Questions about family and in-laws to ask before marriage
You marry one person, and a whole family comes along. How much room parents, siblings and friends get in your life is something couples see very differently.
Why it matters
Conflicts with in-laws are rarely about the in-laws. They are about whether your partner stands by you when it counts.
Six questions to ask each other
- Which decisions are ours alone, and which do we share with our families?
- How often do you want to see your family, and how often mine?
- Where will we spend the major holidays?
- Would a parent who needs care live with us?
- Who may know about problems in our relationship?
- How much time with your own friends does each of us need?
Find out where you two stand.
Talking is the first step. In the test you each answer sixty questions on your own and see side by side where you match and where you differ.