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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like some is based in fact "Telling kids that we live in a small house because we do not want to spend money. Telling that we drive old cars because we dont want to spend money. We live in a house that is around $1 million. We do live in a smaller home by choice and drive old cars by choice. This goes on at least twice a week."

[b]Tell your kids you prioritize money & time over a more expensive house or cars. [/b] Tell kids that sometimes people say things that are impolite, rude, weird. . . and if not harming the listener mentally to accept people say things they might not like and move pass it.[/quote]

I told them exactly that (the bolded part). That is how I handled it so far. What I am worried about is how much of an impact it might have on kids in terms of inviting their friends to our house if they feel ashamed of it.[/quote]

Don’t catastrophize the situation.  Mil is clearly unpleasant and says bad things, but that doesn’t mean your kids are going to take it to heart and let it impact their peer relationships.   I think 12:10 has a good strategy and I would follow their example.  [/quote]

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