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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I do think my family thinks we don't spend enough on ourselves (like making fun of my ikea curtains) yet they also think its normal to not be able to pay your CC balance each month. My mother will announce each year (usually in March or April) that she "finally paid off Christmas!!"

My poor husband I'm afraid is never going to win with them. He is not going to trade NPR for Fox News. I think he's really good about not bringing up politics. The issue is that they bring it up - and we just say nothing rather than vehemently agree.[/quote]

Yes, you're never going to win.  Just accept that it's their problem, not yours, and keep disengaging. [/quote]

Are you and your husband highly educated? My elderly parents have become obsessed with FOX (O'Reilly is basically the second coming of Christ) and believe that anyone with a college education is brainwashed by communists (yes, of course schools tend to be more liberal but I don't recall any profs trying to jam a certain philosophy down my throat). If there is an educational difference, then as others have suggested, it's probably an insecurity issue. Easier to attack other people and admonish them for having what you don't have rather than look at yourself and question your own not-so-great choices. As I said, my parents bash colleges now but in the end, they need to own their choices rather than lash out at people who did well for themselves. [/quote]

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