Reply #51: True, I'm just biding my time

[Broken_Hero]

until tax time....its not that we are financially screwn...our father/mother in law have been having trouble keeping up on their bills, and we have been helping them out, a lot. I'm to the point now, where I think I might have to manage their bills, as well as our own. My father in law is not good with money in the least bit..if he has it, he spends it on whatever. My mother in law is very good with money, but she is not doing so hot mentally/physically...

She has miny strokes, which we don't know what from...she is a diabetic, and she shoots herself with an insulin shot once a day in her stomach, but there are times, where she loses track of time, and forgets to pay things...thats whats biting them in the ass right now. They have been late on all their bills, for the past two months, and my wife and I are starting to see a pattern...we both want to help them with their bills, but unless my wife or I take control of their bill situation, its only going to get worse...and heaven forbid all the extra fee's that pile on when you are late for a payment....its not like they don't have the money to cover it, its that they are not paying them on time....

I don't know how to approach my inlaws with the notion, that havign my wife or myself(more than likely) take over that aspect...personally, I would take it hard to realize that I can no longer take care of myself, without some help...its a pride thing I believe. But, its something that we need to approach them with...otherwise, its only going to get worse...