Why You Should Never Live with Your Mother in Law

Can you tell me why you should never live with your Mother in Law?

If you value your sanity, you should try to avoid it.

That's rather dramatic.

Mark Twain reportedly said the best argument against polygamy was that a man can't have two masters. If you live with your mother in law, your wife and her mother both think they are your master.

Can you give me a more realistic reason?

Imagine that you've lost your job and are in such dire straights that you have to move in with your mother in law. And now you've proven that you are the unemployed, underachieving SOB your mother in law thought you were.

I guess that's why the Bible says better to eat bread on the roof than share the house with a quarrelsome woman.

Be very careful quoting that to a Bible believing woman or she'll become every stereotype of what you don't want a woman to be.

What about a woman moving in with her husband's family?

So now she can criticize how you take care of her husband as well as any kids you have.

I guess hating your mother in law is a gender-neutral trait.

Fathers in law rarely hate daughters in law. Men who are afraid of a girl's father don't stick around long enough to marry her.

Except for the shot gun weddings.

Those are illegal these days. A baseball bat to the kneecaps, though, the law is a little fuzzier there.

Why do you think women want to live with their mothers?

They get a built in babysitter for any kids, someone who is probably more fastidious on housekeeping, a natural ear for any gripes and a pit bull to criticize hubby if he fails to meet either of their standards.

I thought you'd mention the housekeeping, but the others are eye opening.

[onestunningdude]

my mother in law moved in 3 years ago when me and my wife was living in a two bedroom apartment. but my mother in law was in a mental institution for 1 month. She didn't have any income so we had to take care of her. At one point in the time, my mother in law was sleeping on one couch and my brother in law was sleeping on the other. They both at that time had no income. That was rough on me and my wife. Somehow you have to set boundaries. I didn't now I'm trying to but it's hard. My mother in law doesn't reason well and never takes responsibility for her actions. Good luck