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[quote=Anonymous]New Poster here: my DH and I both came from very dysfunctional families, so we waited a long, long time to get married (maybe too long) because we did think that our family relationships -- to us and each other -- would worsen.  They did in fact get worse, and raising kids while keeping a healthy distance from both toxic families has been a challenge.

However, ILs can only cause so much hurt to a solid relationship. Every once in a while -- especially at this time of year -- the couple has to give the ILs a good solid push back. This is especially true of unhappily single siblings who hold on to childish sibling rivalries and parents who favored those now grown dysfunctional adult children.

My point is that couples who walk into this situation with eyes wide open face a lifetime together of pushing back passive aggressive parents and siblings, but since we have to do that anyway, that's no reason not to marry.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from a DW who sometimes feels like she's been married forever! (ILs often make you that way at Chrismas.)[/quote]

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