Monroe and his wife have to deal with the fact that her mother calls their house at least 10 times a day, usually with no important reason for the call. she is a lonely individual, and her calls seem to be about finding something to do. monroe finds her calls bothersome, but he tries not to let them get to him because deep down he really does love his mother-in-law. in this case, monroe’s mother-in-law might be best described as a

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Explanation:

These are small situation that may tend to ruin your mood all the time when they happen and they constantly make your feel stressed.

It may affect someone's health in a long run this is due to the fact that they occur constantly.

Major stressful situation doesn't come as often as small stressful situation does which may tend to affect us slowly but surely in long term.

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unless they converted, many non-christians (mainly jews and muslims) were persecuted

no because it could make the world a terrible place to live in.