“‘Aman, a second child would solve all your current marital problems. Don’t waste your time at night. Keep trying and if Swaroop doesn’t conceive, then you should consult a gynaecologist for solutions.’ This was the last blow in our marital life. I walked off from the dining table that day and I told my wife […]
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Her arranged marriage would have turned into a disaster had she not found out the truth about the man
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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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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.
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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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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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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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There are a number of reasons for which an Indian mom-in-law keeps controlling her son after his marriage
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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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