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  All families are different. For many of us, it's a two-way street.

-- My parents helped me pay for college, but I also had small loans. ILs paid for DH's college.
  -- We got jobs and were out of the house right after college, with no support.
  --We paid for the bulk of our wedding, but each set of parents gave us $1,000. For about 6 grand we had a wedding for 120 people with an open bar, paid for the rehearsal dinner and the honeymoon too.
  --Bought our first house on our own with FHA help. It would be a "sh+tshack" to most of DCUM. 
  --Bought a condo for my Father when he went bankrupt. Moved him into assisted living and helped pay for that when he was no longer able to care for himself. 
 -- Took in my mother when she could no longer care for herself, and helped set her up in a new situation. 
  --Accepted money from MIL to help pay for Ds's tutoring special needs.
  --Accepted money from MIL to upgrade the windows in our home. They were icing over from the inside.
  --Accepted car from MIL when she decided to stop driving at about the same time someone rear-ended and totaled our car. Now we take her shopping, to doctor's appointments, etc., do small repairs on her home, etc.

It's all a give and take. You know, just like families should be. DH and I have both been working since we were 15 and in no way feel as though we don't stand on our own two feet. Sometimes, though, gifts of money -- and time -- go a long way to help ease harder times.

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