Relationships with our partner’s parents do not always go the way we want. Of course, many people have fantastic and understanding in-laws. However, sometimes it happens that it is quite the opposite. The same is true for daughter-in-law and son-in-law. The truth is that everyone is different and it looks completely different in every family.
What relationships do Poles have with their mothers-in-law? Survey results
How often individuals have contact with their in-laws depends on many factors. The relations between them are very important in this context, but sometimes it is simply the distance of places of residence that determines. In still other cases, a married couple with children decides to live with their in-laws under one roof. Or, for example, grandparents live nearby and actively participate in their grandchildren’s lives and help take care of them.
In the article in which we described the clash between the daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law, we included a poll. Anyone who wanted could take part. The question was: “What is the recipe for a successful relationship with your mother-in-law?” There were four different answers, but over 40 percent respondents noted that the best solution is to “live far from each other and rarely see each other.” This answer has been selected 3348 times.
What is the recipe for a successful relationship with your mother-in-law?/survey results Woman.gazeta.pl
33 percent Internet users agreed that “there is no single rule and everything depends on the person” (2,744 votes). In turn, 21 percent survey participants said that the golden mean is to “respect your boundaries and talk honestly” – 1,800 votes were cast for this answer. However, 5 percent of users agreed that you should open up to your mother-in-law, “forgive certain things and not hold grudges for stupid things” (424 votes). Only 1 percent voters said that they had never thought about it (105 votes).
How to address your mother-in-law? “God forbid ‘mother'”
Another puzzling issue may be how to address your mother-in-law. Some time ago, our reporter asked passers-by about it. The answers varied greatly. – Some people call their in-laws “mom” or “dad”, but it seems to me that people from my generation often call them by their first names – said one of the interlocutors. – It depends on the father-in-law and mother-in-law (…) If they want it, then by name, and if not, then by name. But I wouldn’t say father/mother, added another resident of Warsaw.
The next passer-by said that it was best to use the phrase. “father-in-law” or “mother-in-law”. When asked if he would call his in-laws “mom” or “daddy”, he firmly denied it.
God forbid. There is only one mother. Fogg sang
– he announced.
Source: Gazeta
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