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[quote=Anonymous]I have some very wealthy relatives who are skinflints. Won't give me or DH a penny. They always give stingy gifts to us for holidays, yet they are worth millions, live in beautiful homes, go on great vacations, etc. etc. I do resent their complaining. I don't want their money, but I do not like that they think I have any sympathy for their troubles when the things they complain about are problems that I'd love to have. ("The Sub-Zero isn't freezing as well as it used to! The guy who usually gets the boat ready has RETIRED! Now I have to find someone new!") I not only can't relate, I can't understand why they are so completely insensitive to my problems that they would bring up such asinine first-world problems to me when I'm dealing with serious financial issues, struggling with job loss, downsizing, etc. I'd love to have a Viking with a burner that clicks on and off ("No one can get that to work right. So annoying!"). I'm lucky I have an oven that works at all!

OP, I'm just commiserating. I try to stay calm and listen as long as I'm able to. When I've had enough, I tell them I need to take care of some things and I leave. I am not brave enough to tell them their complaints are aggravating to me. They are older and these are their problems! I don't think they could even begin to relate to what I'm dealing with, so they have nothing to offer me, except money, which they are NEVER going to offer. Relatives are like that. [/quote]

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