3. Overbearing In-Laws
“When one partner starts going off on another partner’s family, it’s never good. It sparks something in the other partner that—even if they agree, and they themselves have said the same thing—[makes them want to come to the] defense for their family member. Sometimes it’s fine initially, but it’s like a bell that can’t be un-rung. And when the one partner makes up with their family member (which they almost always will) it’ll still be in the air that the other partner said all those nasty things.” —Molly Lizzio, licensed marriage and family therapist
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