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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up here but come from a culture where elderly parents live with their adult kids (esp. son’s families).  Right after I got married, my MIL lived in our house for 5 year and it just didn’t work out. It was an emotional abusive situation where I literally had to get therapy to pull myself back.  My husband’s family was really mean to me especially during the time that I was pregnant and one of my kids was diagnosed with a life long  chronic diability.  I forgive them for this but will never forget.  I  have worked really hard to pull myself out of the mess and my kids and I are doing just fine.  However, now when she comes to visit it’s always for an indefinite period of time (for months with no end in sight).  She not a mean person but as a professional, adult woman, I am used to living my own life and I feel as if my house and life are literally taken over and a lot of the previous triggers/feelings that I worked so hard to get over come back.  I am really not sure how to handle this.  I don’t want to be mean to her but at the same time I need my own space.  I don’t quite know what would be an appropriate way to handle this without being miserable for the time that she stays with us.  [/quote]

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