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How couples handle demanding family members together

My wife and I both love her sister but she's going through a really difficult time and keeps turning to us for support in ways that are starting to strain our marriage, and we don't know how to help her without losing ourselves.

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Two people are struggling to maintain their own relationship while being pulled into someone else's crisis.

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