Popular Post ChrisL Posted April 5, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted April 5, 2022 It still amazes me that my wife’s parent ever lasted as long as it did,12 years… The guy is so unassuming and is happy just to be around the family. He’s perfectly happy with a sandwich & chips for lunch and whatever I make for dinner. No buy me this or doesn’t seafood sound wonderful??? He actually slipped my wife cash for gas & meals. Anyway no big plans hammered out on living arrangements. He plans to stay in TX for now and plans to visit more often. He’s leasing now and may stay there or maybe buy. He likes his apartment though. Our housing market & taxes is more than he wants to spend and he doesn’t want us to uproot our lives for him. That and our place is really too small for all of us so him living with us in our place isn’t something he wants to do. He is divorcing his wife and is making my wife the sole benefactor to his assets. They did have some discussions on end of life plans but he’s not Ill or anything, just getting up there in age and now single. Anyway I hope he spends more time with us, he really enjoys our family and isn’t a disruption to our daily lives like the MIL. 4 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dinneR ★ Posted April 5, 2022 Popular Post Share #2 Posted April 5, 2022 You should introduce him to a Nancy. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted April 5, 2022 Share #3 Posted April 5, 2022 Sounds like great solution. Polar opposite of your wife’s Mom. If you don’t know about them, Five Wishes has great resources for your FIL to plan ahead. https://www.fivewishes.org 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted April 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Old No. 7 said: Sounds like great solution. Polar opposite of your wife’s Mom. If you don’t know about them, Five Wishes has great resources for your FIL to plan ahead. https://www.fivewishes.org Thanks I’ll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 5, 2022 Share #5 Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, dinneR said: You should introduce him to a Nancy. LJ has a few extras. He can share. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 5, 2022 Share #6 Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, dinneR said: You should introduce him to a Nancy. Nominated 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted April 5, 2022 Share #7 Posted April 5, 2022 Nice to have some family that are a positive relationship. He's smart not to make any big changes during a transition period, There's always time if he decides he wants to move closer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted April 5, 2022 17 minutes ago, Kirby said: Nice to have some family that are a positive relationship. He's smart not to make any big changes during a transition period, There's always time if he decides he wants to move closer. I think he wasn’t thinking rationally when he first brought up the idea of living together. He was pretty emotional over the situation with his soon to be ex. Although he did say my cooking was reason enough to live near by! 😂 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted April 5, 2022 Share #9 Posted April 5, 2022 I'm glad, Chris he's thought more rationally through all this for himself. Happy times ahead between you, wifey and him. He deserves to be visited from time to time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted April 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, shootingstar said: I'm glad, Chris he's thought more rationally through all this for himself. Happy times ahead between you, wifey and him. He deserves to be visited from time to time. For sure, we have over the years and will continue to. His place isn’t fully furnished yet so no place to sleep yet but we are looking to visit in the coming months. But having said that, he enjoys coming to us as he can hang out with his grand kids & great grand son. My kids aren’t likely to visit him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted April 5, 2022 Oh one more FIL story… So the last time he was single he would make Chop Suey that my wife hated and wanted to try my chop suey when he was out. I told him I don’t make American abominations of Asian food. I’ll make you some Indo noodles & fried rice. OK deal. So now he’s hooked on my Bami & Nasi Goereng, devoured all of the leftovers and wants me to teach him how to make it. Uh you struggle with spaghetti from a jar, how about I just keep making it for you. OK I like that plan better! I told my wife if he tries my satay he may just move in after all… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted April 5, 2022 Share #12 Posted April 5, 2022 He sounds like a lovely person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted April 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Airehead said: He sounds like a lovely person. He was more difficult earlier in his life and I think realizes the mistakes he made and has rebuilt a broken bridge with my wife. He really tries to have a good relationship with us. He has said many times he wishes he had been a better parent and heaps praise on our family for being so close. But unfortunately the bridge is still broken with his sons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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