Marriage is a cool situation, because it's a decision that two people make to give each other their families. They, their immediate and extended family all become one big family. How cool is that??
Well, it can be cool, unless you don't get along with them. This is such an important step. Building a strong relationship (for us women) with our mother-in-law is crucial. She has the ability to tell us things about our husbands that we probably wouldn't know for years.
Well, it can be cool, unless you don't get along with them. This is such an important step. Building a strong relationship (for us women) with our mother-in-law is crucial. She has the ability to tell us things about our husbands that we probably wouldn't know for years.
If you are an engaged couple, I would strongly suggest having a sit down conversation with your fiance's mother. The stories she tells you about how she parented him, taught him, disciplined him, and helped him will teach you so much about your future spouse. Not only about the habits he may have in the future, but the childhood and leadership he had within the home.
When I met my fiance's family, his mother told me so many things I hadn't known previously. The only way she could cure his migraines, the ways she got him to listen to her, and do what she said, etc. Man was that enlightening! I never knew the importance of being in a close relationship with my in-laws.
“Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God” (Ruth 1:16).
I love that this quote from the scriptures says "thy people shall be my people." It is important that we put aside any differences with the other family or parents, and love them. Love them because you love your husband or wife. They are their people, and they want you to love them as much as they do.
As you experience this transition and gain so many extra siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins, etc. you will come to know of the true joy the family is.
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