We Can Afford to Pay for a Nurse to Help My Mother-in-Law. What My Husband Wants to Do Instead Is Unacceptable.
A woman is struggling with her husband's suggestion to have his mother move in with them after she broke her ankle. She feels that this would place an unreasonable burden on her, especially while caring for their young child and working from home. Instead, she proposes hiring a home health aide, which her husband opposes due to his mother's discomfort with strangers.
- ▪The woman's mother-in-law, Janelle, recently broke her ankle and requires assistance during her recovery.
- ▪The woman works from home and has a 19-month-old child, making it difficult for her to provide care.
- ▪The husband suggested Janelle move in with them, but the woman believes this would be too much responsibility for her.
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Care and Feeding We Can Afford to Pay for a Nurse to Help My Mother-in-Law. What My Husband Wants to Do Instead Is Unacceptable. Advice by Jamilah Lemieux May 22, 20261:00 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Nanci Santos/Getty Images Plus. Copy Link Share Share Comment Copy Link Share Share Comment Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My mother-in-law,”Janelle” recently broke her ankle in a fall and needed surgery. She lives alone, as she and my husband’s dad are divorced. Janelle has been having a lot of difficulty managing, and I work from home while my husband commutes to his job a couple of hours away, so coming over to help her out isn’t easy.
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