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My DH and I had to support his mother for years before she died because of her financial choices and refusal to work so I understand your dilemma. You sound like you are willing to help and she has refused. She is an adult so let her move by her sister and just let her know that you are there for her. Sometimes that's all you can do. Getting frustrated over the situation, unfortunately, won't help much. You can't save people from themselves.
Good luck - hope everything turns out okay for your MIL.
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Its only been 4 days since her mother died. Maybe she is just talking, convincing herself she has options. maybe she should visit her sisters. hopefully some time will help her.
There are a couple of things I'm getting here. The first and most important is that her mother just died, after what sounds like quite a while of needing at least supportive care daily. This means that her role as a person and caregiver has dramatically shifted. She may have been thinking for the last few years what she would do if her mother died. This may seem sudden to you, but not to her at all.
My best advice?
Leave it alone. Offer what emotional help you can, and let her know you're there for her - but only in an emotional way, NOT in a financial way. Or, do what my Dsis and her DH did: they told his mom that $XX was as much money they would send her a month, and she learned to live with that. She's learned to budget better, and Dsis doesn't feel guilty or angry any more. The money they give to her DMiL is budgeted.
To answer your question how you support someone whom you feel is financially irresponsibly? With a lot of finesse and care and the understanding that you may not be able to control how the money is spent. I love Danielle's idea of a financial management class, especially if one of you would go with her.
One of the things that was very hard when we helped support my MIL was that she did do things with her money (which included our contributions) that I felt were unnecessary. This included very generous contributions to her church and "causes" she supported and taking vacations that we could not afford. She would also buy gifts for others. It became an issue in our marriage because my ex was very concerned that we never wasted a penny, but would not say anything to his mother. I think what I learned if that if you can help support someone financially, you may have do think of it as a gift, over which you have no control. I think you cannot do that, it will eat away at you.
One other option might be to offer to buy her a gift card for gas or groceries once a month. That way you'll have some control over how it is spent.
Diane
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Thanks for all the advice and pixies. It gave me a lot to think about. I think for now we are just going to try and help her when she asks and make sure we are inviting her over and things.
My dad was completely lost for a while after my mom died. He had to take care of her for the last 2 years of her life and he really had no idea what to do with himself or his time after she passed. Give your MIL some time to adjust. If she wants to move and "start over" in a sense, be supportive of her. She might have a difficult time, and she might not. It's going to be a tough transition for her to make from constant companion and caregiver to being by herself.
If she wants to move and "start over" in a sense, be supportive of her.
If that's really what she wants, dh and I are totally supportive. At the end of the day, we want her to be happy. I think we both feel a little bit guilty, though, that if she would move to Wisconsin that it would take some of the pressure off of us and we would be glad.
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