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There is another side to the coin.  I know people who have inheritance and safety nets and as the saying goes, nothing is really free.  Everything has strings attached.  Whether it's having to spend holidays or vacations with them or doing things out of obligation, it's payback.

There has been nothing, NOTHING sweeter than DH and I earning our own money and telling the whole world to go to hell if we want[/quote]

I do know one family where the husband came from old money and his parents are paying for vacations, kids' private school and extracurricular activities and helped them with the house. But they'are also very controlling to the point of approving baby names when kids were born.[/quote]

We stand to inherit a lot from my IL's and they are very generous with annual gifts, 529 funding and they gave us a very large downpayment for our house. They never ask for anything in return and almost seem embarrassed when we thank them. I know I'm lucky. [/quote]

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