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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]just a vent to be honest.

the In-Laws live in a modest 55+ community and it took a lot of effort to get them to move about 5 years ago.  It was great. 
the old house was run down and needed to be updated.

The lived conservatively, nice cars but 10 years old, vacations but nothing flashy.  we always worried that they would run out of money.
They wouldn't get a new dishwasher even though the last one was a POS.  Mostly due to the FIL who ran the house.

[b]FIL passes away and we find out they have $7mm investment account.[/b]
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Really wish they were able to enjoy the $$ and use the money to make their lives easier -  getting a cleaning lady, other help around the house, nicer meals out.
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hopefully the MIL decides to live life a bit easier but frugality is hard wired into their brains.[/quote]

Some people enjoy their money more with it sitting in an account and growing. Don't put your values on other people; it doesn't help or even work. [/quote]

OP Here -

I guess to respond to this (and the post above it with the same idea that not our business) -

It does impact us in the sense that we all are very busy and the FIL/MIL had demands on our time that we felt could have been outsourced.  [/quote]

We understand you dislike your in-laws, but, again, your feelings here are not valid. Just because YOU think their demands on your time could have been outsourced doesn't meak that's correct; in fact, it suggests you are uncaring and resentful.

But hey, the good news is you're going to come into some serious money pretty soon when the old lady kicks the bucket, right? I know you've had that thought. Maybe even wished for that to happen sooner rather than later?[/quote]

the "demands on our time" is miniscule versus the bigger point of them saving their own time (cleaning lady as the perfect example).

why are you assuming that they will be passing the money down to us?

we are more well to do than they are and live below our means  (i guess it's hard to completely shake off the stingy gene).

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