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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine makes comments about how lucky I am for owning all kinds of fairly common household objects (like a Keurig) and manages to tie it back to her son's generosity.  My DH is awesome but I'm the primary breadwinner in our family.[/quote]

My too. I hate it.[/quote]

Do you all not just say you make more money?  I'm pretty sure I'd say something like, "Well, since I make more money than your son, it's actually due to my generosity"[/quote]

That would be a petty thing to say with respect to her spouse. My spouse makes more than I do, and if he made that kind of comment it would really piss me off. I think most couples do not view the purchasing of joint household goods as due to one or the other’s generosity. I doagree the IL making the comment is super annoying, but no reason to take it out on the spouse. [/quote]

My inlaws do this too. When we give them gifts or pay for meals, they only thank DH, never me. Even when I’m sitting right there. Sometimes I’ll respond anyway and say “you’re welcome” or “we’re so glad you like it” or similar, but usually I just ignore because I don’t want to get into it. I make more than 3x DH’s salary but even if I made 3x less or even nothing, it would still be rude on their part because the gifts are from both of us and our money is joint. [/quote]

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