My MIL is a problem drinker and now at 78 she has a whole host of serious alcohol related health issues. Most serious is alcoholic neuropathy - which is where the nerves in your limbs dysfunction and her mobilty is serverly limited and in rapid decline. She is more or less house bound now. I also think that she has the beginnings of alcohol dementia as she repeats the same negative stories on a loop and gets simple things wrong frequently. I have recently lost my job due to ill health and want to spend a year or so at home recovering and being around for my 4 kids who are in the middle of A levels GCSEs 11+ etc. one option to achieve this financially is to covert part of our house to an annex for MIL and then rent out her house which would contribute to our mortgage. Once we reach the end of the road - her house would get get sold and proceeds split between sil and dh. If we dont do this she will be in a home v shortly and that is not what anyone wants - and to be blunt it would erode any modest inheritance. So this would only be a finacial decision on our part - but it would provide a window of opportunity to be at home to support my children.....so would I be selling my soul to the devil.
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