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When family relationships require constant performance

My mother-in-law has never liked me in fifteen years of marriage and family gatherings feel like performing in a play where everyone pretends we get along.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Obligatory family connections can force sustained emotional labor to maintain surface harmony despite underlying tension.

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