Carla was thankful that her mother-in-law helped them buy their house but never wanted to live with her. However, when her husband said his mother would be moving in, she couldn’t say no right away. Instead, she told her mother-in-law about the important rules she needed to follow before moving in. Carla didn’t expect this to cause a family conflict and wrote to us hoping for advice.
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