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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I received the same pressure from his father. It was a custom in his family to provide for the elders. When we has just graduated from school and started new jobs, his brothers and sisters asked that we start contributing towards his father's expenses. With our huge student loan debt, we could barely make ends meet. My parents saw us struggling, and they would give us generous birthday and holiday cash gifts. I didn't have the heart to tell my family that we had to funnel off a chunk of the money they gave us for DH's family. They would've freaked![/quote] I don't get this. You don't HAVE TO give them anything. What's would happen if you didn't give them any money? BILs and SILs would stop talking to you? Because it's a "custom"? Well, tell them you have a custom-- your custom is that you provide for your immediate family and your retirement first and any leftovers go toward a vacation. There's a custom for you. [/quote]
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