Are you open to a joint-family living arrangement?

[Meem]

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I live with my inlaws and it isn't always easy but they're old and I feel bad about leaving them.

[Aaana]

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i dont know why..but i think it would be nice to live with his family..
i mean i see all these saas bahu fights..but i still would loveeeee to live with my inlaws..

[Enya]

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i learned from where i grew up that if you can afford to move out do so! don't be an emotional fool and secure your family and yourself a peace of mind:)

[lalas2000]

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I think best is what ISLAM tell us, and that is If a husband can afford he is reponsible to provide her wife seperate house, food etc.

[Mabrook]

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if inlaws r caring n respecting i would love a joint family esp after a fact that i live isolated from all family here in canada but i can't live with my inlaws.they act like "eyes constantly watching n reporting later"they pass each n every thing out of house so fast n i believe in individual privacy.then there's no independence left.I hav lived with them for 2 weeks after marriage n then 3 weeks when we went to pak 2 yrs back n both times it was complete disaster.

[zayma]

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@Amani06

Oh man i always say in these threads abt joint families that i have no in laws which i dont. However if i did have in laws from a very selfish point of view id love the babysitting on tap and the fact they’d help so much with the children. I do miss not having in laws. Would have been interesting to see what they would have been like esp as my daughter looks nothing like me but is the spitting image of her father.

i hope u dont mind this but how come u got no in laws:confused:

[Afia]

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I have always loved the joint family system n have lived in one for some time.

But with the values changing n all I don't see myself supporting it for my kids.
I would love to have a system like in my dadhiyaal though. My father n uncles (my father's brothers) all are neighbours. We have our own houses our own routines n all....infact its totally independent....but in case one family needs help, others are there in a moment.

I loved it that way...!

[seashell]

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I dont have any other family or friends here other than my in-laws so i love going over there.i got married and came here from uk about 3yrs go and in 3 yrs have had 2 kids so socializing and mking friends has been hard. i tun to my inlaws for that since my husbands sisters are my age-ish. howewver with the exception of 1 sis and 1 bro my inlws have a problem wth me even visiting them with my kids. i overheard my father n law say once that why aret hey coming over again today isnt it enough they came over yesterday?that really hurt esp since their own daughter and kids are over all the time. so although i personally wouldnt mind living in a joint fam, i think my inlaws wouldnt like that. I think somtimes people forget that its the elders of the fam that dont like the idea of joint fam.

[UrbanPK]

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I like joint family, but I understand the pressure that the wife is put under in the system. So I probably would not want to live in one because of that issue.