Managing the In-Laws

The Marriage Fit Podcast

In this episode, hosts Alan and Susan, fresh off an Easter dinner with family, discuss the many challenges and pitfalls in managing in-laws. Pulling on their past experiences, including past relationships, they discuss a lot of lessons learned. The biggest one they learned is setting clear boundaries and sticking together. It's easy to say, but sometimes harder to implement. Communication is also a big component in avoiding, or at least minimizing, tension. Also, they both agreed to keep a sense of humor. It's very easy to make erroneous assumptions about the traditions or habits of the in-laws. Throughout, both Alan and Susan remind themselves, at some point, THEY will be the "in-laws." While trying to understand better ways of dealing with their own in-laws, they want to be open to communication with any future son or daughter-in-laws. At the end, Alan shifted to a new conversation starter question: If you could have lunch with anyone, living or dead, who would it be and why?