My wife comes from a broken family. I have never seen my in laws and the mere mention of them gets her in a bad mood.
Actually her parents had a very rocky marriage but didn't divorce as her mom didn't work. Her dad abused her mom and her mom's family and they fought on petty reasons. her mom became a sadist and taunted my wife for making her life's decisions which included me.
My wife had some goals, but they weren't appreciated. She loved me but her mom kept calling me, names, making personal comments on my look, attitude, behavior and even went to the extent of saying that her horoscopes don't state anything of the sort my wife wants. And like god wont help her as her goals are unholy.
She had applied in the US college and they kept saying what if you don't qualify, mostly negatives. As a result they had bitter fights among them. Her father disowned her five times, her mom in the midst of a fight with her dad said i hope (my wife) gets a husband like her dad.And so on.
I am older than my wife by 11 years and when my wife fell in love with me, i was married with a daughter (My first marriage wasn't a traditional marriage, an open marriage as i had commitment issues but i needed my own baby.)
We hadn't met each other face to face, she kept distance because she was 18-19 and i was 29-30. Now she is 23 and i am 34. We met 2 years ago after a quick divorce I married her.
On fathers day or mom's day shes like upset, my 6 year old daughter asks her about my in laws but she says she has no family except my daughter and me and gets emotional.
I love my wife very much. Shes has so much warmth and is so loving and caring. I hate to see her in tears.
how can i erase or ease those painful memories?

