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How to Deal with Parents Meddling in Your RelationshipHow To Deal With Parents Meddling In Your Relationship

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Posted In Love and Relationship / Relationship Advice
Published On 16 Jul 2015

Even with the best intentions, meddling parents can contribute to extra tension and stress between yourself and your partner. Whether they simply want to offer advice or put pressure on you, parents shouldn’t have too much influence in your relationship.

Find out why meddling parents can have a negative effect on your relationship and try a few tips that will help you set boundaries and keep them there. It’s not a good idea to go against his parents, so focus on your own and share advice with him on how to handle his  parents.

Why Meddling Parents Can Ruin Your Relationship

A 1972 study introduced the notion of the “Romeo and Juliet effect”, a theory that claimed love grows stronger when couples have to deal with interference from parents. However, the original research has been disproved a 2014 study, “Revisiting the Romeo and Juliet Effect,” published in the journal Social Psychology.

With almost 400 subjects, half dating, half married, the researchers analyzed two questionnaires, one related to parent approval and interference, and another to the level of commitment and love experienced in the relationship.



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