My husband and I have been married one year and I love him very much. His mother and her new husband moved here from another country about one and a half years ago. She has asked my parents for tons of favors including signing Visa papers so that her son can come to the US for a visit. My parents did this for her. She also wanted them to sign papers so that she can stay in the US legally, and help her start a business. Luckily, she found another way out, and I thought that was the end of her requests to my parents. Now, this woman, who is very bold and has no shame, has completely appalled me. She asked my retired parents (who are doing ok financially, but older than she is and retired) to buy a $200,000 dollar home, rent it to her and her new husband, they'd fix it up, then my parents would sell it and split the profit with them. My parents actually considered it because they love her son and want me to be happy. Plus they don't think she'd "do them in." I on the other hand became EXTREMELY upset. How can anyone ask two retired people to do this, especially if my mother-in-law and her new husband are both about 15 years younger than my parents, still working, and have all the newest cars, furniture, etc. that you can imagine (bought on credit of course). Well, I told my parents not to go through with this "deal." And, I told my husband that he better tell his mom to back off from my parents with this and all future requests. He did. Now, I look like the bad guy. In my heart I know I did the right thing to protect my parents, but I'm not sure that my relationship with my mother-in-law will be so good now, and that she'll poison her son against me. Any tips on how to handle this mess now? I don't know what else to do.
