Reply to SIL wants us to "babysit" MIL more

Forum Index » Eldercare

Reply to "SIL wants us to "babysit" MIL more"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t martyr yourself for someone who isn’t trying. If her only hobby at 79 is gambling she is most likely not going to be happy regardless whether her son goes and sits with her on Sundays.

Move her to independent/assisted living where she can play bingo and go downstairs to eat her meals in the dining room with other elderly people. [/quote]

How about OP just butts out and lets her SIL and husband deal with it? It’s not her job to move someone else’s mom, who she won’t even spend time with, anywhere. Who would trust OP to make an informed or even caring decision about a woman she loathes?[/quote]

It does involve OP, because it involves dh's family time. OP and dh are a family and like most families, probably have very limited time to do the things their own family needs/wants to do. The MIL doesn't seem to want to do 'anything' with the family, so that means that the family can't do anything if they are with MIL.[/quote]

DP. That's DH's decision how he's going to balance things with his sister or not. If it disrupts the household, that is a conversation to have with OP. What OP shouldn't do is dictate this or be the point of contact for SIL instead of DH taking the lead.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics