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Does she really need a popup tent in the living area?  I may be a bit of a camping philistine here, but if I went away with my son in his tent, I'd just stick my single airbed on the deck or else put up a camp-bed and rely on the single skin of his tent to keep out the weather.  I know it's not as warm, but at this time of year, unless you're camping in the mountains, it's really not that cold.  Of course your MIL might want the privacy while she's staying with you.  My family aren't fussed about all that!

The pop-up tents the senior section were using last time I went to guide camp looked really solid, even before they pegged and guyed them, and inside your tent, it's not going to get any stress as it would outside.  They were Quechua, I think.

I have a Highpoint Backpacker 2 for guide camping, and that goes up very quickly and is pretty solid on the ground, especially once I'm in it!  But it's not as convenient as a popup.

Hope all this helps.

FoO

We did just that this weekend.  Due to the horrendous weather on Friday night, and how wet and sodden the ground was, I brought our little Quecha 2 man pop-up tent inside the living room of my Licata 4, and my youngest son slept in there and was more than happy.  In fact, he treated it as his own personal space, with all him kit and games in there too.  I would not have let him sleep in it if it were outside the main tent.  I can see us doing this a lot in future. 

There was still room for my table and chairs for the rest of us to sit quietly chatting too.