Resolve In-Law Issues Together

Managing in-law conflicts together strengthens the partnership, ensuring that both partners feel supported and that family relationships are kept healthy.

10 Tips for Dealing with In-Laws in a Healthy Manner

10 Tips for Dealing with In-Laws in a Healthy Manner

Imagine you’re excitedly planning your first family holiday as a couple, only to discover that your parents-in-law have already made …
Owen Kessler

By Owen Kessler

Marriage Therapy| 8  min read

10 Healthy Tips on How to Be a Good Mother-in-Law

10 Healthy Tips on How to Be a Good Mother-in-Law

When the term “mother-in-law” is mentioned, it often conjures images of nosy relatives, household disputes, and comedic stand-up routines.  Popular …
Owen Kessler

By Owen Kessler

Marriage Therapy| 5  min read

19 Loving Poems for Your Mother-in-Law

19 Loving Poems for Your Mother-in-Law

She didn’t give you life, but she’s given you love… Right?  The way she beams at family dinners, slips you …
Owen Kessler

By Owen Kessler

Marriage Therapy| 11  min read

11 Effective Ways to Bond With Your Mother-in-Law

11 Effective Ways to Bond With Your Mother-in-Law

Building a strong bond with your mother-in-law is a difficult yet precious gift that can enrich your life in countless …
Sylvia Smith

By Sylvia Smith

Relationships advice, Pre-marriage and general| 5  min read

25 Healthy Boundaries to Set With Your Mother-in-Law

25 Healthy Boundaries to Set With Your Mother-in-Law

The words “mother-in-law” can conjure up so much emotion and stress. Many influences are at play ranging from generational and …
Anne Duvaux

By Anne Duvaux

Coach| 12  min read

17 Clear Signs of Toxic in-Laws and Ways to Deal With Them

17 Clear Signs of Toxic in-Laws and Ways to Deal With Them

Managing relationships with in-laws can be tricky, especially when they start to feel more like toxic in-laws. You might be …
Rachael Pace

Approved By Jennifer Jacobsen Schulz

Licensed Clinical Social Worker| 14  min read

15 Tips for Setting Boundaries With Your in-Laws

15 Tips for Setting Boundaries With Your in-Laws

Relationships, irrespective of their type, can have their fair share of disagreements, arguments, and problems. This does not mean that …
Sylvia Smith

Approved By Mert Şeker

Psychologist| 10  min read

21 Key Signs of a Toxic Mother-in-Law

21 Key Signs of a Toxic Mother-in-Law

A toxic mother-in-law doesn’t necessarily hold a grudge towards you that is based on facts. They often don’t really allow …
Rachael Pace

Approved By Anne Duvaux

Coach| 16  min read

Thriving and Living With in-Laws- 10 Tips

Thriving and Living With in-Laws- 10 Tips

If living with in-laws is something that you and your spouse have been considering and it’s a definite possibility in …
Rachael Pace

Approved By Maggie Martinez

Licensed Clinical Social Worker| 7  min read

How to Talk to Your Mother-In-Law: 6 Possible Topics

How to Talk to Your Mother-In-Law: 6 Possible Topics

Learning how to talk to your mother-in-law is something a soon-to-be significant other needs to cultivate to have an amicable …
Marriage.com Editorial Team

Approved By Maggie Martinez

Licensed Clinical Social Worker| 8  min read

17 Signs of a Jealous Mother-in-Law and How to Deal With Her

17 Signs of a Jealous Mother-in-Law and How to Deal With Her

Have you ever found yourself wondering: Why does my mother-in-law hate me? Or thinking, ‘I can’t stand my mother-in-law!’ If …
Sylvia Smith

Approved By Christiana Njoku

Licensed Professional Counselor| 12  min read

20 Ways To Deal With A Manipulative Mother-In-Law

20 Ways To Deal With A Manipulative Mother-In-Law

When you find a person you want to marry, you marry into a new family. If you are lucky, they …
Milica Markovic

By Milica Markovic

Psychologist Coach MA| 10  min read

How to Manage Your Relationship With in-Laws and Extended Family

How to Manage Your Relationship With in-Laws and Extended Family

Beginning a relationship can seem so blissful. Then you come to realize that this is the person you want to …
Lorena Magallanes, Marriage & Family Therapist San Dimas, CA

By Lorena Magallanes

Marriage & Family Therapist| 3  min read

What Entails in Dealing with a Narcissistic Mother in Law

What Entails in Dealing with a Narcissistic Mother in Law

Most of the time, when you marry someone, you marry their entire family. The parents of the bride are especially …
Rachael Pace

By Rachael Pace

Mental health, Parenting| 5  min read

4 Lessons on How to Get Along with In-Laws

4 Lessons on How to Get Along with In-Laws

When you marry someone, they legally become family. It follows that their family is now yours and vise-versa. It’s part …
Rachael Pace

By Rachael Pace

Mental health, Parenting| 5  min read