble area. My DH(husband) and I stay withher and she is a widow…She interferes in each and everything we do…She wants to know everything…She poses herself on us on everything…If I give my DH something to eat she will interfere and ask himnot to have that…She creates lot of problems between both of us. When she is out of town which happens twice in the last two years we never have fightsand no unnecessary arguments… She never gives space to us, tries that both of us do not go out alone, never lets us talkfreely. I have major stress and gettingthoughts abt getting separated .. but its not easy I know I cannot livewithout him… I even felt of running away from this life .. but .. I dont feel like going back home after work…Pls help me solving these problems and simplify my life, I am a working women and coz of all these tensions I am not evenable to focus on my work.
Pretty sad. Read more
How to Make It Through Holiday Meals With Your Toxic In Laws
A few weeks ago I wrote how if you have a “lemon” of a MIL then make “lemonade”.
Well, this weekend I had to practice what I preach.
Here is how my weekend went:
My wife went on a trip with the school where she works, and took my three youngest children with. This trip was planned a few months ago and from the time that I first heard of it I was looking forward to a quiet weekend when I would have time by myself to collect my thoughts and reconnect with myself. Read more
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