Emotional mortgage |
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| Authors: | Raymond J. Sauer |
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| Affiliation: | Mental Health Center , Pottsville, PA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Couples who are given property by their parents as a wedding gift or as a gift a little later in the marriage appear to start off their marriages with a bonus that any couple would certainly envy. Often, however, the “given” property has strings attached and the “lucky” couple finds themselves in emotional mortgage to one of their parents. Emotional mortgage is seen as a debt of loyalty and obligation owed to one of the spouse's parents which places the couple in a position of servitude in regard to those parents. The expectation of eventual ownership of property appears to be the mechanism which binds the couple to the parents in the face of countless intrusions and usurpations by the parents. |
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