Sin Broncas con La Bronca: When your partner’s family doesn’t like you (last part)

• Sin Broncas con La Bronca presents the final part of when your partner’s family doesn’t like you.
• Family isn’t just the mother-in-law; there are other members to consider as well.
• They also discuss what can happen to a man when he gets married and has to make room for his wife.

La Bronca and Coni Peña have been mainly discussing mothers-in-law; whether they are meddling, victims, dramatic, overbearing, manipulative, etc., but now it’s important to recognize something significant.

Your partner’s family doesn’t only consist of your mother-in-law, it also includes their siblings, grandparents, uncles, cousins, brothers-in-law, etc., and they can also have some influence over your loved one.

Because of this, they mention that while the mother-in-law is a topic that will be discussed now, it’s important to mention that these members also play a role in this scenario.

Siblings

They can be the best allies or the worst enemies. Sometimes they can make a comment or two that affects your relationship with your loved one.

However, it’s important to note that, as mentioned before, this can come from many places, for example, rivalry or jealousy that your partner no longer has as much time devoted to other relatives.

They point out that it’s not about looking for enemies, but rather identifying where these attitudes come from to know if they’re your own ideas or if something is really happening.

The same goes for other family members. This can be difficult for your partner due to the bond they may have, although if it’s a healthy one, there shouldn’t be any objection to their sibling being in a healthy relationship.

When a man gets married

Coni and La Bronca discuss what happens when a man gets married and the problems this can represent at a family level.

They debate the great dilemma of, «I’ve gotten married, I have to give her a place, her place, to my wife» versus «My mother will always have that special place.»

This can be very difficult for a man, as both people are important parts of his life, but when it comes to a mother, the man can feel strong ties.

They mention that, while it’s complicated, there’s a role for the partner’s mother here, and that is for her to understand that one has an important place and that hers is not threatened in any way.

Good advice but

Then, they talk about when in-laws give advice to the couple and how complex that can be. In Coni’s opinion, it’s appreciated that they offer advice, but they should respect that the final decision doesn’t belong to them.

In fact, she is an advocate for not intervening, for allowing them to learn on their own and find an answer to their problems through discussion.

Allowing a couple to grow is necessary for them to mature and learn even more about what they are, a family.

When a mother-in-law admits that it’s not really her problem, it’s truly the healthiest attitude to take, as they are then responsible for their actions and cannot blame anyone else.

Conclusion

La Bronca says that, although she’s nobody to give advice, she shares that it’s best not to wage war because it leads to nothing good.

Coni agrees with her in that aspect, since, when a person does that, you even learn something good from the bad.

They both say that life has problems that must be faced and there’s nothing wrong with that. What would be bad is repeating the same mistake over and over again without any learning at all.

Sin Broncas con La Bronca bids you farewell for now and thanks you for joining her in these everyday topics. Until next time!