...um...yah...my wife's parents have some financial issues and may be leaving their country and moving in with us.
...sigh. I'm sort of okay with it - my wife does love her parents.
There are pluses. My wife misses them. I don't speak the same language, so friction will probably be minimal. Free babysitting.
There are minuses. There's cost. (Probably not a terrible issue.) There's also their marriage. There's some 'cultural' issues. In particular, the mother is somewhat insane and the father occasionally deals with that insanity by not quite hospitalizing his wife. (probably 1-2 times a year).
I'm planning on maintaining a distance, not bailing either of them out, and really just having absolutely no interest in their marital affairs. I won't really be comfortable with the bruises. But, they won't change and I'm fairly confident the mother would shoot me if I encouraged a divorce. Oh, and living on opposite sides of a duplex.
I admit to some misgivings and would appreciate advice.
--Argyle
...sigh. I'm sort of okay with it - my wife does love her parents.
There are pluses. My wife misses them. I don't speak the same language, so friction will probably be minimal. Free babysitting.
There are minuses. There's cost. (Probably not a terrible issue.) There's also their marriage. There's some 'cultural' issues. In particular, the mother is somewhat insane and the father occasionally deals with that insanity by not quite hospitalizing his wife. (probably 1-2 times a year).
I'm planning on maintaining a distance, not bailing either of them out, and really just having absolutely no interest in their marital affairs. I won't really be comfortable with the bruises. But, they won't change and I'm fairly confident the mother would shoot me if I encouraged a divorce. Oh, and living on opposite sides of a duplex.
I admit to some misgivings and would appreciate advice.
--Argyle