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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Surprise, surprise, the biggest advocates on here of husbands paying for their inlaws are all the sahms who never earned a dollar of the money. Ladies, if your parents are making minimum wage, perhaps you shouldn't stop working. Perhaps you shouldn't expect your husband to work a couple extra years in retirement (long after your kids are gone and you're going to pilates every day) so that your parents have medical care.

The easy way to have avoided this awkward discussion is simply for either the inlaws or the OP to have worked, like everyone else who doesn't have enough money saved for their own needs.  [/quote]

+1. I am a long-time SAHM. I don’t have a budget for household/child expenses but I’m also very reasonable. However I allow DH to set the budget for big ticket items (our home, our cars, if we do a renovation, etc.) where he feels comfortable because he is the one earning the money and he is the one who will have to wait longer to retire if we overspend on these things. This doesn’t feel unfair to me, it feels very fair. [/quote]

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