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In-Law Relations Key to a Good Marriage?

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December 26, 2012

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"If you have prickly relations with your in-laws, whether you are a husband or a wife, new research offers some surprising insights into the risks and benefits of maintaining your distance from your spouse's parents.

One finding of a 26-year longitudinal study of married couples is that marriages in which the husband reports feeling close to his in-laws are more likely to last for the long haul. "These ties connect the husband to the wife," says Terri Orbuch, a psychologist and research professor at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. "They say, 'Your family relationships are important to me because you are important to me. I want to feel closer to them because it makes me feel closer to you."*

A 26-year study found that being close to your spouses family could help or hurt your relationship quite a bit, but it's different between men and women. Why? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss.

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