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Facing Tension Between Your Parents and Your Spouse

Family Issues: Should You Choose Your Family or Your Relationship?

written by Laura Dabney, M.D. July 2, 2020
Facing Tension Between Your Parents and Your Spouse

Dr. Laura Dabney, M.D., explains how tension can build up between one’s parents and their spouse and offers solutions for moving forward. 

Let me start with a story about a good guy trying to do right by the people he loved… “Tony” came from a great family and was happily married. Tony loved his parents and his siblings; he loved his wife and his kids. He was a lucky guy. So it drove him nuts that whenever he and his wife spent time with his family, they ended up fighting the entire drive home — she didn’t like their comments about the kids or the gifts they gave or the unhealthy food. Whatever happened during the visit, his wife would find a way to be unhappy about it. Tony felt the pressure of what felt like family issues.

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