The Jewish Home | APRIL 14, 2022
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Dating Dialogue
What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LcSW of the Navidaters
Dear Navidaters,
This Pesach will be my first yom tov married, and I am dreading going to my in-laws for yom tov. There. I said it. (At least here I can remain anonymous!) I love my husband dearly and am happily married but this situation is making me sick. I am already nauseous and pregnant with our first, bez”H. My parents
got up and left for a Pesach program in Crete for the duration of Pesach, leaving us no choice but to stay with my in-laws the entire time. I feel resentful towards my parents for not offering us to come and join them. All of my friends are going with their parents (not their in-laws) for at least half of Pesach. My in-laws are cold, stiff, and hard to connect with, plus I am married to their youngest, so it feels like the older married siblings OctOber 29, 2015 | the Jewish Home
who go there are already in an exclusive club. I want to get over this so badly so I can have a good time. Do you have advice how I can make the best of this worst case scenario? -Aviva*
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