My relationship with my husband and his family had been deteriorating for a long time. For years, my husband and his father had been on bad terms. I was shocked when I heard from my sister-in-law, who had come to announce her marriage, that my father-in-law was currently recovering from hemiplegia, and that they were worried about leaving the shut-in younger brother behind. Hoping it might be a chance for my husband and his family to reconcile, I wanted them to move in together—but would that really be possible?