Re: Staying in touch with in-laws
In Western societies, in-laws are treated horribly/greatly/mediocre on both sides. eg) woman hates MIL, husband might love his MIL etc etc. There’s no ‘set’ in-law etiquette for the man or woman. Both males and females can be whichever way they choose towards their in-laws, depending on their feelings and the way they are treated and all that.
In South Asia, a woman has to be the one who does all the hoo-haa for her in-laws no matter what her treatment…however, the guy can really adopt any which way he wants (hate em love em, NBD)… and he’s usually the one who’s given loads of respect/gifts/treated like a prince by the girls family. Point is, girls family are usually treated… erm, with less love, let’s say. This is mostly cos of the fact that in our culture the woman moves into her in-laws home, integrates herself into their family etc…however, I still feel it’s wrong.
And no, this isn’t a Pakistan/Pakistani culture-bashing comment.