044: What to Do With Your Monster-in-Law

The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

Laura Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Does it feel like the only thing wrong with your marriage is your mother-in-law? Whether she tries to tell you how to do everything or it seems like she downright hates you, having a tense relationship with your MIL can put a strain on your marriage. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast we're talking about what to do with your monster-in-law.

My guest Tiffany felt trapped in her second marriage as there was constant tension between her daughter and her husband. She started to give up hope that they would ever become a happy family, but after starting some new practices, she saw things shift for the better. Today she's going to share with us how her marriage went from tense to soft and loving.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast where it's all about fixing your relationship
0:14.4	without your man's conscious efforts that you feel desired and
0:17.8	taken care of and special even if your relationship feels completely hopeless.
0:22.8	I'm Laura Doyle, and today I'm sharing what to do with your monster in the law.
0:28.0	When my guest Tiffany remarried after a divorce,
0:31.2	she felt trapped between her young daughter and her husband who just could not get along.
0:36.4	She also couldn't understand why her husband would ask her opinion and then thicker with her when she gave it to him.
0:42.4	She started to feel hopeless that this was ever going to be a half. and then bigger with her when she gave it to him.
0:42.6	She started to feel hopeless that this was ever going to be a happy family.
0:46.3	But she made some discoveries and started some new practices, and today her husband is soft and
0:51.3	tender with a strong desire to please her.
0:54.0	She's going to tell us how she did that.
0:56.5	And then I'll be giving out the worst relationship advice of the Week Award, which is a doozy.
1:01.5	All that's coming up, but first let's talk about what to do with your
1:05.1	monster-in-law and how to get her to behave and give you the kind of help you want.
1:10.3	Mother-in-laws can be pushy. Yours may think she knows better than you how to make a
1:16.3	cup of tea, how to burp the baby, how to get the spot off the carpet, but it's your
1:21.4	beverage, it's your baby, and your carpet.
1:24.0	And nobody wants to be told how to do things.
1:27.0	Sometimes it goes even further and you get the impression
1:30.0	that she just doesn't like you at all.
1:33.4	In fact, you get the feeling she's rooting for you to fail.
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