Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can you give an example? My mom and MIL were full of advice when DS was born. Unfortunately, most of it was outdated. Things are different now from when I grew up/when my nephew was born 10 years ago. I don't necessarily think it means they are out of touch. I usually just smile and say ok and I'll think about it. some of their advice is good, some is bad.
I don't understand about having to research whether or not their advice is factual.
OP here. For example, we bought a new car fairly recently and I think I got a good but not great deal on it and mentioned one way the dealer got the upper end of the deal when talking to my mom. My mom then calls a local car dealer and, based upon that conversation, insists that I can just cancel the contract so long as I haven't taken delivery of the vehicle. That's just flat out wrong as VA doesn't have a cooling off period for car sales. Also, while it's possible that specific dealer she talked to chooses not to pursue people that bail out on a car purchase that doesn't mean they don't have the option to recover that money nor does it have any bearing on what the particular dealership I bought from might choose to do, particularly since I put a deposit on the car before picking it up the next day.