Living with a dominating and nagging mother-in-law during these coronavirus times would be more difficult than earlier. In the pre-coronavirus era, if you used to get irritated or frustrated by your mother-in-law’s verbally abusive and torturing nature, you could at least get up from your house and take a trip to the coffee shop or just watch a movie in a theatre and make yourself feel that life is still good despite the verbal harassment and abuses.
However, during the coronavirus times, as staying at home is mandatory to curb the spread of the COVID-19 and protect oneself and family members, it becomes really challenging to face your mother-in-law on a daily basis and tolerate her behavior and thoughts that may be working against you even in such testing times. If you are a daughter-in-law who hasn’t yet understood how to tactfully manage your mother-in-law then these tips may come in handy to you to save yourself and keep calm.
1) If you are an introvert who doesn’t yet know how to shut your mother-in-law’s mouth when she is hurling abuses at you for no good reason, then it is time to take online therapy or counseling sessions wherein you can speak up totally from your mind and share all the traumatic stories with your counselor so that the counselor can guide you to slowly take up the courage and express yourself without fearing about the consequences.
2) If you are an extrovert and have already had many fights with your mother-in-law and she is still the same way due to her old age or that is the way she is, then it is time for you to calm down. There is no point in arguing with someone again and again who is not at all interested in changing for you or for the good of the house. You just focus on doing your job at home or in the office and maintain a distance from your mother-in-law whenever she tries to interfere in your matters. Just tell her that you don’t want to talk to her for x number of days and she can’t force you to get yourself involved in conversations that are of least interest to you. For your better mental health, it is important that you focus on the things that matter instead of living in negativity, doing drama, and all other rubbish things that your mother-in-law wants you to do just because she has nothing to do with this lockdown.
