How To Improve Your Relationship With Your In-Laws

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Understand each other in a new setting

Your in-laws may typically only see you at family gatherings, which can make it hard for them to get to know you as an individual. But seeing you outside of those settings can help the relationship according to Dumaz. “We can get to know our in-laws and have them get to know us as individuals, not just in the larger family setting. They should know me through my voice, not just what my significant other told them about me. And I want to know them through their voice, and not just what my spouse has shared with me.” If it’s hard to get alone time, you can find some at family events. “Go to the person who is always in the kitchen or at the grill and ask if you can be of help,” she says. “If you feel you have nothing to talk about, have some conversational starters. I would encourage it to be something neutral — not politics or something happening in the news.”

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