Your Mother In Law - What You Gain To Be On Her Good Side

Yes, it is possible to get along with your mother-in-law, and it can also great for you, your family and your marriage!

As everyone know, mothers in law have been the butt of countless jokes and one-liners over the years, probably for as long as marriage has been in existence.

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In fact, the often tumultuous relationship between men and women and their mothers in law is cited as one of the number one reasons for problems within a marriage, even more so between women and their husband's mothers.

Here are just some of the many benefits of getting along with your mother in law and how to make the relationship between the two of you a bit better for everyone's sake:

*Remember the Children: Getting along with mothers in law is even more important when there are children involved. Not only are children little sponges that absorb everything they see and hear around them, this woman is also their grandmother and they deserve to have a relationship.

Regardless of your personal feelings toward her, never criticize or speak badly about your mother in law in front of your children, or any other members of the family for that matter.

*Lending a Helping Hand: Speaking of children, your mother in law is also the perfect babysitter, someone to help out when you need an extra hand. After all, she raised your spouse didn't she?

*Financial Assistance. Also, yet another benefit to keeping the relationship between you and your in laws a happy, or at least a civil one, is in your best interest in the event you and your spouse ever need financial assistance.

*A Simple Matter of Respect: After all is said and done, your mother in law does deserve at least some degree of respect, if not for either of your benefit, but for your spouse's.

Try to see things from her point of view, take the initiative to be pleasant and approachable. Even if your efforts go seemingly unnoticed, you'll at least know you're doing the right thing, and that in itself is rewarding and enough to be commended.

Often, just stopping and reminding yourself that your mother in law is a person too, a person with real feelings who has already lived a whole life in another generation before you came into the picture may be enough to put things in perspective.

Allowing the problems with mothers in law, regardless of how insurmountable they may seem, to cause further difficulties in your marriage honestly isn't beneficial to anyone involved, either now, or in the future.

Many times, families simply need someone to step up and take the high road, be the "better person" and do whatever it takes to make an honest effort toward improving their relationships.

Do it and YOU and your whole family will be happier for it.

Your Mother In Law - What You Gain To Be On Her Good Side

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