How To Balance Families And Deal With In-Laws

We Met At Acme

Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On today’s solo episode, we’re talking all about how to blend families and deal with in-laws. I discuss first meeting the parents, when you’re engaged and planning a weddin g, and navigating the family postpartum. AND SO MUCH MORE!

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00:00 Introduction: Handling Awkward Questions

41:57 The Unusual Request

42:07 Reacting to Your Own Mom

42:15 Responding to Your Mother-in-Law

42:21 Offering Alternatives

42:32 Gentle Communication Tips

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:17.8	Hey guys, welcome back to We met at Acme.
0:19.9	Today we are talking all about how to balance families
0:24.0	and deal with in-laws because they have been very highly requested subjects for a long time.
0:31.8	It is a solo episode today. And let's get right into it because we have a lot to talk about. And I have two pages of your specific questions as it relates to your in-laws, your family situations. So I kind of broke it down here. In-laws when you first meet or like families when you first meet, right?
1:00.0	Families during wedding planning and families when you're postpartum after you've had a baby.
1:04.2	So those are three very different situations, right?
1:12.6	And everyone when they first meet each other is on their absolute best behavior because why wouldn't they be,
1:20.7	right? You want them to like you. They want you to like them. And then as time goes on,
1:26.5	it gets more complicated than that. And not for everyone, by the way. Some people are able to navigate their in-laws very easily. Some people have
1:30.5	a great situation. Some people's families blend really well and really nicely. Maybe they actually
1:37.3	started off as family friends. You know, you can get really lucky when it comes to your in-laws and you can get really
1:46.0	unlucky. So let's just get into it. Okay. So the first phase is, you know, obviously the meeting
1:56.4	each other. Let's call it the audition phase. Everyone's on your best behavior. As I mentioned,
2:03.6	realistically, what the in-laws are thinking, what the parents are thinking. So your parents
2:09.6	and your future potential in-laws are thinking, is this person good enough for our kid? And by the way,
2:16.6	just have to mention that I'm planning to have my mother and father-in-law
2:22.5	on the podcast.
2:23.6	So stay tuned for that because I'm very excited.
2:26.4	I think you're really going to love them.
2:28.4	And I think it'll be a great episode.
2:30.2	But I digress.
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