

What made OP more furious is that her husband keeps letting the issue go. We had to sit her down and confront her about it.” After all the help she received, the sister-in-law still had the audacity to create conflict.

It was the ultimate snake move in my opinion. “Later on, I found out that she was actually speaking to my stepson’s biological mother (who at the time was very jealous of my partner and I being together and having my stepson full-time) and trying to come up with ways to try and break my partner and I up. She crossed the line too many times - it even came to the point that she was caught trying to break up the couple. Although they replaced the door, the sister-in-law had already caused so much trouble. They would have fights in the house and even broke one of the bedroom doors,” krose_7137 complained. That’s a total of 9 people now in our 3-bedroom house. She ended up getting a boyfriend and would let him stay over at our house with his 2 kids. “I would tell my partner that she needs to move out, but as she is his big sister, he defended her (even though he was annoyed as well). OP and her husband covered all the expenses for a year. Even the kids were messing up the place, and she wasn’t doing anything. Her actions showed that she was taking advantage of the kindness the couple presented to her. Everything was fine until the sister-in-law- began showing signs of extreme freeloading. OP offered their roof to her sister-in-law’s family - the three kids stayed with her while the other stayed with her parents. The whole family shared a home with her parents until they had to give up the house due to financial issues. Her sister-in-law is a single mother who has four kids. Both have full-time jobs that could support their family until the wife’s sister-in-law came into the picture.

OP had been living with her partner and her stepson in the first house they ever bought. She couldn’t handle her sister-in-law anymore and had to rant through a Reddit post. One of the many people who experience this problem is Reddit user krose_7137. Although it’s only right to support a family member amidst a crisis, boundaries must still be respected. Family should always be there for each other. Lots of people experience this conflict with their relatives. You’ll be torn about whether to ask them to leave or tolerate their behavior at the expense of your peace at home. It isn’t easy to talk it out with the person when they’re your in-law. However, when a freeloader takes a year or more, the situation can get frustrating. It’s alright when the other adults are helping with the expenses and chores. Sometimes extended families live with one another when a crisis hits their home. Supporting a household has never been easy, especially when five or more people live under your roof.
