Ziemomysl Dubiel
Ziemomysl Dubiel voted up Gillian Smith's answer
My Husband's Mother Is Very Dominating And He's Always Been Under Her Thumb. We've Only Been Married A Few Months But Already, I Can Feel The Presence Of The Problem. This Is Not A Typical Mother-in-law Matter As I Like Her Well Enough As A Person. But I'm Feeling A Bit Caught In The Middle. He Complains To Me All The Time That She Wants Him To Do Things For Her. I Tell Him He Should Be More Honest And Assertive But He Says It's Very Hard After A Lifetime's Pattern Of Just Giving In. When He Does Stand His Ground, I'm Sure She Thinks I'm Responsible For His New Attitude. Maybe Marriage Has Just Given Him The Courage To Stand Up More For Himself But I Feel That He And I Are Just Starting Out And I Don't Want This Cloud Over Our Lives. What Can I Do, If Anything?
Your husband has shown that he can live his own life by the very fact that he married you. This is a good start and you are doing the right thing by not de-crying his mother. It is a very delicate situation and you are right to encourage him to stand up for himself. If … Read more
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Ziemomysl Dubiel voted up Diana Claire's answer
My Husband's Mother Is Very Dominating And He's Always Been Under Her Thumb. We've Only Been Married A Few Months But Already, I Can Feel The Presence Of The Problem. This Is Not A Typical Mother-in-law Matter As I Like Her Well Enough As A Person. But I'm Feeling A Bit Caught In The Middle. He Complains To Me All The Time That She Wants Him To Do Things For Her. I Tell Him He Should Be More Honest And Assertive But He Says It's Very Hard After A Lifetime's Pattern Of Just Giving In. When He Does Stand His Ground, I'm Sure She Thinks I'm Responsible For His New Attitude. Maybe Marriage Has Just Given Him The Courage To Stand Up More For Himself But I Feel That He And I Are Just Starting Out And I Don't Want This Cloud Over Our Lives. What Can I Do, If Anything?

LISTEN!  I have been married for close to 27 years and I have had a HORRIBLE mother in law!  Here is what you need to know:  The patterns you establish now are the patterns you will have to live with for the remainder of your married life with your husband.  I let my witch of … Read more

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Ziemomysl Dubiel voted up Laura Stephenson's answer
Is Older Girl Dating A Younger Guy Okay Or Not ?
I feel it is ok because I am dating a thirteen year old and he is getting ready to turn fourteen. I am sixteen and I feel you all don't have it right because if you love somebody you can't control that. And if he loves you back you two are a good couple and … Read more