MIL announced she is filing for divorce

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, my spouse called his sibling (the one that MIL said she was moving in with and his wife was encouraging this), and he had no idea that MIL was planning to move in. That was all that he asked about because the divorce announcement is not our news to share and the sibling didn’t bring it up.

This is going to be a weird next holiday season. Or it will blow over (I hope). We’ll see.

So couple questions.

Earlier you said that "we have visited her at her home for a few hours at a time since this happened but that’s it." Since what happened?

Above you say "and his wife is encouraging this". What the heck does that even mean?

[Anonymous]

Since she started asking us for money for her monthly expenses.

MIL told us that BIL’s wife wanted her to move in to help with her kids but BIL said he was not aware that she wanted to move in with him.

She has a history of taking out lines of credit using her adult children’s SS numbers. Spouse put a stop to that when he found out. BIL put her on a payment plan and was more emphatic. We distanced ourselves significantly after that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since she started asking us for money for her monthly expenses.

MIL told us that BIL’s wife wanted her to move in to help with her kids but BIL said he was not aware that she wanted to move in with him.

She has a history of taking out lines of credit using her adult children’s SS numbers. Spouse put a stop to that when he found out. BIL put her on a payment plan and was more emphatic. We distanced ourselves significantly after that.

The dribs and drabs that you are letting out nuggets on this OP is some seriously impressive trolling.

[Anonymous]

Riiiiggt. Because I’m sure family members never commit fraud, Bambi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s the issue? They are free to divorce. He isn’t your DH’s father.

Even if he was his father, your DH can't manage marriages of other adults. If he is concerned about his stepfather, he can ask him to move in with you guys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Riiiiggt. Because I’m sure family members never commit fraud, Bambi.

Several pages ago you mentioned money in the context of paying for meals. NOW you mention opening lines of credit.

You are either a troll or a person who has a really unique idea of what is important and what to focus on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Riiiiggt. Because I’m sure family members never commit fraud, Bambi.

Several pages ago you mentioned money in the context of paying for meals. NOW you mention opening lines of credit.

You are either a troll or a person who has a really unique idea of what is important and what to focus on.

Those are two separate instances of issues with MIL, not one and the same. That’s obvious.

The opening of credit lines in her children’s names was something she did while they were in college. She used the lines to purchase furniture at the time because she was in personal bankruptcy.

We purchased meals and hotel rooms for her as gifts years later after we were married. And she demanded more, upgrades, etc. No gratitude is we stopped with the gifts.

We do not own a five or six bedroom house so we do not have space to house people beyond our immediate family as I wrote before.