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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If MIL is constantly concerned about money why is she divorcing?  Divorce is expensive and for people like MIL (who are apparently always struggling enough to constantly be asking her children doe money) she will end up on much worse financial footing. BIL is insane if he's having her move in. MIL will never leave and his marriage will likely be strained into divorce. [/quote]

OP again- without providing further background explanation, PP, you hit my concern’s nail on the head. My spouse and his brother have a good relationship (as far as we can tell). His brother (who is married and has children of his own) just purchased a single family home (4 bed, 3 bath) in 2023. That is where MIL announced she is moving when my spouse called to wish her a happy Mother’s Day. He plans to call his brother to ask for his side of the story on the weekend. Something doesn’t add up here.

He and his wife lived with MIL and SFIL for a few years while they saved up for a down payment but this was over a decade ago. They then sold that house and used the proceeds to buy their new home.

MIL has been asking us to buy a larger house for the last ten years or so. She harps on this every time we see her. We live in a HCOL area so we have a smaller house than BIL (3 bed 2 bath). She told us she wanted this so she wouldn’t have to stay in a hotel when she visited. We had no idea she was planning to move in with either of her adult sons. BIL just beat us to the bigger house acquisition so we suspect that’s why she said that she’s moving in with him.[/quote]

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