does your sibling know your HHI?
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Anonymous
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I made the mistake of telling my brother how much we make. It came up because my brother was talking about giving money to our parents, and income came up.
I asked him not to mention the HHI number to his nosy bitchy wife. A few weeks later over dinner, my sister in law, the nosy wife of my brother made some snarky comment about me and DH being in the "1%" I wish i never said anything to them. I hope this doesn't become a problem going forward. My sister in law is a competitive person and i now this knowledge of our much higher HHI than theirs must bother her. I think my brother may have these tendencies. Do you tell your siblings how much you make? Does it cause problems? |
Anonymous
| God no. No one except my husband, my boss and HR know that. It's no one else's business. |
Anonymous
| No. My sister and BIL have no idea. We have not upgraded houses so the disparity is easier to hide. |
Anonymous
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No, it would be stupid to tell people.
Dumb |
Anonymous
| I think u did this to stir the pot. |
Anonymous
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No, but they do know our housing allowance (military).
We just bought a house, mid range pricing for the DC metro area. I shared a link to the home when we bought and they just about died at the price. I had to explain to them that the only reason we could afford a half million + home is because our housing allowance is X$ here in DC. Although it made more sense to them to hear this, they were just as appalled as they were when they saw how much the house cost. They are from the Midwest and a half million dollar home there is a half million dollar home, not some 1960s-70s un renovated house. Sigh. |
Anonymous
| Nope, but if I did tell my sibs, I'd count on them telling their respective spouses. I don't keep secrets from my spouse & I don't expect that others do, either. |
Anonymous
I don't disagree with this. I can't imagine how this info would "casually" come up in any context. So no, my siblings don't know our HHI. How awkward! |
Anonymous
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I have a ballpark on what my sibs earn just from knowing their occupations. But, no, I can't recall specifics like that ever coming up. And no way would I ever make sweeping assumptions regarding what I thought my sibs could or could not afford or how they should (or should not) spend their money.
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Anonymous
| No, although we're both Feds so they could easily look it up if they wanted to. |
Anonymous
Yup. |
Anonymous
| I know my brothers because I do his taxes. He has a general idea of mine not not specifics. |
Anonymous
| No, but I made the horrible mistake of telling my mother. |
Anonymous
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Does the biotchy wife expect her piece of the (your) pie now? Probably best to steer clear of people like that. Seriously.
If she's just making dumb comments, ignore her. |
Anonymous
| My sisters (and their husbands) know our HHI. We know theirs. It's not a big deal to any of us. It's just money. |