Anna Luce chronicles her experience of living with her in-laws soon after she and her husband had her first child. In this account, Luce notes the perks and annoyances that exist when you live with your in-laws. While there are some drawbacks to this arrangement, Anna also highlights the benefits to having a second set of hands in the house.
Key Takeaways:
- I’ve been living with my in-laws for five-plus years, and we now have another grandchild for them to dote on. If you’re considering a similar arrangement, take heed from these lessons learned.
- When we first moved in together, I told them I didn’t watch much TV and didn’t want to pay for cable. They definitely wanted cable, because sports. So now I get free cable.
- That proved to be a lot of work, and there came a day when I gave up the relentless tidying. There was no helping it; my fastidiously neat in-laws would see the cluttered way we normally lived.
“My mistake was marrying an only child, whose retired parents were only too eager to sell their lake house in Montana and move in with us in Chicago so they could be around the grandchild.”
http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1129251/what-it-is-like-in-a-multigenerational-home
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