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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG. Stop it. He sounds like a great guy. He brings in 7 figures and you can basically do what you want. Just stop being such an effing princess. It's not unreasonable to think your parents would be just fine in a new $30k vehicle. [/quote]

IMO that's a super sexist response (I'm not OP). They're a family. She holds down the fort at home, presumably, and cares for the kids, and maybe the parents are highly involved too. Why shouldn't she be able to advocate for a $60k vehicle? Would you feel differently if DH wanted to buy HIS parents a similar car, since he's the one bringing home $3 mil?[/quote]

Not at all.  And not meant to be sexist, either.  It's not about whether he has control of all the money.  It's really about the fact that she truly believes that her parents, who are being fully supported by her family, need a more expensive vehicle.  They don't.  Her husband is not being a jerk over the money. He is questioning why her parents can't get by on a typical car that 80% of Americans drive. [/quote]

Should also add that I am also a SAHM. We discuss all expenditures for our family, before making decisions. We tend to go with the most reasonable decision (sure, we could afford $1000/night lodging on vacation but why would we pay that when $500/night would do the trick?). I would also feel a man was acting in a spoiled manner if it was the female partner making the 7 figures and asking why his parents couldn't drive a gifted $30k car.[/quote]

+2.

My issue here is not that OP is asking permission or being "a princess." I was a SAHM and now i'm the breadwinner. OP and her husband are supporting her parents entirely. A $30,000 car, brand new, is FINE. [/quote]

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