Do your in-laws critique your parenting? Does your spouse defend you? How do you tell in-laws to back off with the parenting advice?
Almost two years ago, my husband and I had our first child. It was a difficult pregnancy and a traumatic birth, followed by a surprise spine surgery for my partner, and—just six months later—a broken ...
Alan thought a pricey beach house getaway would finally help him bond with his fiancée’s parents. Instead, one late-night ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My partner and I lived abroad for 12 years and have recently moved back to his hometown. He has a job, I am working as a temp, and we are struggling to find housing, so we have been ...
Dear Annie: My husband works in the family business alongside his father, his brother-in-law, and sometimes his brother and cousin. He is a generous, hardworking man who would give the shirt off his ...
​Here’s a reasonable compromise: Tell your in-laws about your concerns and ask them to bring a dog crate. If the dog gets too aggressive and begins terrorizing Bree, put it in the crate part of the ...
Dear Eric: My husband’s parents are divorced. In the last year or so (after being married to their son for nine years) my in-laws have started communicating with me instead of my husband to make plans ...
The woman claimed her in-laws keep doing everything she and her husband ask them not to do, like letting their son watch YouTube and buying him unnecessary toys Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer ...
In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone whose stepson and daughter-in-law refuse to speak to them after a comment made at a family party.