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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A while back my wife got into a huge relationship changing fight with her parents and they said very hurtful things to her. She had a wonderful childhood and is very upset about the fight and loss of her old relationship and embracing the new one she will eventually have to have with her parents. I am struggling with how to help her cope with the loss. She cries when she hears songs about father-daughter relationships on the radio and when she looks at our wedding pictures and sees her parents in them because we were all so happy then. What can I tell her? How can I help her?[/quote]

I don't understand it (I "get" that I don't understand it and may be off base) but why can't everyone move on? Especially when you DW had a great childhood? Maybe they said hurtful things, but enough to irretrievably taint the relationship? So many people have terrible childhoods, neglectful/abusive parents...I would have given anything for a "wonderful childhood."

As for what you can tell her...ask her to call her parents. Work it out. I'm sorry if I sound sanctimonious-- I really believe in time, that unless there was childhood abuse that has remained unaddressed, the relationship can be happy. It just takes work. [/quote]

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