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[quote=Anonymous]What counts as “large amounts”? Both my parents and my MIL started sending us money periodically in the last few years. They don’t offer it, they just send checks and then call to confirm we received them. Usually around 5k but sometimes more. At first I wasn’t sure about it, but they all explained its part of their goal to not leave all their money in their estate. Almost all of it goes into a savings account for our daughter’s education and future, unless we have a sudden expense come up and the money can keep us from having to draw on our own savings unexpectedly.

It’s had no impact on our relationship. To their credit, the money is totally no strings attached— they never ask what we are doing with it. It doesn’t even get discussed past us reaching out to say thank you. No one in our family is wealthy, but our parents benefited from being boomers and buying homes and investing in the stock market during an era of rapid appreciation both places. They are passing that good fortune into their kids and grandkids. It was weird at first because we’ve been financially independent since college graduation. But eventually we understood this isn’t really about us, it’s about their desire to make sure their money goes to family as much as possible.[/quote]

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