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When in-laws compare you to your partner's ex

I remarried last year and my new mother-in-law constantly compares me to my husband's first wife and tells me how much better she was at cooking and decorating.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being measured against a predecessor creates a competition with a ghost that cannot be won.

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