Naše (ne)milované tchyně - Z deníku psychoterapeutky – Peterová Zuzana (2022)

A work written with perspective and humor by psychotherapist PhDr. Zuzana Peterová. "I dedicate this book to all mothers-in-law, daughters-in-law, and sons-in-law for their stories about the interesting aspects of mutual coexistence, about how various pitfalls can or cannot be survived, and how love and mutual respect can be preserved. Without that, our lives would be sad and lacking spark for the days to come." ----------------------- "And what troubles you?" I asked at the beginning of our psychotherapy session. "What troubles me? That I am a mother-in-law," replied the kind lady, looking at me intently. "I always thought I would love my daughter-in-law like my son. But my daughter-in-law took my son away, and he doesn’t even call me throughout the week. And my daughter? Her husband, my son-in-law, takes precedence. I have to wait, after all, I am 'just a mother-in-law'... Really 'just a mother-in-law'? I hear the opposite from other ladies: 'That mother of his meddles in everything. In raising the children, in cooking, I can't even clean by myself,' complained a young woman. So where is the golden mean? Does it even exist? I have already heard many fates from both sides, those of the 'mothers-in-law' and those from daughters-in-law and sons-in-law. Sometimes the sons themselves joined in to lament the complexities of living with both their mother and their wife. It is always about torment filled with...