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[quote=Anonymous]My MIL has made similar comments to me, not about financials but about expecting her son to be an equal participant/contributor to managing our home/family.  She thinks I'm a big meanie head for expecting DH to equally parent, to clean up as much as I do, to cook (not as much as I do but at least once a week), etc.  I'm able to brush her comments off because DH and I are happy and comfortable with our division of labor.  DH loves being an involved dad, knows he is just as responsible for cleaning as I am, and takes a lot of pride in making us a nice dinner on the weekends.  MIL just has her own baggage and expectations as she was a SAHM and the full on household manager when she was raising DH and my FIL was "just" the breadwinner and did nothing around the house other than the "manly" stuff like mowing the lawn.  She can't really understand how our division of labor could possibly work since it's so different from hers.

Check in with your DH to see how he's feeling about the situation and, unless he's been confiding in his mother that he has an issue (which is a big no no in my book, you talk to your spouse about that sh*t), then ignore your MIL.  [/quote]

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