Plus: Eighteen years later, my boyfriend is trying to buy his way out of guilt.
What’s the best way to address this with her? I could offer to help her with the housework a few hours a week.Ask your daughter-in-law if she has noticed that you have been helping to clean her house. If the answer is no, explain that you would be glad to continue helping out and you have a few hours a week to workYou are a kind and considerate mother-in-law, and I hope she is appreciative.: My husband died three years ago, and I met someone shortly after.
My concern is that this man gives his two children so much money every month that there’s none left over to help with any of our household expenses. He knows he will have to wean them off financially before he retires. When I’ve asked why he sends them all his money, he says that when he and their mom divorced, it upset them and he feels guilty . Or he says that when he gets old and senile, they’ll care for him — but when I mentioned that when he gets old and senile, I’ll ship him out to his daughter, he said she has her own life and won’t want him there.: You must protect yourself — that’s what you do.
By the way, there are no guarantees his daughter would be willing to take care of her father when he’s old and senile. Many parents, to their dismay, discover that sad fact when it is too late.: I’m wondering if you can give me a tactful suggestion on how to get lingering family members to go home when I entertain.
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