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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My MIL raised kids during an era when the cost of housing was low, you could raise a family on one income and kids stayed at the pool from morning to night with little to no supervision. Beach vacations cost a few hundred dollars per week.

She was a SAHM who had little jobs here and there but nothing of consequence.

I feel like we are on completely different wavelengths when I talk about the high cost of living and how we are always fighting for promotions and raises to afford a nice lifestyle for our family. We both work full time to afford our house and we are on two very long waitlists for a pool in our county. We are spending $5k on our beach vacation for a week.

How can I get her to understand how much things cost without her looking at me like I have two heads?  For example, when I tell her I am going back to work after my mat leave ends, she almost looks puzzled and disappointed.

It makes me not want to be around her. Thoughts?

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So she "looks at you like you have two head," and she "looks puzzled and disappointed".  You wrote a whole post based off your MIL's facial expressions? It doesn't sound like she is being critical at all. Meanwhile you dismissed her whole life as being nothing of consequence? Please.[/quote]

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