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[quote=Anonymous]I speak from experience in this kind of intercultural family, and you must be yourself and do your normal activities when the in-laws are there. Do not change your everyday routines. You are never going to be Indian, and the sooner they accept that how you do things is fine, if different, and that their beloved son and grandkids are doing well and are happy, the better. And don't discount the possibility that both your husband and they assume they will live with you some day. Your real work is with your husband. Culturally influenced assumptions run so deep that we're often not aware of how much we assume. Even if you tell him and he can observe intellectually that it will be very difficult for his parents to live with you, in his heart he feels its his duty as a good son and he truly wants his parents there. There's a reason families push to marry within their culture. You and he have to find a way to understand what compromises each of you can handle to bridge the cultures, and learn to work together as a united front. [/quote]

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