monsters-in-law

Philippines
October 11, 2007 10:46am CST
Do you consider family as a hindrance to a relationship?I do because my family (mother's side) keeps on meddling with relationships especially boyfriend and girlfriend/husband and wife/friends.They even tried to break me and my guy apart and even my uncles and their wives.Do you think what they're doing is right?I think this is already too much.Do you have experiences like this.Please share em.
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@noriko (1254)
8 Nov 07
oh yes i do. my hubby's side doesnt approve on us. but we are old enough to do what we want to do. my husband dont care he was 27 back then. its been 7 years now and they still dont like me but there is nothing they can do now.
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
18 Oct 07
Well, there are some who have been lucky to have good in laws. But I guess I am not good in having that. My ex husbandd, well his mother is really unexplainable. Because she always think taht I am not good enough for his son. And she even tolerating all of her sons doing whether its right or wrong. I am happy for those who are lucky.
@gwendovere (1279)
• United States
11 Oct 07
Ironically, My side of the family is the problem. My hubby's family members are all nice to us & care about us - but they live a couple of hours away. My family members are always trying to get information out of us so they can gossip about us. Which figures, I guess. They abused me when I was a kid, so they're trying to carry on the abuse into my adulthood.
@Margajoe (4747)
• Germany
11 Oct 07
Yes, when I was married. 15 years ago. My in-laws thought I could change there son. At that time so did I. But, I learned you cannot change anyone if they themselfs don´t want to change. So after the first 5 years the in-laws started saying we were not meant for each other anymore. Yes, in my case they were right, but instead of helping us get our marrage back together, they helped us grow apart even more then we already had. I believe this happens alot, why? Because these kind of in-laws that have nothing to do the whole day, love to play meddlers. This way they don´t have to think about why they are wasting away there own lives. They just use all there energy to meddel in yours. Biggest problem is, they mean well. That makes it hard. When what they should be doing, is enjoying there own lives. Going out, taking walks, going to clubs, taking a holiday, going to the restauant ect. When these people are happy, they don´t have time to be meddlers anymore. Take care.