Fighting...

You would think that after all of the fights my husband and I have had about his parents, we would have resolved some things. But that is not how it works. Almost all people are programmed to defend their family members. It comes so naturally. Blood is thicker than water, as the saying goes. We fight about this constantly. He’s always defending them. He does not stand up for me when they say negative things about me. He just brushes them off. And that allows them to continue saying those things.

I know this is probably one of those conflict that will never be resolved. Maybe it will at least die down after they pass away. But right here and now is what I struggle with. The fighting. The defending. The crying. It’s just tearing our marriage apart.