In-Laws – Stress or Blessing
Marriage is often seen as the fulfillment of a wonderful dream when your only thought is that you will be together with that special person day after day. How little one is aware that with that special person comes a whole web of family relationships, parents in-law and any number of sisters and brothers in-law. Some will be a blessing and others will bring stress into your life. In-laws can be a spring of refreshing water or a thorn in the flesh. So one asks the question where does the responsibility lie? Who has to make the adjustment? Even though you may have many things in common with your new spouse, the two parent families you come from are different. These differences include: at home feelings, ways of showing love, resolving conflicts, values, philosophy of life, views on parenting and ways of doing family, just to name a few. As you cross the threshold of your new home according to whose values and philosophy will you pattern your new life? Most of the tim