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Asking Eric: My Bully MIL Treats Me Badly, and My Husband Always Defends Her
The wife's repeated bullying by her mother-in-law and her husband's denial of her experience strain their nearly 35-year marriage despite counseling efforts.
- After almost 35 years together, the letter writer says her marriage is a three-person dynamic dominated by his mother and that her husband consistently defends his mother despite her experience.
- The wife reports the mother has bullied her repeatedly, screamed at her, expects automatic compliance, and reacts fiercely to boundaries, warning, 'if you tell her no, you will be unleashed on with such fury.'
- Inside the household, the mother speaks 95 percent of the time, while the husband tells the wife she is the problem and urges acceptance of the mother's virtue.
- Counselors recommend that the husband’s respect for the wife be 'made non-negotiable' in counseling, while an adviser suggests the wife may need to distance herself from the mother-in-law.
- Family roles complicate separation since the husband remains a caring stepdad and grandfather, and counselors urge him to address his role without defending his mother.
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Asking Eric: My mother-in-law is a bully, but my husband thinks she can do no wrong
Dear Eric: I have been with my husband for almost 35 years. We both had been married and divorced once. But there have been three of us in this marriage: my husband, myself and his mother.She has always treated me poorly and he always defends her.
·Harrisburg, United States
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Asking Eric: My mother-in-law has always treated me poorly and my husband always defends her
DEAR ERIC: I have been with my husband for almost 35 years. We both had been married and divorced once. But there have been three of us in this marriage: my husband, myself and his mother.
·New Jersey, United States
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Total News Sources27
Leaning Left7Leaning Right0Center19Last UpdatedBias Distribution73% Center
Bias Distribution
- 73% of the sources are Center
73% Center
L 27%
C 73%
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