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Assignments:
- Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
- Assignment 2 - Are You Being Yourself Around Your In-Laws?
- Assignment 3: Choose Your Battles Carefully
DIL Dilemmas:
DIL Rules for Being Yourself:
- Rule #4 - Be at peace with yourself
- Rule #6 Get Your Priorities in Order
- Rule #11 - Renew Your Intention - You Reward is with God
- Rule #13 - Rise & Be the Better Person
- Rule #15 - Flourish within your Limitations
- Rule #17 - In the Face of Bad Energy, Send Back Good Vibes
- Rule #18 - Be the Best Person You Can
- Rule #19 - Do the Right Thing, and Dispel Negative Energy
- Rule #28 - It's OK to Make Mistakes!
- Rule #30 Dont Change When They Are Around
- Rule #34 - Dont regret having your old coping mechanisms
- Rule #49 - Avoid Controversial Topics
DIL Rules for Conflicts
- Rule #29 - Don't Put Up With Injustice
- Rule #36 - Watch out for the 'Innocent' Trick
- Rule #39 - Don't Get Caught Up in Emotional Blackmail
- Rule #42 - Reassure Them When They Complain
DIL Rules for Living in Harmony
- Rule #5 DUCT TAPE
- Rule #21 - Delegate Jobs to Keep them Busy
- Rule #22 - Make requests rather than getting a nice surprise
- Rule #23 - Plan your Get-Together Chat List
- Rule #26 - Warn them Before Times of Stress
- Rule # 27 - Try to Make Your MIL Proud In Front of Her Friends
- Rule #39 - Use some of Dr Huang's Poison
DIL Rules on Accepting Them
- Rule #9 - Accept Them as They Are - And Make an Excuse for Their Behaviour
- Rule #10 - Agree with Their Perspective
- Rule #14 - Accept the Differences in Character & Remain Your True Self in the Face of Bad Energy
- Rule #25 - Accept Their Lifestyle is Sacred and Precious to Them
- Rule #33 - Don't Ask Him Why
- Rule #37 - Understand That Your MIL Has Traits Common In ALL Elderly People
- Rule #43 - Be Prepared - Have A Freezer Full Of Goodies
- Rule #44 - Be prepared for being told how hard they worked back in their days
- Rule #45 - They will never be happy with you
- Rule #46 - Be prepared for The Look
- Rule #50 - They will withhold 99% of praise
DIL Rules on Accepting Your Limitations
- Rule #12 - Don't Take on More Work Than You Can Cope With
- Rule #16 - If I Can't, then I Won't
- Rule #31 - You can have a rest even if all your work isn't completed!
- Rule #32 Learn to Love Your Non-Offensive Mess
- Rule #35 -Follow the Food Code
- Rule #42 - The Art of Compromise - Baby Steps
DIL Rules on Communicating With Husband
- Rule #33 - Don't Ask Him Why
- Rule #40 - Don't attack him (verbally)
- Rule #42 - The Art of Compromise - Baby Steps
- Rule #47 - Just because he doesn't have the answer, doesn't mean he doesn't love you.
- Rule #48 - Don't tell him that he isn't supportive.
DIL Rules on Personal Space
- Rule #2 - Clear your Offensive MESS
- Rule #3 Create a Personal Space for Each Party - and Keep it Tidy
- Rule #7 - The Laundry Basket
- Rule #8 Try to Buy a House with a Living Room and Bathroom for Each Party
- Rule #38 - Offensive Mess - Feminine Care Products
- Rule #41 - Imposing Visitors & Finding A Healthy Balance
DIL Rules Regarding Children
DIL Comebacks - What To Say
- MIL: "Your kitchen is SO DIRTY!"
- Rule #44 - Be prepared for being told how hard they worked back in their days
In-Law Articles
- Living with in-laws 'increases women's risk of heart disease'
- Sally Shields Promotes Self-Preservation
- The Top Ten Things Caregivers Don't Want to Hear….
- Living With In-Laws gets a mention in Sally Shield's Newsletter!
- WikiHow: How to Deal With Abusive Mother in Law
- Advice on How to Live with Your In-Laws
- Helping Out The Over-Burdened Hostess
- What Do You Want From Me?
- Everybody Loves Raymond But Hates His Parents Jenna Barry
- Dr Rick Kirschner: What to say to the Meddlers
- 5 Tips for Bringing Out the Best in Your Mother-in-Law Jenna Barry
- Feeling In-Law Pressure? Byron Katie
Reading List
- The Daughter in Law Rules, Sally Shields
- Toxic in Laws, Susan Forward
- Six in the Bed, Nancy Wasserman Cocola
- What Do You Want From Me?
- Dealing With People You Can't Stand
- Finally Being Adults Around Parents
Renee Reflects
- Differences of Opinion...
- We Dig Our Own Graves
- Those Pesky Unappreciative Eastern MILs
- Two Families With Different Needs & Wants
- Family Problems & Impact On My Children
- A Happy Home
Sally Shields
- The Daughter in Law Rules, Sally Shields
- Sally Shields Promotes Self-Preservation
- Sally Shields Top Tips:
- Daughter In Law Rules Forum
SunniPath on In Laws
- SunniPath: Dealing with in-laws and a difficult marriage situation
- SunniPath: In Laws Feel Threatened By the New Wife
- SunniPath: Marriage Proposal from a Man Living with his Parents
- SunniPath :A Wife's Right to Housing Separate From Her In-Laws and Others
- Parents Can Be Wrong, Too!
- You're Not Nice to Them Because They Deserve It
