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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quick similar story from my European side. Cousin married. wife came to live with him and his family, as is the case in my country. My uncle was a nice guy, who was the pater familius and it was his way, his way, his house. Aunt loved him, and all was his way. Often at her own detriment. Within a month we heard that wife was mentally ill. And maybe she was, she wanted things her way... Then my cousin tells me that she will learn to listen no matter how he treats her, he is the MAN! LOL. I tried to tell him, hey, how would you feel is someone treated me like that? That was different, he adores me, I am his big sis like cousin. They are still married, have 3 kids, one is 18. Guess what? She did go and make life hell for all of them. She is now certifiably crazy, maybe she always was. Or maybe she said, they treat me like I am crazy, so let me show them crazy.[/quote]

Sorry about your cousin’s family, but how is this similar to my own situation? My brother does not live with my parents; they are in the same city (3-4 million people live there). Our country is more machista than the typical American family, but that is not the case in our family. Women are mostly in charge. My mom was a big executive and worked longer hours than my dad. My dad was at home with us more, cooked and cleaned. My brother works a little more than SIL, but cooks, pays bills, does laundry, etc. The men in our family are amazing, caring and thoughtful (my husband is not very thoughtful, but my brother really is). When my brother told me not to contact his wife and to not write on our family chat (they used to be part of it at the time) when their daughter was at the hospital, it was because he was worried about his wife. She was stressed out and probably said that she wanted to focus on her baby... so my brother wrote to my parents and I to not contact SIL... he is super super concerned... he is more of a doormat than a pater familia [/quote]

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