The relationship with a mother-in-law can be particularly challenging, especially when political beliefs and cultural backgrounds clash. The narrator feels ostracized due to her Eastern European mother-in-law's disdain for British culture and her extreme political views. Recent incidents, including messages that reveal the mother-in-law’s true feelings, have heightened tensions. The narrator's husband, raised within this manipulative environment, struggles to support his wife effectively. This dynamic raises questions about boundaries, validation of feelings, and the need for direct confrontation of unreasonable opinions, all while managing familial relationships.
Having family members with extreme and misinformed political views is upsetting and exhausting.
Ignoring them almost reinforces her as being correct, even when the opinions are unreasonable.
She seems to hate anything British or representing British culture, and I feel I have become a representative of that.
I would like her to apologise to me, but it seems unrealistic given her entrenched beliefs.
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