Mother-in-laws are pain in the neck. We dislike, fear and cannot understand them at all. Every married woman has a story to tell and we all have the notion that it is only the women who suffer the disgrace in her hands. This is a misconception because men suffer too only that they work so hard to prove their wife's mother wrong. Fork lore has it that behind every successful man there is a doubtful mother-law. Women cannot stand her but men know how to handle her. A woman will say "i cannot stand my mother-in-law" a man will say "forget about her and eat all the carrots you want." The confusing fact is that you do not hate her and you wouldn't pray that a bad thing happens to her. Your secret prayer is that she progresses well with life.
Sometimes you love her and the next minute you hate her so much and you wouldn't bear seeing her controlling self all the day. That is why most people would rather have something else than share a roof with a mother-in-law. Housing your mother-law is seen as the most terrible marriage mistakes. Most probably she is a retiree and she want to be self-sufficient. She has some secrets she would want to keep and so doesn't like the arrangement of putting up in your place either. The problem is that she can't put up alone in her old age but things are different nowadays thanks to invention of mother-in-law apartments. When she sees you suffering with her presence, she silently wonders why you can't be bright enough to get her an apartment.
If you are evil enough to wish that she dies, i have bad news for you because according to statistics from national center for health sciences, life expectancy in the USA has gone up to 77.8 years. This translates to the fact that close to 35 million of Americans are beyond 65 years of age. There are several seniors requiring living assistance and you can be sure that your mother-in-law is among the number. A mother-in-law apartment is great resource because you and her will never rub shoulders unnecessarily. This way she can visit and go whenever she wants. A mother-in-law in an apartment in your compound is great because she can check on your cat or dog whenever you are on vacation and your teenagers will not misbehave while you are away.
A mother-in-law apartment is one of the best assets for a home owner because if she is not ready to move in just yet, you can use it as a guest facility or better still rented out before she shows up. When she ages well in place you can be assured of parental blessings which would have been otherwise absent if you were sharing a roof. If she is around, you can easily check on her and avoid the hassles involved in driving all the way just to fix a light bulb or a leaking sink.