My wife got this book from her friend. After reading it, she again, passed it down to me. We were having a lot of issues in our families, concerning our in-laws. After reading this book, I learned how to cope and embrace the wrath of my in-laws. We learned how to stick together, not through the drama of in-laws, but also the drama of other people intruding in our relationship. This book changed our marriage for the best, and now we know that together we can take on anyone or anything. My marriage is stronger, and my wife and I are super happy. I recommend this book to anyone who is having a hard time with in-laws, as well as nosey people who have nothing better to do.

Great book. I recommend it for anyone who has trouble with their mother-in-law. I know I did and I wish I had read this book when I first got married, as it would have saved me a lot of grief!

I ran into this book, while waiting for a doctor's appointment. After opening the thing, I couldn't seem to put it down and ended up taking it home with me. The things I went through with my future in-laws, while I was preparing to marry into their family was nuts. I didn't know what to do, and noone seemed to be able to give me the advice I needed. Thank God, I ran into this book. It not only taught me how to deal with my in-laws, but it also taught me how to make the bond with my husband stronger to make it through obstacles with my in-laws. I would recommend this book for people who find themselves in the same situation that I was once in. It did amazing things for my marriage and my relationshiop with the in-laws. Things are so much better now, and I couldn't be happier.

This book is really great if you have been dealing with the "Toxic In-Laws". When I married my husband almost 9 years ago one of the first things he said was, "My mother is really mean"! I didn't have a clue how very mean she really was until a few months had passed. Everything I did was wrong from raising our children to cleaning my house. She would even say things like, "You'll never know my son the way I do, or my son will always love me more than you." Completely sick according to me. However, after reading this book I was able to get an understanding as to why she was the way she is and how I could change things so we didn't end up in a screaming match. Although my mother-in-law remains a mean hurtful woman, I know how to deal with her way better. Thank goodness I took the time to read this book; by now I probably would have divorced my husband, literally! That's how mean this woman is. I no longer bite into her ignorant ways, I am able to go around her and basically leave not feeling hurt or belittled. According to me, now that I know how to deal with her ugly ways, I've won!

The book is good in that it can make a person aware of how their parent?s behaviors help shape who they are for good or bad. However, the book is either disingenuous, or myopic in its treatment of familial dysfunction. For example, the author does not seem to consider that we live in a time of increased social and economic turmoil, brought about by the destabilization of employment sectors through global labor trade. Moreover, given the current state of social and economic disarray that many countries such as Iraq, France, US, Russia and China is it no wonder that the brave people who dare to be parents in such times may present with a myriad of behavioral problems at home? This is not say that there are not bad parents out there..i.e people that don't try to be good parents and care more about their careers, chasing the opposite sex, or accumulating material wealth than spending most of their time with their children. The book simply empowers people to embrace victimization, rather than understand the different ways we are all affected by larger socio-structural forces. A more equitable society = better people= more loving, nurturing environments at home. I think the book is simply a tantalizing apologia for self absorption and ?scape goating.?

I love,love,love this book. Where was it when I married 25 years ago? The Author,
Susan Forward, draws on not just others experiences but her own. I can so identify with
her words of wisdom and some of her experiences.

Sometimes in life the hardest people to live with are our In Laws, they don't think
we are good enough for their "babies" and set out at all costs to discredit us in
our spouses eyes. I have seen personal experiences where marriages have failed and
have ended in divorce with precious children in the middle...all because of In Law
involvement and daily tearing the person down.

I highly recommend this book and will agree 100% that if you follow the suggestions
you may not have a lovey dovey relationship with In Laws, but it will be more
civilized and tolerable.

‘Toxic In-Laws’, by Dr. Susan Forward helps the reader better understand their in-laws, and why they act the way they act. In-Laws can really beat down a relationship, which is a really stress than can be done without. Dr. Forward helps the reader to navigate the war zone (no exaggeration!) of the in-law relationship, by helping to understand not only what they do and why, but how to avoid falling into the same traps over and over.

‘Toxic In-Laws’ was recommended to me by a friend who I would often vent to about my own in-laws, and how they would belittle any of my achievements in my personal and professional life, criticize the way my wife and I raised our children and generally made me feel like I was unworthy of their daughter. My wife was very passive in all this, just saying that that was how they were, so what can you do? Dr. Forward helped me develop strategies when dealing with my in-laws that were very effective. While the relationship was never great, it at least became cordial and tenable.