Would you live next to your in-laws?

[buffettbride]

Looks like hubby and I may have a chance to live next door to his mother. I love my MIL and SFIL and BIL, but living next to them could be interesting at times, and present the obvious challenges. The house we would be moving into is lovely (it is where Matt's grandpa and grandma lived before they passed away) and a much nicer house than we'd be able to acquire for a number of years.

So, would you live next to your MIL?

[East Texas Parrothead]

Yes. Her neighborhood is lovely. And, although there would be issues, I'm sure we'd work them out.

Mr. Mojito would love it, too.

[I'm an Altered Boy]

[Hockey Mon]

Tough call. To do this, we'd have to move 30 min from our current house, add about 30-45 minutes to our commute and ended up sort of where my wife and I grew up. We'd lose our neighborhood friends and our social structure.

Even with that, I'd move next to my in-laws. Babysitting almost all the time, my mil is a great cook and fil is really handy with stuff.
My parents? Hmmm...probably not.

[ph4ever]

It all depends on how well you get along with mom-in-law.

Based on my past moms in laws - OH HELL NO to one and Yeah no problem to the other. They were both different types of women.

[dnw]

[x002548]

Looks like hubby and I may have a chance to live next door to his mother. I love my MIL and SFIL and BIL, but living next to them could be interesting at times, and present the obvious challenges. The house we would be moving into is lovely (it is where Matt's grandpa and grandma lived before they passed away) and a much nicer house than we'd be able to acquire for a number of years.

So, would you live next to your MIL?

Are you kidding? That's a no brainer....

Make sure you buy the "Raymond" box set

[buffettbride]

You have no idea how close to home that hits. Matt's family is Italian and he has a younger brother.

[z-man]

In our case, the question would have to be:
"would you mind if your in-laws moved in next door"

'cause there is no way we are leaving Orlando to move back to Ft Worth or to move near Indianapolis!

[SharkOnLand]

Um no. Unless you were given the house, I think the potential drawbacks outweigh the potential upside.

Of course, I'm a hermit and don't like living close to anybody

[ph4ever]

You have no idea how close to home that hits. Matt's family is Italian and he has a younger brother.

Does his mother butt in with your raising the kids or decisions you make regarding your life?

[buffettbride]

Tough call. To do this, we'd have to move 30 min from our current house, add about 30-45 minutes to our commute and ended up sort of where my wife and I grew up. We'd lose our neighborhood friends and our social structure.

Even with that, I'd move next to my in-laws. Babysitting almost all the time, my mil is a great cook and fil is really handy with stuff.
My parents? Hmmm...probably not.

We were looking at moving this spring anyway, just not to this end of town. It doesn't do much to our work commute, but puts us WAY on the other side of town from Victoria's school. Because it is still the city of Denver, she can take a school bus, but doesn't do much in the way of lessening her commute time to school and giving her more time to sleep. There's also a nice Catholic school nearby where we would want Tony to go.

The work commute actually improves for us because we can take the Light Rail every day with ease, rather than driving. The neighborhood is GREAT and we don't have a lot of social ties to where we live now. And ample babysitting.

[buffettbride]

You have no idea how close to home that hits. Matt's family is Italian and he has a younger brother.

Does his mother butt in with your raising the kids or decisions you make regarding your life?

She offers her "opinion" for sure, but never overrules us. When there's an issue, Matt always handles it. She is kind of an "in your business" kind of person and we'd have to make her park her car in her own garage now, but her heart is always in the right place.

Did I mention ample babysitting?

[buffettbride]

You have no idea how close to home that hits. Matt's family is Italian and he has a younger brother.

Does his mother butt in with your raising the kids or decisions you make regarding your life?

She offers her "opinion" for sure, but never overrules us. When there's an issue, Matt always handles it.

[buffettbride]

Um no. Unless you were given the house, I think the potential drawbacks outweigh the potential upside.

It's a pretty tight-knit family anyway, and we're not exactly being given the house, but his grandfather owned it outright, so we basically get double the house in a neighborhood that is a million times better for the same that we pay now.

[buffettbride]

In our case, the question would have to be:
"would you mind if your in-laws moved in next door"

'cause there is no way we are leaving Orlando to move back to Ft Worth or to move near Indianapolis!

They could totally move in next to us. They would have a ball with the cop, the nurse, and the redneck on the block.

[Frank4]

I lived in the same town as my in-laws, that was bad enough. I can only imagine living next door

[Hockey Mon]

Tough call. To do this, we'd have to move 30 min from our current house, add about 30-45 minutes to our commute and ended up sort of where my wife and I grew up. We'd lose our neighborhood friends and our social structure.

Even with that, I'd move next to my in-laws. Babysitting almost all the time, my mil is a great cook and fil is really handy with stuff.
My parents? Hmmm...probably not.

We were looking at moving this spring anyway, just not to this end of town. It doesn't do much to our work commute, but puts us WAY on the other side of town from Victoria's school. Because it is still the city of Denver, she can take a school bus, but doesn't do much in the way of lessening her commute time to school and giving her more time to sleep. There's also a nice Catholic school nearby where we would want Tony to go.

The work commute actually improves for us because we can take the Light Rail every day with ease, rather than driving. The neighborhood is GREAT and we don't have a lot of social ties to where we live now. And ample babysitting.

Sounds like a lot of pluses and not very many minuses. Does this new place have a basement, and stairs to get down there? If so, I think that seals the deal.

[springparrot]

Tough call. To do this, we'd have to move 30 min from our current house, add about 30-45 minutes to our commute and ended up sort of where my wife and I grew up. We'd lose our neighborhood friends and our social structure.

Even with that, I'd move next to my in-laws. Babysitting almost all the time, my mil is a great cook and fil is really handy with stuff.
My parents? Hmmm...probably not.

We were looking at moving this spring anyway, just not to this end of town. It doesn't do much to our work commute, but puts us WAY on the other side of town from Victoria's school. Because it is still the city of Denver, she can take a school bus, but doesn't do much in the way of lessening her commute time to school and giving her more time to sleep. There's also a nice Catholic school nearby where we would want Tony to go.

The work commute actually improves for us because we can take the Light Rail every day with ease, rather than driving. The neighborhood is GREAT and we don't have a lot of social ties to where we live now. And ample babysitting.

Sounds like a lot of pluses and not very many minuses. Does this new place have a basement, and stairs to get down there? If so, I think that seals the deal.

and room for the snake???

[ph4ever]

Tough call. To do this, we'd have to move 30 min from our current house, add about 30-45 minutes to our commute and ended up sort of where my wife and I grew up. We'd lose our neighborhood friends and our social structure.

Even with that, I'd move next to my in-laws. Babysitting almost all the time, my mil is a great cook and fil is really handy with stuff.
My parents? Hmmm...probably not.

We were looking at moving this spring anyway, just not to this end of town. It doesn't do much to our work commute, but puts us WAY on the other side of town from Victoria's school. Because it is still the city of Denver, she can take a school bus, but doesn't do much in the way of lessening her commute time to school and giving her more time to sleep. There's also a nice Catholic school nearby where we would want Tony to go.

The work commute actually improves for us because we can take the Light Rail every day with ease, rather than driving. The neighborhood is GREAT and we don't have a lot of social ties to where we live now. And ample babysitting.

Sounds like a lot of pluses and not very many minuses. Does this new place have a basement, and stairs to get down there? If so, I think that seals the deal.

and room for the snake???

snake needs his own rom