SEEING YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW IS GOOD FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!!

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Seeing your mother-in-law is good for you: How seeing your other half's mum actually helps keep marital happiness
Scientists at Deakin University, Victoria, asked 2,000 people about in-laws
Results show weekly contact with mum AND mother-in-law lifts happiness
Those who saw both were benefiting from two sources of maternal support
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 16:19 GMT, 23 September 2013 | UPDATED: 00:57 GMT, 24 September 2013


Comedians used to portray them as bossy and interfering, but research reveals spending time with your mother-in-law can actually make you happier.
Experts claim the findings point to the importance of relationships in happiness and wellbeing.
Those who have frequent contact with both a mother and mother-in-law benefit from two sources of close maternal support, they say.


‘It reflects the importance of having a close family unit,’ said Dr Melissa Weinberg of Australia’s Deakin University.
‘This shows that people with a balanced family life are likely to have higher well-being than those who are seeing more of one side of the family and less of the other.’
If a relationship is maintained with only one mother figure ‘then there is an imbalance in the family, perhaps with disappointment or even resentment by the non-connected partner,’ the study concluded.

The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index found those who had weekly contact with their mother and mother-in-law had a wellbeing score of 78.7, well above the normal range of 73.7-76.7.
Those in frequent contact with their mother had a well-being score of 74 out of 100 and those who saw their mother-in-law scored 73.1.
Those who rarely or never saw either their mother and mother-in-law had a below average well being score of 71.6.
For the first time, the survey also asked people how they would spend two hours a week to do anything they wanted.

The telephone survey of 2000 Australians found that overall personal wellbeing, a measure of people's satisfaction with their own lives, has remained virtually unchanged since late 2011.
For the first time, the survey asked people how they would spend two hours a week to do anything they wanted.
Most people chose to spend it with their family (12%) while the smallest proportion chose sex (0.2%).
The survey also found men wanted to spend their time surfing, golfing and fishing, while women wanted to spend their two hours reading.


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