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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][actually three things! :) and also, good luck. You sound like a nice person.][/quote]

Thank you! And i'm going to remember "sometimes the cheapest way to pay for things is with money." I like that.

FWIW, his dad is the primary communicator on things like this. He just comes to me for the big financial decisions, which I appreciate. And DSS and him both come to me for the logistics, since that's mainly my household role.

I like the idea of treating the money from mom as just another stream of income. If it seems appropriate, I'll mention that to dad. He will ultimately decide how to handle this. And, yes, DSS knew about the money.  My thought is that he was thinking about it very compartmentalized - he has his job earnings, money from dad, and money from mom. Since we really try to keep the financial arrangements between his mom and us behind the scenes, I doubt the interplay between dad's and mom's budget occurred to him.  But, I do think he approached our financial conversation as a "negotiation" (there was a lot of, very calm, discussions on needs vs wants and a fair amount of compromise on both sides) I don't doubt he felt mentioning this money would weaken his position![/quote]

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