I have an educated mother in law who’s always managed to find a job teaching at schools. However, she’s had a difficult life, between a horrible mother and a miserable ex husband, who’s my husband’s dad. She’s always relied on her only son for emotional comfort and has mentioned my husband is more than a son to her, but also her best friend and everything. Since we’re both middle eastern, we’ve lived with our parents up until marriage. Since we’ve gotten married five months ago and moved in together, she’s traveled to Lebanon to stay there a bit and try to figure out what she plans on doing next. She’s mentioned she’d like to come back to Houston and get another teaching job and live right next to us so she can be close to us. She has nobody else in this world besides her son. I called her the other day to check on her and as we were talking for a while, she’s mentioned while staying in Lebanon, she’s felt like something has been missing and she’s not content/happy. She’s mentioned she hopes our future kids will bring her joy to her life and she always wants to remain close to us because family is very important to her. I fear this is unhealthy and could potentially cause marriage problems. Am I dramatic?