{"id":32640,"date":"2026-06-24T12:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=32640"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:14:35","slug":"some-good-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/some-good-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Some good advice about being in-laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to start getting along with your in-laws | Sarah Pachter | TEDxSan Diego Studio\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pj2Xwg6L3wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FYI, I hit the mother-in-law jackpot. Also, I love my son-in-law and daughters-in-law and want to keep our relationships happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This talk had some good counsel. Here are a few of my favorite points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mothers-in-law want more connection and daughters-in-law want more space. DILs, the more you include, the less they intrude. MILs, the more you intrude, the more they will want to exclude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treat daughters-in-law and sons-in-law just like your children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mothers-in-law want thanks and daughters-in-law want praise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quit Taking it Personally. (Q-Tip)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treat your mother-in-law the same as you would your mother, including equal time with grandchildren and family gatherings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t intrude in a marriage or offer unsolicited advice about raising children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Respect one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FYI, I hit the mother-in-law jackpot. Also, I love my son-in-law and daughters-in-law and want to keep our relationships happy. This talk had some good counsel. Here are a few of my favorite points: Mothers-in-law want more connection and daughters-in-law want more space. DILs, the more you include, the less they intrude. MILs, the more &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/some-good-advice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Some good advice about being in-laws<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32640"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32664,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32640\/revisions\/32664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}