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Bullshit.  Her SIL can certainly afford a vacation at 180K HHI, but she's prioritizing staying at home in an expensive house and sending three kids to private school over vacations.  It's fine to do that, but you can't cry poor if you've got money for private school for three kinds PLUS you choose not to work.

The difference in their household incomes is not great -- basically, it's $2,000 a month.  [b]So OP's husband essentially chose to spend a couple of months' worth of this WIFE's income on his sister's self indulgence. [/b] He's using his wife's labor to subsidize his sister sitting on her ass at home while her kids are at school all day.

That's not being generous.  That's being a patsy.  And it's completely disrespectful of his wife.  She's going to grey mad about this for good reason!!!!

It's one thing if one couple hit Lotto and wants to treat the other.  But SIL's family lives in luxury, works less, and cries poor.  OP's family lives more frugally and works harder.  Why should they subsidize laziness and self-indulgence?  I would FLIP if my husband did this.[/quote]

They have separate finances so how is he spending her money? he is spending his own money that he earned - he isn't taking his sister on vacation instead of paying the mortgage. If he wants to spend his money on bringing his family on vacation then why can't he? I guess the question is if OP makes purchases with her money without asking her DH if that is how he wants the money spent. If not, if she spends her money as she wishes, then why can't he? If their money was 'our' money, it would be very different but they have 'his' and 'her' money.[/quote]

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