He Was A Perfect Arranged Match Till I Tried To Kiss Him…
Her arranged marriage would have turned into a disaster had she not found out the truth about the man
Her arranged marriage would have turned into a disaster had she not found out the truth about the man
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?
How to set boundaries with in-laws? Here are some tips and examples of boundaries with in-laws to help you get started.
Here’s what you can do if you are stuck between your wife and mother in a joint family
I am married and live in Bangalore with my husband. Initially, I used to stay with my husband and in-laws in my hometown. We both used to work for the same organization. We met in our company and got married last year, after a year of courtship. My in-laws are financially dependent on my husband. …
My Toxic In-Laws Won’t Let Go Even After We Have Shifted Cities Read More »
“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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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 …
Relationship with In-Laws: I was Scared of My Father-In-Law because… Read More »
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 …
My mother keeps complaining about her daughter-in-law for no good reason Read More »
There are a number of reasons for which an Indian mom-in-law keeps controlling her son after his marriage
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 …
Why I became happier when I stopped trying to please my in-laws Read More »