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[quote=Anonymous]My DH and I have been married for close to 30 years and have had issues with his parents since we got engaged, mostly because I came from a working class background and they are wealthy. My BIL is a few years younger than DH and made the "right" marriage decision in MIL's eyes, but is now divorced. Recently at a family gathering, MIL pulled my DH aside and asked if it was okay to spend the entirety of HIS inheritance (upwards of $10 million) on their third home - which they apparently did not tell anyone except my adult daughter was in the process of being purchased. My daughter is living in the same city as BIL and asked him what he knew about the house - apparently his entire inheritance is intact because they like him and his kids more and they are moving to that city because they did not want to be far away from family as they age. DH travels around the country for work, so this seems logical they would move near BIL as his job is a lot less travel heavy, but he was extremely insulted about the disclosure of his entire inheritance being spent. In addition, MIL has apparently been trash talking my children to their cousins and any other family member and friend who will listen when FIL is not around. We had a childhood friend of BIL's call us up last week asking really inappropriate and intrusive questions about my son, stating that my MIL had mentioned he was struggling to him and he was trying to reach out and help him - and this is not the first time something like that has occurred in the last year or so. DH is extremely uncomfortable with everything that has happened over the last few months and is considering cutting all ties to both his parents - which will be extremely difficult as they're currently paying tuition for two of our children at schools we otherwise would not be able to afford. Is MIL's decision to purchase a third home with my DH's inheritance enough of a reason to completely cut off most of his side of the family?[/quote]

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