i got so put off from the stories i read here about people living with their mil’s and what all they had to put up with.
but mashallah, i found someone who’s mum wanted her sons to move out and be independant! lol! strange but mashallah my mil is really cool about that. her kids are super close to her but my mil is also very independant and is always out and travelling with her hubby.
i love having my own home and getting to decorate it however i want. love walking out in just a towel or making breakfast in my pajama’s! lol! this type of privacy i couldn’t get elsewhere…! lol!
but god forbid something happened or they needed us…i would look after them completely. no question about it. i would even move in with them if i had to.
even now i don’t need to but i do shopping and other bits and bobs for my inlaws. i’ll take round a home-made dish daily and enjoy dinner with them. its just as a nice gesture and to help me become closer to them.
That’s the impression I had of most MIL’s today - that they’re able to live on their own (w/ husbands, other kids, and even on their own), until they get into older age and need to be around family.
But apparently, that’s not the case…