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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 690547" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>I think you are spot on. Of course it takes two. Even the strongest child/parent relationship can be damaged if the will of the SO is strong enough. There are many dynamics at play that must be considered. A person that works to alienate someone from their own family is very manipulative and as a parent of a very manipulative son, I know how easy it can be to be conned.</p><p></p><p>In my own situation, I really do not care for my mother-in-law or for my father-in-law when he was living. They are very demanding people, very noisy and very biased and judgmental. If they were not my husbands parents I would not have them in my life. I knew they were like this when I married my husband and I knew they were part of the package. I suppose if I were the type, I could have manipulated my husband away from them but as I said, I knew they were part of the package and I accepted that. We go over to visit my mother-in-law every Sunday after church. Some days it takes all the strength I have to deal with her but I do because she is my husbands mother and he loves her. While I don't really care for the woman I do respect her position in the family.</p><p></p><p>When we marry someone we also marry their family, good, bad or ugly <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 690547, member: 18516"] I think you are spot on. Of course it takes two. Even the strongest child/parent relationship can be damaged if the will of the SO is strong enough. There are many dynamics at play that must be considered. A person that works to alienate someone from their own family is very manipulative and as a parent of a very manipulative son, I know how easy it can be to be conned. In my own situation, I really do not care for my mother-in-law or for my father-in-law when he was living. They are very demanding people, very noisy and very biased and judgmental. If they were not my husbands parents I would not have them in my life. I knew they were like this when I married my husband and I knew they were part of the package. I suppose if I were the type, I could have manipulated my husband away from them but as I said, I knew they were part of the package and I accepted that. We go over to visit my mother-in-law every Sunday after church. Some days it takes all the strength I have to deal with her but I do because she is my husbands mother and he loves her. While I don't really care for the woman I do respect her position in the family. When we marry someone we also marry their family, good, bad or ugly :p [/QUOTE]
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