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?