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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 69131520 Ireland 05/04/2015 07:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We said no once before when she wanted to come house-viewing with us to EVERY single house and help us decide which one to buy, that resulted in 5yrs of no contact at all. I have a feeling it's a kind of narcissistic parenting we're subject to...it's fairly common. |
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page8844 User ID: 69060591 United States 05/04/2015 08:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | find a neighbour, an old guy, with no teeth, to fall absolutely in "love" with her. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69125404 Get him courting her and being around all the time. She will either marry him, or fuck off. Well if she sold her house and brought some money and other assets to the table would that make it worth while. For me money, maybe but I am one who uses money as a tool, so I look at it a little different. Other assets that would help, talk about it to see if it is worth it for you all. Good luck. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 67789990 United States 05/04/2015 08:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We said no once before when she wanted to come house-viewing with us to EVERY single house and help us decide which one to buy, that resulted in 5yrs of no contact at all. Are you kidding me? Everything about your post is screaming "Say No". You can offer to look for a small apartment nearby that she will pay for....... |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 69131520 Ireland 05/04/2015 08:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm not concerned about financial implications - although that itself would be a huge hassle. I'm more concerned about being just 35 and thinking most of my adult life i would be able to live with my partner in life and share our life and dreams together. I didn't think i would be living with whoever i ended up with AND his mother - i'm not into threesomes. It would be completely different if she was ill, in need of care etc....but she's like a 45yr old , hikes up mountains, goes off on trips with friends, has a huge social life...which she wants to give that all up because her son no longer lives near her and now she's retired. If i was in her position i would relish life, financial security, having great health and freedom and wouldn't want to impose on my young son and his girlfriend at the prime of their life, because i was merely bored. Her son absolutely hates the idea and won't even consider her moving in. He doesn't feel comfortable around her at all. I wanted to hear what others thought of such a situation, as it's an intriguing cross-roads we can easily find ourselves in in life. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 60188811 United States 05/04/2015 08:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just as the title reads.. Quoting: karmenbsirius 69131520 Healthy, sane, active, financially stable with her own nice house 65 yr old mother-in-law wants to move in with 35yr old son and daughter-in-law. Is this normal glp?! She lives alone in her own large house, all paid for, own circle of friends she's known for over 20yrs, has her health, own car, is fit and active, involved in several groups etc, has a good life... Yet now she's 'retired' she's bored and can't think of anything to do, so she's decided she wants to live with us and be in another country, no friends here at all, in the wilderness, a lifestyle she has no skills for at all and no interest in. We have no space here for another person, working long hours so the hours we do get to spend time together are precious. We don't share the same interests as her due to the generation gap mainly. She's even taken up small part-time jobs to be doing something. We suggest everything she's interested in to be doing but she's not interested in making the effort. She doesn't even do anything when she does visit, doesn't make breakfast, dinner etc, doesn't clean-up or do the dishes, no feeding of animals or helping with any chores - she sits there and does nothing but talk and philosophise about life while we be her perpetual audience. She'd give up all of her comfort, life-time friends and favourite places in her home town to be with her son and his girlfriend so she's not bored. It feels like she's wanting to now life her life through ours...and of course get looked after in the process. We give up our youth, privacy, space, and life goals to accomodate her retirement boredom. When in a situation it's hard to see it subjectively - mother-in-laws especially have that effect on a relationship - i could do with some balanced advice. Thanks! What to give up your privacy? Once she moves in you are stuck with her. Just say NO! |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 69131520 Ireland 05/04/2015 08:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We said no once before when she wanted to come house-viewing with us to EVERY single house and help us decide which one to buy, that resulted in 5yrs of no contact at all. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67789990 Are you kidding me? Everything about your post is screaming "Say No". You can offer to look for a small apartment nearby that she will pay for....... Yes, she is highly emotionally dependent and attached despite her blessing in life, yet those blessing she has are blinkered from view if her son isn't in the same town. She doesn't even like this country...so she wouldn't entertain living in a place nearby on her own in a foreign land without friends. What worries me is that she has absolutely no friends here. We haven't even been here long to make many friends yet. So in essence that would mean she would literally spend all waking hours with either one of us or both of us. Essentially she would 'shadow' our lives and every action. Son is beside himself with grief that she's unable to be emotionally independent. It's making him miserable, and thus me miserable. I don't think it'll happen, it's a gut feeling as so much is so different in our lives, and the way she likes to live. Our situation isn't ideal for her comfort, to be honest, after a month i think she's be desperate to be out of here lol...she just doesn't realise that....yet. She will eventually...and then i hope she will be able to count her blessings in the charmed life she already lives. Truly, her friends are lovely people, they have a wonderful time together. Her life is relaxed, comfortable, easy. Our life is rural, off grid, hard, cold, muddy , damp, 14hr days farming, animal shit and colossal rain showers. Then it repeats the next day. She's a mentally bright woman but with this she can't see clearly that it would be a downturn in life. Maybe that needs to happen - for her to move here and see how different life can be when the food on your table has to be grown, and the light you read by has to be delivered by the pathetic Irish sun...lol! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69128744 United States 05/04/2015 08:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | She is being very selfish by insisting that she moves in with you guys. She knows a young couple needs their space and privacy. Yet she doesn't care. Don't feel bad or timid about telling her hell no. She needs to get her own life. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 68211563 Switzerland 05/04/2015 08:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | She isn't going to become homeless...SAY NO! This is simple! Why would either of you even consider turning your lifes upsidedown on a wim from the MIL? It would be mentally unhealthy for everybody involved. She's bored, wants to do something, & feels it shouod be no problem for the 2 of you to turn your lives upsidedown because it's ALL ABOUT HER! I stopped allowing people to step on my toes long ago...I suggest you try it! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 47018980 Ireland 05/04/2015 09:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | She isn't going to become homeless...SAY NO! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68211563 This is simple! Why would either of you even consider turning your lifes upsidedown on a wim from the MIL? It would be mentally unhealthy for everybody involved. She's bored, wants to do something, & feels it shouod be no problem for the 2 of you to turn your lives upsidedown because it's ALL ABOUT HER! I stopped allowing people to step on my toes long ago...I suggest you try it! You make valid points. If she was in need, ill, homeless etc of course we would help, we are family and that's what we do. Yet her needs are priority above ours and that isn't fair to us. When she is around, because she's notoriously lazy, our routine goes out of the window, lots of chores get missed, we are both exhausted, AND we have an extra person to cook, clean for and entertain 24/7. Thanks GLP...you've given me outsiders insights into an unsightly proposition! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 39614145 United States 05/04/2015 09:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Stop worrying and thinking about her, get on with your life. She's not going to move in period. It's just a phase she's going through. Just ignore her complaints and let her deal with her problems herself like any mature adult would have to do. If she doesn't stop complaining then tell her you insist she get psychiatric help and keep insisting on it until she stops complaining about being bored. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 67953698 United States 05/04/2015 11:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My mother moved in with us a few years ago when she retired. She left California and moved to Oregon. Financially helps both us. But, she is more bored than ever! I miss having my house to just us. But, we manage and all get along just fine. I would probably miss her if she left now. Weird huh? |