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I don’t know if it would be helpful for those reading this or not . But I will share my assessment of her families dynamics after being around them 7 years. Not judging them but these have been observations I’ve made over the years.
My wife’s father is a quiet and passive perfectionist. I’ve never seen him in a leadership role in his family. He mostly is just along for the ride bending to his wife’s decisions at times very begrudgingly.
Her mother is generally loud and obnoxiously boisterous at times. She is usually the one to take control of a situation when it arises while he takes a back seat.
Her mother does most of the talking at social events and will even tell stories that rightfully one would think should be shared by her husband.
She is a retired career teacher and he bounced between oil field work and farming most of his life and is about to quit working due to health issues.
In all the years I’ve known them. Ive never seen them stop to pray about anything. At all the family gatherings prayer never happens. Most of all the holidays are observed and celebrated as pagan. God and Jesus never come up in conversation at Christmas or Easter. It’s always been Santa Claus and the Easter bunny with no real biblical basis or even mention on those days. They never attend church unless it’s a wedding/funeral or something like a family member being honored in a church.
My wife’s father is a quiet and passive perfectionist. I’ve never seen him in a leadership role in his family. He mostly is just along for the ride bending to his wife’s decisions at times very begrudgingly.
Her mother is generally loud and obnoxiously boisterous at times. She is usually the one to take control of a situation when it arises while he takes a back seat.
Her mother does most of the talking at social events and will even tell stories that rightfully one would think should be shared by her husband.
She is a retired career teacher and he bounced between oil field work and farming most of his life and is about to quit working due to health issues.
In all the years I’ve known them. Ive never seen them stop to pray about anything. At all the family gatherings prayer never happens. Most of all the holidays are observed and celebrated as pagan. God and Jesus never come up in conversation at Christmas or Easter. It’s always been Santa Claus and the Easter bunny with no real biblical basis or even mention on those days. They never attend church unless it’s a wedding/funeral or something like a family member being honored in a church.
