My cousin is a good dude but he is losing his mind. He got married 2 years ago and already has had several of his wife's family members try to move in. Finally he gave in to the mother in law due to her health issues. He complains about her sitting on the couch watching tv upstairs the entire day. He works from home and most of the time he is in his office. If he wants to watch TV he goes into the bedroom. Mind you his office and the main bedroom is upstairs too so whenever he goes to the kitchen or uses the restroom, BOOM there she is.
This breh provided a whole bedroom with a queen size bed and flatscreen tv with just about every app and streaming service you can think of. But she insists on watching tv upstairs where he spends most of his time. When she cooks she rarely cleans up after herself. Oh..... And she doesn't practice good hygeine.
. Says her room is constantly musty and smells like urine. And yes she is fully capable to cleaning and keeping up her room.
Other than that he says she is very sweet and easy going. But he feels she doesn't have boundaries and or respect his home like she should. The wife puts her foot down sometimes but some time enables this behavior. He doesn't want to hurt the mother in laws feelings but he is at a breaking point. He is an introvert and needs ample time to himself. He has recently start drinking and spending long evenings at a local bar. Sometimes he'll sit in his car for 2 hours afterwards dreading going in his own house
I commend him for stepping up to the plate but am worried about his mental health. Do you feel it is wrong for him to tell the mother in law not to spend so much time upstairs and to clean up after herself? What would you do? And what can advice can I tell him before he has a breakdown.
This breh provided a whole bedroom with a queen size bed and flatscreen tv with just about every app and streaming service you can think of. But she insists on watching tv upstairs where he spends most of his time. When she cooks she rarely cleans up after herself. Oh..... And she doesn't practice good hygeine.
. Says her room is constantly musty and smells like urine. And yes she is fully capable to cleaning and keeping up her room. Other than that he says she is very sweet and easy going. But he feels she doesn't have boundaries and or respect his home like she should. The wife puts her foot down sometimes but some time enables this behavior. He doesn't want to hurt the mother in laws feelings but he is at a breaking point. He is an introvert and needs ample time to himself. He has recently start drinking and spending long evenings at a local bar. Sometimes he'll sit in his car for 2 hours afterwards dreading going in his own house
I commend him for stepping up to the plate but am worried about his mental health. Do you feel it is wrong for him to tell the mother in law not to spend so much time upstairs and to clean up after herself? What would you do? And what can advice can I tell him before he has a breakdown.
