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16 Helpful Tips and Advice for Living With Your In-Laws (Respect, Boundaries,…)

Intergenerational living isn’t uncommon in this day and age. More couples are realizing the value of living with their in-laws. Couples who move in with their in-laws can save money, develop better interpersonal relationships with family members, and benefit from extra childcare always on hand. But while the benefits abound, the potential for negatives to […]

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14 Ways Living With the In-Laws Can Affect Your Marriage (the good, the bad,…)

When you live with the in-laws, you have to take ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’. There’s no telling how comfortable or uncomfortable the situation will be until you put yourself right in the middle of it. That’s a rather scary and sobering thought, isn’t it? That doesn’t mean that you have to go

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People Who Choose Not to Have Kids: 14 Misconceptions & Myths 

People have their own ideas about couples who choose not to have kids. Sit down with a table of friends and mention that you have no inclination to have children and just listen to the slew of common misconceptions that come to light. But that’s what they are, aren’t they? Misconceptions.  Just because you don’t want

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14 Common Examples of Sibling Rivalry (in Different Stages of Life)

Sibling rivalry is a phenomenon most siblings have first-hand experience with. Most children experience rivalry with their siblings at some point in their lives. For many, it is a short-lived or temporary thing that passes as both siblings get older. For some, this isn’t the case, and the rivalry lives on well into their adult

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18 Benefits/Advantages of Having an Older Sibling (Experience, Advice,…)

You might think that having an older sibling is just the worst, but in reality, it can be the best thing in your life. Siblings aren’t spies or enemies or people to be avoided and feared. Instead, think of your sibling as someone who is cut from the same cloth as you; they are your tribe. If

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16 Effective Ways to Deal with Disrespectful / Rude In-Laws

If your dreams of a fairytale ending complete with the perfect in-law relationships have been dashed, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Thousands of couples have found themselves in the very same difficult situation: the in-laws don’t particularly like them and behave somewhat disrespectfully towards them. Now what? What exactly can you do to rectify the

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