in-laws

Anglegirl: You and your husband should feel good about yourselves and what you are doing. Surely you will be rewarded, if not here on earth, then in heaven. It's ashame that children will not help their elder parents after everything that the parents did for them. After the parents are gone, it's too late to admit that they should have done this and that and guilt will tear at them if they have a conscience. When they get old, perhaps they will reap what they sow. Papa Lou

Minds are made of stonewall, eyes are covered with opaque crystal glasses, other sense organs stop responding - this is cruelty, the barbaric face of civilized society that we get to see so often everywhere. I read a story like this one in a local newspaper today, a son tortures his very much aged mother for handing over the property in his favor! When mother refuses to comply with the pressure, she was forced to leave the house after being physically assaulted. Cops, called Police here, came up to rescue her when she was crying helplessly in a railway platform - her hair was cut to make her look like a mad person. However, what touched my heart, and believe me what compelled me to drop tears is the fact that poor mother lodged an FIR with the local PS with the request to not arrest his great son. That's how stories develop, and that's how mothers feel. But for you, you have shown the guts to come up and share responsibility. May God bless you.

Angelgirl, You are good hearted and do what you always do. If a person needs a hand you help. That is the way it should be. We all do things that we are not proud of in our younger days. Your mother-in-law is in a bad way in the health. Just reenforce that you want her and that you will help her as much as you can. If it comes to it putting her in a nursing home is not a bad thing. Where the bad thing is is when a person is put in a nursing home and forgotten. It sounds like that is what would happen with her son. Some people are cold hearted. They don't like to leave what is in the past there. It sounds like the sons feelings are negative and if that is the case he doesn't need to be around his Mom anyway. She needs positive thinking. I will keep her in my thoughts and in my prayers. God will take care of your Mother-In-Law. I was surprised and very happy to see that you had come here. This is a good place to get advice and moral support also. There are many good people who are members here. Love you girl. My thoughts are with you.