"It Was Either Her or My Family..."

In this episode of Questions of the Week, we're reacting to your anonymous stories and giving our honest takes on situations involving family pressure, dead bedrooms, interfaith relationships, situationships, difficult in-laws, and everything in between.

💬 Questions like:

• What do you do when your partner chooses their family over you?

• Is a dead bedroom a dealbreaker?

• How do you raise kids in an interfaith marriage?

• When is it time to walk away from a situationship?

• Are your in-laws crossing the line?

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Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

2:26 - Interfaith kids?

7:45 - Who comes first? Mom, Wife, Daughter?

10:31 - Eldest daughter wants to move out

14:03 - Dealing with Indian Family Oriented Mindset

16:17 - What happens when the sex stops?

20:50 - Situationship?

24:16 - How do I ask for couples therapy

27:06 - His mom stopped him from seeing me

31:57 - Stereotyping in your relationship…

34:07 - How to feel comfortable in your own skin?