Our families arranged our marriage and his mother has very specific ideas about how I should run our household, but my mother thinks I'm being too accommodating and losing myself. My husband gets caught between defending me to his mother and asking me to just keep the peace, and we're all walking on eggshells while the tension builds.
More people experience this than they realize.
When extended family members have competing visions for how a marriage should function, the couple must learn to create their own boundaries while honoring their cultural context.
“Where Are You with Arranged Marriage and Family-Mediated Partnership?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.