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So, you found that special someone and the time has come to meet the family.

Tell me, is there anything more nerve-wracking than meeting your partner's parents for the first time?

Is there any tie more delicate or complex than a relationship with your in-laws?

According to a lot of you, the answer is no.

I put out a call for personal stories and preparation for this piece.

And of all the episodes I've done for LifeKit,

of all the squishy, uncomfortable subjects I've covered from diet culture to money anxiety to end of life planning,

it's this topic that people just did not want to talk about on the record.

I get it.

The forced intimacy of these singular relationships is a rich breeding ground for potential awkwardness

and misunderstanding and discomfort.

The pitfall for in-law relationships is that you are coming in way late into the movie and you have to catch up.

And you're also in your own movie.

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