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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you talk about your money? Show your money? Buy flashy things?
Who in your family or friends knows how much you make or how much you have? Who do you talk bonuses with? Or stock investments?
My SIL outright asks my DH how much we make???! Nunya. Nunya F**cking Business! I tell him to deflect or answer vaguely (Not as much as last year haha) or something like that. I think it’s bc they have a little money now at 55 so they like to drop a line like We spent 10K on our trip to Hawaii, can you believe it?!  :roll: Do people new to money do this on the regular? [/quote]

I try not to talk about money, but if friends ask how much something was, I’ll answer honestly.

In terms of flashy things, I’m not outside the norm of my UMC neighborhood. Only my husband and I know how much we make and have, although DD will find out when we fill out FAFSA in the fall. I shared our HHI with my mom in the past because we made so much more than I dreamed we’d make growing up. But that number has gone up a lot since then, and I’ve been evasive when she asked more recently. I know she’s just trying to get a sense of how people in general afford things nowadays and how my DH and I afford our lifestyle, but I think it would change something about our relationship. My parents are fine financially, but they do watch their spending.

You’re looking down on your SIL, but I can relate to her. My dad topped out at $106K when he retired. It boggles my mind that my family can live the way we do, and I’d only share that feeling with someone I felt very, very close to and could trust, assuming it was someone who could relate. [/quote]

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