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4,000 sq. ft. is a pretty big house. More than twice the size of mine and it has three bedrooms. I lived with roommates for years, some of whom were pretty badly behaved. I think I could get along with anyone with that kind of incentive at stake.
I've always gotten along well with my in-laws, there would have been some big adjustments but yeah I could have done it.....money is a side issue because sanity is priceless. I've had them come stay with me for a week even after my wife passed away.
300k and free-living isn't worth crap if it wrecks your marriage and scars your kids with constant fighting etc.
I have a house roughly the size of the one described and the "choke point" always comes down to the kitchen and of course meals planning. That's going to be the friction point.
I would and would not take the freebies either. Why, because both of them were the sweetest people I have ever
known. Sadly, they passed away when my husband was in his 30's.
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My inlaws are both in a nursing home and require nearly constant care, so no.
There's also this. My in-laws are self sufficient now, but in another 10 years I don't think they will be.
Of course, I wouldn't want to live with my own parents, either. But, I'd rather live with them than my in-laws. They just make me uncomfortable and they always expect to be treated as guests. When my MIL did her stint living with us she never once washed the sheets or towels in her bedroom and bathroom. She expected us to do it like she was living in a hotel or something.
Every ethnic out there have inlaws living in the same roof for generations except Americans. So the next time you ask why those immigrants can afford homes while most Americans today are renters. That's why.
I wish I could but not for money. They have been dead for 17 years but they were wonderful. So I guess the answer here depends upon the in laws and the person.
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